"There's a rope that's made of rags resting before each of us, and it's floating right there on the surface...waiting for you to grab it."
Date: August 28, 2016
Preacher: Amos Disasa
Scripture: Jeremiah 2:4-13
"None of our predictable reasons for not being prepared seem to work when God comes calling for us."
Date: August 21, 2016
Preacher: Amos Disasa
Scripture: Jeremiah 1:4-10
"The creator of this world has nothing better to do than love you, just as you are."
Date: August 14, 2016
Preacher: Amos Disasa
Scripture: Jeremiah 23:23-29
"All that's left is the end. The fruit is gone - the basket is now a reminder of what once was and what can be."
Date: July 17, 2016
Preacher: Amos Disasa
Scripture: Amos 8:1-12
This week, we took a pause from our podcast "After the Sermon" because sometimes less is more. And, at times, there are no more words that need to be said. Check back for a new episode soon.
"You cannot live in the past and make history at the same time."
Date: June 26, 2016
Preacher: Amos Disasa
Scripture: Luke 9:51-62
"It was the mother, not the son, that moved Jesus to act. Life for her was over as well. She would return home alone, excluded and vulnerable. She is weeping for her son, but also for her future."
Date: June 05, 2016
Preacher: Amos Disasa
Scripture: Luke 7:11-17
"It is striking that in this story, the gospel writer of Luke deliberately details the role reversal of each character."
Date: May 29, 2016
Preacher: Amos Disasa
Scripture: Luke 7:1-10
Want to learn more about what you heard in the sermon? Don't forget to listen to INSIDE THE SERMON for a post-worship Q&A with Amos.
"Shall you come back when it is taken out of your hands and will cost you nothing? When you have nothing to offer God but a burned out fire and a spent match?"
Date: May 22, 2016
Preacher: Emily Hylden
Scripture: Romans 5:1-5
"They were all amazed and perplexed, they knew that something significant had just happened, and they knew that all of sudden they had a new found power. But they didn’t know what to do with it, so the scripture tells us that they asked an obvious question: “What does this mean?"
Date: May 15, 2016
Preacher: Amos Disasa
Scripture: Acts 2:1-13
"While you wait, don't be you. Be Jesus."
Date: May 8, 2016
Preacher: Amos Disasa
Scripture: John 17:20-26
"Do you want to be made well?"
Date: May 1, 2016
Preacher: Amos Disasa
Scripture: John 5:1-9
"That was how Jesus would be remembered. Not with a statue, not with a national holiday, not with his face on a twenty dollar bill, not with his name on a bridge. In every act of love people would recall his company and repeat the gospel story."
Date: April 24, 2016
Preacher: Amos Disasa
Scripture: John 13:31-35
"Remember the voice that you knew before you were formed in your mother's womb."
Date: April 17, 2016
Preacher: Emily Hylden
Scripture: John 10:22-30
"The other side does not have a name, but it is easy to find. The other side is free to try, but it demands a sacrifice. The other side is close, but if you go without first being transformed, you will be trespassing on property you do not possess."
Date: April 10, 2016
Preacher: Amos Disasa
Scripture: John 21:1-14
How do we know if our soul is locked up? If we suspect it is, how do we go about unlocking it? And what's the difference between a rational faith and touching Jesus' wounds? Explore these questions and more in this weeks episode of INSIDE THE SERMON.
Note: The movie referenced in this episode is actually a movie called Finding Joe. If you're interested in learning more about how to hear your phone ringing or where to find the courage to answer it, give it a try.
Send us your questions! If you have questions about the sermon, send them to me right after worship jeannie@downtownchurch.me. They might just make the episode.
"They were in a safe-house, protected from the possibility of life letting them down again, sheltered from the chaos that seemed to follow Jesus from village to village, guarded from the threat of exposure to the same authorities that swiftly swept the hope that Jesus so convincingly summoned into the grave. The aroma of death was fresh. They believed their lives were in danger. They were all shook up."
Date: April 3, 2016
Preacher: Amos Disasa
Scripture: Luke 24: 1-12
"This is our story. The empty tomb is not to be feared. For out of it comes new life."
Date: March 27, 2016
Preacher: Amos Disasa
Scripture: Luke 24: 1-12