Extravagant Generosity

This is the last of the Bearing Fruit Series. Extravagant Generosity is one of the key components of healthy and vital congregations. Generosity is a form of giving of one's self to others for a cause. Part of our responsibility is to be able to give ourselves; (prayers, presence, gifts, service, witness) in effort to fulfill the mission statement of the church.
As a church our mission statement can be summarized as "Geneseo is committed to reach out, receive, relate, nurture, and send out faithful disciples."
The real question of this sermon is, "Are we committed to this mission statement? And how is God calling us to be a more committed Christian?"

Jesus' Investment Strategy

In this final sermon in the series, "America in Crisis," we look at the difficult economic situation and the horrifying reality of trying to invest in somethings to unstable. I use this as a backboard upon which to discuss how God invested in humanity through his son Jesus Christ. In all honesty with our history of failure and spiritual bankruptcy, humanity is a very poor investment choice. However God did just that and secured our eternal future for us.
The real challenge in this message is for us to accept his buy out offer, and then share the only legal "insider trading info there is... the word of God with a friend so they can make the best investment of their life. This sermon will make you think and challenge to to reallocate your life.

The Religious Bailout

In our current economic situation this message connects the dots to help us understand that we are in an even greater spiritual crisis. The good news is that God has paid a great price to provide a bailout package that will cover all the cost of sin.
The central message in this sermon is that we need to take advantage of God's offer in Jesus Christ.
Although this message is presented in a fun parody on recent government press conferences, it is very serious in the need of all people to claim their personal and spiritual bailout package from God. If you have never made Jesus your personal lord and savior, at the end of the message there is a short prayer that you can pray that will begin your personal faith journey in accepting the great measure of God's love and grace for yourself.

The Economic Equation

This is the first sermon in my series on the crisis situation of our American economy. In it I speak bluntly about facts and statistics while pointing us toward the bifurcation and difference of our worldly economy and our heavenly economy.
What was Jesus really trying to say in this parable of the dishonest steward. Did he really mean for us to buy friends with our money, or did he mean something altogether different. I dare you to listen to this challenging word. Then I hope you will take time to share your response.