The Power of the Manger (Christmas Meditation)
Speaker: Caleb Schrock-Hurst Bible Passages: Luke 2 Summary: Today, just as in Jesus’s day, the political world would like us to believe that all the power in the world lies with the rich and powerful…
Speaker: Caleb Schrock-Hurst Bible Passages: Luke 2 Summary: Today, just as in Jesus’s day, the political world would like us to believe that all the power in the world lies with the rich and powerful…
Speaker: Caleb Schrock-Hurst Bible Passages: Mark 6:1-13 Summary: Jesus’s ministry was, in addition to being a ministry of spiritual teaching, a ministry of healing, and our spiritual and physical wellbeing often go together. By caring for…
Speaker: Caleb Schrock-Hurst Bible Passages: Matthew 28:1-10 Summary: Easter and Christmas are the two indispensable Christian holidays, locked together like the chicken and the egg. But we shouldn’t dispel the mystery at the heart of Easter —…
Speaker: Pastor Stephen “Tig” Intagliata Bible Passage: Mark 1:21-28, 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 Summary: Jesus’ way of servanthood, nonviolence and forgiving love modeled power and authority in a way that was more powerful than…
Speaker: Pastor Stephen “Tig” Intagliata Main Bible Passage: Matthew 15:21-28 Date: August 20, 2023 The encounter of Jesus with a Canaanite woman surprises us because Jesus seems out of character in that he…
In a world that often operates with a scarcity mindset, where the fear of not having enough leads to greed and hoarding, the story of Jesus feeding the 5000 invites us to live into…
Jesus often lifted up Gentiles (non-Jews) as examples of extraordinary faith, which was not received well by his own people who looked down on people of other faiths. In today’s world, some Christians see…
Jesus taught and modeled the way of sacrificial love, calling us to lay down our lives for others. One way we can do this in everyday life is through being willing to enter into…
Philip’s encounter with the Ethiopian teaches us that 1) God is always moving toward the world in love; 2) love gets fleshed out through reconciliation; 3) the Holy Spirit plays an important role, and…
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