Picking Up Stones

Preached on August 26, 2007 at PLWC.

Reading: Joshua 3:1-3, 14-17, 4:1-7; Matthew 16:13-24

We decided to follow the theme of rocks in the Bible for this week, partly because everyone knows about rocks and partly because people in the Poconos especially know about rocks. This was a communion Sunday at PLWC, and so we saw how the Lord's Supper is both a memorial stone and a foundation for us.

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Getting Out of the Fish's Belly

Preached on August 19, 2007 at PLWC.

Reading: Jonah 1:1-3, 3:1-10

Repentance is always a fitting topic for a sermon, and few books of the Bible give us a better commentary on repentance than Jonah. (Believe it or not, there is more to the book of Jonah than arguing about whether someone could survive in a fish's belly for three days.)

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Why Bother?

Preached on August 12, 2007 at PLWC.

Reading: Isaiah 38:1-6, 39:1-8; Luke 17:11-19

This was our first service of healing and prayer, so for our sermon this week we looked at some instances when people have sought healing for the wrong reasons. If we just want healings or blessings just for the sake of having the blessing itself, why bother? There are better reasons...

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The Hard Way

Preached on August 5, 2007 at PLWC.

Reading: Matthew 5:1-11

This week we took a look at the Beatitudes, those familiar words from Jesus about who's blessed in the kingdom of God, and we learned from those words that grace is hard work.

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An Eye on the Joneses

Preached on July 29, 2007 at PLWC.

Reading: Deuteronomy 15:7-11; Amos 2:6-10; Matthew 25:31-40; Acts 2:42-47, 4:32-5:11

Continuing our theme of how people of grace should live, this week we saw that we shouldn't waste, but we should be extravagant.

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