II Samuel 7 reads like propaganda to prop up the Davidic monarchy. Find out how this propaganda brought hope to the world for centuries even when nobody from David’s family was anywhere near the throne of Israel.

Many of us believe God loves us – or at least tolerates us – but struggle to believe God delights in us. In this sermon, Pastor David Schell invites you to believe in God’s delight in you.

Sometimes trying to do the hard thing stops you from doing the easy thing. When Jesus is rejected in his hometown, he doesn’t double down; he just… leaves.

A leader in the local religious institution asks Jesus to bring life to his daughter, but on the way, Jesus has to stop the suffering of a woman who is unable to participate in the life of the community, who has no one to advocate for her, whose life blood is flowing out of her.…

“If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation.” Is this a one-time thing? You are in Christ, then instantly become a new creation? Or is Paul talking about something else, something more beautiful and slow?

The biblical story of the anointing of Saul as king reminds us of our true allegiance to God and our calling to love our neighbors, above governments.

Sometimes we are tempted to compare ourselves to others, who we might think are better people, but Paul’s words in II Corinthians 4 teach us that the light of God’s love shines through us regular folks, too.

The story of Mother’s Day includes a woman who lost children and worked to improve conditions for other mothers; her daughter who lost her mother and never became a mother herself; and a woman who thought women should not have their sons sent off to war without any mothers being involved in that decision.

When evil or harm happens, we ask where God is. On the cross Jesus demonstrated forever that God is suffering with the oppressed, with the hurting, with the broken-hearted and angry… God is suffering with us.