Wheat & Weeds
God has planted within you His love, His kindness, His abilities, all of the fruits, all of the gifts––God lives within you…and since [He] lives within you, there will be weeds cast in your life. Remove them, for there is a judgment coming; you do not want to keep living in the weeds.
Good Soil
We don’t exist to simply meet in a building on Sundays…There is a harvest out there! There is a garden to be planted right here in Jackson. Bearing fruit requires us to understand the word of the kingdom! To seek it out! To meditate on it! To pray it! And most importantly, to live it!
Rich Toward God
Rather than desiring what is not ours, we must steward our possessions to provide what others lack. Augustine said it like this: “The bellies of the poor are safer storehouses than our barns.” There are eternal consequences for how we steward our possessions.
Preparing for the Feast
What does it mean to be a casual Christian? How can we follow Jesus wisely and avoid folly? This week’s gospel passage is Jesus’ parable of the ten virgins. As we near the end of the Christian year, Jesus has some sobering words for all who are invited to the wedding feast: bring extra oil for your lamps. Join us as Fr. Ben Williams encourages us to get ready for the feast.
The Treasury: Generous Stewardship
Are you rich? As Christians, we are all more wealthy than we think. Even if we do not have financial means, we have been entrusted with the greatest treasure of all: the gospel of Jesus Christ. This week concludes our sermon series on our core values at Mission Saint James. Fr. Ben Williams challenges us to take inventory of our treasury as we look at Jesus’ parable of the Talents. How we steward our finances indicates who we wish to please: the master or ourselves.