The two greatest commandments are: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” (Matt 10:27) This is what Jesus lived and what we are called to live. So, who is my neighbor and what does it mean to love him?
This Sunday we end our sermon series on Jonah. It’s time to ask: what’s this book about, anyway? It’s definitely about Jonah running. It’s also definitely about Jonah being saved from certain death by a big fish that does God’s bidding. It’s also about Jonah’s startlingly successful preaching campaign. And finally, it’s about Jonah’s anger at this startlingly successful preaching campaign. Note what this means. Every chapter is about the man Jonah. The last chapter is especially telling, because do
How should we live life? What is true? What really matters? When questions like these are asked, sooner or later we begin talking about God. (Hopefully sooner rather than later!) God must have some very important things to say about life since He created it. He created you and me. Jesus said two things about life immediately worth mentioning. First, some incredibly good news: “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly” (John 10:10). We could hardly think of anything
The last words of the Old Testament! That’s what the book of Malachi is. As we will see in our new sermon series, this book clearly shows the Old Testament is an ‘unfinished story.’ Or better yet, an unfinished history, lest we mistake this for fiction or fantasy. The book’s ending includes a prediction of the next act, with God sending a “messenger.” But preceding him is yet another “messenger.” Two messengers will come, the Lord says. This should invite you to turn to
You might remember that we started this calendar year with a sermon series entitled “Countercultural for the Common Good.” What does countercultural mean? It means we’re different, and this for a simple reason: Christ has called us to follow him. So we cannot give ourselves to the American dream and its promise of the good long life. On the other hand, but also because of Christ’s call, neither can we be isolationist or indifferent to our neighbors of the Easton Road corridor.
It all started over two and a half years ago, as a group of local pastors from diverse churches met to pray together. A discussion about Penn State Abington began, with all of the pastors voicing a desire to see a new gospel presence and loving witness on that campus. Things moved quickly, and a partner was found in the Coalition for Christian Outreach (CCO), a college ministry based in Pittsburgh and expanding to many campuses in the Philadelphia area. Seven churches
Thus far our “The Final Week” series has frequently seen Jesus in confrontation with the Jewish leaders: The cleansing of the temple. The fig tree incident. The parable of the tenants. And the devastating Olivet Discourse, in which Jesus prophesied a horrible tribulation and the destruction for the temple. But now Jesus’ mind turns to his own impending death. We enter chapter 14. Jesus is anointed by a woman in Bethany, and he agonizes in prayer in the garden of
This is a follow up to last Sunday’s sermon with some information on the two resources I mentioned concerning the Bible’s historical accuracy. First, the lecture by New Testament scholar Peter Williams can be found here. It is entitled “New Evidences the Gospels were Based on Eyewitness Accounts.” Let me describe its content again briefly. We now have a good idea what the most popular names were during the time of Jesus, and specifically in the Israel/Palestine area. For men, Simon
Mark Moser interviews Greg Raysor the newly hired Church Administrator. Mark Moser (MM): Greg, after years of service in the business world, why work in a church… MM: Greg, let’s start off with this. Why work in a church? Greg: I have worked in corporate business my entire career. There is a lot of competition there; people always working for the next achievement. People are working to look good to the boss. It’s a difficult place to support and encourage co-workers
Especially in light of the recent tragic shootings, it seemed worthwhile to tell you all about the PCA’s recent statement on racial reconciliation. Each year the Presbyterian Church in America, the denomination to which New Life belongs, holds a General Assembly (GA). This year’s gathering took place in June in Mobile, Alabama, and Steve Smallman and I made the journey there. Mobile is an enjoyable destination, and an appropriate choice given our denomination’s roots in the south. This was my
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