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If You Really Love Me, Give Me a Sign (opens the original)
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Wrestling with God's silence? The Rev. Erika Takacs preaches on Jonah, anger, and mercy, and asks: Is your anger fueling love and justice, or burning you up inside? Listen now.
The Courage to Turn Around (opens the original)
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What if strength isn’t pretending we always know where we’re going, but having the courage to admit when we’re wrong? The Rev. Nick VanHorn reflects on Jesus’ parable of the two sons—and how repentance means more than saying the right thing.
The Freedom of Forgiveness (opens the original)
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In this sermon from September 13 at the 11:15 AM service, The Rev. Dixon Kinser explores what forgiveness is—and what it is not. Forgiveness is not condoning, forgetting, or eliminating consequences, and it doesn’t require reconciliation or an apology. Drawing on Jesus’ parable of the unforgiving servant, Rev. Kinser invites us to name the wound, refuse revenge, and step into the continual flow of grace that frees us to release others and ourselves.
Learning to Love the Ones Who Hurt Us (opens the original)
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At the 10 AM service on August 30, 2026, the Rev. Dixon Kinser takes a hard look at our instinct for payback and the quiet pleasure we feel when others suffer. Drawing on Romans 12 and the image of “heaping burning coals” on our enemies’ heads, he shows how blessing those who persecute us is not weakness, but a powerful spiritual practice that reshapes our inner life, opens a path to reconciliation, and reveals what the resurrection life of Jesus really looks like in community.
Imaginary Jesuses and the Real Christ (opens the original)
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We live in a world full of “imaginary Jesuses” — polite Jesus, Sunday-only Jesus, nationalist Jesus, feel-good meme Jesus. Many are “pretty good,” but none are the real thing. In this sermon, we explore how easy it is to shrink Jesus down to our preferences, and why the real Jesus is far more challenging, demanding, and life-giving than any projection we create. Standing in the tension between good guesses and the true gospel, we hear again his question: “Who do you say that I am?” —and are invi
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