Blessed Are the Peacemakers
Camden First United Methodist Church
Today we look at Chapter two of Isaiah, a chapter promoting peace. It contains the famous line, "Then they will beat their swords into iron plows and their spears into pruning tools." Peacemaking is not just between nations. Nations are made up of people. Our pride musr be subdued if we wish to make peace with our neighbors.
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Houston, We Have a Problem
Camden First United Methodist Church
Apollo 13 launched on April 11, 1970 in hopes of making a lunar landing but two days into the mission, an oxygen tanks exploded, disabling the electric system and life support system in the main capsule. Apollo 13 Commander addressed this issue with NASA with the opening line of, "Houston, we have a problem." That has become a key phrase to use whenever a problem crops up. It is the calling of the prophet Isaiah as he tried to help God's people understand that there was definitely a problem. For Israel and for today, the problem is greed.
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The Office of Prophet
Camden First United Methodist Church
Today we start a new series on the book of Isaiah. We will begin by understanding the role and responsibility of the prophet.
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The Measure of a Man
Camden First United Methodist Church
This is our last Sunday in the Epistles of John and we are looking at the third letter where John the Elder is writing to Gaius. In the brief letter, he defines three men by one trait - truth.
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Love Is Doing What Is Right
Camden First United Methodist Church
What we do is driven by where our faith lies. In the 5th Chapter of John's first letter, John said our victory is possible through our faith in Christ - not our faith in systems or family or even our country. They are powerful but often flawed. Our faith in Jesus never fails.
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Taking the Word to Heart
Camden First United Methodist Church
God is love and we are called to love one another. So why are Christians marketing fear?
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An Active and Truthful Love
Camden First United Methodist Church
We know that Jesus was the ultimate example of self-giving and self-sacrificial love but what does that means for us?
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Spiritual Self-Awareness
Camden First United Methodist Church
I John is to the Gospel of John as Acts is to Luke. Luke and John tells us about Jesus' ministry, his death, and his resurrection. Acts and I John helps us understand why that has made a difference in our world and in our lives. Today we begin our series on 1 John and the call to knowing yourself.
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The Road Less Taken
Camden First United Methodist Church
Jesus Said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life." Do you understand what this means? The disciples were busy asking lots of questions but they will eventually discover that Jesus was giving the all the answers in that one sentence. You just have to understand Jesus to know what it means.
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The Cross and the Table
Camden First United Methodist Church
This Easter sunday we are exploring the I AM saying from the 11th chapter of John where Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead. Jesus tells Mary and Martha, "I am the Resurrection and the life." What does he mean by "the life." Let's explore where Jesus appears to the disciples.
info_outlineEvery sermon series on Leviticus should conclude with a sermon on Jubilee, found in the 25th Chapter of Leviticus. We do not have evidence that this command was practiced but if it had been, it would have been revolutionary. This idea of God making everything right every fifty years was not abandoned. It evolved into a eschatological promise that we call the Day of the Lord or the Second Coming of Christ. Jesus, in Luke 4:14-21, refers to it in his sermon in Nazareth as the Year of the Lord's Favor.