Peace
The 3rd Sunday in Advent. The angels came and announced peace to the shepherds. What might these shepherds have discovered about that peace? Isaiah 9:2, 6-7 Download Stream Subscribe to podcast
A Confident Hope
The first Sunday in Advent. Passage: Isaiah 11:1-9. Download Stream Subscribe to podcast
The Joy of Experience and Discovery — Bob Whitaker (16 Dec 2018)
Isaiah 9:2, 6-7. On this third Sunday of Advent, we look at the situation of the shepherds and the wise men in the story of Christ’s birth.
When Love Came Down — Bob Whitaker (9 Dec 2018)
2nd Sunday of Advent; Isaiah 40:9-11. When we think of the Incarnation, perhaps the best way to put it is, “When Love came down.”
This Mysterious Hope — Bob Whitaker (2 Dec 2018)
We begin the Advent season with a reminder to hope in what we know, even if we can’t see it.
Joy to the World — Bob Whitaker (11 Dec 2016)
The angels come to the shepherds and announce news of a birth that causes joy. Consider with us the reasons for that joy.
The Progress of Hope — Dan Waugh (27 Nov 2016)
Today we trace “The Progress of Hope” from the time of Isaiah to the first advent of Christ, to us in the church, and into the future to Christ’s second advent. This isn’t a hope we keep in our back pocket and pull out when times are glum–it’s a hope we live by daily!
There Is Hope–Bob Whitaker (18 Aug 2013)
“There Is Hope.” This word of God that came through the prophets is for every nation of people throughout history. Those who follow God can depend upon him to keep his promises. Join us as we look at the “already, but not yet” in Isaiah 11: the promised restoration to the exiled of Israel, the […]
I Will Redeem–Pastor Whitaker (11 Aug 2013)
The theme of redemption is not only central to the life of God’s people in the Old Testament, it continues like a scarlet thread of truth throughout the New Testament. The final and continuous theme of the Bible is that the ultimate redemption is accomplished through the work of Jesus Christ. When the theme of […]
Darkness, then Dawn – Dan Waugh (16 Dec 2012)
Pastor Dan Waugh considers God’s word to us from Isaiah 9:1-7 in light of the collision this past week of Christmas cheer and human suffering. Isaiah reminds us that our hope is in God and his Rescuer, not in some vain notion of human goodness.