Q – With all the starvation and poverty in the world, how are Christ’s followers to live? Is it wrong to be rich in light of the needs that exist? What about when Jesus says it’s impossible for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Read the rest of this entry »

In December we are meeting on two Saturday evenings, here in this building. We are inviting people in this community to have a meal with us and to have family pictures taken. We are creating a venue through which we as a group can meet people, befriend people, expose them to who we are and hopefully, then or at some point, to Jesus. Read the rest of this entry »

Much of the four gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) is committed to two great things – watching and learning from Jesus’ actions, and listening to his teaching. Luke chapter twelve is an example of how and what Jesus taught in order to move his disciples into the call we all face – the call into the mission, the call to actually live for Jesus. Jesus’ primary goal here is seen in the second half of the chapter (starting in verse 35). He wants his servants to be AWAKE and ready, AWAKE and committed to the mission, AWAKE and working, AWAKE and living in the reality that he will be coming back to finalize this phase of history. Read the rest of this entry »

The gospel message is a message of compassion. John 3:17 says that God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but to save it. He humbled himself and became one of us and lived a perfect life so that when we tortured and killed him he could represent all those who would receive him – he would take their place. My sin would become his sin and his righteousness would become my righteousness. Jesus had compassion like no other.  As Luther said, “Lord, you are my righteousness and I am your sin.” Read the rest of this entry »