Jesus, looking at his death unafraid, provided for his mother and friends. He left to us his values and an unfinished task. What is our attitude as we deal with our mortality? What is your legacy? SCRIPTURE: John 14:27
American Christians are challenged to separate their religious faith from their patriotic ferver. To combine religion and state is to use God for our purposes, without seeing that God is far greater than any nation’s purposes.
The Bible is a great tool but we dull its edge by literalism, prooftexting, ignorance, and grasping for a rule book. We should worship the God behind the Bible. SCRIPTURE: John 21:24; Acts 1: 1-2
Lenten Series: Wrestling with God The unknown God, for whom no graven image can be made, is far beyond our best efforts to understand, describe or control. “Tell me your name” we ask,“let us understand you”. But God is mystery, forcing us to struggle with who we are in relation to God. In the end, […]
Rev. Bob Brown, Senior Pastor SCRIPTURE: Exodus 18; Acts 1; I Corinthians 12 Whoever wins the Daytona 500 today, they were dependent on a crew that prepared the race car. Moses learned that, gifted as he was, he had to delegate and trust those working with him. We have a team that works together for […]
Rev. Bob Brown, Senior Pastor SCRIPTURE: I Chronicles 29 Today we celebrate our commitment to God and to God’s church at Coronado. David planned and contributed to a house for God, even though he knew he would never live to worship in it. He worshipped an everlasting God. So do we.
Rev. Bob Brown, Senior Pastor SCRIPTURE: Numbers 13, 14; Joshua 2 We do well to plan ahead, but we are to approach new things with confidence, not fear; contrast the two approaches to unknown territory.
Rev. Bob Brown, Senior Pastor SCRIPTURE: Joshua 1 The TV series “Life after Humans” reveals the natural processes at work in the environment. What processes will be at work in our church as go through change? Will it be OK?
Rev. Bob Brown, Senior Pastor SCRIPTURE: Jonah 1: 1-4 There is a direction to which we are destined, and we have stormy weather if we head the other way.
Rev. Bob Brown, Senior Pastor Dreams Dr. King had a dream of justice and equality. God gives dreams to men, women and children of how things might be. What are your dreams? What are our dreams as a community of faith? Habakkuk 2: 2-5; Joel 2:28; Acts 2:17