A conversational study of Matthew 5:13-16 from the Sermon on the Mount, reflecting on Jesus calling his followers the salt of the earth and the light of the world, and how living well lets others see good works and glorify God, featuring guests Carol Forrest and Brian Carlson.
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Continuing the Lenten series in Isaiah 58, this message covers verses 3-5, where the people complain that God ignores their fasting while God exposes that they fast for their own pleasure and oppress their workers, asking what kind of fast God actually chooses.
Listen & readThe opening message of a six-week Lenten series in Isaiah 58, focusing on verses 1-2, where God tells Isaiah to cry aloud against a people who seek God yet whose fasting and prayers go unheard, introducing the prophet Isaiah and the season's call to examine our need for a savior.
Listen & readThe concluding message of the series on the church in Scripture, moving into 1 Corinthians 12 and recapping how Jesus fulfills Israel's priestly calling as the great high priest, making the church a called-out people who mediate God's presence to the world.
Listen & readContinuing the series on the church, this message examines the conditional covenant at Sinai in Exodus 19:5-6, where God calls Israel to be a kingdom of priests mediating his holiness to the world if they obey his voice, contrasting it with the unconditional covenant made with Abraham.
Listen & readContinuing the series on the church, this message reaches Israel at Sinai in Exodus 19, where God reminds the people how he carried them on eagles' wings out of Egypt and calls them to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation, advancing the theme of a people who let God be God.
Listen & readA conversational study of Jacob wrestling with God in Genesis 32:22-31, where Jacob refuses to release the man until he is blessed and receives the new name Israel, reflecting on persistent faith, repentance, and clinging to God's blessing, featuring guests Carol Forrest and Brian Carlson.
Listen & readContinuing the series on the story of the church in Scripture, this message focuses on Jacob in Genesis 32, recounting how the deceiver who stole Esau's birthright and blessing becomes part of God's plan, building toward Jacob wrestling with God.
Listen & readA conversational study of Israel at Sinai in Exodus 19, examining God's offer to make the people a kingdom of priests and a holy nation if they keep his covenant, and the interplay of grace and judgment in that conditional promise, featuring guests Carol Forrest and Brian Carlson.
Listen & readContinuing the series on the church, this message turns to Abraham in Genesis 12, examining God's call to leave his homeland and the covenant promise to bless all families of the earth through him, as part of God's unfolding strategy to draw humanity back to himself.
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