In Psalm 51 we find a beautiful, confessional prayer that finds us in our need for mercy and cries out to God along with us.
A new work of God in San Diego's East Village
A new work of God in San Diego's East Village
Sermons on prayer
We look at the life of Abraham and find that he has left his old identity behind to find a new one in the promise of the Lord.
The lectionary guides us to Jonah 3, but we look at our relationship with the mercy of God by talking about the entirety of Jonah this week.
On this first Sunday of Advent, we read a prayer from Isaiah proclaiming “O that you would rip open the heavens and come down!” (among other things). We take a look at what it means to have hope in Christ, a hope that is not lost even in when redemption seems impossible.
We jump back into Matthew this week, looking at the very last passage in the book. The disciples encounter the risen Christ, responding with both worship and doubt, and Jesus leaves them (and us) with what is often called “the great commission.”
We look at the challenging and inspiring account of life together among the first followers of Jesus. We find that it is not quite as out of reach as we tend to think.
On this day, we were officially “organized” as a Church of the Nazarene! In an abbreviated sermon, we look at the next section in Peter’s sermon on the day of Pentecost, challenging our newly recognized congregation to hear the Spirit with enough openness to be “cut to the heart” on a regular basis.
After walking through the Passion Narrative in Matthew as a congregation, we look at Psalm 31, which the lectionary pairs with this story. What is the significance of hearing such a hopeful Psalm in the context of crucifixion?
The Parable of the Persistent Widow