This Sunday, we step into the wilderness with John and allow his voice to awaken us, so that we may be ready to receive Christ, the Judge who brings peace.
Read MoreThis Sunday we begin the Christian year with the first Sunday of Advent! I'm excited to begin this season of waiting together.
Read MoreThis Sunday we'll look at the final chapter of the book, the moving story of Moses' death.
Read MoreThis Sunday, we move into the final section of Deuteronomy, where Moses concludes his great sermon with a passionate appeal to walk in God’s ways and choose life.
Read MoreThis Sunday we continue our study of Deuteronomy. The next section of chapters turns again to the ancient laws that shape Israel’s life together, especially how God’s people are to care for the orphan, the widow, the immigrant, and the poor.
Read MoreThis Sunday, Elisabeth Hayes will be preaching on what Deuteronomy teaches us about leadership and the distinct kind of leaders that God calls in his community.
Read MoreThis Sunday, Elisabeth Hayes will be preaching on what Deuteronomy teaches us about leadership and the distinct kind of leaders that God calls in his community.
Read MoreThis Sunday, we continue to
Read MoreThis Sunday, our text from Deuteronomy casts a compelling vision of worship as the centerpiece of our life together.
Read MoreThis Sunday we continue our study of Deuteronomy by looking at the important theme of God's provision and our grateful response, which touches on how we understand our money and possessions and how we steward what we've been given.
Read MoreThis Sunday in our study of Deuteronomy we will hear the Shema, Israel’s central confession: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength” (Deut. 6:4–5). At the very center of faith is love—love for God that overflows in love for neighbor. In an age discipled by violence and contempt, Deuteronomy reminds us that God’s people are called to be shaped by love, embodying a different way of being human together.
Read MoreThis Sunday we get into the iconic Ten Commandments, often called "The Decalogue." How should we think about these commands and apply them to our lives today?
Read MoreThis Sunday we begin to get at the meaning of the Torah, which is so much of what this book is all about.
Read MoreThis Sunday we’ll kick off a new sermon series with you on the book of Deuteronomy. While many know this as the book with not much storyline and a whole lot of laws, this is very likely the book that most significantly formed the theology and ethics of Jesus, and so it is worth it for us to do the hard work of learning what is has to say.
Read MoreThis week we’ll explore a difficult and important question about death. In the end, we may not have many answers, but we do have a person, the One who has come into our suffering and death to redeem it.
Read MoreThis Sunday I'll be tacking the kid question: "What is heaven like and will our pets be there?" This is a question about the nature of Christian hope, which I love to talk about.
Read MoreThis Sunday we are starting a new summer sermon series called "Let the Little Questions Come to Me." We are really excited about it! It's based on a set of questions about God, Jesus, and the Bible that we gleaned from our own children here at Third Church. It will be fun, interactive and shockingly profound.
Read MoreAt the very end of the Sermon, Jesus calls those who have heard his words to not just admire his teaching, but to put everything he has said into practice.
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