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739 episodes since 2017
Reflections with Andy - Rushing to Judgment - John 7: 37-52
Jesus tells all who come to Him that they will receive living waters. This water will flow forth from their hearts through the Holy Spirit. This leads to all manner of discussion about whether He is the Messiah or not. The thing the religious l...
September 18, 2024
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10:47
Reflections with Andy - Trust and Obey - John 7: 25-36
We see two groups today thinking through who Jesus is. First, we see the crowd, who may initially be a little skeptical but realize who Jesus is. They see His works and believe. Second, we see the religious leaders. They see the same works as J...
September 17, 2024
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10:15
Reflections with Andy - The Test - John 7: 1-9
Jesus continues his ongoing conflict with the religious leaders. They are mad at Him, as always. Jesus tells them that they are always missing the point of the law and that there is an easy test to see if a teacher is of God. Whose glory do the...
September 16, 2024
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10:28
Sunday Sermon - Works of Piety: Worship
We had some real computer issues in worship today. Andy shares with us from Psalm 150 about why worship matters to us as Christians!
September 16, 2024
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15:41
Reflections with Andy - Don’t Give Up - John 7: 1-9
Jesus' life was hard. Yesterday, we saw the disciples believe, even though it was. Today, we see that His own brothers do not believe. Can you imagine how hard it would be to have your own family not believing or supporting you? Yet, Jesus kept...
September 13, 2024
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10:28
Reflections with Andy - Where Else Could We Go? - John 6: 60-71
Jesus's teachings throughout John 6 are very challenging. He talks about eating His flesh and drinking His blood. He is laying out some very hard words for everyone to hear. Because of this, many disciples walk away. We spent some time unpackin...
September 12, 2024
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10:13
Reflections with Andy - Communion - John 6: 41-59
Jesus tells us today that unless we eat His flesh and drink His blood, we have no part of Him. This is a hard word for His original hearers. We hear, and we know He is talking about communion. They did not. Faith sometimes is about hearing some...
September 11, 2024
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10:29
Reflections with Andy - The Bread of Heaven - John 6: 22-40
Jesus tells the crowd today that they are not following Him because of the power of God they have seen; they are following Him for what they can get. He fed them, and they got their bellies filled. Why do we follow Jesus? Are we following becau...
September 10, 2024
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10:18
Sunday Sermon - The Practice of the Church: The Works of Devotion
Today, as we continue our series The Practice of the Church, we look at the first of the Works of Piety, Devotion. This is loving God in a personal way. Why do we do this? Why does it matter? How does this help restore the new creation wi...
September 09, 2024
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22:15
Reflections with Andy - Jesus is Lord - John 6: 1-15
Today, we see Jesus walking on water. As with much of the Bible, there is a top-level understanding of what is happening, but there is also something deeper. Jesus walks on the water. He is Lord of the created order. But for the Jew...
September 09, 2024
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9:11
Reflections with Andy - Satisfied in Jesus - John 6: 1-15
We see the feeding of the Five Thousand today. A lot of really interesting things are in this text. Jesus turns to Andrew and Phillip again after turning to them early in ministry to find other disciples. Just because Jesus has used you once do...
September 06, 2024
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10:36
Reflections with Andy - Testimony - John 5: 30-47
We see Jesus telling the religious leaders that so many things testified to who He was—John the Baptist, His works, even His word. But for the religious leaders, the greatest condemnation of their lack of belief was that Moses, the very one the...
September 05, 2024
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10:22
Reflections with Andy - Not Out to Get You - John 5: 19-29
We see Jesus tell us that all of us will be resurrected. Some of us will be resurrected to life, others among us to judgment. That sounds scary. But He reminds us of this: if we believe (and follow) His words and believe His Father ...
September 04, 2024
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10:27
Reflections with Andy - To-Do List Faith - John 5: 1-18
Jesus heals today and breaks one of the Pharisees’ rules. Their rules are often petty and deal with the minutiae of their understanding of the Law of God. They want people to obey God, so they create to-do (and to don’t do) lists. If I’m ...
September 03, 2024
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10:18
Reflections with Andy - Have Faith - John 4: 43-54
Today, Jesus performed a miracle, but there was no touch, nothing like that at all. He simply says that a child will be healed, and the child is healed. The father believes he has faith, and healing happens. In the Bible, healing is sometimes p...
September 02, 2024
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10:17
Sunday Sermon - The Practice of the Church: The New Creation
In our Combined service on September 1, 2024, Andy shared 2 Corinthians 5: 16-21. The goal of our salvation is to restore the new creation within us. How do we do that? This month, we will discuss how the means of grace help restore that which ...
September 02, 2024
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23:49
Reflections with Andy - Perspectives - John 4: 31-42
Today, we see the effects of the Samaritan women’s testimony. First, the word of Jesus is given to the disciples. The fields are ready for harvest. They will reap what they did not work for. The “success” we have in life and in faith is often b...
August 30, 2024
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10:17
Reflections with Andy - Being Seen - John 4: 16-30
We see the conversation today between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well. We don’t know her exact story, but we know this. The Samaritans are considered outcasts by the Jews. The Samaritans considered her an outcast (thus, she’s getting ...
August 29, 2024
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10:24
Reflections with Andy - Going to Samaria - John 4: 1-15
The text tells us today that Jesus has to go through Samaria today. But that is not quite right. He doesn’t have to go through it. There are other ways to get to Galilee. But this is not a “chronos” scheduled event or earthly time. This i...
August 28, 2024
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11:13
Reflections with Andy - In His Hands - John 3: 31-36
We see Jesus say today that the Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands. It’s like the old song we used to sing as kids: He’s got the whole world in His hands! That’s a real encouragement to us; sometimes, we put such ...
August 27, 2024
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10:12
Sunday Sermon - The Mission of The Church: Our Community
In our Traditional message, Andy shares with us from 2 Samuel 9. We see the story of David and Mephibosheth, Saul's grandson. David should have killed him (according to the world), not welcomed him. Yet David brought him to the...
August 26, 2024
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24:39
Reflections with Andy - He Must Increase - John 3: 22-30
Today, John shows us what true discipleship looks like. Jesus has come, and now He is getting all the attention. Some folks go to John and say, “Look, everyone is going to Jesus.” Many, if not most of us, would get defensive. Our pr...
August 26, 2024
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10:15
Reflections with Andy - For God so loved the World - John 3: 1-21
For God so loved the world. This verse is the lens through which I look at the Bible. I interpret the verses I don’t understand through John 3:16, Which is how I understand God. God so loved the world. That means everyone. The folks I agree wit...
August 16, 2024
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10:35
Reflections with Andy - Religion and Relationship - John 3: 1-21
We see in John 3 the conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus. As with all of John, there is a lot of symbolism going on here. Nicodemus comes to Jesus at night. What does that mean? It is speaking of a time, yes, but for John, ther...
August 15, 2024
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10:52
Reflections with Andy - Something Better - John 2:13-25
We see something a little unusual in John 2. Jesus is just starting His public ministry, and here, He cleanses the Temple. Now, in the other three Gospels, one of the last things He does is cleanse the Temple. Yet, here, He does it early....
August 14, 2024
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10:23