August 23 2026 Worship Service "The Non-Negotiable Prerequisite"

Worship Service, August 23, 2026

Sermon Series: "Pondering the Parables"

Sermon: Luke 18:9-14

Sermon: “The Non-Negotiable Prerequisite”

Rev. Dr. Peter Moon

God opposes pride. God blesses humility. That is the message of our parable and the reading from Peter. We cannot have a functioning relationship with the Lord when our pride is unchecked. Pride all too easily enables us to presume that God is pleased with us because of who we are and what we do, and that he is more pleased with us than those other people. But as always, loving God means that we love our neighbors, even those who we think don’t measure up. The only way forward is humility. But how do we become humble? The sermon will speak to the way forward and the dangers of our pride.

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References for our August 23 service:

Prayer of Common Confession

Written by Nigerian Evangelist John Ifeanyi Akpaka

“A Prayer for Humility”

Text and Music by Mark Patterson

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