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Listening to God's Story

As theologian Mike Goheen notes in his book, A Light to the Nations: The Missional Church and the Biblical Story, preaching is an element of worship that deserves special attention. It is a powerful means by which God’s people may be nurtured and empowered for their missional calling.

Every Sunday, we seek to preach Christ and for us this means at least three things: “First, wherever we are in the Biblical story, our preaching will be oriented to and from Christ. The goal of preaching is to make Jesus Christ present. Second, Christ himself comes clothed in the gospel, and so the message is more than words; it is the power of God unto salvation. The message itself becomes the power of God to transform lives.” And third, as Lesslie Newbigin has noted, “The business of the sermon is to bring the hearers face to face with Jesus Christ as he really is.” Jesus is not simply a personal savior. He is Creator, Lord of history, Redeemer of all things, and final Judge.

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First Things First

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First Things First

The Ancient Church year designates the summer and fall as "ordinary time" -- a time when the church reflects on the work of God in the world around us, and our own growth in discipleship and obedience. During the fall we think about being church. With this series we are going to do that in a dialogue with a letter written to Christians in an ancient city about just that. Let's turn our attention to 1 Corinthians.

November 20, 2022

The Firstborn from the Dead

Speaker: Matthew Burns Series: First Things First Topic: Sermon Passage: 1 Corinthians 15:1-26,51-58

November 13, 2022

Gifted Worship

Speaker: Matthew Burns Series: First Things First Topic: Sermon Passage: 1 Corinthians 12:1-7, 1 Corinthians 14:1-4,22-33

November 6, 2022

Love, for the Gifted & Talented

Speaker: Matthew Burns Series: First Things First Topic: Sermon Passage: 1 Corinthians 12:12-14,27-31, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

October 23, 2022

The Right to Refuse

Speaker: Matthew Burns Series: First Things First Topic: Sermon Passage: 1 Corinthians 8, 1 Corinthians 9:22-23, 1 Corinthians 10:23-24, 31– 11:1

October 16, 2022

Bodies & The Body

Speaker: Matthew Burns Series: First Things First Topic: Sermon Passage: 1 Corinthians 5:9-11, 1 Corinthians 6:11-20

October 9, 2022

Follow the (foolish) Leader

Speaker: Matthew Burns Series: First Things First Topic: Sermon Passage: 1 Corinthians 1:18,25, 1 Corinthians 3:5-9,16-18,21– 4:1, 1 Corinthians 4:9-13

September 18, 2022

The Message of the Cross

Speaker: Matthew Burns Series: First Things First Topic: Sermon Passage: 1 Corinthians 1:18– 2:5, 1 Corinthians 3:1-4

September 11, 2022

First Things First

Speaker: Matthew Burns Series: First Things First Topic: Sermon Passage: Acts 18:1-11, 1 Corinthians 1:10-18