Synopsis: On the night of Jesus’ birth, a king had been secreted into the world. A king who would disturb the order of things, a king who would lay down his life for his subjects rather than requiring his subjects to lay down their live for him. A king who would tell his disciple to lay down their lives for one another and if need be, their enemies. He would turn everything upside down, not as a religious figure but as a king. This reality has been lost on us because of what the culture had done to Jesus and what the church has done to Jesus. Jesus didn’t come primarily to forgive. He came to be followed.
Synopsis: It seems as if contentment is harder and harder to find. Moments of joy and peace are few and far between. It seems with COVID, inflation, recession, the personal challenges we face, contentment is harder to find. But the gateway to contentment may be more accessible than you think.
Synopsis: Well, our $25 Gift Challenge is now complete. Now all we need is the accounting of what was done with the original gifts. This will be the Sunday. Each of our families will be invited to come forward and tell us what they did with the gift they were given. What were the challenges? What was the outcome? And what did God teach them along the way. Following their sharing we will look into God’s word to see how we should look at every dollar God entrusts to us.