Pentecost 21 - Render to Caesar - Matthew 22: 15-22
Jesus calls us to live out our lives as authentic, created-in-the-image of God people. This touches everything we do, say and think, and as controversial as it sounds, how we vote.
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Pentecost 20- The Invitation That Requires Our Response- Matthew 22:1-14
God's grace welcomes us as we are, but it also calls us to change.
Pentecost 19- What Ae We Doing with God's Vineyard?- Matthew 21:33-46
God has entrusted this vineyard for a moment in time, so may we tend to it faithfully, share it generously and produce good fruit.
Pentecost 18 - The Parable of the Two - Matthew 21: 23-32
A father has two sons..... who couldn't be more different in their responses. Yes, it's a story ages old, but also a story about the ways, the paths, the choices of responding. The parable begins with these words.... "What do you think"? So what DO you think? Join us as we explore life and faith together.
Pentecost 17- God Chooses Grace - Matthew 20:1-16
God chooses to show grace to all people. Are we open to receive it?
Pentecost 16 - Forgiveness: A Sacred Gift - Matthew 18:21-35
As we receive God's mercy and forgiveness, how do we show mercy and forgiveness to others?
Pentecost 15 - Binding Up Letting Loose - Matthew 18: 15-20
In ways this passage is about addressing the difficult issues of conflict and relational breakdown within the church. In other ways this passage is an invitation into the loosing, liberating, life giving ways of Christ. This may be a difficult passage to understand, but certainly it is a difficult passage to embrace as part of the Christian life.
Pentecost 14 - Our True Selves - Matthew 16: 21-28
Finding our true selves in Christ. Tim is joined by a rooster as we explore what it means to deny 'ourselves' and take up our crosses.
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