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John 3:1-17

We hate ambiguity. We really hate it. Ambiguity is messy, frightening even. We like certainty. Black and white. It’s part of the reason America has become so polarized over politics. We want surety, on one side or the other, not questions, not shades of gray. Unfortunately, that’s not always the way the world works. Sometimes life is a paradox. We can both love something and hate it; things can be both good and bad. Often the truth doesn’t lie on one side or the other, but so

Rhonda Crutcher

6 min read

Genesis 12:1-4

How appropriate that this text is assigned to the season of Lent. During this season, we embark on a journey of faith, following Jesus to the cross. Our Old Testament lection for this second Sunday in Lent is the paradigmatic journey of faith – the summons to Abram to leave (relinquish) his homeland and his family to journey with God to a land of promise and newness of life. For context, it is important to emphasize just how settled Abram was in his old life. Abram’s place o

Michael Jackson

2 days ago6 min read

Romans 4:1-5, 13-17

Justification Sola Fide The story of Abraham is a story of grace and faith. God comes to him and calls him. God promises to bless him and make him the father of many nations. All the odds were against him, Abraham and Sarah had no children. Yet he believed that promise and hoped against all hope. He didn’t always live or act like he believed it. He stumbled and struggled with it, here and there. But ultimately it wasn’t about who Abraham was or what he had accomplished that s

Imir Gashi

3 min read

Psalm 121

Psalm 121 is the second in a group of psalms (Pss. 120-134) known as the Songs of Ascent . These psalms are traditionally associated with pilgrims journeying to Jerusalem and the Temple to participate in one of the major festivals of the Jewish year. Regardless of the direction from which the pilgrims traveled, at the end of their journey they would ascend to Jerusalem, Mount Zion, and the Temple. Psalm 120, the first song of ascent, indicates a foreign setting; note the phra

Kelvin St. John

5 min read

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The Fourth Week of December

Because of Jesus’s suffering on earth, we are not alone in our suffering.

Addison Gildner

Dec 22, 20257 min read

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Matthew 5:13-20

Lesson Focus At the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus wants us to know who we are. We are salt and light because we are followers of the Law of God. Only we haven’t always understood the Law correctly. Jesus is helping us see what the Law means so that we can be salt and light. Lesson Outcomes Through this lesson, students should: Understand that we are the salt and the light of the world. Understand that the Beatitudes describe for us some of the ways we are to liv

Jason Buckwalter

Feb 210 min read

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Second Sunday after the Epiphany

Call to Worship: Charles Wesley One: Blessed be God. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. + Many: And blessed be God's Kingdom, now and forever. Amen. One: O God, you called us by name to come, and we respond with delight and gladness Many: In joyful obedience, we come to worship our God. One: Rising out of the depths of despair, we gratefully gather for worship. Many: In joyful hope, we come to worship our loving God. One: Our God had given us a new song of praise to sing to our Aw

Brent Neely

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Matthew 5:13-20

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