Sermons on Love

Sermons on Love

Worship Service – February 21, 2021

FIRST SUNDAY IN LENTScriptures: Genesis 9:8-17; Psalm 25:1-10; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:9-15Hymns: There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy (UMH 121); We’ll Understand It Better By and By (UMH 525); Standing on the Promises (UMH 374) All music in the public domain or used with permission under One License #737596-A. Liturgical elements adapted from with by Rev. Kathy Swaar and UM…

Justified Love

A sermon on Romans 5:1-8 for June 18, 2017 There’s a retired United Methodist pastor, Dennis Dorsch, who has been walking with me for nearly a decade as I’ve been growing spiritually and discerning God’s call on my life. For someone who has some significant mobility problems, he remains incredibly active and committed to that Wesleyan spirit of “Do all the good you can,…

Why the church?

A Sermon on Acts 2:42-47 How is it that the church exists? I’m not asking what we exist to do. I’m simply asking, how is it possible that the church of Jesus Christ exists at all? Have you ever stopped to consider how unlikely it is? Before Pentecost, which we’re going to celebrate on June 4, the church was about 120 people according to Acts 1. On the day of Pentecost,…

What is a Christian? (Part 4)

What is a Christian? Today we are completing our 4 week series trying to answer this question. Of course, on the one hand, the answer has always been obvious. A Christian is someone who follows Christ. But what does that actually mean? It’s worth remembering that part of the reason that we come here every week is that we’re all trying to work that answer in our lives.…