Sermons from June 2024

And You Will Be My Witnesses

Acts 1:1-8 In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and teach until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. After his suffering he presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. While staying  with them, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem but…

The Gospel According to Pixar: On Being a Family

About the sermon series John 11:28-35 When she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary and told her privately, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”  And when she heard it, she got up quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come to the village but was still at the place where Martha had met him.  The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw Mary get up quickly…

The Gospel According to Pixar: Holding On and Letting Go

About the sermon series Isaiah 43:14-21 Thus says the Lord,    your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:For your sake I will send to Babylon    and break down all the bars,    and the shouting of the Chaldeans will be turned to lamentation.I am the Lord, your Holy One,    the Creator of Israel, your King.Thus says the Lord,    who makes a way in the sea,    a path in the mighty waters,who brings out chariot and horse,    army and warrior;they lie down; they cannot rise;    they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:Do not remember…

The Gospel According to Pixar: Finding God In the Unseen

About the sermon series John 15:12-17 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.  No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you.  I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing, but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I…

The Gospel According to Pixar: Finding Our Way Home

About the sermon series Luke 15:11-32 Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me.’ So he divided his property between them. A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant country, and there he squandered his property in dissolute living. When he had spent everything, a severe famine took…