In our Sunday sermon from May 18, 2025, Andy shares with us from Acts 11 1-18, the Lord pushes Peter to be uncomfortable, and to love people who can be hard to love. Let us not look at the world and see enemies where the Lord sees a harvest.&nb...

The people come to Gideon and ask him to be king. He responds in the right way, no, that is not what you need. So, he gets that right. But then asks for golden earrings and makes an idol from these earrings. So, we see here an idol that will tr...

Gideon is chasing the Midianites and stops to ask for help. He is refused. No one will give him bread. And this is after being fussed at for not letting a certain tribe come to the battle. We see here that everyone is after their own interests....

We see Gideon’s battle today. But it isn’t what you may expect. First, there’s no battle. Gideon and his troops are standing, blowing their trumpets, smashing their jars, but not fighting. The Lord confuses them, and they actually turn on each ...

Bless Gideon. Over and over, he must have worn the Lord out, because he keeps testing the Lord. He asks the Lord to do this, then to do that. He says to the Lord, If you are really going to do this, then do this. Then he says, Well, do that. Ov...

We see more of Gideon’s story. Gideon’s story is our story. Today, we are going to read that he gets it right. He blows the horn, he rallies the troops. He is faithful. Now, yesterday, he didn’t exactly get it right. And he isn’t going to do gr...

Today we meet Gideon. He is called a mighty warrior. He is anything but that.  He is hiding when the Lord comes to him. He eventually does what the Lord wants (after testing the Lord), but he does it at night because he is afraid. But how ...

We see in Judges 6 the same pattern we have seen so often thus far. The people sin, and they fall into slavery and oppression. But we see something different today. We see a prophet warn them not to worship the gods of their neighbors. They are...

After the victory, we see Deborah and Barak sing. This is a song that recounts the battle that was just fought, and adds some additional context. This is an important thing for us to see in scripture, singing is a vital part of faith. So often ...

We see one of the more well-known stories of a judge today, the story of Deborah.  In this story, we see three people who have different responses. We see Deborah and Jael, who use God's gifts to be faithful and overthrow the evil king and...

We see the story of Ehud today. He is an interesting judge. He is a left-handed judge, and while the Bible doesn’t necessarily say that is a bad thing, it does seem to be a little different. He used that to his advantage today.  He snuck i...

In our Traditional message from May 4, 2025, Andy shares with us from John 21: 1-19. We see Jesus restore Peter. He forgives Peter's sin and restores him.  He calls Peter by his name. Today, Jesus will restore. Listen for Him calling your ...

Today, we see that pattern that we talked about truly emerge.  After reading this passage, you’ve pretty much read Judges. But as we see the pattern of freedom, sin, captivity, repentance, and a judge begin, let’s pay attention to two thin...

We see several interesting things happening in our text today. First, like yesterday, and like tomorrow again, we see the dangers of being influenced by the world.  We have to have our identity and being deeply and firmly rooted in Jesus, ...

We see a pattern emerge in the book of Judges. It is the same pattern we struggle with today.  We see the people have freedom, but then they fall into sin. After the fall into sin, they are captured and oppressed by their neighbors. They w...

We see several interesting things happening in our text today. First, like yesterday, and like tomorrow again, we see the dangers of being influenced by the world.  We have to have our identity and being deeply and firmly rooted in Jesus, ...

As we move back into the Old Testament, we’ll take some time to walk together through the book of Judges. This is a very interesting book; it has some stories we all know, as well as some that we are unfamiliar with. We see in this book that Go...

We resume our week by looking at the post-resurrection accounts of Jesus and seeing his encounter with Thomas. As you’ve probably heard me say before, I think Thomas gets a bad rap because of his doubt.  Most, if not all, of us will doubt ...

We continue looking at Jesus’s post-resurrection encounters, and today we see Him coming to the disciples in John 20. This is one of my favorite passages from John. It talks about the disciples meeting together, but their doors were locked out ...

In our Easter sermon from our Traditional service, Andy looks at the story of John, Peter, and Mary, and how they came to believe in the resurrection. We don't need any gimmicks. We have the greatest story of all time, as Christians. He is Rise...

This week, we will look at five different encounters that people have with Jesus after the Resurrection. Today, we’ll start by looking at the Walk to Emmaus. In this story, two disciples are walking, and Jesus walks alongside them. They tell Hi...

As we wait for Easter Sunday, we take a few moments to consider Holy Saturday. There is no direct biblical example of what happened on Holy Saturday, but in many traditions, this is the day when Jesus “Harrows Hell.” In some versions of the Cre...

In our Maundy Thursday service, Andy preaches from John 13. Before He goes to the cross, Jesus leaves with His disciples, and each of us, three things. An example of service. The promise of presence. And a new command. 

Good Friday is essential to Easter. We cannot rush through it. We must not rush through it. It is not easy. It is not fun to sit with and in our sin.  We don’t like it. We don’t like that way because of the way that it makes us feel. But i...

Maundy Thursday is one of my “favorite” days of the church year. I put that in parentheses because it’s also a hard day. The day Jesus was betrayed. The day the journey to the cross really picks up speed. So, before He leaves, Jesus shows us wh...