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10/22/2017 – Names – Part 8 – A New Name on a White Stone Revelation 2:12-17. Jesus promises to give “those who overcome” a white stone with a new name written on it. What new name might Jesus want to give to us?

10/15/2017 – Names – Part 7 – Saul to Paul Acts 9:1-19. From Saul to Paul. Like so many of the renaming stories of this sermon series, the shift from Saul to Paul speaks to a shift from self-consideration into self-forgetfulness; a theme clearly reflected in the...

10/08/2017 – Names – Part 6 – Simon to Peter Matthew 16:13-23. When Jesus asks his disciples, "Who do you say that I am?" Simon response is ripe with political and social significance, and it leads to Jesus giving Simon a new name. Peter.

10/01/2017 – Names – Part 5 – James and John Mark 3:13-17. Nicknames can be very powerful things. They convey intimacy and relationship. Jesus nicknamed three of his disciples. Two were the brothers James and John, whom he nicknamed the "Sons of Thunder." What can we...

9/24/2017 – Names – Part 4 – I Am Who I Am Exodus 3:1-14. The story where God reveals his name (I Am) to Moses is a story which challenges all our previously held categories, definitions and understandings of God.

9/17/2017 – Names – Part 3 – Jacob becomes Israel Genesis 32:22-31. When God gives Jacob a new name, the name he offers is Israel, which means to-wrestle-with-God. This name gives us permission to question and wrestle with God; to not shy away from the tough...

9/10/2017 – Names – Part 2 – Abram to Abraham Genesis 17:1-5. At the age of 99, Abram is visited by God who invites him to embrace a bigger name. Abraham. But Abram is not the only one renamed in this story.

9/3/2017 – Names – Part 1 – Adam Genesis 2:4-15. In our new series, we are exploring stories throughout scripture where God names (or re-names) His people. We begin the series with the naming of Adam.

8/27/2017 – Lessons at Seven – Part 4 – Prayer Psalms 51:1-3; Philippians 4:6-7; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18; Colossians 4:2-6; Luke 5:15-16. A service dedicated to personal and corporate prayer.

8/20/2017 – Lessons at Seven – Part 3 – The Concubine and the Christ Judges 19. In what is perhaps scriptures darkest story, an unnamed concubine who suffers unspeakable horrors reveals something to us of Christ.