This sermon is inspired by the book "Ruthless Trust" by Brennan Manning.  In this sermon I propose that the primary response to His love and grace that God desires from us is trust--daily trusting God for everything.  

I am preaching some sermons inspired by the work of Brennan Manning.  In this sermon I look at Isaiah 64 and talk about how we are all ragamuffins.  We are all sinners in need of God's grace, but we are also radically loved by God.  We should therefore start to look at ourselves differently.  There is no room for self-hatred in the Christian life.

Last year author and speaker Brennan Manning passed away.  I got to meet him once for just a few moments, but I have been greatly influenced through his books and talks.  I have decided to take a few weeks to read his work again and preach out of what God is showing me.

This sermon is about the love of God.  Do you really believe that God loves you just as you are and not as you should be?  When you pray to the Father as Jesus taught his disciples, do you see God as your daddy?

This is the conclusion to my summer series looking at food in the Bible.  This sermon is not on the general image of meat in the Bible but rather on the specific issue of meat offered to idols in 1 Corinthians 8-10.  The people are allowed to eat the meat offered to idols, but should they?  This sermon gets into some big and important issues for us today:  How do we relate to the world?  What do we do with the messy nature of sin?  How do we deal with diversity when we disagree about these things?

This is a sermon about banquets and festivals in the Bible.  When you understand banquets in Biblical times then the Bible starts to make more sense. Jesus uses banquets in several parables, shares a table with His disciples for the Last Supper, and according to Revelation will someday host an eternal banquet.