Real Wisdom

Everyone wants to be thought of as wise. Someone that has answers, that knows what to do. They handle themselves right in any given situation. But maybe there's more to it than that. James thinks there is, and he gives a description of what godly wisdom is so we can understand what God wants us to have.

Sermon, August 30

Taming the tongue

It's hard to keep our mouths in check. I know. I've said more than my share of poorly thought-out stuff, it seems. It really is amazing how quickly we can go from hero to zero with just a few careless words. We all know that little old phrase "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." We also know that it's now true. Words can hurt, and how we speak says a lot about how we think. So, we need to be diligent to control our words, and use them to build others up, and never to tear down.

Sermon, August 23

Prove It

Today's message was a pretty light treatment of James 2:14-26. There's a lot to delve into in this passage, but the basic gist is that real faith produces real works. A faith that has no outward display of an inward change isn't worth much. In fact, James calls it useless. That's pretty stiff, but important nonetheless. Our faith should stand up to being challenged, and we should be able to take a good hard look at ourselves (or have some other Christian that we trust do it) and see at least some evidence of God working in our lives, and an outflowing of that into what we think, say, and do. Just saying "I have faith" isn't enough. The important thing to determine is "Is there proof?"

Sermon, August 16

Also, we had a great afternoon out at lake Pueblo, and the baptism service went wonderfully. God provided a perfect day for us, and there were maybe 80-90 people present to share in the testimony of the four who were baptized today.Thanks to everyone who was there, and perhaps I can even try to get some pictures posted up on here for others to see!

Baptism Service on the 16th

Our Baptism Service is going to be this Sunday (August 16th) down at Lake Pueblo. I have made a little map and added some directions on it for those who aren't sure how to get where we are going. If you have any questions, please contact me and we'll try and help you out! It's pretty exciting, with several people getting baptized and we're going to make a day of it with a cook-out and an evening service after all that.

Everyone is invited!

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Playing Favorites

How often do you size someone up and make a snap judgment about them? Let's face it, we all do it more often than we think. But how often are we right? That takes longer to tell, and sometimes we don't take the time to really know a person. James warns us about the dangers of showing partiality to people because of who they are or what they look like or how much money they have. The world is full of lost souls that come in all different packages, and we must be so careful to treat each one with the same love and care that God has shown to us.

Sermon, August 9

The Lord's Supper

I won't spend a lot of time discussing what this sermon was about, but I can tell you that I was really looking forward to it. Being able to take part in communion with our new church was a wonderful time, and a real blessing as a pastor.

In the message, I tried to set the context for the Lord's Supper. What were Jesus and the disciples doing that night in the upper room, and why were they getting together? What was the significance of the Passover and what Jesus was showing them? Hopefully I answered those questions!

Sermon, August 2

EDIT: Well, it appears that we had some technical difficulties, and the message was not recorded :-( My apologies to those who have tried to listen. We're still trying to figure out how to get all our ducks in a row with this recording, so it's inevitable that things like this happen! So, let me tell you, it was a great sermon, the best I have ever preached! No, in all reality, I really enjoyed preaching this one, it just hasn't been preserved for posterity. Oh well...