At the close of his letter, Peter urges us to “stay alert” and to remain in a posture of humility, submitting to God, submitting to church leaders, submitting to one another. And in the end, Peter says, God will restore us and set everything right.
Read MoreThis week we look at Peter's reminder that our trials are an opportunity for our faith to be strengthened, our intimacy with God deepened, and our hope to be made all the more strong.
Read MoreAn explanation from Pastor Corey Widmer about our new worship schedule as of June 14, 2015 and the heart behind how we hope to worship together.
Read MoreThere is a Living Hope, which brings us together during desperate times, and compels us to engage in the heaviest, darkest, most difficult places.
Read MoreAccording to the apostle Peter, “mission” is not an episodic activity but an everyday identity.
Read MoreWhat does Third's Community hope for itself?
Read MorePeter's vision of Christian community calls us to re-order our lives away from individualism and toward shared life and practices.
Read MoreBeing a people set apart for God's special purposes of love is a very delicate balance that is only possible through the grace of the gospel.
Read MoreOne of three videos reflecting on some of the hopes of the Third Church community, as a part of a sermon series on "Living in Hope."
Read MoreThrough the power of the Spirit, we can even have hope in the midst of the difficulties that seem to pervade the modern world
Read MoreBob & Elaine share their story of reaching out in love to the international student community in Richmond.
Read MoreWhat does it mean for us to be witnesses from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth today, in Richmond, VA?
Read MoreOn Easter morning we rejoice that Christ's victory over death is also our victory over sin, for through the Spirit we have power to live in Christ.
Read MoreThe astounding news of Easter is that God has thrown our death spiral into reverse through the resurrection of Jesus.
Read MoreAt its core, Lust is treating another human being--another child of God--as though they were merely objects available to satisfy our physical passions.
Read MoreAt its core, Lust is treating another human being as though they were merely objects available to satisfy our physical passions. Our culture makes a virtue out of almost unfettered sexual desire, yet we are still loathe to talk about (or admit personally) the damage it does to both personal and community relationships.
Read MoreWhile God’s anger is always driven by love, our anger is nearly always driven by selfish desire. Through Jesus Christ, God seeks to heal our anger and make it his kind of anger, an anger driven by love.
Read MoreThe deadly sin of anger is unusual in that it is the only one of the Seven that is also an attribute of God. But while God’s anger is always driven by love, our anger is nearly always driven by selfish desire. This Sunday, Corey Widmer continues the series Seven: Finding Freedom from the Darkness Within.
Read MoreTalks from Nan Clarke, Sarah Widmer, and otehrs on the ups and downs of living in Christian community from our Spring Women's Brunch
Read MoreThe great medieval poet, Dante, observed, "Envy is the love of one's own good perverted to a desire to deprive other men of theirs." Paul's stirring words to the Philippians points us to the hope that in Christ we can learn to move from envy to contentment.
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