Sermon Title: “The Most Expensive Christmas Gift”

Pastor: Doug Miller

Scriptures: John 13:34-35

Synopsis: What was the most expensive present you have ever gotten for Christmas? What is the most expensive gift you have ever been given? At Christmas, God GAVE the most expensive gift anyone has ever given or anyone has ever received. God gave what we did not deserve all for a people who needed it the most. It was so expensive because it cost God His very SON. He gave His Son as payment for a price we could not pay and in turn paid the bill on a price we could not afford.

Sermon Title: “Here and Back Again”

Pastor: Doug Miller

Scriptures: Romans 5:12-21

Synopsis: Two major events have an affect on all of mankind. The first occur early in Genesis chapter 3. While we may not all agree on the proper way to understand the account, I think we agree the account of Adam and Eve represents God’s first encounter with human existence. It started off fine but somewhere along the way, there was the serpent, the apple, Adam and Eve. With that one event not only was sin introduced into the world, it’s effects would forever change mankind. The second event began some 2000 years ago in Bethlehem, then to Egypt, then in Nazareth and culminated in Jerusalem with the death and resurrection, then God man Jesus Christ. It undid what the first Adam did and set the potential for eternal life for you and me and everyone else. When we should have gotten exactly what we deserved, God stepped in and gave us what we need most, “Grace.”

Sermon Title: “Something’s Missing”
Pastor: Doug Miller

Scriptures: John 1:14-18

Synopsis: When the kids used to fight in the back seat and you just wanted to say to them “Can’t you just stop it!” In wars like the Ukraine and Russia or Iran and Israel and you want to say, “Can’t they both just forgive the other side and move on? When you dread the holidays because it means spending time with someone you don’t like and they don’t like you. What are each of those relationships missing? The answer is grace. God’s unconditional love where God does not give us what we deserve but rather what we need most.

Sermon Title: “The Habit of Open Handedness”
Pastor: Doug Miller

Scriptures: Matthew 14:12-23

Synopsis: God is actively working in the world around us and uses each of us to bring good about in this world. Sometimes we feel like we don’t have the resources to be a part of his work, but the greatest ways God shows up is when we open our hands.

Sermon Title: “The Habit of Listening”
Pastor: Doug Miller

Scriptures: James 1:19-25

Synopsis: The seemingly endless distractions of life can pull us away from our relationship with God, but through developing the habit of listening to God we can learn a new way of living.

Sermon Title: “Avoiding Election Infection”
Pastor: Doug Miller

Scriptures: Matthew 22:37-40

Synopsis: Politics can be divisive. But what would it look like if followers of Jesus filtered their politics through their faith rather than filtering their faith through their politics?