Pastor Tim takes us to the question “Does Christ’s death mean all our sins can be forgiven?” from the New City Catechism. Can God really forgive us?
We can get confused about the image of God in us. Is it just a “photocopy” of God? No, but it does tell us what He values and what He calls us to do.
Sin distorts our ability to understand what God is saying to us and how much we need His mercy.
How do we come before God when our prayers so easily become empty phrases, desperate demands, or distant formalities? In Matthew 6, Jesus says our Father knows what we need before we ask, then gives His disciples words for approaching Him: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.”
Pastor Tim takes us to the question “Why must the Redeemer be truly God?” from the New City Catechism. The question leads us to wrestle with the fullness of who God is and how we can come before him, the subject of this week’s sermon.
Sin distorts our ability to understand what God is saying to us and how much we need His mercy.
Bold faith can feel clearest in a crisis; the harder question is how to live when the rush is over and ordinary life must begin again. Matthew 2:19–23 meets Joseph at precisely that point: Herod is dead, God calls his family home from Egypt, and the road ahead still demands careful listening. What does faithfulness look like when obedience is clear, but the next step is not?
As we enter into a season of preparation in the weeks ahead of Easter, Ash Wednesday is a time to stop, reflect and place before God those sins and struggles we are burdened by. Join us for a brief evening prayer service that will include receiving ashes, a sign God’s people have participated in since the Old Testament times to express our frailty before God. As we take this time together, we will be reminded of the life He offers us in His Word.
Sometimes we look at technology as a force opposed to God. But is that what the Bible actually says about about human innovation?
It’s easy to talk about being bold for Jesus until opposition comes—when it’s dangerous, uncomfortable or people may look down on us. In Matthew 2, Joseph and Herod both have choices to make in response to God coming into the world. Do our own responses to God look show bold faith or frantic fear?