As we get one step closer to celebrating Christmas, Pastor Rich Nathan continues with the “Four-Part Harmony” sermon series as he preaches from Luke and talking about the inclusivity of Luke’s gospel. Luke’s gospel shows us that Jesus is the Savior of the World. The sermon focuses in on four incidents in the book of Luke to see this picture – Jesus’ love for women, the poor and Gentiles.
Pastor Rich Nathan teaches about Jesus: The Suffering Servant of God. He will focus on the kind of Messiah Jesus was. The Disciples didn’t understand him. They understood in part, but not in full – they understood he was Messiah, but not what kind of Messiah he was. Rich will be examining Christian leadership based on two stories of healing the blind in Mark 8 and 10.
Pastor Rich Nathan starts our 2018 Adventseries “Four-Part Harmony” by looking at the gospels. In this sermon, he uses text from Matthew 1-2. Matthew is the most Jewish of the gospels. Matthew insists that following Jesus is real Judaism. This is the fulfillment of the Old Testament. Rich also emphasizes the faithfulness of God as he always keeps his promises.
Pastor Rich continues his sermon series titled The E Word discussing the topic of expressing Jesus. Christians are called to be the light of the world, shining with the light of Jesus in us. What would it look like if all that Jesus is – just, full of integrity, awesomely creative, making peace, being merciful – was expressed through his people?
Pastor Rich begins a new sermon series titled The E-word. In this sermon, Rich’s topic will be Encouraging Others. Evangelism and, indeed, spiritual conversations are becoming harder for people to engage in in our increasingly secular world. But there are many “pre-evangelistic” strategies which can lead to fruitful evangelistic opportunities. One of them is to be an encourager. Rich will use Barnabas as an example of being an encourager.
In the ancient Middle East you couldn’t tell the difference between the sheep and the goats. How do you know the difference between authentic Christians and hypocrites? Rich shares how we can be the authentic Christians we are called to be.
Pastor Rich Nathan continues in the Making A Difference series with the topic "A Different Understanding of our Talents." The call regardless of our situation is to improve upon our talents. No matter our circumstance everyone must improve upon what we’re doing for the sake of Christ.
Pastor Rich Nathan launches a new sermon series this weekend entitled Making A Difference. One of the most fundamental ways that we human beings find meaning in life is by making a difference. Every one of us has a need to have our lives count for something. In this series, we’ll talk about how each of us can be difference makers. This sermon is about seeing ourselves as servants. What is our identity? Are we available to God? Service to God is the ultimate freedom. When I put myself under another person, that’s bondage. But when I put myself under the Lord, that’s freeing. There are some things that you gain when you make yourself available to the Lord.
Pastor Rich Nathan continues his series, When Life is Unfair. We have three different phases in life: orientation, disorientation, reorientation. Orientation is when everything is going well. When we are disoriented, we often ask ourselves, “How do I get back to place of stability? How do I get out of this pit?” And as we try to reorient our lives, some use spiritual nostalgia – trying to get back to a place in our past. But instead we need to move forward to what God is providing next in our lives.
Pastor Rich Nathan continues into the series, When Life is Unfair, with the sermon topic How to Look More Like Jesus. He will focus on text from James 1:2-4, 12-14. Maturing as Christians is not a given or automatic. The sad truth is that other than in religious practice, Christians are statistically indistinguishable from non-Christian neighbors regarding race, sexual behaviors, divorce, and domestic violence. God uses trials to bring about maturity.
Pastor Rich Nathan continues his sermon series When Life is Unfair with "How God Comforts People in Pain." One of the main ways that God comforts is through his people. Rich will be preaching from 2 Corinthians as well as share stories from our Support for Life ministry where people were able to come alongside others to comfort one another.
Pastor Rich Nathan continues his series "When Life is Unfair." Why is life so hard? We are not fighting with flesh and blood. There is real evil. This is a war. We are called to take a stand and put on our full armor. As you might suspect, Rich’s message focuses on Ephesians 6.
Pastor Rich Nathan continues in his series, When Life is Unfair. Rich talks about how to live in God’s waiting room – living between the times. He touches on praying, hoping and groaning. We can’t exhaustively explain why things happen the way they do, but we can still live successfully. He will focus on the text from Romans 8:18-27.
Pastor Rich Nathan starts a new series "When Life is Unfair." What do you do when nothing seems to be going your way? Some of us ask, “Why me?” Or “What is God trying to tell me?” How you choose to respond to the difficult things that can happen to you can mean the difference between a life of anger or joy. Everything happens for a reason, and that reason is your spiritual growth in Christ.
In this series, we explore what you can do when life takes a turn that just does not seem fair. We will begin in the book of Job and discover why bad things happen to good people.
