“Participating in the Prophetic Voice”Text: Isaiah 61:1-11Although we completed our “Christmas Prophecy” series last week, we will continue to look at the words of the Old Testament prophets for the next few weeks. Today, Pastor Tim shares a message of good news from Isaiah. By the power of the Holy Spirit poured out to the…

“Christmas Prophecy: Hope”Text: Isaiah 9:1-7As we enter the Christmas season, we continue to look at the words of the Old Testament prophets. This week, we examine Isaiah, who presents a message of hope to the people of Israel in the midst of darkness. Could they have dared to hope for what he shared; that the…

“Christmas Prophecy: Joy”Text: Zephaniah 3:14-20Unlike the previous two readings in our “Christmas Prophecy” series so far, the message of Zephaniah was originally shared in the midst of good times after a time of renewal and God’s people returning to Him. Zephaniah reminds us that even in this season of expectation, we can have joy in…

“Christmas Prophecy: Expectation”Text: Jeremiah 33 : 14-26As we enter the Advent season, we begin a new series called “Christmas Prophecy” in which we will see how God’s plan for the entire world, revealed through the prophets, comes to fruition in Jesus Christ. This week, we learn through Jeremiah that God is always going to be…

Text: Mark 13 : 1-8, 24-31As we continue our look at the Gospel of Mark, we find that Jesus has reached Jerusalem. Predicting great suffering and the destruction of the temple, Jesus also quotes Isaiah in speaking of the Son of Man coming with glory. When our world starts to crumble and the familiar things…

Reformation SundayText: Mark 12:28-34On this Reformation Day, we remember that following God is most about our faith and what God is doing and has done for us. What if it is a faith that yields love, a belief in the God who has died for our sins? As it was with the teacher of the…

Text: Mark 10:32-45For the third time in the Gospel of Mark, Jesus warns His disciples that he’s going to die in Jerusalem. Seemingly ignorant of this warning, James and John ask to be beside Jesus in His glory. Jesus calls His disciples together and reminds them the Son of Man did not come to be…

Text: Mark 10:1-16Marriage is one of God’s preferred analogies about His relationship with His people, appearing frequently throughout Scripture. In Mark 10, Jesus’s words about marriage and divorce can be seen as an illustration of God’s grace just like God’s references to marriage is about His love. However, we should understand that Jesus wants our…

Text: Mark 9:30-37, Psalm 27:1-6, Job 28:20-28, James 3:13-18Using the “Intersections” method that we have been invited to participate in, Pastor Tim examines multiple passages from our service and finds how they all contribute to our understanding about God. You can find the weekly Bible readings in our bulletin insert (available online at our web…

Text: Mark 7:24-37In our faith journeys, many of us have experienced moments where we’ve felt God is incredibly close. However, the opposite is also true, where we haven’t felt as close to God. The moments that we realize that we have nothing can be exactly what we need, because like the two figures in this…