The Gospel Is Jesus Christ

Friends for this Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, we hear a story from Jesus that tends to bother everybody: the parable of the laborers in the vineyard. We’re meant to hear our own voices in the complaint of these workers. Dealing with God, we often think things are unfair. ...  Show more

Friends, peace be with you—an echo of the words of the risen Jesus in our Gospel for the Second Sunday of Easter, also called Mercy Sunday. Christ gives his disciples the gift of shalom (peace). But there’s an exceptionally important juxtaposition here: He also shows them his wou ...  Show more

The resurrection is a central part of the gospel. 

Yesterday’s message presented the heart of the gospel, found in Christ’s death, burial and resurrection. What is our Christian experience? Paul tells us that God has made us alive, God has raised us up and God has seated us with Christ. Through our identification with Jesus, we a ...  Show more

There is a God in Heaven who loves us, and has the power to heal and set us free! Pastor Banning Liebscher continues his series on the Gospel of Power and addresses the need for us to be followers of Jesus that don’t just talk about His power, but demonstrate it. Jesus sent us in ...  Show more