Romans 13:8-14

The conclusion to last Sunday's message on "knowing the time." This week's emphasis is on "waking up" to what God has saved us for!

Romans 13:11 reads: "Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed."

Correctly knowing the time requires knowledge of the "nowness" of salvation. Or stated negatively, it is impossible to rightly know the time apart from rightly knowing the "nowness" of salvation.

Today's message sets the background for what Paul writes in chapter 13 by considering what Paul previously wrote to the Roman church about "now".

Christians just celebrated Advent and now await the second coming of Christ. The Apostle Paul offers instructions to the church at Thessalonica as to how they must live faithfully and obediently until the day the Son of God comes back. We consider his exhortations for ourselves as a local church and discuss how they apply to us going into 2026.

Zephaniah 1-3

This message combines two themes of Advent (Joy & Peace) since winter weather prohibited us from meeting on the third Sunday of Advent. An informative & delightful overview of Biblical prophecy in general and of Zephaniah in particular.

Micah 7 This week's Advent theme is "Love" and to explore that we turn (again) to the minor prophet of Micah. Micah concludes his prophetic letter by celebrating God's merciful character in "pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of His inheritance."

We began our observation of Advent with the theme of hope. Micah 5:1-5 offers a word of encouragement to Israel in a time of sin and injustice. The titular prophet speaks of the coming Son of God who will bring hope to a broken and weary world. This passage allows us to see Christ as the perfect servant of God who restores sinners back to the Father and calls us to live under his reign as our prince of peace.

God brought about a second creation event through the flood. Since God favors Noah, he enters into a covenant with him once his family leaves the ark. In this sermon, we explore how the covenant with Noah demonstrates that God loves to bless his people.

Genesis 8

The chapter opens with such a wonderful declaration: "But God remembered Noah..."