Lent is a season that can be emotionally difficult, because we focus on the last days of Jesus and what He went through so we could be saved. I find imagining the humiliation, torture, and death of Je...  Read More

             “Listen to Him!”       February 19, 2023      Matt. 18:1-9 & Exodus 24:12-18         No one in our Exodus passage was transfigured in the same way Jesus was, but there are many similariti...  Read More

    Moses knew he wouldn’t make it into the promised land with the Israelites. He had one last chance to give them a sermon about how to live God’s way before they would go on without him. The passage...  Read More

“God’s Priorities”     2-5-23        Isaiah 58:1-9a, Matthew 5:13-20         Pastor Teddie McConnellHere’s a story from Behavior of Belief by Spiros Zodhiates. A man sat through a church service and t...  Read More

Does the Gospel make sense? Is it logical? Or is it a paradox?Here are two examples of paradox:There is nothing constant except change.The more honest you are about your faults, the more people will t...  Read More

            Isaiah 9 begins in the dark, with the people in anguish under a burdensome yoke, living in the shadow of death. Isaiah predicted a great light, the light of the world, coming to them. Thei...  Read More

We’re in the season of Epiphany, which is the time when the church celebrates that God is made manifest in the human person of Jesus of Nazareth. He is the Word who became flesh and dwelt among us. In...  Read More

Pastor Teddie McConnell      1-8-2023      The Power in Humility         Matthew 3:13-17 & Isaiah 42:1-9            Isaiah’s description of God’s Servant is clearly a prophesy of Jesus. He is someone ...  Read More

Matthew 2:13-23 & Hebrews 2:10-18It’s an age-old question: Why does God allow suffering? Everyone goes through difficult things in life. How do we have peace in the storms?Life has aspects that are mi...  Read More

         Here we are, finally, at Christmas. Ready or not. Did you finished all your preparations? My parents wisely insisted that we open presents together as a family, enjoying the process by taking...  Read More

Isaiah 7:10-16 & Matt.1:18-25This is the fourth and last Sunday of Advent, the Sunday of Love.Let’s start by talking about human love. It’s a wonderful blessing. I’m not talking about falling in love,...  Read More

Isaiah 35, Luke 1:46b-55Today marks the third Sunday of Advent when we light the candle of Joy, so let’s talk about the joy of the Lord. To read this passage from Isaiah is to find such a vision of jo...  Read More