Pentecost 2026 ~ Descriptive or Prescriptive?

Today’s message from God’s Word will challenge the common Western Christian tendency to view Acts 2 as the required pattern for every movement of the Holy Spirit.  Drawing on passages from Acts, John, and the Old Testament, it will show that the dramatic events of Pentecost—tongues of fire, miraculous languages, and mass conversions, describe a…

Lent 2026: Grace in the Eremos ~ Place for Testing and Strengthening

This sermon introduces the season of Lent and the journey we will take as a family of families through the Penitential Psalms this year. Lent is a sacred journey into the “eremos,” the wilderness place of testing, prayer, and dependence on God. Starting with Psalm 6, the first Penitential Psalm, the message explains that Lent…