This is a LONG and very STRANGE biblical text, but when you take it, and reverse it, it offers us a game-changing insight on what it means to follow Jesus.
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Oooh. Submission! That’s not a word that is very popular in our culture. But what is the good news in submission?
Alison Witt shares her own story of discipleship, how submission has helped her become more like Christ, and clarifies what submission is, and is not.
Good stuff!
Jesus was asked by rich ruler “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
His response? “Sell everything you have, give it to the poor, then come and follow me.”
Which is… a little uncomfortable for all of us wealthy Westerners.
If we’re going to follow Jesus it will cost us everything, but we will receive something more. We will receive something that has been with us from our very first breathe.
2015.01.25 - Kevin Makins - The Church Calendar
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In the first century Jesus and his followers took a massive risk, and God used them to change the world FOREVER.
In 2015 we go to church on Sunday.
How did Christianity get so… boring? And how can God shake us up again?
It all begins with three simple challenges: repent, believe, follow.
The text:
Mark 1:14-20
14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.” 16 As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the sea—for they were fishermen. 17 And Jesus said to them, “Follow me and I will make you fish for people.” 18 And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
19 As he went a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John, who were in their boat mending the nets. 20 Immediately he called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, and followed him.
2014.09.14 - Kevin Makins - Same Page Sunday 2014
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It’s been four years… FOUR YEARS of being a congregation! How are we doing? What’s next? What is the POINT of this “being the church thing?”
And the question everyone is really asking: how can we avoid dragging a foot?
2012.11.25 - Dave Witt - This Isn’t Easy
Matthew 5, Matthew 7
Sometimes we can think that grace is like a safety net: it’s only needed when we fall.
Sometimes we think we can follow Jesus, without needing Jesus. But that would be a huge mistake.
2012.11.11 - Wendy Gritter - This Isn’t Easy
The Cost of Incarnational Peace-Making
John 1, Philippians 4, Matthew 5, Ephesians 2, John 17
Wendy Gritter returns to the Eucharist pulpit with a compelling and powerful teaching on being like Christ: incarnational and peace making.
Wendy shares from her own experience working with the lgbtq community and calls for Jesus disciples to do the difficult work of trusting the Holy Spirit.
(Forgive the recording again, still working out some new problems!)
Music starts 65 minutes in.
2012.10.28 - Kevin Makins - This Isn’t Easy
Luke 16, James 2, Matthew 7
Why doesn’t God just prove himself beyond a shadow of a doubt?
Music starts 32 minutes in.
2012.03.04 - Kevin Makins - Soma: 1 Corinthians
Winning & Boasting (as strange as that sounds)
1 Corinthians 9, Philippians 2
Sort of a weird chapter this week. Paul starts off by getting all defensive about how pastors should get paid, and goes off on a sort of tangent about vineyards and soldiers and oxen…
And then he flips everything on it’s head and it all makes sense.
A sermon about rights, privileges, freedom, and just how much it costs to really be a Jesus disciple.
2012.01.29 - Kevin Makins - Soma: 1 Corinthians
Divorce, Marriage, and The New Dance
1 Corinthians 7:6-16, Matthew 19, Deuteronomy 24
How should Christians view divorce and marriage? There is no better place to start than Paul’s letter to a young church in Corinth.
What did Paul say about divorce? Well, to understand Paul requires understanding Jesus, and understanding Jesus requires understanding two well known Rabbis, but understanding those Rabbis requires understanding Moses and the Torah…
It’s about to get very “meta” in here.
Music led by Joel Cumby - starts 1 hour and 16 minutes in.
