Sermons by Pastor Drew Ingram (Page 10)
Weeds, Wheat, Sin, & FIRE – Gospel Reading & Sermon July 19, 2020
Jesus plants good seeds again and again. The forces that oppose God sneak their way in and plant useless or harmful seeds. We’re offered the chance to bear good fruit again and again by God’s grace, and to let our sinfulness be taken away so that we are refined for new life.
Good Soil Week 1 – Gospel Reading and Sermon July 12, 2020
Deacon Darcy Middlestadt offers a word of grace, truth and hope. Pastor Drew invites us to reflect on this parable and what it means for our lives. How do we cultivate good soil in our life and in our community? What rocks do we need to move out of the way? What thorns must we cut down? Where might…
What Can I Say About This Generation? – Gospel Reading & Sermon July 5, 2020
When you won’t respond to the method you have to ask yourself if it might be the message that is offending you. Jesus challenges our notion of what it means to live an abundant life, but he invites us to lay down our heavy burdens and to come and find rest for our whole selves as we walk the…
Hospitality on the Move – Gospel Reading and Sermon June 28, 2020
We will continue to seek to live out what we say when we say, “All are welcome.” May it really mean ALL. Even as we move to a new space and place, we know Christ is the one sending us out to participate in his mission and that we don’t go alone.
Your Most Powerful Tool for Discipleship – Gospel Reading and Sermon June 21, 2020
Discipleship is costly. Following Jesus’ way that upends the status quo and the powers of this world in favor of God’s reign of abundant life and love for all brings fierce opposition from those who would rather wield power than depend on God. But, hear the words of Jesus, “Do not…
God’s DISRUPTIVE Word (Extended Preacher’s Cut) – Gospel Reading and Sermon June 21, 2020
A longer version of the sermon for Sunday where Pastor Drew walks through the ways the ministry of the Gospel is divisive and difficult for Jeremiah, Jesus, Jesus first followers, and for all of us today as well as the hope…
Let’s Get To Work – Gospel Reading and Sermon June 14, 2020
Pastor Drew reads Jesus’ sending of his disciples in Matthew 9 and 10 and shares Christ’s call to and for us to proclaim the good news of the kingdom of heaven come near and to heal the sick, cast out demons, share love with the outcast and stranger, and participate in God’s work…
Nine Minutes – Pentecost Sermon May 31, 2020
Love and Unity in the Face of Death — May 24, 2020
It’s hard to talk about death. Jesus knows he is about to die and here’s what he shares with his disciples: words of compassion and confidence that they will carry on his work of embodying God’s love in the world so that God’s mission of reconciliation and eternal life may…
We Know The Way (John 14:1-14)
Sermon May 10, 2020 As Jesus is gathered with his disciples who are preparing for something they have never experienced before – the coming arrest, crucifixion, death, and resurrection of Jesus – he tells them not to let their hearts be troubled and that they know the way to follow because Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. We look to the example of…