This 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.
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This 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?
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This Sunday we begin to get at the meaning of the Torah, which is so much of what this book is all about.
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This 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.
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This 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.
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This 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.
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This 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.
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At 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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This Sunday we're looking at the second of three paragraphs in Jesus' conclusion to the Sermon on the Mount.
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This Sunday we're starting into the conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount.
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This Sunday we are looking at the final bit of teaching in the main body of the Sermon on the Mount.
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This Sunday, we are looking at the next section of the Sermon on the Mount which addresses prayer, and our child-like relationship with God as our Father.
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We're back into the Sermon on the Mount this Sunday, now starting into Matthew chapter 7. Jesus has a lot to say about how we handle our relationships with one another.
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This Sunday we gather to celebrate our Risen Lord. The grave cannot hold him, death cannot win. Hallelujah!
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This Sunday is Palm Sunday, the official start of Holy Week. I love our tradition of reading through the whole passion narrative starting with Jesus' entry into Jerusalem.
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This Sunday, we'll look at the next section in Matthew 6 about worry and anxiety. In a culture steeped in anxiety, these words from Jesus remain timely and important.
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This Sunday we are moving into the last section of Matthew 6, as Jesus calls us to trust our Father with our money and the way we use it.
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This Sunday we turn to fasting! Fasting is misunderstood and not frequently practiced, but Jesus also assumes that his followers will be doing it.
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This Sunday we are continuing to learn from Jesus about how to practice our life with God- this week our focus is prayer.
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