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Reflections & Commentary Beyond the Sunday Sermon

What We Know About Prayer (And Why We Don't)

What We Know About Prayer (And Why We Don't)

If you’re a Christian, you know you should pray. If you’re like me, you also know you don’t pray as often as you should…

Thomas LoghryFebruary 5, 2025prayer, doubt, God's will, unanswered

Heaven Without God

Heaven Without God

My heart knows sadness. Every year brings a closer acquaintance. Please understand…

Thomas LoghryNovember 26, 2024desire, heaven, sorrow, loss, grief, Christian

RCC's Vision for Fall 2024

RCC's Vision for Fall 2024

Check out the direction RCC is pursuing!

Thomas LoghryAugust 28, 2024vision, teaching, fellowship, hospitality

Do I Really Want to Obey God?

Do I Really Want to Obey God?

You know you should obey…but do you want to?

Thomas LoghryFebruary 6, 2024obedience, salvation, sanctification, disobedience, happiness

Homosexuality: A Significant Sin?

Homosexuality: A Significant Sin?

There is a deeper, symbolic meaning behind homosexual sin that we should notice…because we are all sinners.

Thomas LoghryJanuary 26, 2024homosexuality, same sex, sin, sexuality, Gospel

Finding Happiness in Community, just as God Intended

Finding Happiness in Community, just as God Intended

The community of the Church is God’s gift to us.

Thomas LoghryAugust 30, 2023happiness, church, life together, fellowship

One Sermon Correction, Still to the Point!

One Sermon Correction, Still to the Point!

When I was putting together my sermon, I had assumed that the verse I pulled from Luke 1:77 was from Simeon’s prophetic word over Jesus when he was brought to the Temple as a baby. Simeon’s name slipped my mind when I was preaching, so I went back afterwards to look at it and realized I had confused a couple babies!

Thomas LoghryFebruary 20, 2023forgiveness of sins, john the baptist, zechariah, moral teacher, Jesus, paralytic

What happens when you die?

What happens when you die?

The Bible has some answers that might surprise you.

Thomas LoghryFebruary 8, 2023death, near-death, heaven, hell, sleep, afterlife, resurrection

Join the Mission

Join the Mission

We want you by our side as we pursue the mission God has for us…

Thomas LoghryAugust 31, 2022discipleship, make disciples, bible study, Rhode Island, North Scituate

Mercy for Me and For Thee

Mercy for Me and For Thee

Do you really have to show mercy to others?

Thomas LoghryJuly 13, 2022Matthew 18, Matthew 18:21-35, king, servant, parable, 10000, how many times, mercy, forgiveness

If Disciples were Dermatologists

If Disciples were Dermatologists

Will you say something if you see something?

Thomas LoghryJune 29, 2022Matthew 18, fault, sin, private, two or three, church, discipline, restoration

Fake Love

Fake Love

But it just feels so loving, doesn’t it?

Thomas LoghryJune 22, 2022Matthew 18, sheep, 99, seek, wandering, straying, despise

So You Think God Won't Judge You?

So You Think God Won't Judge You?

We’re quick to excuse ourselves, despite what God says…

Thomas LoghryJune 8, 2022Matthew 18, millstone, hell, judgment, sin, unfair

The Greatest People in Your Church

The Greatest People in Your Church

What does it mean to be truly great?

Thomas LoghryJune 1, 2022Matthew 18, greatness, greatest, child, kingdom of heaven

The Art of the Balanced Response

The Art of the Balanced Response

What can we learn from Jesus about offering a balanced response?

Thomas LoghryMay 25, 2022jesus, temple tax, balanced response, art, wisdom

One Year as Your Pastor

One Year as Your Pastor

Today marks one year since RCC welcomed me to serve as her pastor.

Thomas LoghryMay 23, 2022

The Mercy in a Mustard Seed

The Mercy in a Mustard Seed

What is the mercy in the amount of faith Jesus expects from his disciples?

Thomas LoghryMay 18, 2022jesus, mustard seed, faith, small, mercy

Slow Down

Slow Down

Slowing down , listening, can be difficult….

Thomas LoghryMay 12, 2022peter, Matthew 17, transfiguration, listen to him, mary, martha

Practicing Faith

Practicing Faith

In what ways do we begin with faith and falter mid-step?

Thomas LoghryMarch 16, 2022faith, peter, walking on water, matthew 14, little faith

The Dinner Prayer Radicals

The Dinner Prayer Radicals

As I was driving in my car last week, I was struck by how much we take for granted. We have built a world of fabricated materials all around us.

Thomas LoghryMarch 9, 2022prayer, radical, blessing, dinner, thanks, five thousand, Matthew 14, Romans 1:21