“And They Will Call Him Immanuel?” Text: Isaiah 7:10-16, Matthew 1:18-25 This week we take a look at Isaiah’s and Matthew’s understanding of Emmanuel – God with us. Using both the Old and New Testament lections (passages) we will see how Emmanuel is more than just a name, but instead is the identity of the…
“The Peaceable Kingdom” Text: Isaiah 11:1-10, Psalm 72 In the second week of our Advent series “A Different Kind of Kingdom,” we look at the peace that is to be found in the Kingdom of God using Isaiah 11:1-10. We look at how God is restoring creation to what it was originally meant to be…
“The Salvation of Jesus” Text: Luke 1:67-80 On this Christ the King Sunday, South Portland Church of the Nazarene’s Excutive Pastor Tim George joins us. We often identify John the Baptist as one who helps us understand that the Christ who comes is the one who is King and brings salvation for us. However, John’s…
“Being the People of God in a Foreign Land” Text: Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7 The book of Jeremiah documents the time before and during the Babylonian Exile when the lives of the Judeans changed dramatically. Their situation has often been compared to ours in the present day. Pastor Shane Ross from the South Portland Church of…
“All Are Welcome: Acts 10” Text: Acts 10 This week we welcome Pastor Amanda Lawton from the South Portland Church of the Nazarene to the pulpit. In Acts 10, Peter has a vision that he initially doesn’t understand. However, after visiting Cornelius, the God-fearing Gentile centurion, he realized that God “does not show favoritism but…
October 9, 2016 Text: 2 Kings 5:1-3,7-27 Luke 17:11-19 Congregation member Fred Yosua shares lessons from the cleansing of Naaman in 2 Kings and the ten lepers in the Gospel of Luke. Both stories show the importance of being faithful to the things God asks, and grateful for what He has done.
“With Him is Great Power to Redeem” Text: Psalm 130 Pastor Brent Neely, Associate Pastor of Nall Avenue Church of the Nazarene in Kansas and our current pastoral candidate, delivers this week’s message. Using the lens of Psalm 130 and aspects from his personal life, Pastor Brent will use this sermon to remind us that…
“Priorities” Text: Luke 14:25-33 District licensed minister Pastor Shane Ross from the South Portland Church of the Nazarene concludes his four-week series on the Gospel of Luke. The decision to follow Jesus is a fundamentally life-changing one. In this passage titled by some Biblical editors as “The Cost of Discipleship,” Jesus said that whoever seeks salvation through…
“Open Invitation” Text: Luke 13:10-17 When Jesus healed a crippled woman on the Sabbath day, the ruler of the synagogue indignantly told the people to come another day for healing, as there were six days for work. Jesus showed that the Sabbath is not about rules or regulations, but release. This invitation to be released by the grace…
“True Peace” Text: Colossians 3 The South Portland Church of the Nazarene’s Associate Pastor Cheryl Curlew concludes a four week study on the book of Colossians by looking at Chapter 3. In this part of the letter, Paul stresses the importance of casting off earthly desires and emotions and instead letting the peace of Christ…