May 19 Worship at Fairview Pk Marriott

The audio of this message will be posted soon.

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.

We are to loop upward to Christ, inward to evaluate, and outward to serve.

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 Anglican from Proverbs 16:1-4 and Proverbs 9.

Wisdome comes from God - fearing God and walking God's path. We develop a wise character by the daily choices we make.

Wisdom is rare nowadays, but is at the heart of Christian character. Wisdom means knowing how things really are, and how things really work, and what decisions to make in light of this. Wisdom begins with knowing Christ.

In a crazy culture, character and wisdom really matter. Proverbs helps teach us about both.

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. 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. 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.

Christian living in the home requires a firm commitment to be a servant.

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.

The Rev. John Guest speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Joshua 1.

When the world as we have known it is gone: How are we to live?

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.

God's well known words to Joshua are also his words to us, especially when we face challenging seasons in our lives.

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

The Rev. Wright Wall speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Numbers 20.1-13.

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.

Like all wise fathers, God taught his children right and wrong. The Ten Commandments are God's grace gift: they teach us how to love God back, how to represent God to the nations, and teach us our need for Christ.

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 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.

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

Gaining certainty about the Resurrection in the face of doubt.

[Media of this message is coming soon.] A fictionalized account of the centurion, Petronius, who guarded Jesus’s tomb, and his meeting with Matthew years later. (Same message given April 4, 2010.)

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. John Yates 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?

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.

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

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?

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 65:17-25.

The Rev. Robert Watkin speaks to The Falls Church from Isaiah 1:12-20.

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.

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.

Rich Dean speaks to The Falls Church from Isaiah 61:1-9.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Dr. Don Sweeting speaks to The Falls Church from Revelation 2:18-29, the letter to the church in Thyatira.

The Rev. Dean Miller speaks to The Falls Church from Revelation 2:12-17, the letter to the church in Pergamum.

In the world we will have tribulation and suffering, but Christ commands us to overcome tribulation and suffering in the strength that He alone can supply.

The Church is a lampstand which spreads the light of Christ all around. We are to fully reflect Christ in all we do. We must remember that Christ died for our sins, and recommit ourselves every day to loving, serving, and communicating to others the hope and purpose of life in Christ.

The Christ is shown in Revelation as incomparable, cosmic, conquering, and coming.

In the face of utter calamity, such as the calamity the world felt when the United States was attacked on September 11, 2001, how can we respond? When the foundations are destroyed, when not only physical things are disintegrating, but when a nation's moral, ethical and religious moorings are dissolving, what can the follower of Jesus Christ do? The Psalmist in Psalm 11 teaches us how the righteous can respond. The righteous woman or man is to 1) remain righteous; 2) trust in the Lord; and 3) preach the Gospel.

What does God want you to do with your life?

What’s the secret to being content in all circumstances? Paul tells us, and it’s at the same time comforting and challenging.

The Rev. Rick Wright speaks to The Falls Church from Philippians 4:8-11.

The Rev. Dean Miller speaks to The Falls Church from Philippians 4:4-7.

Solomon’s life is a story of a man who had it, and blew it. How can we finish well?

How can all Christians live faithfully to God in an oversexed and permissive culture, particularly if they are single?

The Rev. Dean Miller speaks to The Falls Church from Proverbs 6:20-35.

Faithfulness is at the heart of all good friendships and is the key to a lasting marriage.

This message discusses the importance of friendship, and most importantly our friendship with Christ.

The Rev. Dean Miller speaks to The Falls Church from Ecclesiastes 12.

Acts 2.42-47 is one of the most compelling portraits of the church as it’s ever been experienced. It helps us know what to expect when the Spirit comes to a community of believers.

Just like at the first Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit comes he convicts and the response is to repent.

The Holy Spirit will help us tell the story of Jesus Christ.

The Rev. Dean Miller speaks to The Falls Church from Acts 2:14-21.

God wants to fill you with his Holy Spirit. Understand the differences between receiving the Holy Spirit, a baptism in the Spirit, and being filled with the Spirit.

The Disciples' replacement of Judas the betrayer with Matthias demonstrates the sovereign hand of God working in history and human lives to accomplish his purposes.