29
Dec
22
Dec
The Book of Life
Text: Revelation 21:1-14, 22-27 – There are many things that we have in this life that we might call “sentimental,” like a box full of old letters. Some of us hold on to those types of things more closely than others. Some of us dwell on them much more often than we ought. However, all […]
15
Dec
The Christmas Dragon
Text: Revelation 12:1-17 – At the birth of Christ was Mary, baby Jesus, and a… dragon? Well, that is how John describes the story of Jesus’ birth in the book of Revelation. The dragon waiting to devour the child. The child who would become king. The King of kings and Lord of lords. The dragon […]
08
Dec
Bitter and Sweet Things
Text: Revelations 10:1-11 – In Revelation, an angel tells John to eat a scroll, and as he eats it, it will be sweet in his mouth, and will make his stomach bitter. We like things that are sweet, we don’t like things that are bitter, especially when it comes to what goes in our mouth. […]
01
Dec
Heaven is a Wonderful Place
Text: Revelation 5:11-14, 7:9-17 – “… Filled with glory and grace, I want to see my Savior’s face, cause heaven is a wonderful place.” This was a song I grew up with as a kid. I don’t know how often you think about heaven, what it will look like, what we will do when we’re […]
24
Nov
Christ the King and His Second Coming
Text: Revelation 1:1-18 – As we celebrate the Last Sunday of the Church year, we begin going through the last book of the Bible, Revelation, as we near the end of our two-year journey reading through the Word of God. Next week starts the season of Advent and we’ll think and prepare for Christ’s first […]
17
Nov
Love, Hate, and Jesus
Text: 1 John 4:1-21 – The Bible covers many topics. And if you were to say what the main point of the Bible is, the most important thing it contains, what would that be? Would you talk about love? That love for God, love for other people is the most important? And that if you’re […]
10
Nov
In the Beginning…Was…Jesus
Text: 1 John 1:1-10 – As we read through the Word of God we see many things about Jesus. That He is light and in Him there is no darkness. That He is the light of the world who calls us to be lights in this world, shining in the darkness the light of Christ. […]
03
Nov
All Saints’ Scoffers
Text: 2 Peter 3:1-18 – Salvation comes by grace alone, through faith alone, because of Christ alone, and we know this through the Word alone. However, as Peter writes, there are those who will come into our world, our lives in order to lead us away from eternal life. They are the scoffers who come […]
27
Oct
Reformation Righteousness
Text: 2 Peter 1:1-15 – When we think about celebrating the Reformation, we think of the time when Martin Luther sought to bring the Church back to the truth of the Word of God. He pointed to Christ’s redeeming work, and not our own good works. He pointed to how we are saved by grace […]