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The tongue is one of the smallest parts of us, yet it holds the power to build up or burn down everything we love. Just as a tiny bit guides a great horse, and a small rudder steers a mighty ship, so our words direct the whole course…

We return this morning to the book of Nehemiah, a story of broken walls, bold vision, and the kind of opposition that rises up the moment something worthwhile begins. Nehemiah carried a burden not his own across nearly a thousand miles, and when he shared his vision with…

There is a question that cuts deeper than most of us like to admit: do we really believe? Not believe in the way we might believe the sun will rise, with a distant and comfortable certainty, but believe the way a man stepping off a mossy rock into…

There is a kind of treasure that does not glitter, and yet it is worth more than silver. Jesus tells his disciples a small but weighty parable: a wise homeowner brings from his storehouse both the old and the new, combining aged wine and fresh bread into a…

We are living in a time when it is easy to float along, letting the current of life carry us wherever it will. But Nehemiah shows us what it looks like to wake up, feel the weight of a broken world, and do something about it. He hears…

Long ago, the world lay under a heavy shadow. When Adam fell, it was as if he flung open the gates and invited darkness to settle over the whole earth. Sin became the way of things. Death hung like a cloud over every living soul. People stumbled through…

There is a verse we know so well that we may have stopped truly seeing it. Mary brought forth her firstborn son, wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger. A manger. We must let that sink in. This was no cozy scene with golden…

When we gather in the name of Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, something wonderful happens. Our faith becomes a great equalizer. It matters not whether someone wears fine clothes or tattered ones, whether they are gifted in ways the world notices or quietly serving where no one…

Long ago, God took Abraham outside under a dark sky and told him to count the stars. “So shall your offspring be,” God promised. Though Abraham had no children then, God declared that through him all nations would be blessed. And here we stand today, part of that…