Mar 21, 2019
The dark Harry Potter villain is our antagonist for part 3 of this series on the Seven Deadly Sins. This Sunday we looked at lust, not just as sexual desire, but as any intense craving that gets in our way of fully experiencing God's love. We explored how Voldemort's own lust for power destroyed him, and took a hard...
Mar 21, 2019
What does the tragic character Gollum from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series teach us about greed? This Sunday we continued a Lent series looking at the Seven Deadly Sins through the lens of pop culture villains. Our Scripture for this sermon was Luke 12:13-21, known as the Parable of the Rich Fool. As...
Mar 5, 2019
Our series Climb concluded this Sunday with a look at the Transfiguration, when Jesus was transformed on the mountaintop and Moses and Elijah appear beside him. What does this mysterious event tell us about Jesus' identity and purpose? How does it relate to events and personalities elsewhere in the Bible? We answer...
Mar 5, 2019
In the third part of our series on mountaintop encounters with God, we look at Moses coming down from Mt. Sinai with the (second version of) 10 Commandments. Why is Moses transformed on that mountain? How does Moses' experience relate to God's hope for each of us? Odd as it sounds, the answer is in the journey from...