Scottsdale First Church of the Nazarene

Transfiguration Sunday 2012

mrundio — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:47:07 +0000

We, in our low-church-Protestant world, don’t often take note of Holy Days like Transfiguration Sunday. But it might be good to do so. The Transfiguration is a big deal… learn more about it in this sermon:

Cosmic, Costly, & Counterintuitive

mrundio — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:07:08 +0000

Mark 2:1-3:6 Jesus Does Everything Wrong

mrundio — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:42:47 +0000

If you are only going to listen to some of this, the “real” sermon begins about 18 minutes into it. The first bit is some ways to summarize the whole section, talking about why it goes together as a unit, noticing some themes present in these stories taken together. The last bit focuses in upon Jesus’ calling Levi, the “sinner.”

Jerry Camery-Hoggatt, an expert on Mark (and a fantastic story teller and writer) wrote, in his commentary on Mark, “This story has very wide implications for Mark[‘s first readers including] Gentile Christians, who like Jesus associate with the wrong kind of people, violate the Sabbath, do not observe the calendar of feasts. No doubt some of Mark’s Christians in Rome were themselves ‘the wrong kind of people.’ For those outcast Christians, this simple gesture of Jesus, this freedom to party with tax collectors and ‘sinners’ did more than suspend for the moment the artificial boundaries of piety and defilement; it obliterated them altogether.”

Sermon on Mark 1:21-45

mrundio — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:32:17 +0000

Mark 1:14-20 – The Kingdom of God

mrundio — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:34:46 +0000

Mark 1:1-13

mrundio — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:55:20 +0000

The first in a series on the Gospel of Mark.

Christmas and the New Year

mrundio — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:40:02 +0000

We talk about why the New Year goes with Christmas (New Year’s Day falls on the 8th Day of Christmas).

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Christmas Eve 2011

mrundio — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:32:48 +0000

Christmas Eve Service

mrundio — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 04:43:44 +0000

On Christmas Eve, 2011, we will gather at 5 pm at Scottsdale Nazarene for a beautiful, fun, family experience. It will include a Christmas Pageant (that you won’t want to miss – all kinds of fun!) and close with singing Silent Night to candle light.

Longing for Love – Advent Week 4

mrundio — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:30:29 +0000

We spend some time talking about the importance of love – and defining it.