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January 19, 2025 - 1 Peter 4:7-11

If what Peter says is right, Christians ought to expect suffering, but why would we add that to all the other heartbreak and hardships we face? As Peter transitions toward his closing thoughts, he reminds us of the center of our hope. This hope is not only comforting for us in times of difficulty, but, what's more, it recalibrates how we relate to one another in our ordinary lives -- beginning first in our churches and spreading out to our families, friends, neighborhoods, and workplaces.

January 12, 2025 - 1 Peter 4:1-6

There's something about the start of a New Year, the feel of it, that connects pretty easily with our Christian faith. A New Year can feel as though it offers us a new beginning, an opportunity for change, something different. As we return to Peter's letter this Sunday, he will draw a sharp connection between that New Year feeling and the call of the gospel. The gospel of Jesus calls us into a new life. The question Peter will put before us all this morning is are you owning that new life?

December 29, 2024 - Revelation 21:1-5

This past season was likely filled with warm relationships, joy, and memories. Now, this week or the next, life gets back to normal for most of us. Real, everyday life is often hard. It might be filled by disease, job loss, or unresolved conflict you have to deal with. Real life can make the joy of the gospel seem only like a seasonal thing. As we'll see in this week, the advent season is of course meant to bless us now, but even more so, to point to us the ultimate joy and peace that awaits. 

December 22, 2024 - Philippians 2:5-11

This Sunday will be the fourth week of Advent. Christmas is just days away! As the final preparations are made and excitement levels rise, a question worth considering is what is it about this season and holiday that make it such a special and happy time? The simple answer that we'll explore this week is that Christ has come and Christ changes everything.

December 15, 2024 - Matthew 2:1-12

This Advent season we've been tracing the promise of God running through the whole of Scripture: that He will send One to overcome our sorrow and shame. But a nagging question hanging over this promise is who is it for? Through this beautiful passage, God will make it very clear that He sends the promised One for all of us, and He invites us all to respond with joyful worship.

December 8, 2024 - Micah 5:2-5

At the heart of the Advent season is a promise about Jesus. But promises are only valuable if they’re kept; if we put our hope in a promise, but that promise is broken, that can feel unbearable.  It would be better to not trust that kind of promise to begin with. A lot of us experience our relationship with God that way, even in Advent. Through this passage, God will show us that we can have complete comfort in his promises because we know he will always keep them. 

December 1st, 2024 - Genesis 3:1-19

Life is full of promises. Promises offer confidence about the future; they offer us hope. In our modern era, we are promised that through human achievement, we'll all reach a utopian life together. The Advent season reminds us of the truth that there is only one grand promise that will actually be fulfilled. It's the ancient promise found in this all important passage, the promise that found its fulfillment in Jesus Christ, and the only promise you should bank your life on.