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Doers of the Word
James 1:17-27 Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave birth to us by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures. You must understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow…
Run the Race: The Full Armor of God
About this sermon series Ephesians 6:10-20 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power. Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For our struggle is not against blood and flesh but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor…
Run the Race: Discerning Wisdom
About this sermon series Ephesians 5:15-20 Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. So do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit, as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your…
Run the Race: Faces of Faith
About this sermon series Ephesians 4:25-5:2 So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. Thieves must give up stealing; rather, let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy. Let no…
Guest Speaker- Rabbi Michael Holzman
The second speaker in our Sacred Listening Series. Rabbi Michael Holzman is the spiritual leader of Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation and the founder of the Rebuilding Democracy Project. Rabbi Holzman has written extensively on the current crisis in Israel and Gaza. He speaks personally on what it feels like to be an American Jew in the present moment and the spiritual technologies people of faith can bring to ‘intertwined and conflicting narratives’ of our time. If you missed our first…
Run the Race: Focus on Your Fuel
About this sermon series John 6:24-35 So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus. 25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” 26 Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me not because you saw signs but because you ate your fill of…
Read It Again: Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael
About this sermon series Genesis 21:1-21 The Lord dealt with Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as he had promised. Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the time of which Godhad spoken to him. Abraham gave the name Isaac to his son whom Sarah bore him. AndAbraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commandedhim. Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born…
Read It Again: Daniel and the Lion’s Den
About this sermon series We are going to read it again, God, this story of yours, of ours. We pray that you’ll speak anew, afresh, aloud, so that that which we once knew will be illumined by what you’re saying today. You are here. We are listening. Amen. Daniel 6:1-28 6 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty satraps, stationed throughout the whole kingdom, 2 and over them three administrators, one of whom was Daniel; to these the satraps gave…
Read It Again: Moses and the Burning Bush
About this sermon series Exodus 3:1-15 Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed. 3 Then Moses said, “I must turn aside and look at this great sight, and…
Read It Again: Moses in the bulrushes
About the sermon series Exodus 2:1-10 Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine baby, she hid him three months. When she could hide him no longer she got a papyrus basket for him and plastered it with bitumen and pitch; she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds on the bank of the…
And You Will Be My Witnesses
Acts 1:1-8 In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and teach until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. After his suffering he presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. While staying with them, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem but…
The Gospel According to Pixar: On Being a Family
About the sermon series John 11:28-35 When she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary and told her privately, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” And when she heard it, she got up quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come to the village but was still at the place where Martha had met him. The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw Mary get up quickly…