GOD’S FOOLISH WISDOM
This foolish plan of God is wiser than the wisest of human plans, and God’s [...]
BY LUCK, OR BY GOD?
A sermon preached by The Rev. Robert C. Snyder February 25, 2018 Last week’s Old [...]
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GOD’S FOOLISH WISDOM
This foolish plan of God is wiser than the wisest of human plans, and God’s [...]
BY LUCK, OR BY GOD?
A sermon preached by The Rev. Robert C. Snyder February 25, 2018 Last week’s Old [...]
PRAYER MUST LEAD TO ACTION
After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee preaching the message of God: “Times up! [...]
IT IS SIMPLE: LISTEN TO JESUS
Just then a light-radiant cloud enveloped them, and from deep in the cloud, a voice: [...]
RISING WITH WINGS LIKE EAGLES
But those who wait for God shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with [...]
JESUS CASTS OUT FEAR
Jesus shut him up: “Quiet! Get out of him!” -Mark 1:25 (Preached on Sunday, January [...]
TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT FOLLOWING JESUS
“Time’s up! God’s kingdom is here. Change your life and believe the Message.” – [...]
TUNING IN TO THE VOICE OF GOD
Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, [...]
LISTENING FOR A NEW VOICE
And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I [...]
IT REALLY IS A LOWLY MANGER
So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in [...]
JOINING GOD IN THE IMPOSSIBLE!
“For nothing will be impossible with God.” Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant [...]
GETTING READY BY EMPTYING OUT
… he has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty. [...]
A SOLID REASON FOR HOPE
The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand forever. [...]
STAY AWAKE: TIME TO TAKE STOCK
And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake. -Mark 13:37 (Preached [...]
LIVING IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing. [...]
ARE YOU READY FOR NOW?
But at midnight there was a shout, “Look! Here is the bridegroom! Come out to [...]
LOVING GOD WITH ALL OF YOU
Jesus replied, “You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your [...]
GIVING GOD WHAT BELONGS TO GOD
“Caesar’s,” they replied. “Well, then,” he said, “give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and [...]
OF WEDDING FEASTS AND WEDDING GARMENTS
“Now go out to the street corners and invite everyone you see.” … “Friend,” he [...]
HOW’S YOUR CREDIT RATING WITH GOD?
I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of [...]
THE HIDDEN COMPANION
For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do [...]
REMEMBER, GOD IS WITH US
Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their [...]
NOT A NAME, BUT A PROMISE
God said to Moses, “I-AM-WHO-I-AM. Tell the People of Israel, ‘I-AM sent me to you.’” [...]
BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF HONESTY
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your [...]
THANKFULLY, GOD IS BETTER THAN WE ARE!
But don’t be upset, and don’t be angry with yourselves for selling me to this [...]
SHOULD WE GET OUT OF THE BOAT – OR, NOT?
But Jesus spoke to them at once. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage. I [...]
FINDING ENOUGH IN THE WILDERNESS
When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted [...]
SURELY GOD IS IN THIS PLACE!
Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, [...]
The Possibilities Never Stop With God!
Still other seeds fell on fertile soil, and they produced a crop that was thirty, [...]
The “Easy” Yoke of Jesus
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. -Genesis 22:8 (Preached on Sunday, [...]
The Difficult of Trust
Abraham said, “Son, God will see to it that there’s a sheep for the burnt [...]
Living With Unfinished Work
And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day [...]
You! Yes, You! God Has a Job for You!
Go to the lost, confused people right here in the neighborhood. Tell them that the [...]
Created by Community for Community
And that’s about it, friends. Be cheerful. Keep things in good repair. Keep your spirits [...]
Pentecost People
“In the last days,” God says, “I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. [...]
EXPANDING OUR HORIZONS
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will [...]
INTIMATE CONNECTIONS
We live and move in him, can’t get away from him! One of your poets [...]
DRINKING DEEP OF GOD’S PURE KINDNESS
Now, like infants at the breast, drink deep of God’s pure kindness. Then you’ll grow [...]
A COMMUNITY FORMED BY MERCY
All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their [...]
DEALING WITH DASHED HOPES
“But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel.” … When he [...]
EASTER IS AN EARTHQUAKE!
Suddenly there was a great earthquake! For an angel of the Lord came down from [...]
WHO IS THIS JESUS?
When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking, “Who is this?” -Matthew [...]
THE POWER THAT UNBINDS DEATH
Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with [...]
BELIEVING IS SEEING
Jesus heard that they had driven him out, and when he found him, he said, [...]
HOW DO WE LIVE IN RELATIONSHIP?
He said, “Go call your husband and then come back.” “I have no husband,” she [...]
WALKING WITH GOD INTO AN UNKNOWN FUTURE
God told Abram: “Leave your country, your family, and your father’s home for a land [...]
LIFE AS A CHILD OF GOD
“Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say, ‘You must worship [...]
EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED!
As the men watched, Jesus’ appearance was transformed so that his face shone like the [...]
YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE EVERY DAY
I call Heaven and Earth to witness against you today: I place before you Life [...]
YOU ARE SALT & LIGHT!
You are the salt of the earth; … You are the light of the world. [...]
GUIDELINES FOR THE REAL WORLD
One day as he saw the crowds gathering, Jesus went up on the mountainside and [...]
YOUR SPECIAL CALLING
Jesus said to them, “Come with me. I’ll make a new kind of fisherman out [...]
THE LIFE OF THE SPIRIT AND JUSTICE
(Preached on Sunday, January 15, 2017) The guest on the afternoon talk show was a [...]
TAKING OUR BAPTISMS’ SERIOUSLY
But Jesus insisted. “Do it. God’s work, putting things right all these centuries, is coming [...]
Heaven and Earth Embrace
“…for to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who [...]