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Sermons on Belonging
What is Jesus’ nickname for you? Simon’s nickname was the Rock. Saul’s was something like “little guy”. What’s Jesus’ nickname for you? Isaiah 51: 1-6 | Psalm 138 | Romans 11: 33 – 12: 8 | Matthew 16: 13-20
Who have you failed to include? – We talk a little bit about who we fail to include into the kingdom of God, why we fail to include them, and how God sets our mistakes right. Sermon Scripture: Isaiah 56: 1, 6-8 | Psalm 67 | Romans 11 | Matthew 15: 21-28
What are you worth? We talk about your worth to God and how our worth is always based in what Christ has done for us. Scripture: Matthew 13:44–52 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all…
We consider what it means to be God’s people, His royal priesthood, His holy nation, His beloved disciples – even when we don’t knock out everything on our to-do list.
Join us as we answer the question “What do you feel exiled from?” and how the Gospel is good news for us in our times of exile. Sermon Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3–9 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born…
We talk about the character of a God who seeks out the lost and how that really makes for a different kind of faith that we have together as Christians when compared with other ways of looking at the world – we get excited about redemption. Sermon Scripture: Luke 15:1–10 Now the tax collectors and…
We talk about why Jesus seems to be excited about something that seems horrible to us, the division of families, but when we look deeper, we see that Jesus is showing us something deeper than even our family lives. Sermon Scripture: Luke 12:49–53 “I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it…
We continue our Call and Response series by looking at the call to discipleship and how we respond to God’s call by becoming little Matthiases ourselves. Sermon Scripture: Acts 1:12–26 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. And when they had entered, they…
We continue our “REDIAL” series talking about when God calls us again talking a little bit about St. Patrick and a lot about how God calls to us again so that we can repent and be gathered to Him. Sermon Scripture: Luke 13:31–35 At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get…
We talk about ownership and how we own the forgiveness of our sin, our vocations, and our place in the Kingdom of God. Sermon Scripture: Luke 5:1–11 On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, and he saw…