by Brendan McLaughlin | Dec 9, 2018 | Weekly News
TWhat do we think is the Bible’s primary message? Do we think the Bible is primarily about humans, or about God? How we answer will dramatically affect how we read the Bible, and how we read life. Those who believe the Bible is primarily about humans see it as a...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Jun 24, 2018 | Weekly News
As some of you know, a small number of church members have recently left our fellowship, for various reasons. This has caused our weekly offertory to fall below our budget. This may seem like a dire time for our church; but it is actually an opportunity. To begin...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Jun 17, 2018 | Weekly News
In last week’s sermon passage (Matt 6:1-18) Jesus rebukes the ‘hypocrites’ for doing their acts of piety (giving, prayer and fasting) in front of others, in order to elicit praise from men. I have always read this passage with an angry tone; perhaps due to the very...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Jun 10, 2018 | Weekly News
Last week’s sermon passage highlighted yet another area where the Pharisees’ so called ‘righteousness’ was far from the mark; this time in the area of truthfulness. While some think Matt 5:33-37 is a condemnation against taking oaths altogether, Jesus is rather...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Jun 3, 2018 | Weekly News
We have been looking in recent weeks at how a Christian’s righteousness can surpass that of the Pharisees (Matt 5:20). Last week’s sermon passage showed us a community where sex was not misused, and women were not degraded to little more than display objects. So how...
by Brendan McLaughlin | May 27, 2018 | Weekly News
Last week we saw how having a relationship with the law giver allows a Christian’s righteousness to surpass that of the Pharisees (Matt 5:20). We delight in following the laws of our loving king. Yet sin also brings delight. In order to surpass the Pharisees’ hard...
