Genesis 12:1-5; Hosea 6:6 – June 11, 2023

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…

Matthew 28:26-30 – June 4, 2023

Text: Matthew 28:26-30Last week we celebrated Pentecost, the event where God gave the gift of the Holy Spirit to the early Christians. This week is Trinity Sunday, where we recognize the holy mystery of the triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Our passage today is the Great Commission, Jesus’ directives to the early Church…

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Pentecost Sunday: 1 Peter 5:1-14 – May 28, 2023

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…

1 Peter 4:1-19 – May 21, 2023

Text: 1 Peter 4:1-19During Jesus’ capture in the Garden of Gethsemane, the apostle Peter armed himself with a sword and violently used it in an attempt to protect Jesus. In the book of 1 Peter, he tells the early church to arm themselves not with weapons, but with the intentions of Jesus, who “fought” with…

1 Peter 3:8-22 – May 14, 2023

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…

Genesis 1:27-28 – May 7, 2023

Text: Genesis 1:27-28This morning we are joined by Zahira Grunwald, who has answered the call to ministry and is currently taking classes at Nazarene Bible College to fulfill ordination preparation. She brings us a message from the book of Genesis. The prevailing opinion of most cultures at the time Genesis was written was that there…

Peter 2:11-25 – April 30, 2023

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…

1 Peter 1:13-25 – April 23, 2023

Text: 1 Peter 1:13-25We continue our study of 1 Peter; in this passage we hear Peter calling everyone to holiness. Peter recognizes that God the Father has sent us out into a broken world. The call to holiness incorportes a personal, social, and an interpersonal aspect – as Nazarenes, we recognize this call to holiness…

1 Peter 1:3-9 – April 16, 2023

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…

“Do Not Be Afraid” – April 9, 2023

“Do Not Be Afraid”Text: Matthew 28:1-10On this Easter Sunday, we hear the gospel of Matthew’s account of Jesus’ resurrection. In His death, Jesus had taken on our sin and was abandoned by the world. Yet when God raised that despised One from the dead, it showed that there is no sin that God cannot raise.…