What is Pentecost For?
Acts 2 I’ve got to be honest with all of you this morning. I love Pentecost. But it has never felt less like Pentecost to me. And I have never…
Author: Beth Gedert
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Big Questions: Trust AND Acts: Week 1
This is the final week in our big questions series and also the beginning of a new series studying the New Testament book of Acts. It’s a transition. It’s an…
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Big Questions: Love
1 John 3 and 4 Love is a funny word. The way that we love soccer and brownies and puppies is different from the way we love our mothers, which…
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Big Questions: Eternal Life
John 17:1-3 The Bible is messy. One of my favorite Christian writers Richard Beck says that trying to create a clean systematic theology out of what we read in the…
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Big Questions: Resurrection
1 Corinthians 15 For the past couple weeks we have been tackling some of the big questions of our faith. Theology explains God, the world, and ourselves. Anytime our ideas…
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Big Questions: Death
Romans 6, Galatians 2, 2 Corinthians 7 As of yesterday afternoon 202,501 people have died of COVID-19 around the world. 340,000 people have committed suicide this year. 533,000 people have…
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Big Questions: Sin
Genesis 3, Romans 7 & 8 Since Christmas we have been journeying together through the gospel of Mark. Last week on Easter Sunday we pretty much wrapped up Mark’s version…
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How to Be a Disciple: Choose good news
Mark 16:1-8 This morning’s story is from the final chapter of Mark, the first eight verses. And I bet you know it. At least, I bet you think you know…
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How to Be a Disciple: Let Jesus be who he is
Mark 11:1-11 This morning obviously is Palm Sunday, so you already know what’s coming in the text. I’ll simply remind you that this is Mark’s gospel and all the spiritual…
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How to Be a Disciple: Don’t be alarmed
Mark 13:1-8, 24-37 When I am deciding what verses to preach on each Sunday, I usually follow a plan called the Narrative Lectionary. This is a four-year long cycle of…