“Jesus’s Invitation: ‘Be the Grown-ups!’”Text: Matthew 5:43-48We are pleased to welcome back former CECN pastor Rev. Dr. Jeff Barker as our guest preacher. He brings us a message from the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus’s call to perfection – “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect” – comes after He describes how His…
Sermon Text: 2 Peter 3:1-18Having finished our recent sermon series on the Old Testament minor prophets, we turn to a passage from the book of 2 Peter that has also been read as a prophetic word. Peter tells his audience to not listen to a world that suggests that God is not interested in how…
“God Greater than Our Adversary”Nahum 1:1-11Continuing our series on the minor prophets, we look at Nahum’s prophecy for the city of Nineveh. Taking place after the events recorded in the book of Jonah, Nahum’s harsh words of judgement are for those who continue to abuse power and take advantage of God’s grace. For those who…
“Speaking Truth into Danger”Amos 7:7-17We continue our sermon series on the minor prophets; ones we may not read from often but who nevertheless remind their people of the call that God has placed on their lives. This week’s passage from Amos is a hard prophetic word of judgement coming down against the people of Israel.…
Text: Psalm 13:1, 5-6/Romans 4:13-18/Matthew 9:9-13/Genesis 12:1-5/Hosea 6:6With Pastor Tim away at the 2023 General Assembly for the Church of the Nazarene, we welcome back Zahira Grunwald as our guest preacher. All of Scripture is connected. It is a series of stories, poems, and proverbs all designed to be interconnected in their revelation of God’s…
Pentecost SundayText: 1 Peter 5:1-14We complete our reading of 1 Peter, which ends with a promise of deliverance; that “the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.” On this Pentecost Sunday, we celebrate the work of the Holy Spirit in…
Text: 1 Peter 3:8-22Pastor Tim returns and we resume our look at the book of 1 Peter. If Jesus is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords and earthly powers lost their authority because of the resurrection, what does this mean for the early Church? With the thought that Jesus would return within their…
Text: 1 Peter 2:11-25Our study of 1 Peter continues. As Peter looks at the suffering of those scattered about, he starts to compare it to the suffering of Christ; a suffering that led to Jesus’s death. It is a bold reminder for us that faithfulness to God is an absolute trust in the Holy Spirit…
Text: 1 Peter 1:3-9As we continue celebrating the resurrection of Jesus and what that means for us, we begin a study of the book of 1 Peter. This letter was written for the early Christians who were scattered and wondering how to live out their faith in a world that was not always receptive to…
Palm SundayText: Matthew 21:1-11This week, we study the familiar story of Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem. This passage is a reminder that God does not always reveal the entirety of what is going to happen in our lives when He calls us to faithfulness. Even if only a portion of the path ahead of us is…