The potential to gather knowledge has never been greater. From online websites to TED Talks to the myriad of universities and colleges scattered throughout America, we have daily opportunities to learn facts and concepts.
And then there is wisdom. Wisdom just doesn’t have the appeal that knowledge does. Wisdom seems a little stuffy, like something that is attractive only to condescending older people who believe their purpose in life is to lecture younger people on how they should live their lives.
While the pursuit of knowledge is and should be a priority for all of us, it is a necessity to grow continually and incrementally in wisdom. For while the accumulation of facts can enable us to do great things, wisdom offers us the chance to live great lives.
This Sunday we’ll begin our summer sermon series “Proverbs – The Way of Wisdom”. The book of Proverbs details God’s unchanging plan for wise living in a world that increasingly becomes more complex and confusing. Proverbs is a book of soul searching, a book that challenges us to take our daily walk with Christ to another level. Join us this weekend for one of our worship service and together let’s begin our walk in the way of wisdom.
Saturday night service: 6:00 pm
Sunday morning service: 10:00 am
Friday, June 9, 2017
Friday, June 2, 2017
The Invitation
You’ve been waiting for weeks. The days have dragged on for what has seemed like an eternity. The waiting and wondering have kidnapped your focus. You can think of nothing else. Then it comes. The invitation you’ve been counting on, dreaming about, even living for. Maybe it is an invitation to study at a certain university. Maybe it is an invitation to assume a new career. And maybe it is an invitation from a certain person with whom you have fallen in love. Whatever the invitation might be, when it comes, everything changes.
On the day of Pentecost things changed dramatically in the spiritual world. For century after century God had been planning, working and preparing for the arrival of Jesus Christ. Suddenly, he appeared in history – God in human flesh – and just as suddenly he ascended into heaven to appear to human eyes again only on Judgment Day. The work was done. The relationship God intended for humans was restored through the life, death and resurrection of Christ. Now all that was left was to invite people to receive what Christ had won. And that is where the day of Pentecost comes in.
When we hear the word “Pentecost” we tend to think of wind and fire, but it is really about an invitation – the invitation God offers every one of us to become part of his family, part of his eternity and part of his working in this world. What is most startling is that invitation comes through people – ordinary, everyday people like you and me. From today until the moment Christ returns, we have the opportunity – no – the privilege to offer the invitation of Pentecost to the people in our lives. If you have been sensing a certain dullness in your life as a Christian, Pentecost is the cure. Start sharing the invitation!
Saturday night service: 6:00 pm
Sunday morning service: 10:00 am
On the day of Pentecost things changed dramatically in the spiritual world. For century after century God had been planning, working and preparing for the arrival of Jesus Christ. Suddenly, he appeared in history – God in human flesh – and just as suddenly he ascended into heaven to appear to human eyes again only on Judgment Day. The work was done. The relationship God intended for humans was restored through the life, death and resurrection of Christ. Now all that was left was to invite people to receive what Christ had won. And that is where the day of Pentecost comes in.
When we hear the word “Pentecost” we tend to think of wind and fire, but it is really about an invitation – the invitation God offers every one of us to become part of his family, part of his eternity and part of his working in this world. What is most startling is that invitation comes through people – ordinary, everyday people like you and me. From today until the moment Christ returns, we have the opportunity – no – the privilege to offer the invitation of Pentecost to the people in our lives. If you have been sensing a certain dullness in your life as a Christian, Pentecost is the cure. Start sharing the invitation!
Saturday night service: 6:00 pm
Sunday morning service: 10:00 am
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Hawaii Lutheran Church (WELS)
- Community Lutheran Church
- Honolulu, HI
- Community Lutheran Church holds protestant chapel services in Honolulu, Hawaii near Pearl Harbor, HI. We are next to the USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hickam Air Force Base, and Fort Shafter Hawaii. Look for us directly behind the Salt Lake, Hawaii, Target.