Ephesians 2:1-22 ~ It’s All Grace

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Text: Ephesians 2:1-22

Title: It’s All Grace

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

Have you ever received a difficult diagnosis from a doctor? Maybe it was cancer or heart disease, diabetes or lupus, or some other chronic disease. For many people, our first response in the face of difficult news is to deny, reject, or ignore the diagnosis. We can get scared and even angry with the bearer of this difficult news. This morning, Paul delivers some difficult news to us. We are dead in our sins. We are deserving of punishment. Will we stay to listen to the treatment plan or reject the truth and look for a more comfortable lie to live? This is the question before the Ephesians and us as we read together Ephesians 2:1-22.

Ephesians 1:15-23 ~ The Word on the Street

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Text: Ephesians 1:15-23

Title: The Word on the Street

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

We continue our sermon series reading through the book of Ephesians. The word on the street reaches in Paul in Rome and he celebrates the life of the church in Ephesus. The word on the street still has power today. Through friends and family, social media, we gather information about our world and how we can understand it. But sometimes, we need to listen to another word, not the word on the street, but the word in heaven. The truth that does not change. We continue the series reflecting on Ephesians 1:15-23 and we get a heavenly view on our present reality.

Ephesians 1:-14 ~ Can You Believe this Election?

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Text: Ephesians 1:-14

Title: Can You Believe this Election?

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

We start a new 8-week sermon series reading through the book of Ephesians. While many point to Romans as the most influential of all Paul’s letters, many other scholars point to Ephesians as the greatest summary of Paul’s thought and the lens through which we should read the rest of his letters. Ephesians offers us a glimpse of the big picture of the gospel and then as it proceeds outlines how we now ought to live in light of this good news. We begin the series at the beginning in Ephesians 1:1-14 and reflect in wonder at God’s gracious gift of salvation given in Christ.

Job 1:13-22 – When God Doesn’t Make Sense

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Text: Job 1:13-22

Title: When God Doesn’t Make Sense

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

Life doesn’t always go the way we expect, and we pray to God for help and guidance. But sometimes it seems like even though we pray with faith, God doesn’t do what we’ve asked. We seek Him, but don’t feel His presence. We go through pain, but our cries for relief seem to go unanswered. Sometimes, our lives just don’t make sense. No one has experienced this confusion more than Job. This week, we meet Job as he loses everything for no apparent reason. Sitting in the dust of grief, we wrestle with him how to understand our world and our God when God doesn’t make sense to us.

Job 1:13-22 – When God Doesn’t Make Sense

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Text: Job 1:13-22

Title: When God Doesn’t Make Sense

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

Life doesn’t always go the way we expect, and we pray to God for help and guidance. But sometimes it seems like even though we pray with faith, God doesn’t do what we’ve asked. We seek Him, but don’t feel His presence. We go through pain, but our cries for relief seem to go unanswered. Sometimes, our lives just don’t make sense. No one has experienced this confusion more than Job. This week, we meet Job as he loses everything for no apparent reason. Sitting in the dust of grief, we wrestle with him how to understand our world and our God when God doesn’t make sense to us.

Once Upon a Marriage: Hosea and Gomer

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Text: Hosea 1:1-3

Title: Once Upon a Marriage: Hosea and Gomer

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

There’s nothing quite like a juicy love story…the romance, the intrigue, and maybe a little scandal. We’re digging in to some of the greatest biblical marriages to see what we can learn. Travel back in time with us for “Once Upon a Marriage.” Join us this week as we visit the marriage of Hosea and Gomer as they navigate the grief of adultery and model the overwhelming grace of our God.

Once Upon a Marriage: Abraham and Sarah

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Text: Genesis 12

Title: Once Upon a Marriage: Abraham and Sarah

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

There’s nothing quite like a juicy love story…the romance, the intrigue, and maybe a little scandal. We’re digging in to some of the greatest biblical marriages to see what we can learn. Travel back in time with us for “Once Upon a Marriage.” Join us this week as we visit the marriage of Abraham and Sarah as they struggle to trust God as they wait on his timing for a child.

Once Upon a Marriage: Ahab and Jezebel

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Text: 1 Kings 21

Title: Once Upon a Marriage: Ahab and Jezebel

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

There’s nothing quite like a juicy love story…the romance, the intrigue, and maybe a little scandal. We’re digging in to some of the greatest biblical marriages to see what we can learn. Travel back in time with us for “Once Upon a Marriage.” Join us this week as we visit the marriage of Ahab and Jezebel as they jointly rush unimpeded into sin, jealousy, and violence.

Once Upon a Marriage: Jacob and Leah

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Text: Genesis 29

Title: Once Upon a Marriage: Jacob and Leah

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

There’s nothing quite like a juicy love story…the romance, the intrigue, and maybe a little scandal. We’re digging in to some of the greatest biblical marriages to see what we can learn. Travel back in time with us for “Once Upon a Marriage.” Join us this week as we visit the marriage of Jacob and Leah and consider the importance of finding the right One.

Parenthood: When Parents Fail

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Text: 2 Samuel 11-13

Title: Parenthood: When Parents Fail

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

Whether they’re bawling, crawling, walking, talking, driving you crazy or asking to drive your car, kids are a gift from God – and God provides some very clear guidance and insight on how to raise them to be full of faith and focused on Him, rather than leaving you frustrated, frazzled and fatigued. In this our final week thinking about Parenthood, we come to the difficult topic of parents who fail. How do we move forward after our failures as parents? And, how do we connect with our loving Father when our parents have failed us sometimes in painful ways?