Tag: God

Grace

Grace (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Ephesians 2:4-10
April 8, 2018

Craig Driver, Jo Tefft, Leah Reisinger, Steve Peters.  This is who we are, the people gathered in this particular room at this particular hour, each of us bringing our own stories: stories of finding our way, some of us having an easier time of it, some of us a harder time; stories of making a living and making a life, of falling down and rising up, of gaining and of losing; stories of leaving our mark and of being marked by the people who come into our lives.… Continue reading ...

God and the “gods”

God and the “gods” (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Mark 9:38-41
February 4, 2018

There is no “them.”

Say it with me!  “There is no ‘them.’”  Let the words rest in your mouths.  Let the words rest in your minds.  Let the words rest in your hearts.  There is no “them.”

What does it mean?  It means there is no “us” and “them.” … Continue reading ...

Have you not known?

Have you not known? (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Isaiah 40:12-25
February 1, 2015

Have you not known?  Or do you want to plead ignorance?  No one ever told me.  I wasn’t raised in the church.  I haven’t been paying attention.  I’ve been busy.  I do have my own life to worry about.  I didn’t know.

Have you not known? … Continue reading ...

Not one of them is ever missing

Not one of them is ever missing (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Isaiah 40:25-27
February 8, 2015

Nobody knows the trouble I see …

Is that you?

When you are troubled, when you are distressed, what brings comfort?  Probably one of two things — either a change in your situation or a change in you, either a change in the distressing circumstances themselves or a change in perspective. … Continue reading ...

What is left unsaid

What is left unsaid Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Isaiah 53:7-9
March 29, 2015

Words.  Lots of words.

Praise God!
God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord!
God bless the king of Israel!

Look!  The whole world is following him!
There’s no stopping him.
What are you going to do?

Crucify him!  Crucify him!… Continue reading ...

Bigger

Bigger (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
1 Kings 8:22-43
May 29, 2016

(Combined service with Christian Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church)

Bigger.  God is bigger.

The men and women of this church — you, the men and women of Christian Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, “the church of love, hope, and new beginnings” — you have gathered in Waterloo, Iowa, for twenty-five years, worshiping God, training up your children, proclaiming and doing the gospel, caring for each other, and reaching out into this community to help those who are lonely or hurting or broken or lost.… Continue reading ...