Serving the Community Truthfully and Lovingly--How do we serve a society that's deeply divided along many fronts: moral, racial, political, sexual, etc.? Keep silent and stay away? When we do, we risk losing our saltiness. In the next two months we will explore biblical answers and responses to the social controversies of our modern day. We will seek theological clarity so that we understand our unique platform as a community-serving church. We will seek to rediscover our prophetic voice bolstered by strong hands and feet in loving service to God and our neighbors.
Magnificat: A Rhapsody of Reversals
Luke 1:46-55 December 16, 2018 The birth of Christ ushered in the Messianic kingdom. When the kingdom of Christ interrupts the monotony of our routine lives, nothing is ever the same again. In Mary's Magnificat we find that when God breaks through, our world is turned upside down!
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Crossing the Ethnic Divide
Ephesians 2:12-22 November 18, 2018 E Pluribus Unum appears on the Great Seal. Embedded in US history is a melting pot of races and ethnicities forging the UNITED States. Yet the unity that Dr. King dreamed of is quite elusive still. And arguably, the church has not done much to cross the ethnic divide.
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In God We Trust
Romans 13:1-7 November 11, 2018 An article in Time magazine (Jan. 16, 2018) suggests that we're not to mention two things at the dinner table: religion and politics. We're also told not to mix religion with politics. How should we as a Church and as Christians think, talk and act about politics?
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God's Creation: Consumer or Custodian?
Genesis 1:24-31 November 4, 2018 A battle is simmering across the globe over whether climate change is a call to protect the earth, the work of God to be welcomed, or does not exist at all. How should committed Christians think, act, and respond with regard to the environment?
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Our Twin Tasks
Luke 4:16-21 October 21, 2018 Jesus' death on the cross accomplished a vertical and horizontal dimension of reconciliation: man to God and man to man. This two-axis ministry of reconciliation has been entrusted to Christians. It is demonstrated fully and clearly with these twin tasks.
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Our Great Salvation
Hebrews 5:9 October 14, 2018 The Bible teaches we can be saved; we can know we are saved; and that God won't take it away. We begin our exploration with Hebrews 5:9. "And having been made perfect, He (Jesus) became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation."
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