Hidden by the Forcefield of Jesus’ Love Pastor Don Freeman We come each Sunday to pray, to worship, to heal, to be challenged and refreshed by God’s Word. The need…

The Risk to Us

December 27, 2020
The Risk to Us The darkness is deep, but Light still pierces it. Evil is rampant, but God’s radiant glory covers the earth as the waters cover the sea. Injustice,…

The Risk of Jesus

December 20, 2020
Jesus’ childhood, youth and early adulthood benefited from the love and security of family and close-knit community in the backwoods of Israel, in Galilee, where city folks would have referred…

The Risk of Joseph

December 13, 2020
Vineyard Church of the Peninsula December 13, 2020 The Risk of Joseph The next person in the Christmas story had a similarly challenging series of hurdles to clear as did…

The Risk of Mary

December 6, 2020
The Risk of Mary, sermon by Don Freeman There were so many reasons to say, ‘No.’ So many, ‘What ifs?’ ‘What will my family, friends, fellow villagers, even strangers, think?’…
For Israel, the four centuries since Nehemiah’s return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple had been yet another season of humiliation by foreign powers, the disgraceful influx of pagan Greco-Roman…
In one of his songs, Bill Gaither penned these words: “The One who knows me best, loves me most.” This phrase expresses a towering, intimate truth repeatedly borne out throughout…
Jesus instructed the wearied crowd before him to resist chaining themselves to the decadent ways of the foreign culture that had made great strides in eroding, criticizing and cancelling out the centuries-long, centuries-cherished, Jewish way of life. Persuasive, seductive new lifestyle choices were more and more the ‘in’ thing making the traditions of the Jews seem provincial, even ridiculous. The Greeks felt that maintaining allegiance to one God was silly, archaic, and severely limiting. For the Jews, holding on to truth, to tradition came at a higher and higher price and they were frustrated and angry and sad.