Text: Matthew 28:26-30Last week we celebrated Pentecost, the event where God gave the gift of the Holy Spirit to the early Christians. This week is Trinity Sunday, where we recognize the holy mystery of the triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Our passage today is the Great Commission, Jesus’ directives to the early Church…

Text: 1 Peter 4:1-19During Jesus’ capture in the Garden of Gethsemane, the apostle Peter armed himself with a sword and violently used it in an attempt to protect Jesus. In the book of 1 Peter, he tells the early church to arm themselves not with weapons, but with the intentions of Jesus, who “fought” with…

Text: Genesis 1:27-28This morning we are joined by Zahira Grunwald, who has answered the call to ministry and is currently taking classes at Nazarene Bible College to fulfill ordination preparation. She brings us a message from the book of Genesis. The prevailing opinion of most cultures at the time Genesis was written was that there…

Text: 1 Peter 1:13-25We continue our study of 1 Peter; in this passage we hear Peter calling everyone to holiness. Peter recognizes that God the Father has sent us out into a broken world. The call to holiness incorportes a personal, social, and an interpersonal aspect – as Nazarenes, we recognize this call to holiness…

“Do Not Be Afraid”Text: Matthew 28:1-10On this Easter Sunday, we hear the gospel of Matthew’s account of Jesus’ resurrection. In His death, Jesus had taken on our sin and was abandoned by the world. Yet when God raised that despised One from the dead, it showed that there is no sin that God cannot raise.…

Text: John 11Today we study the story of Lazarus, which, according to Pastor Tim, is one of the richest stories of the Gospels. It is also one of the most relatable, as most of us have come to God with concerns regarding health or illness for either ourselves or a loved one. The healing and…

“Manna and Quail”Text: Exodus 16:2-30Pastor Tim is on vacation this week and we are joined by Hank Dunn, Executive Director of “The Transformation Project” and a local licensed minister in the Nazarene church. Today we study the story of God providing manna and quail for the Israelites while they were in the desert. Through God’s…

“Sermon on the Mount: Part 5”Text: Matthew 5:38-48We continue our study of the Sermon on the Mount by hearing how Jesus says we should treat our adversaries. In it, He calls us to not just love our neighbors, but our enemies as well. In many ways, this passage is designed to challenge us – Christian…

“Sermon on the Mount” – Part 3Text: Matthew 5:17-26In the “Sermon on the Mount,” Jesus addresses the crowd, talking about familiar Jewish laws such as “do not murder.” While acknowledging the importance of the law, Jesus extends it by suggesting that at it’s heart, it is really about our interactions with others – particularly realizing…

“Sermon on the Mount: The Beatitudes”Text: Matthew 5:1-12Over the next few weeks, we will be studying Jesus’ “Sermon on the Mount” from the book of Matthew. Unlike most sermons or services where the blessing occurs at the end, Jesus begins this sermon with a series of blessings which we call the Beatitudes. Jesus directly addresses…