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– click this button to visit our iTunes page, ORRejoice in the Promise Text: Psalm 126; Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11, I Thessalonians 5:16-24; Luke 1:39-56 Prepare, Receive, Rejoice, Proclaim! This four-word outline is the basis for our Advent journey, and a picture of our relationship with the Gospel–the Good News of Jesus Christ. This week, Pastor Jon uses a recent experience during an ice storm…
Receive the Promise Text: Psalm 84:1-4, 10-12; II Peter 3:8-15a; Isaiah 40:1-11; Luke 1:26-38 We continue our journey through Advent, as we prepare for the coming of the Lord. This week, Pastor Jon looks at the promise of Jesus as foretold to Mary in Luke 1:26-38. As we consider what it means to receive grace,…
Preparing for the Promise Texts: Psalm 80:1-3, 17-19; Isaiah 64:1-9; I Corinthians 1:3-9; Luke 1:5-25 This Advent season, Pastor Jon takes us on a journey of preparation through Luke chapter 1. This week, we look at the foretelling of the forerunner, John the Baptist. Zechariah is prepared to go to worship, but isn’t prepared for…
Worshipping the Golden Calf Texts: Psalm 106:1-2, 19-23, 47-48; Philippians 4:1-9; Matthew 22:1-14; Exodus 32:1-24; Psalm 24:3-6 We near the conclusion of our journey through Genesis and Exodus, with the people of God waiting near the base of the mountain as Moses travels back and forth to negotiate the terms of the covenant with God.…
There’s No Such Thing as the Ten Commandments Texts: Psalm 19; Philippians 3:4b-14; Exodus 19:3-8, 19:18, 20:1-20; 24:3-7, 31:18; 2 Corinthians 3:3; Jeremiah 33:31-34 Pastor Jon offers the surprising fact that the phrase “the Ten Commandments” wasn’t in the Bible until the 1590 Geneva Bible. He explores what it means for us to consider that…
Our Living Water Texts: Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16; Matthew 21:23-32; Philippians 2:1-13; Exodus 17:1-7; Ecclesiastes 3:10-11; Isaiah 55:8-9; Numbers 20:6-13 Pastor Jon considers the lessons that we can learn from the “Water from the Rock” stories in Exodus 17 and Numbers 20. Sometimes we miss God’s hand at work because we lack an eternal perspective. Sometimes…
Our Daily Bread Texts: Psalm 105:1-2, 37-45; Matthew 20:1-16; Philippians 1:21-30; Exodus 16:1-30 In looking at the story of the manna in the wilderness, Pastor Jon encourages us to trust in God for our daily needs. By looking at pictures from “The Hungry Planet,” Pastor Jon expands our perspective to understand what it might mean…
Love Has the Final Move Texts: Psalm 46:1-3, 10-11; Romans 14:1-12; Matthew 18:21-35; Exodus 14:19-31; Revelation 18:11-16 Juxtaposing the text from Exodus against the various riders in Revelation reminds us that though our back may seem up against a wall, though we may be at the end of our rope, and though it feels like…
The Church as the Chosen People of God Texts: Psalm 24; Exodus 19:1-6; Matthew 5:43-48; I Peter 2:1-11 Today we celebrate 100 years of the Church of the Nazarene. Pastor Jon reminds us that we don’t celebrate a denomination, but the movement of God through His people. As the Church, we are part of the…
The Church as the Temple of God Texts: Psalm 84:1-4, 10-12; I Kings 8:23-30; John 2:13-22; Ephesians 2:19-22; I Peter 2:4-5; I Corinthians 3:16-17 The third in a four-part series celebrating the Centennial of the Church of the Nazarene, Pastor Jon looks at what it means to be Living Stones built in the Temple of…