"peace. love. politics." Tagged Sermons
Are Your Politics Governed by Your Flesh or His Spirit?
How can you know if your politics are being governed by your flesh or by His Spirit? Pastor Les shares from Romans 8 and explores a few area wrapped around this idea that we should be manifesting His Spirit even while in the midst of politics (and this season does not give us license to hate). He takes on the wrong idea that we should vote our ‘conscience’ and gives us a few questions to ask ourselves to see if…
Are You Table Salt or Agricultural Salt?
Most Christ-followers see themselves as salt to season the world and to keep it from decaying until Jesus returns. Pastor Les shares a message from Luke 14 and II Kings 2 that challenges us to think again and see ourselves as agricultural salt that is good for the soil and good for the manure pile. When we think of Salt as an Agricultural product and not as table salt we can see that it is not just to preserve for…
How to Be Light Instead of Pointing Out Darkness
We force darkness to leave not by shouting at it or pointing it out but by turning on the light. A simple principle but one that seems difficult to practice during our current presidential cycle. Pastor Les shares a message about being light and uncovers a few reasons why us Jesus Followers often want to deny that we are the light of the world. Did you know that Jesus called His followers the light of the world? Did you know…
Politics 101: It is All About You
Pastor Les begins his Peace. Love. Politics. Series with a message titled “Politics 101: It is All About You”. He shares from Luke 22:39-46 and how the words of Jesus, “Not my will but yours be done” is so often misused because it is seen as meaning something it does not. Pastor Les asks the question, “Why was Jesus able to put God’s will before what he wanted?” Pastor Les uses the 5 Levels of Communication (friendship) to help answer…