The Word from South Highland

Rejoicing in Rebuke

July 6, 2025 | Selected Proverbs — Throughout the book of Proverbs are verses about accepting God's correction and discipline. Rev. Abby Gatliff teaches that this discipline is not just punishment but actually is the Lord's discipling.

Wisdom and Temptation

June 29, 2025 | Proverbs 5:1-23, 6:27 — Rev. Cort Gatliff has a lesson for us about the Lord's gift of physical intimacy between man and woman. He teaches that at the heart of the the Christian vision of sex is the idea that sex is both far more dangerous and far more beautiful than we tend to imagine. And so, because that is true, we need wisdom. 

Wisdom in Justice

June 22, 2025 | Selected Proverbs — What is it about knowing God that propels us to look outside of ourselves and to care for the marginalized? Rev. Cort Gatliff teaches that justice should matter to us because justice matters deeply to God.

Planning With Wisdom

June 15, 2025 | Selected Proverbs — God's will for our life is not some sort of corn maze, with only one right way and lots of wrong turns. Rev. Cort Gatliff teaches about God's sovereign will and about being so immersed in God's word that HIs priorities begin to transform our hearts, and our decision making.

House of Wisdom, House of Folly

June 9, 2025 | Proverbs 9:1-6, 13-18 — In the book of Proverbs, the Ladies Wisdom and Folly issue identical invitations to the people passing by. Rev. Cort Gatliff teaches that, when we listen to Folly, the next voice we hear is from the Holy Spirit, that we are not alone, and that it's not to late to change our path.

The Call of Wisdom

June 1, 2025 | Proverbs 1:20-33 — In the early part of Proverbs, we find Lady Wisdom represented as a character crying out wherever she can be heard, imploring God's people to listen. Rev. Cort Gatliff teaches that Jesus worked the same way, that God is not hiding from us but rather is speaking to us all the time.

The Beginning of Wisdom

May 25, 2025 | Proverbs 1:1-7 — The whole of Scripture points us to Jesus and shows us how to live. But that goes beyond the do's and don'ts of the ten commandments. Rev. Cort Gatliff teaches about the Proverbs that their goal is deep character, straight thinking, and the transforming power of the Holy Spirit.

From Darkness to Light

May 18, 2025 | Acts 22:1-22 — Paul was changed by Jesus on the road to Damascus, but the man he had been provided a foundation for that change. Rev. Abby Gatliff teaches that your background can be used by God for eternal purposes, but there are still significant ways we are changed by the risen Lord.

Breakfast on the Beach

May 11, 2025 | John 21:1-19 — On the shore of the Sea of Galilee a few weeks after the resurrection, and after having denied his Lord three times, Peter encounters the risen Christ. Rev. Cort Gatliff teaches us that Jesus see us as we really are, and moves toward us in love in order to restore us.

Peace and Power

May 4, 2025 | Luke 24:36-49 - The disciples in the Upper Room are startled and terrified to see the resurrected Jesus in the flesh. Then he offers them peace. Rev. Cort Gatliff teaches that Jesus follows up by giving them a new purpose and the power to carry it out, and that the purpose and power are ours today as well.