Taste and See God’s Purpose
Text: Matthew 5:1-13 In his translation of the Sermon on the Mount, recorded in Matthew’s Gospel, Eugene Peterson concludes the Beatitudes with these words: “Let…
salvation
Sing! Play! Summer! – Chainbreaker
Text: Isaiah 58:6-9, Psalm 107:10-16 For the first 20 or so years of my life, I understood salvation as one concrete idea: that Jesus died…
Thankful Giving
In our gospel reading this morning, we meet Zacchaeus, that “wee-little man”, who was really a terrible, awful person. As Carol Howard Merritt describes him:…
Rescued
For the first 20 or so years of my life, I understood salvation as one concrete idea: that Jesus died for my sin on the…
Good News and Good Works
I’ve had some conversations recently about the work of Imagine No Malaria from folks who are concerned that we are doing good, but we aren’t…
Following Jesus isn't easy…
This morning in my devotion time I read from Matthew 21… the cleansing of the temple. I have been using the daily reading book from…
Mercy Trumps Judgment
The UnitedMethodistChurch has a mission. We have been called by God to make disciples of Jesus Christ FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE WORLD. That last…
Spirit of Household Salvation
Religion is social. Religion is corporate. Religion is political. As Christianity spread in the time of the apostles and beyond, it was often not the…