Text: Luke 23:35-43We continue our look at the words of Jesus on the cross. While one of the criminals being crucified attempted to use Jesus for personal gain, the other criminal asked to be remembered. In response, Jesus replied “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” Paradise is the place…
Text: John 19:28-29We continue our Lenten series focusing on the words that Jesus speaks while He is on the cross with “I thirst.” They not only remind us Jesus is human with our needs like us but also show his willingness and desire to participate in God’s plan for salvation. He’s the one by whom…
Text: Hebrews 12:1-14This week, we welcome Pastor Amanda Lawton, the youth and family pastor of the South Portland Church of the Nazarene, as our guest preacher. The goal of divine discipline is to bring God’s children into spiritual maturity. God calls us to lives of discipline to prepare us so that we can share in…
Text: Luke 7:36-50Today is the last Sunday of Alabaster Month, the time where we go beyond our regular tithes and offerings to give sacrificially to the Church of the Nazarene’s missions projects all around the world. Pastor Tim revisits the story of the original offering made to Jesus from the woman with the alabaster jar…
“Church: People Who Share the Gospel”Text: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11In the third week of our series going through what Paul has to say about being the Church in 1 Corinthians, we look at chapter 15 which contains the message of the Church: sharing the news of Christ’s death and resurrection. This message was first received by…
“Church: A People of Purpose”Text: 1 Corinthians 12:12-31This week, we begin a new series about what the church is and how the Apostle Paul encourages the church in Corinth to discover who they are as the church so they can live out and be the people to God has called them to be. In 1…
Text: Matthew 2:1-12On Epiphany Sunday, Pastor Tim reads the story of the three Magi. Coming from the east, their cultures would have most likely taught them to look to the stars for signs. Even though they were Gentiles, God used their understanding of the world to point them to where Jesus was. The Epiphany story…
Text: Luke 1:39-56This Advent season we will be focusing on prophecy, preparation, joy, and proclaiming the good news of Christ’s birth. On the fourth Sunday in Advent, we read about Mary who is so filled with the joy of the Lord who has blessed her, she sings a proclamation. She sings out of the assurance…
“Prepare”Text: Luke 3:1-6This Advent season we will be focusing on prophecy, preparation, joy, and proclaiming the good news of Christ’s birth. In this second week of Advent, Pastor Tim’s emphasis is how we ready ourselves for the return of Christ and Prepare ourselves to live with God for eternity.
Text: Hebrews 11:1-12 As we finish our study of the Book of Hebrews, we welcome Leo Mathieu, a member of the South Portland Church of the Nazarene, to the pulpit. What is faith? Hebrews 11 defines it as “confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see” and supports this by…