Third Sunday in Lent (A): The Joy of Being Right with God
March 23, 2014: Romans 5:1-11
Second Sunday in Lent (A): The Unexpected Joy of Forgiveness
March 16, 2014; Romans 4:1-5, 13-17
Baptism of the Lord: Reaching Seekers
In 1995, Newsweek ran an article called "The Search for the Sacred." That article chronicled the rise in spiritual hunger among Americans. This hunger leads people down some very strange paths. The challenge for Christians is reaching these seekers with the good news of Jesus Christ.
Living The Good Life
1 Timothy 6:6-19
Are you living the "good life"? In your more reflective times, are you happy with the lifestyle you've chosen? Throughout the centuries the educated and uneducated alike have asked themselves, "What is the good life?" Is it the examined life? Is it the life of pleasure? Is it...
Hanging Up Our Gloves In The Culture War
1 Timothy 2:1-7
In recent years a rhetoric of "warfare" has dominated the evangelical church's commentary on social issues in the public square. Our Christian leaders tell us we are "soldiers" in a "war" for family values, and that "battles" are being waged in public school...