Sermons by Bruce Wersen

Don’t expect God to calm the storm. Expect Him to calm your troubled heart in the storm, and trust that it must be this way.

Jesus can disappoint us because He refuses to stoop to our subtle assumptions that He’ll bless, protect, and serve us in certain predetermined ways.

Childlike joy is required for ongoing growth. Because, once we take the step to plant a seed of faith, we need power to tend it with persistence.

An apprentice is just a novice who job-shadows a master. And, like Rome, a disciplined apprentice isn’t built in a day.

Jasper is one of the few precious stones that contains impurities, which prevent any light from passing through it. But we’re made pure so we can see His face and feel His embrace.

Today we are going to face the fear of death, embrace the gift of salvation, and rest in the certainty of a safe landing!

Like a mirror, if we don’t honor the honesty of God’s Word when we see our faults and flaws reflected in it, we’ll get distracted and forget what we saw.

Consider God’s sternness, and continue in His kindness, and let the pruning commence!