An audio file of the sermon from February 5, 2017 is available at this link. The Scripture readings are Joshua 1:1-9 and Philippians 1:27-2:18. A PDF file of the worship bulletin is at this link. “John Lennon famously wrote a song that begins, “Imagine there’s no heaven….” It’s a very idealistic song, and by idealistic … [Read more…]
An offering to the mission of God in the world and a contribution to downtown Athens.
An audio file of the sermon from January 29, 2017 is available at this link. The Scripture readings are Job 2:1-10 and Philippians 1: 12-30. “Like so much about Christian discipleship, this is a point where doing the right thing guided by your common sense isn’t enough. He pushes the point to its outer limit. … [Read more…]
An audio file of the sermon from January 22 is available at this link. The Scripture readings are Acts 16:11-15 and Philippians 1:3-11. “When Paul crossed over from Asia Minor into Europe, the first place he came to was Philippi, and soon he met Lydia, who was a successful business woman, “a dealer in purple … [Read more…]
Our church was in the Sunday News and Courier this week for a bit of legal strategy someone painted on a Rodgers Center HVAC unit sometime in the past! (The graffiti is gone now.)
An audio recording of the sermon from January 15 is available now at this link. The Scripture readings are Exodus 19:1-9 and Philippians 1:1-2. The worship bulletin is at this link. “The church may outwardly and in part be an organization that makes life better for people, or improves the community in one way or … [Read more…]
On January 11, Wednesdays@First started up again in the Rodgers Center, with a video and book study of Philip Yancey’s What’s So Amazing About Grace? “Grace is the church’s great distinctive. It’s the one thing the world cannot duplicate, and the one thing it craves above all else for only grace can bring hope and … [Read more…]
An audio recording of the sermon for January 8, 2017 is available at this link. The Scripture readings are Micah 5:1-4 and Matthew 2:1-12. “They say, you know, that fish discover water last. “They say you can get used to anything. “If you live near a highway, after a while you no longer notice the … [Read more…]
Audio of the sermon from New Year’s Day, January 1, 2017, is available at this link. The Scripture readings are Isaiah 63:7-9 and Ephesians 1:3-14. “In Jesus, God came not to take, but to give. Not to demand that you achieve mysterious riches of knowledge or superiority, but to give himself to you as your … [Read more…]
An audio recording of the sermon for Christmas Day, December 25, is available at this link. The Scripture readings are Isaiah 7:3-17 and Matthew 1:18-25. “God isn’t waiting for everything to be right in this world or in your life before he will come. Before Jesus came preaching and teaching and inviting us into God’s … [Read more…]
