“Trinity Sunday”Text: John 16:12-15On Trinity Sunday, the church remembers that in worship, we celebrate God, the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit. But what does the Trinity mean for us? In this passage, Jesus invites us into this same interconnected relationship; that everything about His character is shared as a blessing to us as well.…
“Praying Our Way to Pentecost: The Power of a Praying Church”Text: Acts 12:1-25We continue praying our way to Pentecost and studying scripture that shows the power and importance of prayer. In this week’s scripture, Peter’s deliverance from prison is God’s response to the church as they intercede for him with fervent prayers. This passage reminds…
“Praying Our Way to Pentecost: Faith Fail”Text: Luke 22:31-34It’s easy for us to think of failure as not having accomplished a task or met a goal. During this season of intentional prayer, we should not be discomforted or give up if we find that our prayers are not answered in the way we expected to…
“Praying Our Way to Pentecost: Hank Dunn, Guest Preacher”Text: Matthew 26:36-46Today we welcome back Hank Dunn as our guest preacher. We also mark the official beginning of the Church of the Nazarene’s Half-Million Mobilization campaign “Praying Our Way to Pentecost.” As we pray for the renewal of the holiness message in ourselves, our communities, and…
“The Resurrection and The Date”Text: John 12:20-26On Easter Sunday, Pastor Tim shares the amazing story of how date palm seeds from the first-century Jewish encampment Masada, besieged by the Romans in the first century, were successfully planted and bore fruit 2000 years later. This important symbol of Judean export and culture had disappeared from the…
“Living in the Spirit”Text: Hebrews 10:19-39As part of our Annual Meeting, we conclude our sermon series on sacrifice with the the testimony of Hebrews 10; that Jesus has entered into the heavens, sits before God, and intercedes on our behalf. As broken and unclean as we might be, we are nonetheless able to approach the…
“Sacrifices: Purification”Text: Leviticus 4, Numbers 15:22-30The instructions regarding sacrifices found in the books of Leviticus and Numbers are something to which we are unaccustomed in the 21st century. Yet, Leviticus reminds us that God calls us to a life of holiness – to conform all aspects of our lives to His will – and that…
“Sacrifices: Covenant”Text: Genesis 15:1-21Scripture is filled with references to sacrifices. As we reach the first Sunday in Lent, we begin a new sermon series looking at these stories in order to better understand Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross and what that entails. Today, we examine the story of Abram and his sacrifice, which marks the…
Ash Wednesday MessageAsh Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season during which we are reminded that we are totally unworthy before a Holy God; that we have nothing with which we can obtain salvation on our own and our best efforts at righteousness often fall far short. This season reminds us how much we…
“Training for Glory… Focused on the Target”Text: Hebrews 12:1-13This week, the focus of our “Training for Glory” sermon series is discipline. It takes work to overcome the hardships that come from the sins we have grown accustomed to or the sins that others have committed against us. We often think of discipline as punishment for…