Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Romans 15:1-7 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. 2 Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. 3 For even Christ did …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Romans 14:13-18 13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister. 14 I am convinced, being …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Romans 13:10-14 11 And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is nearly …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Romans 8:1-11 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you[a] free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law …
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Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Romans 7:1-15 Do you not know, brothers and sisters—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives? 2 For example, by law …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Romans 2:1-16 You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. 2 Now we …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Mark 14:1-11 Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Matthew 22:36-39 6 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[a] …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) John 20:1-10 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) John 3:1-10 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) 1 Samuel 16:1-13 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Exodus 17:1-7 1 The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) 2 Corinthians 11:16-30 16 I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then tolerate me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Hebrews 13:7-17 7 Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Hebrews 12:1-11 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Hebrews 11:1-16 1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for. 3 By faith we understand …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) John 11:17-27 17 On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 18 Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, 19 and many Jews had …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Psalm 127:1-5 1 Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain. 2 In vain you rise early and …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Proverbs 23:4-5, Mark 8:34-38 4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness. 5 Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Hebrews 13:1-6 1 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. 2 Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. Today we welcome Rev. Ashley Steele, Director, Steubenville Urban Mission This week’s scripture (NIV) Isaiah 61:1-3a, Psalm 23:6 1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Hebrews 2:10-18 10 In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Matthew 2:1-12 1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Luke 1:39-45 39 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, 40 where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Acts 2:34-41 34 For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said, “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand35 until I make your enemies a footstool for your …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Luke 9:18-27 18 Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?” 19 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Psalm 46:1-11 1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Proverbs 6:6-11, Ephesians 6:5-8 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! 7 It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, 8 yet it stores its provisions in summer …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Proverbs 1:8-19 The Enticement of Sinners8 Hear, my son, your father’s instruction And do not forsake your mother’s teaching; 9 Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head And ornaments about your neck. …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Psalm 85:1-13 1 O Lord, You showed favor to Your land; You restored the captivity of Jacob. 2 You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. Selah. 3 You withdrew …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Luke 18:18-30 The Rich Young Ruler18 A ruler questioned Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 19 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Luke 17:11-19 Jesus Heals Ten Men With Leprosy11 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was going into a village, ten men who …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Philippians 3:17-21 17 Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do. 18 For, as …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Ecclesiastes 2:17-26, 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15 Toil Is Meaningless17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Acts 12:1-14 Peter’s Miraculous Escape From Prison1 It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. 2 He had James, the brother of John, …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Isaiah 55:8-9, Luke 9:51-56 8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. 9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Isaiah 59:1-5, 1 Peter 3:8-12 Sin, Confession and Redemption 1 Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. 2 But your iniquities have …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Psalm 17:1-7, Romans 5:1-5 A Prayer of David 1 Hear me, Lord, my plea is just; listen to my cry. Hear my prayer—it does not rise from deceitful lips. 2 Let my vindication come …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) 2 Samuel 7:12-29 12 When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Acts 16:25-40 25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Acts 16:13-18, 22-34 13 On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Psalm 23 A psalm of David.1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshes my soul. …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Psalm 23 A psalm of David.1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshes my soul. …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week’s scripture (NIV) Revelation 5:11-14 11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. Today we welcome educator and author Mr. Terry Munday to the pulpit. More at https://otterbeinconnection.org. This week’s scripture (NIV) Malachi 3:6-10 6 “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. 7 …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. More at https://otterbeinconnection.org. This week’s scripture (NIV) Revelation 19:11-16, 21:1-8 19:11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. More at https://otterbeinconnection.org. This week’s scripture (NIV) John 19:23-24, 38-42 23 When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. More at https://otterbeinconnection.org. This week’s scripture (NIV) Isaiah 50:4-9 4 The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. More at https://otterbeinconnection.org. This week’s scripture (NIV) Genesis 11:1-9, Titus 1:10-16 1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward,[a] they found a plain in Shinar[b] and settled there. 3 …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. This week we welcome Rev. Scott Hayward to the Otterbein pulpit. More at https://otterbeinconnection.org. This week’s scripture (NIV) Philippians 2:5-11 5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. More at https://otterbeinconnection.org. This week’s scripture (NIV) Genesis 6:5-14, 7:20-24, Romans 6:1-7 5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. More at https://otterbeinconnection.org. This week’s scripture (NIV) Genesis 3:8-19, Romans 5:12-17 9 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. More at https://otterbeinconnection.org. This week’s scripture (NIV) Genesis 1:1,2, 26-31 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and …
Welcome to the Ash Wednesday sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. More at https://otterbeinconnection.org. This week’s scripture (NIV) Ephesians 2:1-13 1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. More at https://otterbeinconnection.org. This week’s scripture (NIV) Esther 10:1-3 1 King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the empire, to its distant shores. 2 And all his acts of power and might, together with a full account of the greatness …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. More at https://otterbeinconnection.org. This week’s scripture from the NIV Esther 9:1-10 1 On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the edict commanded by the king was to be carried out. On this day …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. More at https://otterbeinconnection.org. This week’s scripture from the NIV Esther 8:7-17 7 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. More at https://otterbeinconnection.org. This week’s scripture from the NIV Esther 5:1-14 1 On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace, in front of the king’s hall. The …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. More at https://otterbeinconnection.org. This week’s scripture from the NIV Esther 2:10-23 10 Esther had not [a]revealed her people or family, for Mordecai had charged her not to reveal it. 11 And every day Mordecai paced in front of …
Today Dan Franks brings our message. He is Director of Development at Christian Children’s Home of Ohio and brings greetings from their ministry to our congregation. This week’s scripture from the NIV Luke 10:25-37 The Parable of the Good Samaritan 25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. More at https://otterbeinconnection.org. This week’s scripture from the NIV 14 Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests 15 and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. More at https://otterbeinconnection.org. This week’s scripture from the NIV Luke 3:15-22 15 The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Messiah. 16 John answered them all, “I baptize …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. More at https://otterbeinconnection.org. This week’s scripture from the NIV Isaiah 9:6-7, Titus 2:11-15 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. More at https://otterbeinconnection.org. This week’s scripture from the NIV Matthew 1:18-25 Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son 18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about[a]: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. More at https://otterbeinconnection.org. This week’s scripture from the NIV Luke 1:67-80, 1 Peter 5:1-4 Zechariah’s Song67 His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied: 68 “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,because he …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. More at https://otterbeinconnection.org. This week’s scripture from the NIV Luke 1:46-56, 2 Timothy 4:6-8 46 And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48 for he has been mindfulof …
Welcome to the weekly sermon from Otterbein United Methodist Church, Navarre, Ohio. More at https://otterbeinconnection.org. This week’s scripture from the NIV Luke 2:1-7, 1 Corinthians 9:24-25 1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the …