Preacher: Pastor Chris Alford Remember President John F. Kennedy's famous speech in Berlin when he declared, "Ich bin ein Berliner"? In underlining America's support for the divided city, and nation,…

Preacher: Pastor Chris Alford The Apostle Paul goes all the way back to Moses, and also the Prophet Joel, as he writes to his mostly Gentile audience at Rome about…

Preacher: Pastor Chris Alford The last half of Romans 8 is perhaps one of the most well known parts of the entire book and you'll probably remember some of its…

Preacher: Pastor Chris Alford In the second half of chapter 8 of Romans, Paul's dramatic description of the salvation story expands to include the whole of the created order. What…

Preacher: Pastor Chris Alford If you read chapters 6 and 7 of Paul's letter to the church at Rome and stopped there, you might get the feeling that we're, well,…

Preacher: Pastor Chris Alford You might remember that passage from the seventh chapter of Paul's letter to the Romans-- the verses with all those iterations of the word "do": Paul writes, "For…

Preacher: Pastor Chris Alford How is it that freedom from Christ is slavery, and slavery to Christ is freedom? It seems upside down, and yet one of the Church Fathers…

Preacher: Pastor Chris Alford How to explain or describe the mystery-- the glory-- of the eternal community of Father, Son, Holy Spirit that is the Trinity? The Sunday following the…

Preacher: Pastor Chris Alford Special guest Ron Richard was the teacher on this Pentecost Sunday. You may have heard Pentecost described as the "Birthday of the Church", but was the…

Preacher: Pastor Chris Alford Ever wondered why the bodily ascension of Jesus Christ is theologically important? It wasn't just a quaint footnote to Jesus' ministry here on earth. It was…