Entries from February 2009

February 19, 2009

Kaylynn Crowder Hopes to Go “Down Under” in Track

We at St. Luke are proud that one of our younger members has been invited to go to Australia for a track competition. In a letter to the Church Council, Kaylynn explained, “I recently received an invitation to join the Track and Field team in the Down Under International games in Australia in June of [...]

February 17, 2009

Living Sacrifices 5: Getting Revenge God’s Way

Romans 12:14, 17-21
How many of us can finish the following phrases?
I don’t get mad…
Hell hath no fury like…
Revenge is a dish…
What goes around…
Revenge seems woven into the American culture
stretching all the way back to one of the first American flags:
The coiled rattlesnake with the words, Don’t Tread on Me.
Movie after movie, play after play,
Western after [...]

February 10, 2009

Living Sacrifices 4: The Face of True Love

Romans 12:9-16; 1 John 4:9-10
As we put legs on our worship, we begin to wonder,
“How will this look in every day life?”
Our text now zooms in on love.
It opens with, “Love must be sincere”
or without hypocrisy; without masks.
Join us in discovering the face of true love.
Sermon Handout Power Point Sermon Audio

February 4, 2009

Living Sacrifices 3: Serving Together with Diversity

Romans 12:4-8; 1 Peter 4:10-11
Last week we looked at God’s design for a group of believers–
the unity of the Body of Christ.
Now we want to look at another aspect of His design–
the diversity of the Body of Christ.
We are not the same. God did not reproduce Christians
like stamping out cookies with a cookie cutter.
Each believer [...]