June 22, 2025

Thank you for joining us for Cowboy Church here at the Chip. It is our

honor to serve you this morning. You are among friends: relax and enjoy

our beautiful western setting. We trust that the music, the message, and

old-fashioned cowboy hospitality will encourage you today.

ecclesia song

We are called to faith, gathered in love

Sent with hope to change the world

We are called to faith, gathered in love

ecclesia, ecclesia, Church at the Chip!

   Called to Faith, Gathered in Love

   Sent with Hope – ecclesia!

Psalm 108:1-9, 12-13

    1   My heart is steadfast, O God!

                I will sing and make melody with all my being!

    2   Awake, O harp and lyre!

                I will awake the dawn!

    3   I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples;

                I will sing praises to you among the nations.

    4   For your steadfast love is great above the heavens;

                your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

    5   Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!

                Let your glory be over all the earth!

    6   That your beloved ones may be delivered,

                give salvation by your right hand and answer me!

    7   God has promised in his holiness:

               “With exultation I will divide up Shechem

               and portion out the Valley of Succoth.

    8   Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;

               Ephraim is my helmet,

               Judah my scepter.

    9   Moab is my washbasin;

               upon Edom I cast my shoe;

               over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

    12  Oh grant us help against the foe,

               for vain is the salvation of man!

    13  With God we shall do valiantly;

               it is he who will tread down our foes.

A Soldier’s Astonishing Faith

The Kingdom of Jesus: A Study in Luke’s Gospel (#28)

Luke 7:1-10

Jesus has just concluded his compelling kingdom manifesto. How will we respond to Jesus’ challenging message? Luke describes various responses in the events which occur following Jesus’ famous sermon. They involve a Gentile soldier, a grieving mother, a confused cousin, a religious leader, and a disreputable woman. Today we consider the first of these: a Gentile soldier and his astonishing faith.