This week, Pastor Russ, shares how the expert in the law got the question all wrong in Luke's Gospel and Jesus' telling of the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Lk 10:25-37). The question was not, "Who is my neighbor?" as the lawyer asked, but should have been "How can I be a good neighbor?"

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In this episode, Pastor Russ, talks about how "labeling" diminishes who we are and how others perceive us. In Luke's story of the woman with the alabaster jar (7:36-50) God in the person of Jesus the Christ erases all labels and simply sees us as forgiven and freed.

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In today's message Pastor Russ talks about how sometimes in life, because of our circumstances, it is easier to hide behind a curtain, or put on a mask pretending to be someone we are not. However, the apostle Paul, in the 5th Chapter of his letter to the Romans, encourages us to live into the heart, courage, and mind of Christ as gifted by the Holy Spirit and be everything God intends for us to be. In doing so, we will find there is no better place than home.

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In Luke's Gospel, Jesus is about to depart and return to God. He invites his followers to "open their minds" to receiving the power from on high. As the Cup of Freedom series concludes, discover what it is that God wants to fill our cups with. Are there things that prevent us from being as open as we should be to receiving all that God offers?

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In the 5th chapter of John's Gospel Jesus asks a man if he wants to be made well. In a world that is good at beating us up and keeps pushing us down it is a question for all of us. How can we be made well?

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In John’s Gospel, Jesus gave his disciples some last minute instructions before he was to be arrested and crucified –“love one another as I have loved you.” In this second week of his current sermon series, The Cup of Freedom, Pastor Russ explores what that cup of freedom to love as Jesus loved us looks like.

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In the midst of life’s turmoil, the writer of the 116th psalm invites us to raise the cup of freedom and call upon the Lord. In both the 23rd psalm and Luke’s story about the apostle Peter raising Tabitha from the dead (Acts 9:36-42) there is a sense of revival and restoration in what God is doing for us during dark and dreary times. In this podcast, Pastor Russ will remind us to listen for the voice of God inviting us to Rise Again when life tends to get us down.

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Forgiveness is not easy. In today’s episode, from the Apostle Peter’s perspective in the 21st Chapter of John’s Gospel, Pastor Russ talks about how Jesus stands at the shore of our lives inviting us to remember forgiveness begins by first forgiving oneself, freely offering to us all the life sustaining bread we need.

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