Sermons on Community

The Stronghold of Independence

“I will build my church…” (Matthew 16:18)   For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. (Romans 12:4-5)   If one part suffers, every part suffers with…

What Church Is All About

Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together…

Being A Spiritual Mother (Father, Brother, Sister)

“Similarly, teach the older women to live in a way that honors God. They must not slander others or be heavy drinkers. Instead, they should teach others what is good. These older women must train the younger women to love their husbands and their children, to live wisely and be pure, to work in their homes, to do good,…

Celebrating God’s Amazing Work At Eastwood (2015)

“So early in the morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it.” (Matthew 28:18)   “And he said to the people of Israel, ‘When your children ask their fathers in times to come, ‘What do these…

Love Your Neighbor

Parable of the Good Samaritan 30 Jesus replied with a story: “A Jewish man was traveling from Jerusalem down to Jericho, and he was attacked by bandits. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him up, and left him half dead beside the road. 31 “By chance a priest came along. But when he saw the man…