10 Things I Love About God - Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church

God wants our Hearts

September 8, 2024 • Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle • Exodus 20:17

There is nothing wrong with desiring something God wants to give you. The problem is coveting something that is not for you. That kind of coveting focuses your attention and your will on what you do not have, instead of focusing on what you do have.

God Is Truth

September 1, 2024 • Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle • Exodus 20:16

What’s the difference between reaching out to friends for support and gossip? Because reaching out for support is healthy, and gossip is unhealthy, and a lot of people honestly don’t know the difference.

God Provides

August 25, 2024 • Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle • Exodus 20:15, Matthew 6:25–34

Something in us believes "what I have is not enough" -- not enough money, not enough security, not enough comfort, not enough status, not enough success. There is a fear that we do not have or will not have enough. Jesus speaks directly to this fear in the Sermon on the Mount.

God Honors Covenant

August 18, 2024 • Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle • Exodus 20:14

Our bodies matter and what we do with our bodies matter. We are called to glorify God in our bodies.

The Dimensions of Murder and God's Love

August 11, 2024 • Dr. Charlene Friedman • Matthew 5:21–24, Exodus 20:13

Jesus challenges the interpretation of the 6th commandment--you shall not murder--calling us to expand our interpretation to include the spirit of the law. Jesus calls us to move beyond religiosity into right relationship with God and our neighbors.

God Cares about Family

August 4, 2024 • Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle • Exodus 20:12

Family shapes our values, perceptions, and worldview. Family shapes our emotional world, our experience of love or shame, trust or fear, confidence or guilt. But family can be messy, can’t it? How can we honor our messy families?

God wants us in Heaven | Part 2

July 21, 2024 • Rev. Christian Hong • Genesis 2:3, Exodus 31:13, Matthew 11:29–30

Sabbath is God's gift to us-- a groundwork for our relationship with God. Let's look at sabbath from God's perspective.

God wants us in Heaven

July 14, 2024 • Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle • Exodus 20:8–11

In the Sabbath commandment we learn that God wants to spend time with us. Sabbath is practice for eternity. What is the Sabbath for?

God Is Listening

July 7, 2024 • Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle • Exodus 20:7, Psalm 71:12, Jeremiah 28:15–17

omg...It is a common phrase when something is great, or terrible, or just mildly amusing. Some people say it so often they think nothing of it.

God wants our Heart

June 30, 2024

The second commandment shows that God wants more than our obedience; God wants our hearts.

God Is Faithful

June 23, 2024 • Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle • Colossians 1:15–20, Exodus 20:2–3

The 10 Commandments are an invitation to covenant. That’s what God and the people were doing at Sinai: confirming a covenant. God has proven God's faithfulness and invites us to be faithful.

Rules, Rules, Rules

June 16, 2024 • Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle • Exodus 20:1–17

Rules somehow feel different when they are religious, don’t they? The words “thou shalt not” just have such weight. Religious rules can induce fear, and guilt, and judgment. Why did God choose to give us rules?