Author Archive | ericblauer

7 Things God’s Does When You are Sick based on Isaiah 38:1-20 1. God works through People 2. God works through His word 3. God works through Sickness 4. God works through Prayer 5. God works through the Arts 6. God works out His Plan and Purposes in relationship to human freedom 7. God works […]

Elisha, Naaman & Ahab 2 Kings 5-8 This message looks at the grace and mercy of God towards his people’s enemies. This is a story that often get’s overlooked in reading the OT but prefigures the gospel work among the gentiles in the future. It’s a surprising theme to discover and its message is needed […]

This sermon deals with discouragement, depression and suicide. Looking at the story of Elijah in the Old Testament and Barnabas in the New, we explore how the church can be a welcoming place for people struggling in body and mind.

The Traveler: Stranger, Thief and Murderer: 2 Samuel 12  “Now a traveller came…” -2 Samuel 12:4 This message looks and the story of David and Bathsheba and the consequences of sin and mercy intertwined in the purposes of God. The traveller or wayfaring man was, as bishop Patrick explains it from the Jewish writers, the evil […]

Jesus came as the fulfillment of the one who would sit on David’s throne. This sermon unpacks that title and the meaning behind it.

Parenting Principles in an age of Compromise: Judges 13 Life shaping biblical principles for raising and influencing the emerging generation. “Samson himself is a riddle. He was not only a riddle-maker; but he was himself an enigma very difficult to explain.” -Charles Spurgeon

Through The Bible Together: Bible Reading Plan

I put this short video together that highlights through pictures the last 9 years of life and ministry revolving around the work to welcome, serve, support and celebrate refugees. You will begin by seeing us in our first church prayer meeting on 5th ave, a prayer that ended up intertwining us into the plight of […]

A message about the challenges of Faith & Reason in the Christian life based on John 1, C.S. Lewis and Thomas Aquinas. I must confess this is one of my most favorite messages given.

A quick update from Margaret Nelson, our friend on mission in Uganda and then a surprising look at giving from the standpoint of Jesus and the widows in Jerusalem. This message contains the core thoughts about giving as I see them in the New Testament. Hopefully it will be liberating and helpful to navigate the tithe […]