November 27, 2016

Bible text: Matthew 25:31-34

Judgment is good news unless you are the person in power mistreating the vulnerable. It still is good news for the oppressor, it just won’t sound like good news initially - but if you submit to God’s judgment, you will be saved.  Judgment’s goal is salvation; and salvation means that Jesus removes our sin so that we can live for the flourishing of all members of the community.  

December 4, 2016

Advent 2 - “We grieve with a peculiar hope”

1 Thessalonians 5

December 11, 2016

Advent 3 - “God’s future on earth”

Revelation 21:1-10; 22-27.    

December 18, 2016

Advent 4 - “How he arrives: the lowering”

Matthew 24:30-31

December 25, 2016

“Why he arrives”

Luke 2:22-35

January 1, 2017

“The whole story”

Matthew 2