Services & Sermons

we explored Mark 6, examining Jesus's rejection in Nazareth, the sending of the Twelve, the contrast between Herod's failed leadership and Jesus's true shepherding in the feeding of the five thousand, and how the disciples' hardened hearts reveal our own need for faith and grace.

We wrapped up Philippians by exploring unity in Christ, rejoicing and prayerful peace, virtuous focus, learned contentment through Christ’s strength, generous partnership as worship, identity in Christ amid Paul’s imprisonments, the Saul/Paul name usage, and the gospel’s reach—even into Caesar’s household.

Philippians chapter 3, where Paul teaches us to count all earthly achievements as loss compared to knowing Christ, contrasting righteousness by faith with legalism, and anchoring our hope in our heavenly citizenship and Christ's resurrection.

Bible study traced Mark 6 from Jesus’ rejection in Nazareth and the sending of the Twelve to Herod’s image-driven beheading of John, the feeding of the five thousand, Jesus walking on water, and widespread healings—contrasting unbelief and hollow power with Jesus’ true shepherd-king authority.

Bible study explored Philippians 2, focusing on humility, service, and Christ’s self-emptying, with reflections on unity, practical ministry, and Paul’s pastoral tone.

Bible study launched a Philippians series, exploring Paul’s joy amid imprisonment, the meaning of “epistle,” and the Lutheran contrast between a theology of the cross and a theology of glory—finding freedom in Christ whether we live or die.

Bible study explored Mark 4–5’s crescendo of Jesus’ authority over chaos, demons, disease, and death—highlighting faith, compassion, bodily resurrection hope (against Gnostic ideas), cultural context, secrecy in ministry, and the symbolic resonance of “twelve.”

Bible study explored the Gospel of Mark, discussing its three-act structure, Jesus’ identity as the true Son of God, and how His upside-down kingdom—revealed through parables, miracles, and His passion—confronts evil, forgives sins, and calls us to sacrificial discipleship.

We explored Episode 7-8 of The Chosen

This is our last class on The Chosen this year

Our Bible study concluded C.S. Lewis's The Great Divorce, exploring how our present-day choices regarding forgiveness, attachments, and community shape our eternal reality, contrasting the misery of Hell (a self-imposed prison locked from the inside) with the joyful, solid reality of Heaven.