Beginning a series on the parables of Luke (using Kenneth Bailey's "Through Peasant Eyes"), this sermon examines Luke 7:36-50, the sinful woman who anoints Jesus' feet at Simon the Pharisee's house, and the parable of the two debtors illustrating forgiveness and love.
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Wrapping up the 1 Peter series on giving a defense for our hope, this sermon draws on Acts 2 and Peter's preaching to offer a final reason for hope: the redeeming power of the gospel to transform even those who seem most far gone.
Listen & readConcluding the 1 Peter series on reasons for our living hope, this sermon finds hope in the existence and endurance of the church itself, drawing on 1 Peter 2:4-5, where believers are living stones built together into a spiritual temple with Christ as the cornerstone.
Listen & readContinuing the 1 Peter series on reasons for our living hope, this sermon points to the fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5:22-23 (love, joy, peace, patience, and the rest) as evidence of life lived in the Spirit and a defense for the hope of our inheritance.
Listen & readContinuing the series in 1 Peter on reasons for our living hope, this sermon offers a counterintuitive one: that the judgment of God gives hope, examining how God's justice undergirds the believer's confidence amid suffering.
Listen & readContinuing the 1 Peter series, Ben points to the forgiveness of sin as a reason for our living hope, drawing on 1 Peter 2:22-25, Psalm 103, and the woman caught in adultery in John 8 to show that the cross is big enough to cover all sin and that Jesus forgives so we can go and live free.
Listen & readContinuing the 1 Peter series on reasons for our hope in Christ, Demetrius (filling in for Ben) walks through Deuteronomy 31, Joshua 1, Matthew 28, Hebrews 13, and Ephesians 1 to show that God promises to show up with his presence, provision, and protection, calling us to meditate on his word and sit at Jesus' feet.
Listen & readContinuing the 1 Peter series on giving a defense for our hope, this sermon turns to the parable of the talents in Matthew 25:14-30, exploring how faith gives life significance through being entrusted with and faithfully using what God has given.
Listen & readContinuing the series in 1 Peter, this sermon dwells on the call to give a defense for the hope within us (1 Peter 3:15), grounding that living, imperishable hope in Christ's resurrection and applying it to facing suffering and challenges to faith today.
Listen & readAfter wrapping up Thomas Keating's "The Human Condition," this sermon begins a series on 1 Peter, focusing on 3:14-15 and Peter's call to persecuted believers in Rome to always be prepared to give a defense for the hope they have in Christ.
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