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10/18/2015 – Paradox - Part 3 - The Heavy Cross and the Easy Yoke Luke 14:25-33; Matthew 11:28-30 Jesus calls us to take up our crosses and follow him. He also says that his yoke is easy and his burden is light. How do these two seemingly contradictory statements hold...

10/11/2015 – Paradox - Part 2 - Social Gospel vs Personal Salvation Luke 22:39-62 The prevailing understanding of personal salvation (an escape to heaven from earth) is hard to reconcile with a Social Gospel. But perhaps there is a better understanding of salvation...

10/04/2015 – Paradox - Part 1 - Blinding Lights and Baby Steps Acts 9:1-19; 1 Cor. 9:24-27 Description: Sometimes the Christian faith looks like blinding lights, and sometimes it looks like baby steps. Both are a real and necessary part of the Christian walk.

9/27/2015 – Worlds Apart - Part 4 - The Ends of the Earth Matthew 28:19-20

9/20/2015 – Worlds Apart - Part 3 - Judea and Samaria John 4:1-10, 19-26 What does it mean to be witnesses to Judea and Samaria?

9/13/2015 – Worlds Apart - Part 2 - Jerusalem Mark 10:17-27; Matthew 23:23 The Jerusalem diagnosis: Good and Lost. How do we witness the resurrection to those who are both good and lost?

9/06/2015 – Worlds Apart - Part 1 - Introduction Acts 1 We are called to be Jesus' witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, and the ends of the earth. But what does this really mean, and what are we witnessing about?

6/1/2014 – A Theology of Work – Part 4 Luke 10:25-37

5/25/2014 – A Theology of Work – Part 3 Exodus 35; Romans 12:4-8

5/18/2014 – A Theology of Work – Part 2 Psalm 147:12-14; Proverbs 11:10-11; 1 Corinthians 7:17,20.