Questions (John 3:16-21) "The very nature of God is extravagance. Lavish extravagance to an extraordinary degree is the characteristic of God, never economy. Grace is the over­flowing favor of God. Imagine a man who is in love being economical" Oswald Chambers ...

1 Peter 2:4-10. The key verse for this passage is verse 10: “Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” When I was trying to think about what passage I would choose for the message today, I decided to look at what the four different lectionary passages would be for this week. I mistakenly looked at the week after’s lectionary passages, but upon seeing 1 Peter 2:4-10, I felt inspired with a 3-part metaphor to explain, relate, and preach on. Some of ...

Questions: Do You Get It? (Luke 24:13-35) What is your “lightbulb moment"? Your “epiphany"? (manifestation, revelation) Your “Aha moment"? “…they were kept from recognizing him” (Lk 24:16). "...their faces downcast” (Lk 24:17b). "...we had hoped that he was the one..." (Lk 24:21a). "Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” (Lk 24:32) Why we don't get it (Lk 24:15-17, 21). When we get it (Lk 24:30-32, 35). How we get it (Lk 24:27, 32a). Where we get it (Lk 24:32b). What we do after we get it (Lk ...