Roger Severino - Where Faith Meets Life

A Holy Groaning / A Taste of Glory

June 23, 2021

22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains until now. 23 Not only that, but we ourselves who have the Spirit as the firstfruits—we also groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. — Romans 8:22-23 (CSB)

As a man, I dare not pretend I know anything about the pains of childbirth. Even though I have sat in the room for the birth of my three children, that does not qualify me in any way to understand labor pain. Suffice it to say, I have had a glimpse of the...more

Blessed To Be A Blessing

April 21, 2021

The LORD said to Abram: Go from your land, your relatives, and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, I will curse anyone who treats you with contempt, and all the peoples on earth...more

Making the Impossible Possible

March 19, 2021

Luke 18:24-30 24 Seeing that he became sad, Jesus said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! 25 For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” 26 Those who heard this asked, “Then who can be saved?” 27 He replied, “What is impossible with man...more

What We Leave Behind to Follow Christ

January 15, 2021

Reflections from Luke 5:1-11 It would be a day that Simon Peter and his companions would never forget. This is probably not their first encounter with Jesus. Here, once again, they listen to the wise and powerful words of this Rabbi. Then something happens that will change the course of their lives forever. A futile night of fishing turns into an astounding catch of fish at the command of...more

Why Paul Had to Rebuke Peter

January 2, 2021

11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he stood condemned. 12 For he regularly ate with the Gentiles before certain men came from James. However, when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, because he feared those from the circumcision party. 13 Then the rest of the Jews joined his hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw...more

God Loves the World: Red and Yellow, Black and White.

September 25, 2019

John 3:16-18 16 For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Anyone who believes in him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned,...more

THE DANGER OF THE GREAT COMMANDMENT

March 19, 2019

Mark 12:28-34 28 One of the scribes approached. When he heard them debating and saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, “Which command is the most important of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is Listen, O Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. 31 The second...more

Six Things Barnabas can teach us about Spiritual Leadership (Acts 11:19-26)

October 22, 2018

Who comes to mind when you think about a great spiritual leader? The Apostle Paul? Billy Graham? Martin Luther, or one of the Reformers? One of the reasons we may not think of Barnabas is that he seems like a normal guy in the New Testament. That’s one of the reasons our church has a series called “Just Like Barnabas”; he is someone we can relate to and don’t...more

In the Fullness of Time, God Sent His Son

December 11, 2017

Did you ever wonder about the timing of Jesus’ birth? Was there any particular reason He was born around 2,000 years ago? Why at that time, and not earlier? Or after? Ultimately, only God knows the answer to those questions. But that hasn’t stopped Christians from speculating. As Paul tells us in Galatians 4:4, “When the time came to completion, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born...more