The belief that all humans are broken and damaged is a confession that we need healing. Jesus gives us this healing in his death and resurrection, then calls us to give that healing to others in the love and acceptance of Christian community. Readings and sermon were...
God calls Abraham out of a life of idolatry in Mesopotamia in order to make him his agent to bring about renewal and healing in his fallen and suffering world. He does this by unilaterally promising Abraham blessing, land, and an offspring that will one day rule the...
The life of King David provides a vivid picture of the combined beauty of God's world with the brokenness of our fallen world. In his powerful Psalm 51, David laments his sins of adultery and murder, and in doing so outlines for us the causes of the fall, the...
As we begin a series of sermons on the story of the Bible, the beginning – the creation of the world by God – will form the foundation for the whole narrative. The world belongs to God by virtue of his creating it, and he is determined to make it beautiful...
The only way to really begin understanding the nature of the Trinity is to begin reading the story of the Bible to see how the three persons of the Godhead relate to each other. And from the very beginning, Genesis 1, we can see that the Trinity's plan to make...
The kingdom of God did not end with the ascension of Jesus, but is always expanding by the authority of the Holy Spirit so that the rule and reign of Jesus grows throughout the whole world, undoing the drought of sin by creating springs of living water everywhere he...
