Sermon Series Summaries

The Gospel According to John (*current)hello

Jesus asked Peter, "Who do the people say that I am?  Then, Jesus asked Peter, "Who do YOU say that I am."  The gospel according to John gives us a radically unique answer to the question of Who Jesus is.  Perhaps you have never met him, or maybe your Jesus is one of the popular counselor Jesus, or boyfriend Jesus, or hippy-flocked-hair Jesus.  John, a "Son of Thunder" portrays Jesus in a way that is unexpected, challenging, and refreshing.  

Jonah jonah

Most of the books of prophecy focus on declaring the wrath of God and calling people to repentence.  Every prophet lives and proclaims in a unique context, but the message is consistent.  The book of Jonah is unique among the minor prophets. Instead of focusing on the prophecy, this book focuses on the prophet.  Unlike the prophets who came before him, Jonah is told to arise and go proclaim God's truth to those outside the church.  Jonah doesn't argue, he simply walks away, fearlessly running away from where God told him to go.  Shamlessly, he refuses to call "those people" to repentence because, well, they are "those people."  We are Jonah.

Reforming Sexuality reforming sex

We live in a sexualized culture.  It makes sense because we are sexual beings--we were designed this way by God.  Unfortunately, what God formed as a means to reflect His glory man has deformed through sin.  The culture denies this.  They believe that the sexual revolution led to a throwing off the chains of repression, that the church has nothing to offer but slavery.  Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. 

GalatiansChrist

The earliest of N.T. letters, in it Paul argues for the freedom of the gospel over against religiosity.  A young church Paul had planted falls under the persecution of Judaizers to ascribe to the Jesus PLUS program.  We still fight this same battle as the freedom of the gospel is attacked by legalists and moralists who make their 'traditions" a pre-requisite for righteousness.  Paul rightly argues, we are saved by Jesus period.  We bring nothing to the table.  We are more wicked than we will ever admit and more loved than we could possibly imagine (This is our first sermon series so please, excuse the audio).

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