How many times have you asked or have you heard this question: Are we there yet?!  It is ask by children all over the world. It is also asked by Christians who wonder if / when they will ‘arrive’. Joy in the Storm

At Christmas we focus on Jesus the Second Person of the Trinity. But what of the third, the Holy Spirit. Listen as Dr Blair Smith explains the role of the Holy Spirit in the Incarnation which we celebrate at Christmas as well as His role in the life of the church thereafter. The Spirit of […]

Last week Addison spoke on the subject of the coming kingdom of God. This week is a follow-up and Addison redirects our thinking to how Christians are expected, or should expect themselves(?) to live in light of this Kingdom. SB_20160814_Bade

Compassion without the power to act?  Power to act but lacking compassion? Either of these two states leave little hope for the objects. Yet, as Jim Mong shared today, Jesus had both unbelievable compassion as well as the power to act on that compassion. SB_20160403_Mong

Before Jesus underwent his passion he prepared his disciples for what was to come.  Jesus reassured the disciples that his departure was really for their benefit; that they would continue forward because he was ‘the way’; and that they would have continued fellowship with both God the Father and Jesus because they are mutually indwelling […]

SB_20150412_WhalenTalk about a bum rap; Jesus disciple, Thomas certainly got one.  He’s listed in Webster’s dictionary twice: under “D” for “doubting Thomas” and under “T” for ‘Thomas, the doubting disciple.  But just how fair is that reputation? Tim Whalen suggested in today’s sermon that Thomas might be fairly normal, or even that all of the […]

Its can surprise us when we get animated or emotional about a team or personality that we really care about or want to win.  We can equally turn into a negative naysayer about people we don’t care about.  John the Baptizer demonstrates a similar disposition: he was anxiously looking for the Messiah and when he […]