Message ‘Confrontation’, Rick [Message Slide] Oldies Station – The 80s were a great time for teen angst [Message Slide] The motivational foundation in our passage for today. Speaking of embracing and applying, Be thinking of application/takeaway. ILL: Norman pastor’s acceptance of women. In today’s passage we see the Confrontation of a pre Resurrection Disciple ofContinue reading “SERMON NOTES”
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Sermon Notes luke 23:32-47, 24:1-12
04.20.25 Words are essential to life moments, remembering those words are essential to life. Easter words are markedly different than Christmas words. Christmas words are centered on a long awaited arrival of the promise while Easter words are centered on personal experiences and pivotal moments, they are personal, more subjective, more experiential, more transformational. However,Continue reading “Sermon Notes luke 23:32-47, 24:1-12”
Sermon Notes Luke 18:31-19:9
04.06.25 Today is our final Sunday of lent, next week is Palm Sunday and then the next is Easter, or Resurrection Sunday. We have traveled with Jesus and seen what was of upmost importance to Jesus, to the people, and to us, along the way. We have accompanied Jesus on this journey since he turnedContinue reading “Sermon Notes Luke 18:31-19:9”
Sermon Notes Luke 16:19-31
03.30.25 There is always a thread running throughout God’s truth, God’s word. And that thread works to prepare us for and give us tools to understand, the next insight or lesson given to us by the Spirit. Let’s look at our recent identified thread. We looked at Jesus’ 3 parables of lostness which enhanced ourContinue reading “Sermon Notes Luke 16:19-31”
Sermon Notes Luke 15:1-32
Lost, 03.23.25 Our passage for today begins with this intriguing word ‘NOW’. It is up there with the words ‘Therefore’ and ‘Nevertheless’, and with the phrase ‘Once Again.’ All of these are introductions to a new moment which is built on a previous moment, or moments. The word ‘Now’ is not really a reference toContinue reading “Sermon Notes Luke 15:1-32”
Sermon Notes – Luke 9:51-62
03.09.25 Challenge Comment – ‘I’m not sure I like this Jesus.’ Jesus is not the one dimensional being that religion attempts to portray him. We want Jesus to be the nice guy and let the apostles Peter and Paul to be the heavies. But, Jesus is complicated and this final journey to Jerusalem is complicated.Continue reading “Sermon Notes – Luke 9:51-62”
Sermon Notes
03.02.25 Luke 9:28-45 Lent, which begins this Wednesday, is a solemn human-designed religious season when believers prepare ourselves for the cross, resurrection, and ultimately the ascension. It is a season, like Advent, built for us. Lent is a 40 day period which ends as Jesus enters Jerusalem. Forty days mirrors the 40 days following Jesus’Continue reading “Sermon Notes”
Order, Words, & Voices 01.26.25
01.26.25, Try Again, Luke 5:1-11 Pre/Post Worship Music – Spotify – Open and Close, Rick lights Christ candle/Lynn softly plays first song Songs Standing on the Promises CCLI Song # 31803 Lynn/Linda I Will Trust in You CCLI Song # 106659 Passage/Prayer Luke 5:1-11 Cricklins Song Do it Again Lynn/Linda Message Try Again Rick SongContinue reading “Order, Words, & Voices 01.26.25”
Order, Words, & Voices 01.19.25
01.19.25, Jesus at Nazareth, Going Home, Luke 4:14-30 Pre/Post Worship Music – Spotify – Open and Close, Rick lights Christ candle/Lynn softly plays first song Songs Sing to the King CCLI License #1294761 Lynn/Linda O Worship the King CCLI Song #4010902 Passage/Prayer Luke 4:14-30 Cricklins Song Made for More CCLI Song # 7207758 Lynn/LindaContinue reading “Order, Words, & Voices 01.19.25”
Order, Words, & Voices. 01.05.25
01.05.25 Jesus at Temple, ‘’Knowing/Knowing”, Luke 2:41-52 Pre/Post Worship Music – Spotify – Open and Close, Rick lights Christ candle/Billy softly plays first song Songs Here I Am To Worship CCLI Song # 3266032 Billy/Linda Living Hope CCLI Song # 7106807 Passage/Prayer Luke 2:41-52 Mitch Song Lord I Need You CCLI Song #Continue reading “Order, Words, & Voices. 01.05.25”
Order, Words, & Voices 