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Fear not!

Fear not! (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Luke 2:1-11
December 21, 2014

Don’t be afraid! I am here with good news for you, which will bring great joy to all the people. This very day in David’s town your Savior was born — Christ the Lord!

What makes a good life? What makes a life good?

Having enough — food, shelter, things … Good health … Fulfilling work … Respect … Fulfilling relationships … Love … Freedom … Leisure … Opportunities for challenge, for learning, for growth …

Now, in that context, to come at the question naively, without presuppositions, what would it mean to be “saved?” … Continue reading ...

This is our chance!

This is our chance! (Click on the sermon title for .pdf copy)
Luke 21:5-19
November 13, 2016

This is our chance.

There are many angry people out there right now, some angry about the outcome of this election, and others whose anger helped propel the outcome of this election.

This is our chance.

There are many frightened people out there right now, some frightened by what might be done to us, by extremists foreign-born or homegrown, and others frightened by what we might do, by the ways our own brand of extremism may make the world a more dangerous and inhospitable place.… Continue reading ...