by admin | Sep 26, 2021 | 2021-09 The Second Greatest Commandment, Homepage, Podcast
09/26/2021 – The Second Greatest Commandment: Part Four – Be Good to the Baby John 4:6-29. “Love your neighbor as yourself.” It’s the final two words of this command – ‘as yourself’ – that might be the most difficult. For many...
by admin | Sep 19, 2021 | 2021-09 The Second Greatest Commandment, Homepage, Podcast
09/19/2021 – The Second Greatest Commandment: Part Three – Enemies Mark 12:28-31; Matthew 5:43-48. As followers of Jesus we can’t talk about loving our neighbors without the even harder command to love our enemies. What enemies would Jesus have had in mind when...
by admin | Sep 12, 2021 | 2021-09 The Second Greatest Commandment, Homepage, Podcast
09/12/2021 – The Second Greatest Commandment: Part Two – The Cost Luke 4:16-30. After teaching in the synagogue at Nazareth about God’s expansive view of grace and neighbor, Jesus is taken to the outskirts of town to be thrown off a cliff. It seems that...
by admin | Sep 5, 2021 | 2021-09 The Second Greatest Commandment, Homepage, Podcast
09/05/2021 – The Second Greatest Commandment: Part One – Neighbor Mark 12:28-34. When the teacher of the law asked which commandment was most important, Jesus gave a two-part answer. This month we focus on the second part. What does it mean for us to love our...
by admin | Aug 29, 2021 | 2021-08 The Greatest Commandment, Homepage, Podcast
08/29/2021 – The Greatest Commandment: Part Five – Love Your Neighbor (Love Mercy) Luke 10:25-37. For Part Five of our series on The Greatest Commandment, special guest Reverend Chalice Overy brought a powerful word about mercy from Jesus’ well-known parable of...
by admin | Aug 22, 2021 | 2021-08 The Greatest Commandment, Homepage, Podcast
08/22/2021 – The Greatest Commandment: Part Four – Strength. Mark 12:28-34. In the Great Commandment, the final pathway by which we are told to love God is with our strength. This word needs to be untangled from some modern (and narrow) uses of the word, and...
by admin | Aug 18, 2021 | 2021-08 The Greatest Commandment, Homepage, Podcast
08/15/2021 – The Greatest Commandment: Part Three – Mind. Mark 12:28-34. In week 3 of our series on the greatest commandment, we learn about what it means to love God with our mind. (Hint, it has something to do with an elephant.) Our services are now live-streamed...
by admin | Aug 8, 2021 | 2021-08 The Greatest Commandment, Homepage, Podcast
08/08/2021 – The Greatest Commandment: Part Two – Soul. Mark 12:28-34. The Hebrew word for soul is Nephesh. As is often the case, words in Hebrew almost always hold a much bigger meaning than the English word we use to translate it. What is our Nephesh? What is our...
by admin | Aug 1, 2021 | 2021-08 The Greatest Commandment, Homepage, Podcast
08/01/2021 – The Greatest Commandment: Part One – The Heart. Mark 12:28-34. When Jesus was asked, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” In response, he quoted a famous Jewish prayer called the Shema. “Love the Lord your God with all...
by admin | Jul 25, 2021 | 2021-07 Return to Athens, Homepage, Podcast
07/25/2021 – Homecoming: Return to Athens – Part Three As we prepare for our full return to indoor worship in August, we are using the month of July as a time to reflect on where we have been, and where we are headed. This week we discuss some upcoming liturgical...
