September 3 – Life Giving
How We Can Be More Like Jesus: Life Giving Matthew 16:21-28 (Page 19 New Testament in Pew Bible) Give our little life to God in trade for a BIG life for God and in God. Our life is not about us, we are about Life.
Sermons by Rev. Peter Cottrell
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August 6, 2017 – Care. Feed.
Sermon: Care. Feed. Sometimes we think of God so “other worldly” that we miss a key element in the Christian faith – incarnation. God is present in the creation and in us. God does not merely show up in grand miracles. Jesus demonstrated that God is reflected and revealed in many very common elements of […]
August 13, 2017 – Pray. No Fear.
Sermon: Pray. No Fear. Scripture: Matthew 14:22-23
August 20, 2017 – Heart
Sermon: Heart. Once again Jesus comes up against the rule keeping Pharisees and challenges their thinking. Notice that Jesus does not condemn the Pharisees. Religious people then, and religious people today want it to be about following the right set of rules or having the right set of beliefs. But Jesus teaches over and over […]
July 23, 2017 – Hope Is Suffering
7TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Scripture: Romans 8:12-25 Sermon: Hope in Suffering In Romans 8:12-25, Paul weaves a number of intimacy metaphors together. Family, child parent, sibling with Christ, new birth and adoption. Each of these allows for a place that each of us can connect to the passage and understand Paul’s point – God claims […]
July 30, 2017 – Our Weakness to God’s Glory
8TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Scripture: Romans 8:26-39 Sermon: Our Weakness to God’s Glory Paul has been leading us to these verses. Paul has been walking us slowly here through the pitfalls of First Century Jewish and Christian thought. Our weakness does not stand in the way of God’s ultimate desire to be connected to […]
July 16, 2017 – Life In His Name
July 9, 2017 – Accepting Grace Is Hard
5TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Scripture: Romans 7:15-25 Sermon: Accepting Grace Is Hard Cheap grace is easy. When we just think we can take advantage of the gift without any response or responsibility, when we don’t have to take stock of ourselves and look into the mirror with honesty, when we don’t have to wrestle or […]