This Sunday is Faith Promise Sunday with our guest speaker, Rev. Carlos de la Cruz, district superintendent in the Dominican Republic. Faith Promise is a commitment to give above your tithe to support local and global missions. Last ye...

Mark 10:46-52 Jesus asks the same question and gets two different responses. James and John ask to be exalted to places of power and prestige, but Bartimaeus simply asks for his sight to be restored. The greatest thing Jesus ...

John 6:60-69 When Jesus promises us eternal life it is an invitation to become by grace what Christ is by nature. It means that we give up who we are in exchange for who Christ is, a demand that may seem "offensive." This moment...

Luke 5:17-26 Jesus forgives sin and heals the sick, but some do not understand. It doesn't fit any of their ideas about who God is and what he does. Could God be at work in our world in ways we don't fully understand? Jesus invite...

Luke 7:36-50 It is easy for us to take a quick glance at a person and assume things about them based on our preconceptions or what we think we know about them. God, however, sees people for who they can be through His love, grac...

Mark 3:20-35 In the Kingdom of God everyone is invited to be part of God’s family. This family isn’t defined by one’s lineage, but by one’s ultimate devotion to God. Becoming a member of this family is open to all who trust in C...

Philippians 4:10-19}When Jesus asks "Who do you say I am?" He's asking a personal question that requires a personal answer. While the answer to this question has implications on our eternity, who we say Jesus is should affect our pre...

Philippians 4:10-19 There are times when we feel empty, as if we cannot take another step. The Gospel promises that what God provides is always more than enough. When tempted to chase a life of excess, know that when you have Ch...

Philippians 2:12-18 God created us to shine with the light of Christ, a light that was dimmed by sin but restored through Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. When we receive salvation, we receive this light—not to hide it, but to l...

Philippians 2:1-11 An African proverb says, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” We are tempted to pursue success as fast as we can, but following Jesus invites us into a different pursuit, somethin...

Philippians 1:12-26 On our own, life is a lose-lose proposition. No matter how many deals we cook up, or how much success we have, eventually our time on earth comes a close. We can delay this reality, but we cannot escape it. I...

Philippians 1:1-11 If life is a journey, we need a "ride or die" for the road ahead. Paul found this in the Philippians church, and this relationship brought him great joy. There is a friend who is even closer than this: Jesus. ...

Acts 2:1-13; Isaiah 56:1-8 The gift of the Holy Spirit gave the disciples power to declare the Gospel in languages they did not know. What God did in confusing the languages at Babel (Gen. 11), he reverses at Pentecost in bringing th...

Acts 1:1-11 Having spent 40 days with the resurrected Jesus, the disciples understood more than they ever have before that God was truly for them. The resurrection of Jesus wasn’t the end of the story but the beginning. However,...

Romans 8:33-34; John 15:12-17  We were created for community and to be in relationship with one another. The brokenness of our world, however, can leave us broken and feeling isolated. When other relationships fail, Jesus is the...

1 John 4:7-12 Christ's triumph in the resurrection is not the end of the story...it's just the beginning! Because Christ has loved us, we are to love others deeply. Our love for others is what "completes" our love for God! It's the u...

1 Corinthians 12:6-10 Are you frustrated with life, with your circumstances, with God? Followers of Jesus are not promised an easy path, but we can have faith in the God who walks with us. His grace meets us right where we are, ...

John 21:15-19 Our failures will never exhaust God's limitless supply of grace.

Romans 8:31-23; John 20:24-31 How does one take a leap of faith into the unknown? Thomas doubted, yet confessed, “My Lord, and My God!” The Apostle Paul once tried to destroy the church, and then spent the rest of his life build...

John 20:1-18 Mary didn’t recognize it was Jesus until he called her by name. The Good News of Easter is that love knows our name. When Jesus calls us by name, He invites us into a life-giving relationship with Him in which we discove...

John 12:12-19 Earthly kings come and go. Some are good, and some are bad. No earthly king, however, is perfect. Jesus is the perfect King who embodies the love, justice, and righteousness that enables God's Kingdom to come "on earth ...

Luke 9:18-27 When Jesus invites someone to follow him, he is inviting them to die. This death to all that is contrary to the Way of Jesus begins in surrender. Surrender is the foundation of the spiritual life. Practicing the Way is a...

Luke 5:12-16 Becoming an apprentice of Jesus doesn't happen by accident. Jesus lived by a "rule of life" that is anchored in prayer, and would-be apprentices must understand the connection between what Jesus did and who he was. His p...

John 14:8-14 As apprentices of Jesus, we not only spend time with Him and become like him, but we are sent out to do what he did. The end goal of apprenticeship is to grow and mature into the kind of person who can say and do wh...

Matthew 5:43-48 When Jesus talks about "perfection," he isn't referring to unattainable sinlessness. He's referring to maturity, specifically, being mature and complete in our love for others. It may not always be pretty or easy...