Real Life Kindness

REAL LIFE KINDNESS Ephesians 2:1-10 You were dead through the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient. 3 All of us...

MUSIC IN THE MIDST OF CHEMO

MUSIC IN THE MIDST OF CHEMO Philippians 4:4-9  Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. 5 Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and...

Anticipating Joy

ANTICIPATING JOY   John 16:20-24   Very truly, I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will have pain, but your pain will turn into joy. 21 When a woman is in labor, she has pain because her hour has come. But when her child is...

A More Excellent Way to Disagree

A More Excellent Way to Disagree   1 Corinthians 13:1-8a, 13 If I speak in the tongues of humans and of angels but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers and understand all mysteries and all knowledge and if I...

Radical Inclusion

Radical Inclusion Acts 2:1–21 (Pentecost) I took Hebrew when I was in college, and throughout my four semesters I was the only Gentile in the class. The Rabbi who was teaching us began the class by giving a short lecture on the importance of not dating outside of the...

Quit Looking to the Heavens

Quit Looking to the Heavens Acts 1:6-14 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. 8...