A Listening Life
Text: John 20:1-18 (NRSV)
The world is brimming with the voice of God at every moment, a God who knows us very deeply. Our pattern of worship can offer us ways of practicing listening for this God who is so near.
A Gathering Life
Text: Mark 12:28-34 (NASB20)
Want the secret to a happy life? Jesus makes it pretty clear. The thing you need most is the simple thing that you’ve been skipping.
Radically Inclusive
Text: Matthew 9:9-13
Radical Inclusion goes beyond acceptance, it is an invitation into Jesus’ life changing love. The triune God welcomes us into himself by the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ into eternal love, His eternal communion. We then as people leading Jesus centered lives are sent out invites to see the world as He does, beautiful, diverse and deeply loved by God.
Because in Christ God is Making All Things New..
Text: Luke 15:11-32 (NASB20)
Why are we a radically inclusive community of hope? We start with God and what God is up to in order to understand who we are and what we should be up to. And the really good news is that the God revealed in Jesus Christ is at work making all things new.
Our Unresolved Story
Text: Malachi 3:1-4:6 (NASB20)
The Old Testament ends much the same way life happens, in an unremarkable, unresolved waiting. Waiting for life to change, waiting for things to get better, waiting for God to break through, Malachi is the prophet of the Old Testament who leaves us waiting.
God Hasn't Forgotten You
Text: Zechariah 14:1-9 (NASB20)
Ever felt like God is absent or at least asleep at the wheel? Yeah me too. But the fever dream that is the book of Zechariah offers us a compelling vision of a God who has not forgotten us, and who is very much up to something in the chaos we call life.
When Faith is Disappointing
Text: Haggai 2:1-9; 20-23 (NASB20)
What does a Jesus centered life look like when the past seems to be better than the present? When the church, or our faith, or even God lets us down? There’s a way forward that is wildly subversive and unexpected.
How a God of love deals with evil
Text: Zephaniah 3:8-20
Zephaniah offers a grand picture of God's judgement and God's love. In the process we find that the heart of God is to make all things new.
Our Current Moment
Text: Habbakuk 1:1-4; 3:16-19 (NASB20)
In the face of yet even more “unprecedented times” where is God? And what does hope and victory look like right now?
Back to the Basics
Text: Micah 6:6-8
In a world complicated by endless demands and distractions, what does God truly require of us? Today we'll dive into Micah 6:6-8 and explore the timeless and transformative call to "do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God." We'll uncover how these basic principles can simplify our spiritual journey and align our lives with God's heart. Join us as we strip away the non-essentials and return to the core of our faith, finding purpose and peace in the simplicity of God's requirements.
When Certainty Doesn't Lead to God
Text: Micah 6:6-8
In a world complicated by endless demands and distractions, what does God truly require of us? Today we'll dive into Micah 6:6-8 and explore the timeless and transformative call to "do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God." We'll uncover how these basic principles can simplify our spiritual journey and align our lives with God's heart. Join us as we strip away the non-essentials and return to the core of our faith, finding purpose and peace in the simplicity of God's requirements.
God’s Idea of Justice
Text: Amos 5:4-27
What is God’s idea of justice and how does this square with what Jesus is doing in our lives? The prophet Amos gives us insight into the profound depths of injustice and how the path to justice is not as obscure and unfamiliar as we might think.
A Loving God or Judging God?
Text: Joel 2:18-32 (NLT)
How do we make sense of a loving God who also judges and seems to punish people? The prophet Joel helps us reimagine all the contours and nuances of this great and terrible day of judgement known as “The Day of the Lord.”
Your biggest assumption aboutGod is wrong.
Text: Hosea 1:10–2:23
One of our foundational ideas about God is that He is a reciprocating God, a God of karma. Yet the Book of The Twelve leads with Hosea's depiction of a God who stops at nothing to be with us.
A God Who Sees Me
The often-overlooked story of Hagar is a shocking revelation of God. He finds the social outcast in the wilderness and identifies himself with her—transforming her status to become the woman who named God. Whoever and wherever you are, God sees you and comes to find you.
This Present Darkness
The love of God offered to the world in Jesus will mean nothing short of dismantling the powers of darkness. What that looks like may surprise us.
Should Wives Submit to Husbands?
Does a Jesus centered life mean that wives should submit to their husbands? The answer is surprisingly political, subversive, and down right punk.