Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 28th, 2007 No Comments »
A sermon by pastor Phil Kniss, October 28, 2007. This is the seventh in a nine-part series exploring responses to cultural issues, entitled “Follow Christ. Question Culture. Love the Church.” The focus of this sermon is on the issue of “Care of the earth” and makes the case that environmental care is an integral part of Christian discipleship, and is basic to our call to be God’s stewards.
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
A sermon by guest preacher Roy Hange, October 21, 2007. Roy is pastor of Charlottesville (VA) Mennonite Church, and serves as an overseer in the Harrisonburg District of Virginia Mennonite Conference. This is the sixth in a nine-part series exploring responses to cultural issues, entitled “Follow Christ. Question Culture. Love the Church.” The focus of this sermon is on the issue of “Power and Politics” and explores how followers of Jesus understand and exercise power, as opposed to how our culture generally does. Roy makes the point that power, as Jesus exercised it, was not a power of domination, and that power and responsibility must always be held together.
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 14th, 2007 No Comments »
A sermon by Pastor Barbara Moyer Lehman, October 14, 2007. This is the fifth in a nine-part series exploring responses to cultural issues, entitled “Follow Christ. Question Culture. Love the Church.” The focus of this sermon is on the issues of “Sexuality, Marriage, and Family,” exploring the effect of our culture on our attitudes and practices in these areas.
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 8th, 2007 1 Comment »
A sermon by Pastor Phil Kniss, October 7, 2007. This is the fourth in a nine-part series exploring responses to cultural issues, entitled “Follow Christ. Question Culture. Love the Church.” The focus of this sermon is on the issues of “Food and Eating,” exploring the effect that our culture of food and the food system it has encouraged has on the practice of our calling to be stewards of the earth and all of life.
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 5th, 2007 No Comments »
A sermon by guest preacher Harvey Yoder, September 30, 2007. Harvey is pastor of “Family of Hope” house church in Harrisonburg, and is a counselor at Family Life Resource Center. This is the third in a nine-part series exploring responses to cultural issues, entitled “Follow Christ. Question Culture. Love the Church.” The focus of this sermon is on the issues of “Public Media,” exploring the effect that all forms of media has on personal and communal Christian formation.
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
A sermon by Pastor Phil Kniss, September 23, 2007. This is the second in a nine-part series exploring responses to cultural issues, entitled “Follow Christ. Question Culture. Love the Church.” The focus of this sermon is on the issues of “Houses, Cars, and Community,” exploring the effect that our built environment and automobile culture has on the nurturing of human community.
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