May 19 Worship at Fairview Pk Marriott

Biblically we understand family as the body of our extended kin, the nuclear family, and the family of Christ. We find our own family needs met in Christ’s family. This sermon looks at the relationship of parents to children and children to parents.

Bishop Guernsey speaks to The Falls Church from Proverbs 25 and Matthew 5.

The Rev. Sam Ferguson Speaks to The Falls Church from selections from Proverbs and Matthew 5 regarding anger.

Jesus talks about money more than almost anything else, Proverbs talks about it in almost every chapter. What do they say? How can we tame money and put it to God’s use and find financial freedom?

The Bible says that work is intrinsic to human health - we need to be working, and through our work serving others. Diligence in our work is essential.

The Easter morning experience of Mary, Peter, and the others makes perfect sense as they walked the four steps toward faith in the risen Lord. To believe having see is good; to believe without having seen is even better.

On Palm Sunday, the Proverbs speak to us about pride and humility, and Jesus models what humility looks like, and a lot of others too.

The Rev. Sam Ferguson Speaks to The Falls Church from Proverbs 16 and 25 and from John 15.

The Rev. Dean Miller speaks to The Falls Church from 1 Peter 5:1-17 and Luke 19:1-18

When Jesus calls us, it's not just to himself, it's to the good of all.

Christ not only calls us to himself, but to the church which he is building up in Love. Thus, ours is a dual commitment: to Christ, as well as to his Church.

We are seeing a rage for "calling" today, but much of the discussion is shallow, confused, and commercialized. This sermon looks at one of the crucial biblical passages behind the doctrine. Christ's call is primarily to Himself and secondarily to our occupational work in the world. Calling is to serve, to be a steward, to be entreprenurial, and to accountability.

The Rev. Robert Watkin speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from 2 Cor. 5:11-21 and Matt. 28:16-20.

The Rev. Bill Haley speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from John 3:16-24, I Timothy 2:1-7 and Matthew 2:1-12

The Rev. Sam Ferguson speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Isaiah 49:1-6 and Matthew 5:13-16.

The Rev. John Yates shares a Christmas Meditation with The Falls Church Anglican on Christmas Eve 2012.

The Rev. Bill Haley speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Luke 2.

The person who lives into God's purposes must temper justice with mercy, learn to wait if he isn't certain, and then act when God speaks, even if God's guidance makes little sense.

The Rev. Dean Miller speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Isaiah 52:1-10 and Luke 2:25-38.

Sometime our disappointments are part of God's larger plan - learning to trust God in pain is one of God's biggest lessons.

We celebrate Christ as King on this Sunday, and note how he’s a king who loves us when we fail.

The Rev. Dean Miller speaks to The Falls Church from 2 Peter 3:14-18 and Matthew 16:13-23

A topical message about God's sovereign rule in spite of great evil in the world; a call for repentance and renewal in good works.

Are the things we pursue in life worthy of Christ? Did he give himself for us so that we could pursue these things? “Once you really realize how Christ sacrificed for you, you won't spend the rest of your life living to fulfill your own human desires and appetites, but you live for what God wills.” (1 Peter 4:2) Sometimes we need Godly rebuke and sometimes to rebuke another.

God gives us a lot when we say "Yes" to Jesus: we’re also called to live without some things.

Jesus calls us to “go” forth into Mission for him? What Mission? What is the Mission of God? And, what does the Mission of God have to do with you?

How do we enter into what God wants in relation to healing? The audio of this sermon includes two excellent interviews.

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Mark 1.35-39.

Peter shows us how to be faithful Christians in our times: 1st Century Discipleship in the 21st Century. And Jesus calls all of us “Follow Me”, even in times that make it hard to be Christian.

This message includes an extended interview w/ parishioners about serving God in the workplace, and its focus is on the main thing God has been doing moving our church office into the marketplace.

The Rev. Wright Wall speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Acts 10.9-48.

The Rev. Sam Ferguson speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Numbers 14.11-19

In the aftermath of Israel’s idolatry with the golden calf God refused to go with them any further. When Moses stepped in to intercede God relented, promising his presence and revealing his glory.

The Rev. Dean Miller speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Leviticus 23.1-3.

The Rev. Bill Haley speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Exodus 25.1-9.

What are the Ten Commandments for? Just to obey a demanding God? No, they show us how to live in grace - the grace God gave the Israelites by bringing them to Himself out of Egypt on eagles' wings. The Law is a mirror that shows us our hearts and a path for us to walk on.

When all other options are exhausted in the wilderness, God will provide. The wilderness is where miracles happen.

How can believers find "blessed assurance" when every circumstance mocks them with trials and troubles? St. Paul's climactic message in "the Great Eighth" (Romans 8) not only affirms the assurance of faith but also reveals the Gospel paradoxical power that transforms our troubles and sanctifies our sorrows. This is truly a "theology of suffering" that everyone needs to embrace.

The Rev, John Yates speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Romans 8.28-32.

There is no shame in not knowing how to pray - even the most mature sometimes simply do not how to bring their concerns to God, and what would be most pleasing to God. In this time the Holy Spirit will pray for us in accordance with the will of God.

The Rev. Sam Ferguson speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from

The Christian must learn to wait. God's great work in us has only just begun. We are "washed" in Christ's blood, yet "waiting" for the full blessing of new life that will be ours in New Earth.

When we are anxious and worry about the future, it is good to fortify ourselves with a review of the Bible’s teaching on hope. In Romans 8:24-25, Paul lays out four things to know and do: 1. We were saved in hope (24a). 2. We do not hope for what we see (24b). 3. We hope for what we do not see (25a). 4. We hope with endurance (25b). And beware: the two great enemies of hope, despair and presumption, are lurking around any hope we can manage. But also be consoled: God is at work in us to get us from our first beginning to our last end.

The Rev. Jim Byrne speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Mark 10:13-16.

[Media of this message is coming soon.] Cleopas and Mary’s encounter with the risen Christ on the road to Emmaus can be our experience too.

Gaining certainty about the Resurrection in the face of doubt.

[Media of this message is coming soon.] We can be as certain of the Resurrection and heaven as the early Christians were.

What options do we have for responding to the Resurrrection? In the Resurrection passages we are told to not fear, believe, and rejoice.

Mary willingly submitted to God: He changed all of her plans, and in exchange, God gave her eternity of glory. Only as *we* are willing to let God step in and change *our* plans, can we come into His glory.

To the man who doesn’t take God seriously, eventually God becomes silent. God will not be trifled with.

We can turn adversity to advantage, by making it an occasion for exercise of faith and resulting blessing for ourselves and our family.

You must *give* if you choose to live for Christ.

Like Barabbas, we are all guilty of great sin. We do not deserve pardon, we deserve death. But Jesus died for us and paid the price of our sin.

Whatever you are doing, unless and until you turn to God and give yourself to Him and His way in repentance and faith, you will die without him. God desires us to be with Him, but in His love, leaves the choice up to us.

Jesus never stops loving you, but unless you love him *back*, he will let *you* go.

Life is hard. The Bible knows it. The Bible speaks to it. We have great hope in the redemption of our bodies: our resurrection.

Romans 8 gives great hope for creation, which groans while it waits for Christ and his people to be revealed.

The Rev. James Swynford speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Romans 8:19-22.

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Romans 8:18.

The Rev. James Swynford speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Romans 8:18.

Romans 8 says we are children of God and fellow heirs with Christ. What does that mean? And what does it mean for us right now?

The Rev. Wright Wall speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Romans 8:16-17.

The Rev. James Swynford speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Romans 8:14-15.

Because of Jesus’ death for us on the Cross, we can be adopted by our heavenly Father, made children of God and become inheritors of the immeasurable riches of His Kingdom.

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Romans 8:12-13.

The Rev. James Swynford speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Romans 8:12-13.

Our relationship with God changes forever when the Holy Spirit takes up residence in our life.

The Christian life is lived in, by and through the power of the Spirit. It is a supernatural –and natural – life. Too often we focus on the work of the Spirit at conversion, and at our resurrection, but neglect the Spirit’s work in our present, everyday lives. Paul tells the Roman Christians to “walk according to the Spirit.”

What does it mean to live of the flesh? What does it mean to live of the Spirit? What does it look like to submit to the Spirit?

The Rev. Wright Wall speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Romans 8:1-4.

Don’t believe something about yourself that Jesus refuses to say. Many Christians struggle unnecessarily with feelings of self-condemnation for their ongoing failure to live up to God’s standards. Romans 8 gives us great hope that we can move past self-condemnation into an assurance of our healing for this love and help.

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church from Isaiah 42:1-9. This sermon also touched on the recent court ruling regarding ownership of church property.

God delivers his justice to the world in the person of his son, Jesus Christ. Jesus is light and liberation to the world, and so are we, his body, the Church.

As image bearers of a just God, we are to do justice. Isaiah 58 is a bracing word to God’s people, but with clear instructions and promises of blessing when we love like God does, and do justice.

The Rev. Dean Miller speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 1:26-56.

The lonliest Christmas was the first one, when Christ left his heavenly Father's side and became a human being. What was it like? Why did it have to happen? What does it mean?

Jesus is a person, not an idea. He *is* the good news.

The Rev. James Swynford speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 2:1-21.

Jesus' intention for us is not to withdraw, but become more involved in the world around us, to be the light of the world by going into dark places.

The Rev. Mark Nordstrom speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 14:1-6.

The Rev. Dean Miller speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 5:1-11.

The Rev. Wright Wall speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 5:1-11.

Do you long to truly celebrate this Christmas? In the past, has your to-do list stolen the joy from the holidays? Sometimes, in spite of our genuine desire to focus on the true meaning of the season, we are distracted by all its external demands. How do we know Jesus well - have an authentic experience with Him - as we move through these days?

The Rev. Kathleen Christopher speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 4:31-44.

To enter God's family you must become like children: generous, responsive, almost uncaring about money. John Yates speaks on the encounter between Jesus and the rich young ruler.

Laura Smethurst speaks to the high school ministry of the Falls Church from Revelation 3:14-22, Jesus' letter to the church in Laodicea.

The Rev. James Swynford speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 18:18-30.

Jesus, the Messiah, is the most amazing man ever to walk the earth. If we want to be like Jesus, we’ll do what he did. One thing he did every day was pray, and he shows us what prayer is.

Jim Byrne speaks to the high school ministry of the Falls Church from Revelation 3:7-13, Jesus' letter to the church in Philadelphia (of Asia).

The Rev. Sam Ferguson speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 4:1-13.

If you are a believer, then be passionate about being faithful to Christ!

Mike Steenhoek speaks to the high school ministry of the Falls Church from Revelation 3:1-6, Jesus' letter to the church in Sardis.

The Rev. John Yates speaks from Colossians 1 at a service of ordination hosted by The Falls Church.

The Rev. Kathleen Christopher speaks to The Falls Church from Revelation 3:14-22, the letter to the church in Laodicea.

The world treats sexual intimacy as an easy way to "complete" our many needs, but God created us with a desire for intimacy that only God can fully satisfy.

Jesus assures the Philadelphians in Rev 3:7-13 of the hope of eternity with God so they will faithfully endure persecution and suffering. An eternal perspective and a God-ward focus is needed in all of our lives to keep us rightly oriented, keeping priorities and perspective when things are going well, and to give us hope and assurance when we are dealing with trials and hardships.

The Rev. Patrick Ware speaks to The Falls Church from Revelation 3:7-13, the letter to the church in Philadelphia (of Asia).

Jesus calls Sardis a dead church. How do know when church is dead, and what does Jesus say to do about it?

God can do the impossible! He can transform a person into a new creation and grow us into agents of God's reconciliation in the world.

The Rev. James Swynford speaks to The Falls Church from Revelation 3:1-6, the letter to the church in Sartis.