During our topical sermon series on the Apostles’ Creed, we end our gathered assembly by reciting the Creed together. Many of us come from a variety of traditions and in these different traditions the Creed may be recited differently, which has raised this question of the version we use: why does it say Jesus descended…

In perhaps the most quotable movie of all time, the character Vizzini frequently utters, “Inconceivable!”. When the Man in Black fails to fall while climbing a rope up the Cliffs of Insanity, he once again declares this to be inconceivable. It is then that Inigo Montoya utters his famous words: You keep using that word;…

In the Ancient Near East physical attributes were important for those who would rule others. Pharaoh Ramesses II, for example, was described as “a beautiful youth who was well developed”. He had muscular arms and was a gifted athlete who excelled at rowing and archery and horsemanship. When his mummy was discovered archaeologists saw that…

In our current sermon series we are looking at what we believe through the lens of the Apostles’ Creed, as well as certain distinctives that form who we are as a local church. Our faith is ancient, and we are a modern church. We trace our faith and doctrine back to the earliest church as…

How often have you heard Psalm 23 and not understood it! Ambrose of Milan This is quite a claim! Psalm 23 is one of the most well-known psalms and perhaps one of the most well-known sections of Scripture. There is good reason for it as the psalm describes the life of a follower of Jesus,…