Luke chose to begin his account of Jesus’ public ministry with his preaching tour in Galilee. This tour took him back to his hometown, Nazareth. In the synagogue there, Jesus’ closest friends and acquaintances heard him preach for the first time. His message and their response set the trajectory for the rest of the Gospel…
Due to the remarkable events of this week, we will pause our ongoing study of Luke’s Gospel to consider the Christian’s response to the current pandemic. We will turn to the wisdom provided by James.
The last prophet of the Old Testament, Malachi, foretold the coming of the Lord in judgment and redemption. After Malachi, prophecy fell silent for 400 years. All of that changed in the sermon text for this Lord’s Day. God promised a priest, Zechariah, and his wife a child in their old age. This child would…
This Lord’s Day we begin a new sermon series that will take us through the Gospel of Luke. Matthew, Mark, and Luke are called the “synoptic Gospels” because that have a shared perspective on the life of Christ. Though their content overlaps in places, Luke has more unique material than the other two. This material…
We welcome our guest speaker, Michael Riley, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Wakefield, Michigan. His sermon text emphasizes the need to come to Christ as a child, that is, to humble ourselves.
What are the “unseen” things Paul has in mind? God is unseen (Hebrews 11:27). The promises of God are unseen (Hebrews 11:1). God has promised us a home–a perfect home: A home where tombstones will never again litter the landscape; A home where there is no war or want, no sickness or sorrow. A home…
Prayer Emphasis Sunday A Message by Pastor Brandon Crawford Faith is not merely notional; it is not just an intellectual acknowledgement of certain truths. Rather faith encompasses the whole person: the mind, the will and the affections.
