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02/24/2019 – We Are All One – Part Four – Nor Is There Male and Female Galatians 3:26-29; 1 Timothy 2:11-15. In his letter to the Galatians, Paul seems far ahead of his cultural stage when it came to views on race and gender and slavery. But yet, his first...

02/17/2019 – We Are All One – Part Three – Neither Slave nor Free Galatians 3:26-29; Colossians 3:18-4:1. How do we reconcile Paul's awe-inspiring words "there is neither slave nor free" alongside his enigmatic instruction, "slaves, obey your earthly...

02/10/2019 – We Are All One – Part Two – Neither Jew nor Gentile Galatians 3:26-28; Luke 10:25-27. When Paul writes in his letter to the Galatians, "there is neither Jew nor Gentile," and when Jesus tells the parable of the Good Samaritan, they are both...

02/03/2019 – We Are All One – Part One – Unity Galatians 3:26-29. "There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."

01/20/2019 – Refresh 2019 – Part Three – Community Matthew 22:15-22. How do we embrace a life of community in a world that pushes us toward individualism?

01/13/2019 – Refresh 2019 – Part Two – Discipleship Matthew 22:15-22. What is discipleship? It must be more than a love for the scriptures for surely nobody loved the scriptures more than the Pharisees.

01/06/2019 – Refresh 2019 – Part One – Kingdom Matthew 22:15-22. When the Pharisees tried to trap Jesus with a question about taxes paid to Caesar, Jesus brilliantly turned the tables on them.

12/24/2018 – Christmas Eve 2018 – The Inn Keeper Luke 2:7. A closer look at the one who is remembered for saying, "There is no room for you here at the inn."

12/23/2018 – The Star – Part Three – The Star of Kokhba Matthew 2:1-2; 22:15-22; 20:25-28; Luke 19:41-44. In the Jewish story, there were many "stars" who claimed to be the Messiah. But there is only one story that still commands our attention 2000 years...