Sermons from August 2025
GOD WORKS THROUGH HUMANS: Paul and Silas
Acts 16:25-34 — This year, we have been exploring a theme chosen by several of our deacons – “connecting the 151st church family to Jesus, to one another, and its community.” Last month, we started developing the third part of that theme, our connection to our community. We began by working through the ‘good news’ of the Bible’s story – God sent Jesus to administer His rule in a rebellious world by acting righteously and justly, mediating the reestablishment of the…
Too Good to Keep Quiet
2 Kings 6:24-30 — We continue our focus on connecting to the community as God’s people. Scripture shows us that living as a priestly family means more than just belonging to one another; it means stepping into the world as representatives of God’s presence, grace, and truth. Today, we will turn to a story from 2 Kings that begins in the middle of deep despair and hopelessness. In this moment of crisis, God works in an unexpected way, using unlikely…
God Works Through Humans
Galatians 2:11-14 Few figures in the New Testament occupy a place more prominent than Peter. He was one of Jesus’ hand-picked apostles and Jesus entrusted to him a special leadership role among the early Christians (cf. Matthew 4:18-22; 16:13-19; John 21:15-17). Despite those distinctions, Paul wrote that he “opposed him to his face”1 in Galatians 2:11. The confrontation between the two men reveals that Peter, facing pressure from a group of Jewish Christians, acted hypocritically towards Gentile Christians and led…
GOD WORKS THROUGH HUMANS
Exodus 32:7-14 – The Bible begins and ends in a familiar way… Genesis 1:1: “In the beginning…” Revelation 22:5: “…they will reign forever and ever.” While God’s Bible narrates a single story focused on His Jesus-centered plan to (re)establish a relationship with humanity, He populates it with smaller stories of individuals through whom He works. Those stories offer insights into the ways we can partner with God, representing Him and His larger plan through our everyday lives. In this lesson, we…
GOD WORKS THROUGH HUMANS
1 Kings 10:1-9 – This year, we have been exploring a theme chosen by several of our deacons – “connecting the 151st church family to Jesus, to one another, and its community.” Last month, we started developing the third part of that theme, our connection to our community. We began by working through the ‘good news’ of the Bible’s story – God sent Jesus to administer His rule in a rebellious world by acting righteously and justly, mediating the reestablishment of the…