Jesus comes to nourish us with a food that gives us strength for the journey. His flesh is true food and his blood, true drink. We are invited to journey with Him and into Him becoming the Body of Christ.
A new work of God in San Diego's East Village
A new work of God in San Diego's East Village
Sermons on Confession
Today we are asked to answer Jesus’s question, “who do you say that I am?” He is the hope of the world, the Son of God, the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.
This week we work through what judgment is compared to consequences. We wrestle with questions about what is and is not God’s judgment as a church.
Today, we pronounce the gospel that Christ is risen and death’s reign is over.
We keep it simple and look at three ways to respond to this remarkable reading, a hymn of the ancient church, today: We are to contemplate what Christ has done, become a people who witness what Christ has done, and learn to live what Christ has done.
Please forgive the recording issues – the recording for this homily starts about 1/4 of the way through.
Paul tells us that despite being the epitome of an honorable person, a good Jew, he “counts it all as loss” because of Christ. What does it mean to count it all as loss? We find that only in giving up our accomplishments do they have any value at all.
Paul brings our focus to “pleasing God.” Sin is still an issue for Christians, but God always gives us a path out of it.