Sermon Text: Exodus 3:1-15
Sermon Title: “The Deliverer”
Sermon Notes: Moses was reared in pharaoh’s household, but fled to Midian after he murdered a Egyptian for beating a Hebrew slave. In the desert, Moses raises sheep, gets married, and starts a family. But, God still has a purpose for Moses - a purpose that includes his returning to the scene [...]
Over one year ago in April of 2007 Pastor Ed, Jeff Rogers, Denny and Edie Lott met with Lutheran and Presbyterian officials to discuss chartering as a congregation of both denominations.
Sermon Text: Exodus 1:8 - 2:10
Sermon Title: “Abusing Neighbors, Destroying Kingdoms”
Sermon Notes: Genesis concludes with Israel having gone down to Egypt. Exodus narrates the fulfillment of God’s promise to Abraham that his descendants would multiply and possess the land God gave them. Without knowing Joseph or his leadership pharaoh sanctions Israel, setting the stage for Moses, the future [...]
Sermon Text: Romans 11:t1-2a, 29-32
Sermon Title: “The Mystery of Mercy”
Sermon Notes: Struggling with issues about who is included in God’s family - specifically, whether the Jews have been rejected or not - Paul affirms that the call to be God’s people is irrevocable. Paul continues to struggle with the place of Jew and Gentile in God’s realm. Yet [...]
Sermon Text: Romans 10:5-15
Sermon Title: “Believe With Your Heart”
Sermon Notes: Through this reading shines Paul’s primary focus: it is not living by the law that makes us righteous with God, but faith in Jesus Christ. Through faith we are saved, and experience grace. But what does it mean to have faith, and what does it mean to experience [...]
Sermon Text: Romans 9:1-5
Sermon Title: “Do You Get It?”
Sermon Notes: These verses begin a long “sermon” from Romans 9-11, wherein Paul struggles with the reality that his own people have not come to experience the new life that Christ offers. Paul struggles with issues of who is included in the family of God and offers to trade places [...]
Sermon Text: Romans 8:26-39
Sermon Title: “Persevere through Prayer”
Sermon Notes: Paul understood the age following Christ’s ascension to be an in-between time - a time when Christians enjoy a taste of redemption, yet await the completion of that redemption in Christ’s return. Authentic Christianity is not magical. It doesn’t require creative incantations or clever transactions. God is present to [...]
Sermon Text: Romans 8:12-25
Sermon Title: “God’s Family System”
Sermon Notes: Paul writes with longing of the future glory that God will reveal to God’s children. The Spirit makes us children of God. As children, adopted by God, we are family - family with God, family with Christ, and family with one another. This birthright sets us free from fear [...]
Sermon Text: Romans 8:1-11
Sermon Title: “Flesh in the Presence of the Spirit”
Sermon Notes: Paul delves into a complex explanation of the work of the Spirit of God. Our lives are enhanced not by a rejection of our humanity, but rather by a spiritual presence that informs and shapes our humanity.
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Sermon Text: Romans 7:15-25a
Sermon Title: “When Good Is Not Good”
Paul offers his own life as an example to his readers, as he confesses the difficulty he has in acting on his inner convictions. He recognizes his inability to redeem his own life because of the sin that lives within him. Paul is wrestling with the difference between [...]
