Matthew 16:21-28 ~ Jesus Never Said: Do What Makes You Happy

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Text: Matthew 16:21-28
Title: Jesus Never Said: Do What Makes You Happy
Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

These days it’s easy to see life the way we want to. We can filter our images, pick the news we want to hear, and listen only to the viewpoints that agree with us. When we do that, we start to distort our view of the world. The same thing can happen to our view of God. We reshape our perception of Him into what we want to believe, or what we want to think about others. Jesus came to bring us the truth about God and His plan for us, and it doesn’t always sound like what you may think. Today we consider if Jesus wants us to pursue happiness or something else.

Matthew 18:21-35 ~ Jesus Never Said: You Don’t Have to Forgive Them

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Text: Matthew 18:21-35
Title: Jesus Never Said: You Don’t Have to Forgive Them
Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

These days it’s easy to see life the way we want to. We can filter our images, pick the news we want to hear, and listen only to the viewpoints that agree with us. When we do that, we start to distort our view of the world. The same thing can happen to our view of God. We reshape our perception of Him into what we want to believe, or what we want to think about others. Jesus came to bring us the truth about God and His plan for us, and it doesn’t always sound like what you may think. Today we consider Jesus’ teaching to forgive without exceptions.

Ecclesiastes 5:10-12 ~ Strapped: Wealth, Wisdom and the World

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Text: Ecclesiastes 5:10-12
Title: Wealth, Wisdom and the World
Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

Have you ever felt strapped for cash? Like the money can’t quite stretch to cover all the bills? Like you keep working, but you can’t get ahead? We continue a 5 week series looking to God for his wisdom about our money so we can move from being strapped to free. In this final week, recognizing the endless treadmill of finding our identity in our money, achievements and stuff, we seek to root our identity in God and find a new contentment in the simplicity of seeking God’s kingdom.

Matthew 6:19-24 ~ Strapped: #1 Money Myth

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Text: Matthew 6:19-24
Title: #1 Money Myth
Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

Have you ever felt strapped for cash? Like the money can’t quite stretch to cover all the bills? Like you keep working, but you can’t get ahead? We continue a 5 week series looking to God for his wisdom about our money so we can move from being strapped to free.This fourth week, we challenge the #1 money myth in our culture. Our money is not our own. We do not have any right to it. God has entrusted his money to us to use for his glory. As we challenge the myth of money ownership, we will encounter the old Christian practice of tithing as a way to break free of the grip money has on many of our hearts.

Daniel 4:28-32 ~ Pride, Poverty, and Gratitude

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Text: Daniel 4:28-32
Title: Pride, Poverty, and Gratitude
Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

Have you ever felt strapped for cash? Like the money can’t quite stretch to cover all the bills? Like you keep working, but you can’t get ahead? We continue a 5 week series looking to God for his wisdom about our money so we can move from being strapped to free.This third week, when it comes to money people tend to have one of three attitudes: some people take pride in financial success, others glory in poverty, still others respond to God’s provision and grace with gratitude.

Proverbs 22:7 ~ Breaking the Bondage of Debt

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Text: Proverbs 22:7
Title: Breaking the Bondage of Debt
Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

Have you ever felt strapped for cash? Like the money can’t quite stretch to cover all the bills? Like you keep working, but you can’t get ahead? We continue a 5 week series looking to God for his wisdom about our money so we can move from being strapped to free. In this second week, we look to scripture to think carefully about the roll of debt in our lives and how to be free.

Deuteronomy 8:17-18 ~ A Biblical Framework for Wealth

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Text: Deuteronomy 8:17-18
Title: A Biblical Framework for Wealth
Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

Have you ever felt strapped for cash? Like the money can’t quite stretch to cover all the bills? Like you keep working, but you can’t get ahead? This Sunday we begin a 5 weeks series looking to God for his wisdom about our money so we can move from being strapped to free.The first week, we look to scripture for a biblical framework to begin thinking about money, wealth, and generosity.

Jonah 4:4-11 ~ God of Compassion

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Text: Jonah 4:4-11
Title: God of Compassion
Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

An angry prophet. A fearsome and hated enemy. An overwhelming storm. And a surprising message of a merciful God to his people. The story of Jonah is one of the most well-known stories in the Bible. It is also one of the most misunderstood. Many people, even those who are not religious, are familiar with Jonah: a rebellious prophet who defies God and is swallowed by a whale. But there’s much more to Jonah’s story than most of us realize. In the final week of our study of Jonah, Jonah throws a temper tantrum at the mercy of God and God seeks to gently reveal against his amazing compassion and grace to this most stubborn of prophets.

Jonah 4:1-4 ~ Anger Management

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Text: Jonah 4:1-4
Title: Anger Management
Preacher: Rev. Rick VanderWall

An angry prophet. A fearsome and hated enemy. An overwhelming storm. And a surprising message of a merciful God to his people. The story of Jonah is one of the most well-known stories in the Bible. It is also one of the most misunderstood. Many people, even those who are not religious, are familiar with Jonah: a rebellious prophet who defies God and is swallowed by a whale. But there’s much more to Jonah’s story than most of us realize. Now that Jonah has preached a sermon that was fair at best, the people listen, repent, and turn from their evil ways. But Jonah is not happy with this outcome. As a matter of fact, he is downright angry and wants to die, not something you would expect after the people responded to his preaching . Why is Jonah so angry? This morning we will continue to try to understand this prophet and what’s bothering him so much that he would rather be dead.

Jonah 3:1-10 ~ Doing Justice, Preaching Wrath

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Text: Jonah 3:1-10
Title: Doing Justice, Preaching Wrath
Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

An angry prophet. A fearsome and hated enemy. An overwhelming storm. And a surprising message of a merciful God to his people. The story of Jonah is one of the most well-known stories in the Bible. It is also one of the most misunderstood. Many people, even those who are not religious, are familiar with Jonah: a rebellious prophet who defies God and is swallowed by a whale. But there’s much more to Jonah’s story than most of us realize. As we continue our study of Jonah, he finally goes to Nineveh where he preaches a sort sermon on God’s wrath, the whole city repents, and God relents. What might we learn from the most effective culture transforming sermon in scripture?