by Rev. Madison Shockley | Mar 1, 2020 | sermons
Given by Rev. Madison Shockley March 1, 2020 Lent is a time of somber reflection. Standing in God’s love allows us to confess and be transformed. The human condition is both a curse and a blessing. Our consciousness tells us what is going on in this world. There...
by Madison Shockley | Feb 2, 2020 | sermons
Given by Rev. Madison Shockley February 2, 2020 The Sermon on the Mount goes to the heart of Jesus’s teachings. We need to put it in context though. We must read the gospels through the len of a radical hermeneutic. We each bring our own interpretations to the...
by Madison Shockley | Jan 26, 2020 | sermons
Given by Rev. Madison Shockley January 26 2020 According to the church calendar, we turn our focus to Jesus’s ministry. Last week, we talked about the baptism of Jesus. John the Baptist was his mentor. When John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee. There he...
by Guest Preacher | Jan 12, 2020 | sermons
Given by Jude Johnson January 12 2020 Today, we are examining the jump in Matthew from Jesus’s family running from Herod after being warned by the three kings to Jesus being baptized in the Jordan River. This is a span of thirty years. At the river, John and...
by Madison Shockley | Jan 5, 2020 | sermons
Given by Rev. Madison Shockley January 5 2020 Happy New Year! When we think about the city of Bethlehem where Jesus was born, we imagine a stable, livestock, and some hay. Today, Bethlehem is just like a any other city. It is a bustling Palestinian city. Our...
