“FAR ABOVE, FOR US” Ephesians 1:15-23 1. Introduction Awesome, sometime awful displays of power Awe-inspiring power of Jesus   2. Turning on the Light “incomparably great power” “raised Jesus and seated him”   3. The Great God Question Relationship between God and the world “hairy thunderer or cosmic muffin” Deism or Pantheism Islam or Buddhism […]

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John 21:15-19 The Devine Romance What does God require of us? Love him, love him, love him Variety of responses I did not ask all this of you! Jesus and Peter First and greatest commandment/last hardest challenge Peter was a failure Peter hedged in his answer-agape and philos Peter didn’t get the difference Jesus Acceptance […]

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January 22, 2017 SUNDAY MORNING MESSAGE OUTLINE “DOES OUR FAITH MAKE A DIFFERENCE?”  James 1:22; James 2:14-26 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only those who do the will of my Father who is in heaven.”                     […]

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