One reason Jesus, the second Person of the Trinity, left heaven and came to Earth as a human baby was that God wanted him to, and he always did the Father’s will.
The thief who was crucified next to Jesus was a criminal, a villain. Yet through the loving sacrifice of Jesus, the hero, he was not condemned but given new life. (sermon by John McGregor)
Pastor Ryan’s sermon “Scraps from the Table” looks at the seemingly insulting answer Jesus gave to the Syrio-Phoenician woman who asked for help, before then healing her daughter and praising her faith. What can we learn from this troubling encounter?
Pastor Ryan’s sermon “The Girl Who Lived” looks at hope and the faithfulness of God in the stories of Jesus healing the woman who was bleeding when she touched his robe, and bringing Jairus’s daughter back to life. As Lamentations 3:31-32 (NLT) tells us,
31 … no one is abandoned by the Lord forever. 32 Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion because of the greatness of his unfailing love.
Pastor Ryan’s sermon “What if Ascension Never Happened?” imagines what the Christian church would look like if Jesus decided to stay on Earth after his ascension rather than returning to his Father in heaven. Why was his leaving actually a good thing, and what did it accomplish for us?
Pastor Ryan’s sermon “Before the Throne” invites us to imagine what it will be like to come before the Throne of God, based on the imagery in the books of Isaiah and Revelation.
Pastor Ryan’s sermon “Burning Passion” talks about how the risen Jesus’ explanations about the scriptures burned in the hearts of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. Do our hearts burn within us when we read scripture? What can we do to (re-)ignite the flame?
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