Andy Talks

In our Traditional Service message from November 8, 2020, Andy shares with us from Joshua 24: 1-13, 14-25.  We see the people of Israel renew their covenant and Joshua implore them to put their whole faith in God and God alone. 

This week in our reflections, we will be looking closer at Psalm 90.  Today, though, we ask the question, "what is a Psalm?"  What is a Psalm trying to do, how is a Psalm useful to our faith, how were the Psalms useful to the Jewish people, to Jesus, and to the church?  

Today we finish up looking at Joshua 24: 1-3, 14-25, and we ask this question. What happens next?  What happens after the convent is renewed?  Do the people follow perfectly?  What do you think?  We find that they don't, but we also find this, for every time they fall and fail, for every time, they find God's grace waiting on them. They can start over every time. So can we. 

In our look at  Joshua 24: 1-3, 14-25 today we look at the world in front of the text. What does this passage mean for us?  What does it mean for me and you, today, to choose to serve God over the gods of our neighbors? This passage has a TON do with our we define ourselves. How will we choose to live? 

Join us tonight for our online Bible Study as we continue in the Eight Enriching Practices of United Methodists.  Tonight we talk about the power of community. And we hear as well Andy's call to prayer in the light of our national election.

In light of our election yesterday, Andy shares with us some words about prayer, unity, and the cross.  May we work for the good of our city and may we lift high the cross. 

Today we look again at Joshua 24: 1-3, 14-25.  What is this passage actually telling us?  What are the words on the page?  What does it really mean when Joshua says that his house will worship the Lord? Why is he pushing the people so?  Join us as we look deeper at these passages.  

Today we continue with our look this week at Joshua 24: 1-3, 14-25.  Today we are going look at the concept of covenant, what does it mean to say that God made a covenant with the people? What is a covenant and what does this mean for us that God makes covenant with us, especially thought Jesus?  

In our morning reflection today, we are doing something a little different.  Our reflections this week are going to walk side by side with the Rooted Daily Bible reading at St. Matthew's UMC.  This week our text is Joshua 24: 1-3, 14-25, and today we are going to look at what happened up to this point with the conquest of the Promised Land. 

In our Tradition Sermon from Sunday, All Saints' Day, November 1, 2020, Andy shares with us from Revelation 7: 9-17.  We see here a beautiful picture of heaven, of worship and what is to come. We see our true home. And we reminded that we are just passing through.  

Today we look at what it means for us love our neighbor in a public means. These are at the works of justice.  In the Lord's Prayer, we see that we are supposed to, as a public body, the church, work to live out God's will here on earth, as it is in heaven. That means we are the church are supposed to work against hatred, evil, and sin, wherever it is found.  

Today we look at what it means for us love our neighbor in an individual means. These are at the works of compassion.  Matthew 25 shows us to for us to love our neighbor, it is not simply enough to "feel" compassion or love for our neighbor, but we are called follow through with these works of mercy with our individual compassion.  

Join us for our Wednesday Night Bible Study as we continue in our book The Eight Life Enriching Practices of United Methodists.  Today we are talking about Renewal and Healing and will be talking specifically about the church year.  

Today, we look look at both of the works of piety, the personal work - devotion and the public one - worship.  Our love for God is seen (and increased) through our personal devotional life and through our public worship life. This is what it means to "love God."  

This week as we talk about what it means to actually love our God and Neighbor, we see that God has given us gifts, certain "Means of Grace."  These means give us the grace that we need to b faithful with the works of piety and works of mercy that God has called us to.  

In our Traditional Message from October 25, Andy shares with us from Hebrews 12:14-17.  We are called to run the race. But what race is it exactly that we are called to run?

If you've known Andy for any length of time, you know that one of the things that he believes is most important to our Christian faith is that we love God and Love our Neighbor.  But what does that mean?  Love of God and Neighbor is short hand for a certain way of life and certain "works."  Join us this week as we unpack exactly that this means for us and our lives.  

Today we look at Jeremiah's word that he what like a lamb being led to the slaughter. But, we also know that this passage is a prophecy about what will happen to Jesus, He is the lamb that is led the slaughter. But, His suffering at the cross leads to our freedom and forgiveness.  Thanks be to God! 

Today we look Psalm 37.  In this passage we are told that God will grant us the desires of our heart. This passage is one that can be greatly misunderstood, yes, God will grant us the desires of our heart, but first God will change what our hearts desire.  Our hearts will, through His grace, desire Him, above all else! 

Tonight we look at "word and table," specifically what does worship look like and mean to us?