by kwbooth@comcast.net | Sep 21, 2025 | Messages
Proverb: Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. (4: 23) We are obsessed with sex – and much of our obsession is centered on lust, not love. Lust is thought of as a private sin, but in this most intimate area of our lives, we honor...
by kwbooth@comcast.net | Sep 14, 2025 | Messages
Proverb: If you find honey, eat just enough—too much of it, and you will vomit. (25: 16) Jesus himself was called a “glutton” and “drunkard” by association with others, even if he didn’t eat and drink to excess. Gluttony seems more harmful to the sinner than anyone...
by kwbooth@comcast.net | Sep 7, 2025 | Messages
Proverb: Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless. (Ecclesiastes 5: 10) Rather than “the more you get, the more you have,” we hear Jesus saying, “the more you give away in love, the more...
by kwbooth@comcast.net | Sep 4, 2025 | Messages
“A Joyful Noise: Sow Joy, Reap Harmony” October 2-26 (4 weeks) “Living Life Backwards” November 2-23, 2025 (4 weeks) We’re called stewards of God’s good gifts in our lives and of all God’s creation. Sometimes we understand stewardship as a...
by kwbooth@comcast.net | Aug 31, 2025 | Messages
Proverb: A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied. (13:4) We’re quick to equate “sloth” with “laziness,” but a better translation is apathy, especially when it comes to our spiritual lives. Sloth is more about the...
by kwbooth@comcast.net | Aug 24, 2025 | Messages
Proverb: An angry person stirs up conflict, and a hot-tempered person commits many sins. (29:22) One writer calls anger “the most fun” of the seven deadly sins, but also recognizes that anger can eat us up. Though anger can be a natural response to knowing the world...
