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The Reason for the Movement

Date: September 24, 2023

Bible Text: Isaiah 55:6-13, Matthew 20:1-16 | Rev. David A. Douthett

As we continue to explore some of what it means when Jesus calls us to deny ourselves, take up the cross, and follow him, we find ourselves wading into some of Jesus' most interesting parables.

By David Douthett|2023-09-25T12:47:44-04:00September 25th, 2023|

Where You Sit

Date: November 7, 2021

Bible Text: Mark 12:38-44 | Rev. David A. Douthett

In today's scripture, Jesus teaches about the hypocrisy of the scribes and how that would be bad for them. This is followed by a scene of comparative generosity or lack thereof in the temple as

By David Douthett|2021-11-07T23:30:21-05:00November 7th, 2021|

Citizens of Heaven

Date: September 20, 2020

Bible Text: Philippians 1:20-30, Matthew 20:1-16 | Rev. David A. Douthett

We have two passages today that give us different ways of thinking about the Kingdom of heaven and how its

By David Douthett|2020-09-22T16:25:42-04:00September 22nd, 2020|

Grace Sharking

Date: November 10, 2019

Bible Text: Haggai 1:15b-2:9, Sirach 35:9-17 | Rev. David A. Douthett

It's stewardship time! But actually, it's always stewardship time, as long as we have anything that belongs to God, like possessions, time, and life itself. Still, we focus on the theme of how we use

By David Douthett|2019-11-10T16:41:36-05:00November 10th, 2019|

All Kinds of Evil

Date: September 29, 2019

Bible Text: 1 Timothy 6:6-19, Luke 16:19-31 | Rev. David A. Douthett

It can be really annoying sometimes when a friend or family member comes to you and tells you, with love, about some of your character flaws and defects. You know they're right, but you hate

By David Douthett|2019-10-02T01:52:23-04:00October 2nd, 2019|

By All Means

Date: September 22, 2019

Bible Text: Amos 8:4-7, Luke 16:1-13 | Rev. David A. Douthett

In our scriptures for today we have the prophet Amos taking some blatant cheaters to task for taking advantage of the poor, which is absolutely in violation of God's revealed will and commandments. Then Jesus

By David Douthett|2019-09-22T14:35:21-04:00September 22nd, 2019|

Storage Space

Date: August 11, 2019

Bible Text: Colossians 3:1-11, Luke 12:13-21 | Rev. David A. Douthett

As the summer rolls on, you may be getting some nice produce from your garden or from your neighbors' gardens. Maybe strangers are leaving piles of zucchini on your doorstep at night as they try

By David Douthett|2019-08-13T16:55:21-04:00August 13th, 2019|

Perfect Union: Almsgiving

Date: April 7, 2019

Bible Text: Philippians 3:4b-14, John 12:1-8 | Rev. David A. Douthett

Series: Lent 2019 Perfect Union

Closing out the series "Perfect Union" on spiritual practices to increase the unity of the Church, we explore almsgiving this week, the sacrificial charitable giving. We look at the story of Mary anointing Jesus' feet

By David Douthett|2019-04-07T14:54:20-04:00April 7th, 2019|

A Longer Table

Date: November 11, 2018

Bible Text: Ruth 3:1-5, 4:13-17, Mark 12:38-44 | Rev. David A. Douthett

Ruth and Naomi find their fortunes reversed. Yay! But in Mark, the widow in the temple puts her last cent and all her hope in the offering. Jesus is impressed with her but not with

By David Douthett|2018-11-16T22:01:55-05:00November 16th, 2018|