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Becoming More Like Jesus
February 28th, 2023
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
by Teddie McConnell
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Listen to Him!
February 21st, 2023
             “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
by Teddie McConnell
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Choose Life!
February 16th, 2023
    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
by Teddie McConnell
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God's Priorities
February 7th, 2023
“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
by Teddie McConnell
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But God Chose Us
January 31st, 2023
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
by Teddie McConnell
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Darkness into Light
January 25th, 2023
            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
by Teddie McConnell
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Come and See
January 17th, 2023
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
by Teddie McConnell
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The Power in Humility
January 10th, 2023
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
by Teddie McConnell
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Peace in the Storm
January 3rd, 2023
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
by Teddie McConnell
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Shepherds and Sheep
December 27th, 2022
         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
by Teddie McConnell
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Don\'t Worry/Fear Not
December 22nd, 2022
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
by Teddie McConnell
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A Dream of Joy
December 13th, 2022
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
by Teddie McConnell
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