In this sermon, we delve deeper into grace—if God has the ability to wipe out our sin, then what matters to God? What can we do to please God? What does it mean to have true faith?
MARCH 5, 2017: Lent Sermon Series Part 1
This week begins a sermon series on “The Reformation for 2017” Did you know that 2017 marks 500 years since the beginning of the Protestant Reformation??? Something that took place that long ago can so often end up seeming irrelevant to today’s issues, but I intend to show us how some of the revolutionary ideas about faith and God and grace apply more to us today than ever before.
This week we unpacked the question of “WHAT DOES SIN LOOK LIKE?” Our world understands the problem of sin one way, but God understands it another way, and it all hinges on how we understand grace.
ASH WEDNESDAY (3/1/2017)
Ash Wednesday is a special service marking the beginning of the season of Lent, and one which we observe each year at COA with communion and the imposition of ashes.
FEB262017: “Can Mountaintop Experiences Last?”
How do we make sense of moments of glory (like Jesus transfigured on the mountaintop) when we live down in the valley of everyday life? This sermon explores how we can get the most from the mountaintop, and find strength for the ordinary stuff of life.
FEBRUARY 19, 2017: “WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND…”
This sermon considers what enemies look like in our everyday world and what we can do when we find that the real enemy is often within ourselves.