Sermon for Sunday, September 14, 2025

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“Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country. 34 When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit. 35 And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

Sermon for Sunday, September 7, 2025

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Trust is a delicate gift. Every relationship must be built upon it. But there are those who are devious with this gift. This is why we are prone to hold back trust because of previous betrayals and disappointments. It is this gift that all of humanity sins. We have trust issues. We have trust issues with our neighbors, and we have trust issues with God. Throughout our lives we will wrestle with trust. Personally, as we grow older, even though we are wiser, aging populations are manipulated. From insurance companies to reverse mortgages, there is always someone who intends to take advantage of your trust.

Sermon for Sunday, August 31, 2025

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And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”  Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, from where did it come? From heaven or from man?”

Sermon Notes for Sunday, August 24, 2025

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Fig(kle) Gathering Matthew 18:15–20 (ESV): 15 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence … [Read more…]