This year for Good Friday, I put together a worship service based on the Advent themes of Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love. In Advent, as we prepare to welcome Jesus—who is Emmanuel, God with us—into the world, we light one
It’s Maundy Thursday, and tonight we hear the story of the Last Supper and Jesus washing his disciples’ feet. The primary Scripture reading for this service is John 13:1-17, 31b-35. Portions of this message are drawn from my previous Maundy
This Sunday’s sermon focuses on God’s promise of a new covenant. This new covenant will be written on the people’s hearts, and unlike previous covenants that the people broke, keeping this covenant will be entirely up to God. Several thousand
This year, we’re doing midweek Lenten worship services in collaboration with all five of the Lighthouse Youth Ministry sponsoring congregations, and tonight, it’s Christ the King’s turn to host and thus, my turn to preach. Tonight’s topic is “Community with
Today’s Scripture readings include some of the clearest presentations of Gospel (good news) in all of Scripture. Ephesians 2:8 declares that our salvation comes to us by grace through faith, as a gift from God, not the result of any