Pastor Bob Langston
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Recent Sermons
- What’s Your Story August 20, 2023
- No More! August 6, 2023
- Rediscovering the Wonder of the Kingdom July 30, 2023
- The Blessing of Burdens July 9, 2023
- Sentinel Quartet June 25, 2023
- The Dirty Dozen June 18, 2023
- Related to Trinity June 5, 2023
- Pentecost May 28, 2023
- Proof of Easter May 21, 2023
- “What I Wish My Pastor Would Say About Mothers.” May 14, 2023
Archives
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Sermon Series
- Series – The Inn – Housing the HolyDecember 21, 2021
- The One is Shining ForthJune 27, 2021
- We Wait, We Hope, We StayJune 20, 2021
- Whole Heart HallelujahJune 13, 2021
- In God AloneMay 23, 2021
- Where Can I Go?May 16, 2021
- Awe and WonderMay 9, 2021
- These Lives Are PreciousMay 2, 2021
- Covenant: (A Lenten Sermon Series)February 27, 2021
- Beatitudes A Summer SeriesJuly 14, 2020
- Lenten Take-Ons: The 10 CommandmentsMarch 28, 2020
- The Wonder of Christmas SeriesDecember 1, 2019
- A Stewardship SeriesOctober 28, 2019
- Enough: God’s Blessings of Abundance (A Stewardship Series):October 13, 2019
- Great Value SeriesNovember 27, 2016
- Series – The Inn – Housing the Holy
In God Alone
God is Holding Your Life: A Journey of Assurance Part 4: In God Alone
“My one and only!” So many songs have utilized this phrase to express devoted love. This week we see that this tradition goes back all the way to the poets of the psalm tradition. This is a love psalm of trust in the Holy One and Only who is the rock and refuge in the midst of life that sometimes feels as fleeting as breath. We put our trust in the One who, indeed, is holding our lives.
Where Can I Go?
God is Holding Your Life Series: A Journey of Assurance Part 3 “Where Can I Go?”
“You have searched me and know me.” – Psalm 139
This week’s Psalm text brings home this message: we are in an intimate relationship with God. There is nowhere we go that God is not present—no state of our being that results in our being abandoned. God has knit us together, has woven us, knowing us from before our beginning. God, indeed, is holding our lives.
Awe and Wonder
God is Holding Your Life: A Journey of Assurance Part 2 “Awe and Wonder”
“My God gives strength to the people and blesses the people with peace.” – Psalm 29
Strength and peace is the prayer of the Psalm this week. The Psalmist says “let me count the ways” that we can know the strength of the Holy One. With awe and wonder we behold the presence of God in all the elements of creation—water, fire, air, earth. And it is this glory that assures us that God, indeed, is holding our lives.
These Lives Are Precious
God is Holding Your Life: A Journey of Assurance Part 1: These Lives Are Precious
Psalm 72.1- 7, 10-14 (all from NRSV for this series)
“God delivers the needy when they call.” – Psalm 72
We do not live in a land ruled by Kings, as the hearers of our first Psalm of this series did. Nevertheless, the petitions of the psalmist for justice, deliverance, defense of the poor and oppressed, and peace for all peoples is an undergirding theme of our faith. We are reminded that a just society is one that proclaims “these lives are precious” and worthy of protection. God, indeed, is holding our lives. Let this be the witness of our lives.
Easter Service 2021
Reading Mark 15.33- 39 Matthew 28:1-20
At Easter we are met by a living, free Lord, the
risen Christ. To be met by the living God is a bit frightening because it means God will not be locked in the past, will not be imprisoned in history or within our limited notions of what God can and cannot do. Jesus is raised and NOTHING will ever be the same. It certainly wasn’t for the
Centurion…who was there and waits…by an
empty tomb.
Covenant: A Lenten Sermon Series Part4: Unbroken
Reading Ephesians 2:1-10
Covenant: (A Lenten Sermon Series) Part 4: Unbroken
Ephesians 2.8 is really the
cornerstone of our faith. We are saved through no work of our own. So why do we try so hard sometimes?
Covenant: (A Lenten Sermon Series) Part 3: Covenants and Contracts
Covenant: (A Lenten Sermon Series) Part 3: Covenants and Contracts
Reading Exodus 20.1-17
What does God do with our inability to keep up our end the contract? He makes a covenant. A contract is governed by the rules of bargaining. A covenant
is governed by the irrational but eternal love of God. It is a deep, soul-level connection and commitment that cannot bebroken. No matter what. And so, it that God covenants with
us.
Covenant: (A Lenten Sermon Series)
This series will seek to explore the difference between a covenant and a contract. The latter is based on distrust as opposed to the former. In this first sermon of the series, we will think together about the promise of God after the great flood. Is there a role we can play in ensuring God will ‘never again destroy the earth?’
“Covenant: A Lenten Sermon Series” Part 1: “Flood Waters”
This is the 1st Sunday in Lent. Over this and the neat few Sunday’s, we hope you enjoy this Lenten Series. For this virtual service,please bring a bowl of water to the sacred space to fully experience and enjoythis worship service. As this is the First Sunday in Lent. The bowl will need to be large enough to dip your hand into for a moment. You may also want to have a small towel nearby, but that is not critical.
Covenant: (A Lenten Sermon Series) Part 2: Drawn to Barrenness
Reading Genesis 17.1-7,15- 16
In Part 2 of our Lenten Covenant series, we will think together about how God was drawn to the faithfulness of Abraham and Sarah but also to their barrenness. What is empty in us that God needs to fill?
Covenant: (A Lenten Sermon Series) Part 3: Covenants and Contracts
Reading Exodus 20.1-17
What does God do with our inability to keep up our end the contract? He makes a covenant. A contract is governed by the rules of bargaining. A covenant
is governed by the irrational but eternal love of God. It is a deep, soul-level connection and commitment that cannot bebroken. No matter what. And so, it that God covenants with
us.
Part 2: Drawn to Barrenness
Covenant: (A Lenten Sermon Series) Part 2: Drawn to Barrenness
Reading Genesis 17.1-7,15- 16
In Part 2 of our Lenten Covenant series, we will think together about how God was drawn to the faithfulness of Abraham and Sarah but also to their barrenness. What is empty in us that God needs to fill?