Sermon Podcasts

James 1:1-5, 12. Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds. This instruction from James seems almost impossible. Is it even possible that we can change our gut response to trials and difficulties?

Matthew 20:1-16. One of the great obstacles to living in gratitude is an inborn fear that there will not be enough. Not enough love. Not enough money. Not enough security. Not enough fill-in-the-blank. We live with a scarcity mindset. But this mindset is diametrically opposed to the God revealed through scripture.

Luke 15:11-32. Most people today have lost the ability to hold convictions with openness, allowing them to be in relationship with people who think differently. As a result, we resemble the older brother in the prodigal son story, standing outside refusing to enter the celebration of his younger brother’s return home. How can we change this?

Philippians 4:4-13. Gratitude is central to the life of faith, but living a life of gratitude is not easy. Though we might think happiness is normal, unhappiness comes far more naturally to us. How can we combat this tendency toward negativity?

John 13:1-17. When Jesus washed his disciples feet, he was putting two things on display for us. He was showing us the discipline of servanthood and its corresponding freedom: Freedom from the terrible burden of being the center of your world.

Genesis 2:1-3; Exodus 20:8-11; Luke 10:38-42. Like many of the disciplines, the discipline of Sabbath Rest is a lost art. Abraham Joshua Heschel describes the Sabbath as “the day on which we learn the art of surpassing civilization.” How can we reclaim this lost art?