Sermons

The Church in Ecuador

Joetta shares her experiences from the learning trip to Ecuador.

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The Messianic Secret

We examine why demons were announcing Christ’s identity, and why Jesus instructed people not to tell people about Him prior to the Triumphal Entry.

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Luke 4:1-13

Luke tells the story of Jesus’ 40 days in the wilderness and his encounter there with the devil. Bonnie discussed Jesus’ victory over evil, the broader symbolism of the three temptations the devil presents, whether it was possible for Jesus to sin, and what this story means for our own experience of temptation.

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The Marks of the Lord Jesus

In Paul’s closing to the churches in Galatia, he emphasizes again that the importance of keeping the life and death of Jesus at the center of everything.

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Galatians 6:1-10

Paul begins wrapping up his letter to the Galatians with practical advice for how to live in love through faith. He advises a model of both communal accountability and individual responsibility for sin. Bonnie discussed how we put this advice into practice to pursue a disciplined life of freedom in Christ that is better than any rules-based religion can be.

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Works of the Flesh and Fruits of the Spirit

We look at Paul’s description of what the Spirit calls us away from, and what the Spirit calls us toward, and why the guidance of the Spirit is better than the guidance of the Law.

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Love (God) is All You Need

Sequoia discusses the love of God and gives us practices to deepen our ability to love.

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Guarding our Freedom

In the process of arguing for guarding the Freedom in Christ for the Gentile converts in Galatia, Paul uses an allegory about Hagar. Here we explore the reasons Paul might have used this particular allegory as well as the limits of this allegory.

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Accountability in Community

Resisting the appeal of passivity, confronting disagreement among friends:
It’s important that we, in community together, hold one another accountable and confront disagreement rather than let it fester. Wrestling with difference is a difficult, but important aspect of a covenant community. When doing so, as Paul writes here, it is most important to hold the relationship and trust above all – and not just connections, but intimate relationship.

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Galatians 4:1-11

Paul continues explaining to the church in Galatia what it means to be saved through faith, not compliance with the Old Testament law or any other set of rules and rituals. He uses adoption as a metaphor and urges his readers not to regress to relying on law to relate to God. Bonnie discussed how Christians should examine whether our own habits and practices are good for our faith and how the Holy Spirit brings us a rest and reassurance in our relationship with God that rules can’t provide.

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