Groaning to be Released

July 18, 2011
Preacher: Pastor Chris Alford In the second half of chapter 8 of Romans, Paul's dramatic description of the salvation story expands to include the whole of the created order. What…

We Are Not Stuck

July 17, 2011
Preacher: Pastor Chris Alford If you read chapters 6 and 7 of Paul's letter to the church at Rome and stopped there, you might get the feeling that we're, well,…
Preacher: Pastor Chris Alford You might remember that passage from the seventh chapter of Paul's letter to the Romans-- the verses with all those iterations of the word "do": Paul writes, "For…

Slaves to a Noble Father

June 29, 2011
Preacher: Pastor Chris Alford How is it that freedom from Christ is slavery, and slavery to Christ is freedom? It seems upside down, and yet one of the Church Fathers…

Three Persons One God

June 29, 2011
Preacher: Pastor Chris Alford How to explain or describe the mystery-- the glory-- of the eternal community of Father, Son, Holy Spirit that is the Trinity? The Sunday following the…