Just as your earthly house is a place of refuge, so God's house is a place of peace.

The pulpit is no place for self-promotion. It is a great place for self-deprecation.

When grace moves in... guilt moves out

The Bible is full of stories of men and women who've found themselves in frightening situations but who chose to look up rather than look down - look up in faith - and God got them through it.

Jesus tends to his people individually. He personally sees to our needs. We all receive Jesus' touch. We experience his care.

I was praying about what I needed to teach. I felt it wasn't time to move out of the theme of Romans, which is salvation by grace through faith.

What I try to do is narrow the sermon series down to one big question. In this case the question is: What happens when grace happens? I knew I wanted to preach about grace. I just felt as if it was time for our church to be refreshed and see the beauty of God's grace - the uniqueness of the Christian grace as compared to the teachings of other world religions on forgiveness.