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What if God is Good? (Matthew 25:14-30)
This sermon is about the hidden side of the parable of the talents. In order to be the first servant and not the third, there’s a risk taking that has to happen. This risk taking does not come from courage or temperament or personality type, but from knowing the sweetness and goodness of the God who manages our lives. Guest Pastor Trevor Rubingh
God’s Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:3-10a)
The ways of God are not understood by the “wisdom” of humankind because it is the Holy Spirit to reveals God’s way and the importance of the cross to His people. By Pastor Paul Sausser
The Cross (1 Corinthians 1:17-2:2)
The thinking of humankind would never have come up with the cross as a way of being with God. The cross means repentance, not achievement. This “wisdom” of God is in direct contrast to any “wisdom” the world might show in how to be spiritual. The gospel is about Christ reliance, not self-reliance. By Pastor Paul Sausser
Divisions (1 Corinthians 1:10-16)
In the midst of the different camps within the church, the Apostle pleads for unity. The answer has less to do with structure and a whole lot more to do with the cross. For the witness that the church is to be a culture like Corinth, the living out unity is what God uses to show what a community of faith in Jesus is like. By Pastor Paul Sausser
The Corinthians (1 Corinthians 1:1-9)
Corinth was a self-indulgent city. A melting pot of people from all over the world who immigrated there to start a new life, to have hope. Here the Apostle planted a church. People experienced that the cross of Jesus turns people from self-absorbed to being service oriented. Yet, there are always growing pains of going from where we are as a church to where God wants us to be. The Apostle in...
Good Friday & Resurrection Day
On Good Friday, we observed the death of Christ through a Tenebrae service. Today is Resurrection Day! Today we hold onto that hope of new life—we don’t hold on to the sadness. If you have faith, then you also have seen the risen Lord. In fact, you may still do your share of crying, too. But it is in the midst of those bitter tears that Resurrection Day happens—today gives us genuine hope that...
The Time Is Now (Luke 13:1-9)
Lent: week 3 Jesus speaks about the urgent need for repentance. He used current events that the people were aware of as a reminder of everyone’s mortality. Only by God’s sheer grace and good patience are we given time to repent (but not forever). By Pastor Paul Sausser
Passion to Protect (Luke 13:31-35)
Lent: week 2 On His way to Jerusalem Jesus is interrupted by people who warn Him of Herod’s intent to kill Him. But Jesus is not concerned with Herod’s plans. Jesus knows He is going to die so He can bring us under the protection of His wings. By Pastor Paul Sausser
The Tempter (Luke 4:1-13)
Lent: week 1 The Spirit thrusts Jesus to the wilderness—there He meets temptation. Father God does not do the tempting—He provides the strength and the way to victory in it. How can we know that victory unless Father God has permitted the temptation to come? It is in Jesus and the way of Jesus that Father God provides us with such triumph. By Pastor Paul Sausser
Do Something Beautiful; Do What You Can (Mark 14:1-9)
The world is full of crises and challenges — from across the globe to next door, and in our own homes. Many of these challenges don’t have clear solutions. How do we face these obstacles without losing hope, and while effecting real change? In Mark 14, Jesus and his community are facing a crisis — his impending death — when an unlikely heroine steps forward with grace and...
The Fear, Faith, and Fruit of Saying Yes to Discipleship
Pastor Kevin Schutte (Pathway Community Church, Kansas) returns to Discovery to preach on Acts 9:10-18 and the radical discipleship God calls us to.
Love Notices (John 9:1-12)
John tells the story of someone that has been ignored his whole life, until Jesus came. Living in Jesus’ love requires new eyes to see His grace at work all around us. By Pastor Paul Sausser
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