To the poor, the lonely, the abused, the abandoned, the depressed, the very idea of a faithful God can seem like twisted humor; something available to everybody else, but not…
Living with God’s Goodness ________________ @_______________ The Sadducees and Pharisees of Jesus’ day lived next door to God’s goodness, admiring it, teaching about it, reverencing it, but they contented themselves…
Jesus is famous or he is infamous. He cannot be innocuous. Everything about him from his birth, his lifestyle, his teachings, his Divinity, his cross, his resurrection, his Church, are…
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…
In his stupefying, open vision recorded in the book of Revelation (ch.19), the Apostle John sees a rider called Faithful and True seated on a white horse. His eyes are…
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,…
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…
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, 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…