March 3, 2019 Many of us can remember leaving home for the first time. It may have only been a weekend for youth retreat, or maybe more permanently to go off to college or some new job in a new place. We can remember the instructions given by our parents – usually mom – that went something […]
HEBREWS 12:4-11
February 24, 2019 So apparently someone hacked the Hub this week and sent you all emails, purportedly from me, asking for money – Google Play cards – whatever those are. Listen, if you ever get an email from me and I’m asking for anything besides your date of birth, your social security number and your mother’s maiden […]
HEBREWS 12:1-3
February 17, 2019 How many of you have ever heard of Kevin Mayer? How about Roman Sebrle? Tomas Dvorak? Okay, how about Ashton Eaton? These men are the four all-time top record holders of the Decathlon. Some won Gold in the Olympics, others won in the world championships – but these four have the highest […]
HEBREWS 11:31-40
February 10, 2019 We’ve all heard them – pithy Christian sayings or “truths” that aren’t actually in the Bible. I remember when I was in Bible college – we went to a large church. The pastor told about a phone call he’d received that week where the caller asked, “Where does it say in the […]
HEBREWS 11:30-31
January 20, 2019 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen – so says the author of Hebrews. Certainly, that definition of faith has a forward look – a future focus. Think about it: you don’t have to have faith in something you’ve already seen, right? I don’t […]
HEBREWS 11:27-29
January 13, 2019 One of the challenges we face when we’ve been Christians for a long time is familiarity. We’ve heard the miraculous stories, and they cease to impress, to amaze us. We’ve heard this before – what else you got? And we lose the sense of awe and wonder. Even incredulity and disbelief – […]
HEBREWS 11:23-26
January 6, 2019 We are going to start with a little math this morning. I know it’s Sunday, but don’t worry – it’s simple math. I will simply give you an equation – actually, an inequality – and you determine which is greater. Here’s a little example: 3 _ 2. 3 > 2, right? Pretty simple, so […]
HEBREWS 11:20-22
December 30, 2018 I want you to think of an important someone from your past – perhaps he or she has moved away, or passed away. Maybe a grandfather or grandmother, a father, a mother, sister or brother, close friend or confidant. Someone important you highly valued, or respected. Why? What was it […]
HEBREWS 11:17-19
December 23, 2018 We had a very sweet funeral here a couple weeks ago. Yaeko Tanigawa passed away at the age of 84. She and her husband, Mal, have been part of our church. It was a small funeral – largely just family and a few others. One visiting family member, a 90-year-old elder […]
HEBREWS 11:13-16
December 2, 2018 Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts began serving in 2013. Since 2016, she has been a favorite target of President Donald Trump, who has disparagingly called her Pocahontas. I won’t discuss whether the President of the United States should engage in name-calling, but the issue arose when Warren claimed Native American ancestry […]
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