August 8, 2022
Corresponding Scripture: Micah 6:6-8 (NRSV) 6 “With what shall I come before the Lord and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn […]
Read MoreAugust 1, 2022
Corresponding Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20 (NRSV) 16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.17 When they saw him, they worshiped him, but they doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make […]
Read MoreJuly 25, 2022
Corresponding Scripture: Mark 12:28-34 (NRSV) 28 One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well he asked him, “Which commandment is the first of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; 30 you shall […]
Read MoreJuly 18, 2022
Corresponding Scripture: Ephisians 1:15-23 (NRSV) 15I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love[a]toward all the saints, and for this reason 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, […]
Read MoreJuly 11, 2022
Corresponding Scripture: Romans 12:3-8 (NRSV) 3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. 4 For as in one body we […]
Read MoreJuly 5, 2022
Corresponding Scripture: Ephesians 2:13-22 (NRSV) 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.14 For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us, 15 abolishing the […]
Read MoreJune 27, 2022
Corresponding Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:4-11, 21-23 (NRSV) 4 For when one says, “I belong to Paul,” and another, “I belong to Apollos,” are you not all too human? 5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord assigned to each. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God […]
Read MoreJune 22, 2022
Corresponding Scripture: Galatians 3:23-29 (NRSV) 23 Now before faith came, we were imprisoned and guarded under the law until faith would be revealed. 24 Therefore the law was our disciplinarian until Christ came, so that we might be reckoned as righteous by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer subject to […]
Read MoreJune 13, 2022
Corresponding Scripture: Romans 5:1-5 (CEB) 5 Therefore, since we have been made righteous through his faithfulness, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 We have access by faith into this grace in which we stand through him, and we boast in the hope of God’s glory. 3 But not only that! We […]
Read MoreJune 6, 2022
Urban Ministry Executive Director Rev. Garrett Harper offers the sermon in Traditional Worship today: “How Did They Know?” Urban Ministry is a faith-based nonprofit (and long-time Asbury mission partner) that works with the residents of West End in Birmingham to build a thriving community. Urban Ministry works closely with sister organization, Community Church […]
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