Salem First Friends Church

It's Time to Turn

Our Advent series, Prepare the Way for the Lord, continues with this third episode. We're following the themes found in a book by the same name from author Adam Hamilton. Now, we turn our eyes to the heart of John's message: repentance. What does it mean to "repent?" What does repentance look like? 

Mysterious Ways

Our Advent series, Prepare the Way for the Lord, continues with this episode. We're following the themes found in a book by the same name from author Adam Hamilton. This second episode opens our eyes to the "mysterious ways" through which God chose to work in the birth story of John the Baptist... and how God often still chooses those kinds of ways in our lives today. 

God Hears

It's time for Advent! Our Advent series this year is called Prepare the Way for the Lord and it will follow the themes found in a book by the same name from author Adam Hamilton. This first episode looks at the prayers of Zechariah and Elizabeth—the parents of John the Baptist. 

Setting Gentleness Aside?

This episode finishes our (mini) series called Gentle Giants that focuses on the topic of gentleness in Scripture. Is it ever okay to set gentleness aside? 

Power Under Control

This episode continues a short (mini) series called Gentle Giants that will focus on the topic of gentleness in Scripture. We're digging further into the true power in gentleness. 

A Quiet Strength

This episode begins a short (mini) series called Gentle Giants that will focus on the topic of gentleness in Scripture. We'll begin by examining how we often misuse and poorly view gentleness, and then dig into to examples of how to properly view gentleness: in the life of Jesus, and in the fruit of the Spirit. 

Is Now the Time?

With the concluding message in the series First Things First: Navigation in a Divided Nation we will zoom in on Jesus. How did Jesus speak about, and interact with, the governing authorities, structures, and ruling powers of his day?

Temptation and Struggle

Returning again to our series First Things First: Navigation in a Divided Nation, we will examine two passages that can teach us about the inherent temptations and struggles we are exposed to when we engage with the powers of the governing authorities that rule over the "kingdoms of this world."

An Altar Defiled

For the next message in the series First Things First: Navigation in a Divided Nation we revisit a leader we've already looked at earlier: King Saul. Israel demanded a king, and God allowed them to have Saul. Now, in his first recorded political situation, Saul foolishly chooses to use the sacred in service of the practical.

The Governing Authorities

Up next in our spiritual formation series First Things First: Navigation in a Divided Nation is a message that takes a look at one of the most common passages used when discussing how Christians should understand and interact with the people and systems that govern us.