Sermons

What does it mean to live as a Christian in a world where you don’t quite belong? Writing to believers facing social pressure and exclusion, the apostle Peter wants to share his vision of the Church as a royal priesthood: being nourished by God’s Word, built on Christ the cornerstone, and living faithfully as exiles … Read more March 8, 2026

How do Christians live out their hope in Jesus Christ? The Apostle Peter wants us to see that because we were ransomed by the precious blood of Christ and born again through God’s living Word, our hope takes visible form in transformed lives of holiness, reverence and love. Speaker: Rev. Creighton Friedrich (rerecorded episode)

How do Christians relate themselves to the world we live in? Our calling isn’t easy: we are in the world, but not of the world, yet for the world. So how do we live in the tension? The Apostle Peter tells us we live as faithful exiles: we are born again, we will have refining trials, and we have biblical confidence. … Read more February 22, 2026

Where do we find hope in the face of sin and death? Psalm 103 points to a love stronger than death: God’s patient, prodigal and paternal love for us. God remembers that we are dust, and becomes dust like we are to redeem us. Speaker: Creighton Friedrich (Ash Wednesday)

When you take stock of your life, what counts as gain? What do you treasure above all else? For the Apostle Paul, the answer is clear: In Christ Jesus, Paul finds his acceptance before God, a new identity, and a living hope for eternity. Could the good news of Jesus reorder our values in the … Read more February 15, 2026

As the book of Jonah concludes, we find the prophet exceedingly angry with God. In fact, he’d rather die than accept the fact that God compassion toward sinners. Through Jonah dialogue with God we see that a self-righteous heart resents a gracious God: it will consider God’s grace unjust, and it will consider God’s mercy … Read more February 8, 2026

Nineveh—the violent city at the heart of an enemy empire—is the last place Jonah wants to go. Yet God sends his Word to guilty sinners, calling them to turn (and live). How does God’s Word work grace in the life of guilty sinners? It announces his anger toward sin, awakens the sinner to repentance, and … Read more February 1, 2026

Jonah’s resistance to God’s gracious will have sunk him into the very depths of death and hell. Jonah cannot save himself, so what hope does he have? As Jonah prays he knows that even in the depths God still answers, raises and saves him. God’s fathomless grace goes deeper than we can sink. Speaker: Rev … Read more January 25, 2026

Jonah is not the hero of this story. In fact, he’s a reluctant and rebellious prophet who begrudges God’s generousity.  When God calls, he runs. Do we do the same? How do we try to resist God? Why can’t we outrun him? And what’s the alternative to resisting and running? Thanks be to God: his … Read more January 18, 2026

Prepare “your minds for action,” writes the Apostle Peter; be “sober-minded”. Being a Christian is not a mindless activity – God has designed us to engage our minds creatively towards the well-being and flourishing of our fellow image-bearers. So what could it look like for us to partner with God towards the physical, emotional and … Read more January 11, 2026

What’s so significant about Jesus? Why would the world take notice of his birth in obscurity? In the story of the Magi’s visit, Matthew wants us to understand who Jesus is by answering three questions: Is Jesus the Messiah? Whose Messiah is he? And if Jesus is the Messiah, what is our response? Like the … Read more January 4, 2026

Christmastime is here – happiness and cheer? Christmas does not negate the darkness, violence and suffering of our world but it does reframe it, as we see Matthew the Evangelist do in the massacre of the Holy Innocents. In the face of real suffering, the Gospel’s answer is not sentimentality but hope: God is at work rescuing … Read more December 30, 2025