God of Darkness: Dry (Psalm 63)

   MOTIVATE As many of you, I spent my T-giving holiday around family and children… One of the things about children is that they need to leave a light on when they go to bed, children are afraid of the dark. As we grow we become almost desensitized to the dark and oddly enough we…

Gospel Reformer, Romans 1:16-18

MOTIVATE ð       With one swing of a mallet a movement was launched. With one swing of a mallet a world was turned upside down. With one swing of a mallet history was altered. With one swing of a mallet a monk named Martin Luther nailed a document known as “The Ninety-Five Theses” on the church…

Gospel: Cross and Resurrection (Mark 15 & 16)

A lot can happen in a week.[1] On Saturday Jesus is at Bethany. Mary breaks an expensive jar of perfume and anoints Jesus’ body. On Sunday Jesus arrives in Jerusalem. Crowds praise and sing “Hosanna” On Monday Jesus enters the temple and drives people out for making it a den of robbers and not a…

Gospel Worship (Mark 14)

MOTIVATE Our culture likes going to the extreme. We watch shows like “Extreme Makeover Home Edition”. Each game or reality show is trying to out-extreme the other with shows like “Survivor”, “Amazing Race”, “Minute to Win It”, “Wipeout”. I even saw a show on the TLC channel called Extreme Poodles[1]. We participate in Extreme Fitness…