Continuing the Galatians series, this message opens Galatians 1, examining Paul's self-identification as an apostle sent not by men but by Jesus Christ, alongside the backdrop of his missionary hardships and his earlier role persecuting the church.
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The opening message of a summer series through Paul's letter to the Galatians, setting context from Paul's missionary journey in Acts 13, discussing the dating and recipients of the letter, and how the New Testament books were affirmed at Nicaea.
Listen & readGuest speaker Demetrius, filling in while Ben is on vacation, preaches from the book of Jonah on God's great compassion and faithfulness, examining Jonah's rebellion and his angry response to mercy shown toward people he felt didn't deserve it.
Listen & readA guest speaker walks through the book of Hosea, using the prophet's marriage to an unfaithful wife as a picture of Israel's cycles of unfaithfulness, judgment, and salvation broken at the cross, drawing parallels to America's idols and the modern challenge of AI and technology.
Listen & readA Trinity Sunday message on Paul's doxology in Romans 11:33-36 ("from him and through him and to him are all things"), reflecting on the unsearchable wisdom of God and the conviction that there is a God who is not us and who knows what he is doing.
Listen & readA Pentecost Sunday message on Acts 2, recounting the outpouring of the Holy Spirit as a mighty rushing wind and tongues of fire, Peter's sermon, and tracing how the Spirit of God has been at work from creation through Christ to this new release into the world.
Listen & readGuest pastor Adam Barkod of New City Church preaches on the seventh Sunday of Easter about the disciples waiting between Christ's ascension and Pentecost, drawing on Jesus' promise of the Holy Spirit in John alongside Ezekiel 36 and 1 Peter 4.
Listen & readA guest speaker filling in preaches from James 5 on suffering and patience through trials, sharing his own personal story of a difficult 2012-2013 season including his wife's bed rest pregnancy and job loss, encouraging listeners to look to God rather than their circumstances.
Listen & readContinuing the "your kingdom come" series, this message connects the clean and unclean food laws of Leviticus 11 to a story in Acts, exploring holiness, the people of God set apart, and how the kingdom is both already here and still to come.
Listen & readOn the third Sunday of Easter and continuing the "your kingdom come" series, this message examines Jesus turning water into wine at the wedding at Cana in John 2, as a sign of God's kingdom breaking into the present world.
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