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June 11, 2024 A Fresh Word: God is big enough.
As worship expands our understanding of God, we will discover God is “big
enough” for all that happens in our lives – and for us. In fact, worship –
having put God in God’s rightful place – puts us in our place, as well –
where we discover forgiveness enabling repentance. That leads us to an
intimacy with God, enabling us to hear the invitation to mission – and to
respond.
By Bill Dogterom
35 min
June 10, 2024 A Fresh Word: God is big enough.
As worship expands our understanding of God, we will discover God is “big
enough” for all that happens in our lives – and for us. In fact, worship –
having put God in God’s rightful place – puts us in our place, as well –
where we discover forgiveness enabling repentance. That leads us to an
intimacy with God, enabling us to hear the invitation to mission – and to
respond.
By Bill Dogterom
35 min
June 03, 2024 Seven Years: The value of the supernatural
In this last sermon of our values series, we looked at the NOW side of the
kingdom, specifically in how - since Jesus' first instruction to his
disciples - healing was always given to be a sign of it. It’s very simple:
praying for healing is part of what it is to follow Jesus, so let’s learn
how to do it together. The talk ends with a huge number of personal stories
from within our community so prepare to have your mind-blown and faith
expanded.
By Hannah Flint
49 min
May 27, 2024 Seven Years: The value of now/not yet.
Grasping the tension of our Christian existence is crucial to a mature,
Christian life - there is no other way around it. Jesus taught us that his
kingdom had arrived and that it was still a way off. We are old man flesh,
being changed by the spirit, more and more into the new AND we are already
new creations. Jesus knows who we are and where we live! When Paul first
arrived in Corinth, we see how badly he needed reminding of this too. The
Now/Not Yet paradigm isn’t just a piece of theology, it will pervade every
aspect of our personhood if we allow it to.
By Hannah Flint
36 min
May 20, 2024 Seven Years: The value of the experience of the holy spirit.
We were made for experience and the Bible is a book of countless peoples'
experience of the one true God. And yet for many, their Christian faith has
become more about belief and behavior than experience. Pentecost is the day
we celebrate the Holy Spirit being poured out on all believers. He meets us
as a felt experience and a powerful experience. He renews and empowers.
There is always more of him. And the more full of him we are, the more we
will live the lives we were created for. So, be filled with the Holy
Spirit.
By Ed Flint
42 min
May 13, 2024 Seven Years: The value of other.
The new church of Jewish believers in Acts saw tremendous things, but
before it even spread from Jerusalem, there were problems. The
reunification of disparate tribes was proving predictably tough. But in
just a few verses we see how, being full of the spirit and wisdom, the pain
of the past, and the problems of the present are transformed. Our brains
are wired for division and hierarchy. But the gospel changes that forever.
By Hannah Flint
36 min
May 06, 2024 Seven Years: The value of generosity.
Before bread was even a church, people connected with the idea of bread
have been incredibly generous towards it. We want to continue that marker
of generosity in everything we do.
This should be no surprise. To be a Christian is to be generous: it is who
we are. The more we experience God’s grace - his unmerited generosity - the
more generous we become. The key is having him as our bottomline, as
opposed to money, or success, or anything else.
When we operate from grace, our giving becomes active and regular, rather
than passive and irregular. And the benefits are invaluable- God's glory
and His kingdom extended in our lives and all the lives of those connected
to us.
By Ed Flint
43 min
April 29, 2024 Seven Years: The value of worship.
Worship is innate to all of God’s creation including all of us as human
beings. We reflect God’s glory by simply existing. But it’s also a choice.
When we choose to enter into God’s presence in worship we in faith
acknowledge who God is and what he is like. We can’t necessarily make God
more visible to us but we can make ourselves more visible to him.
So, by being honest about where we’re at in worship; surrendering our
anger, our fear, our worries, our joy and sadness to him, he meets us as he
is- our all-loving, all-powerful, all-knowing God, and as we are, his
dearly loved creation made to be with him.
By Tavia Grubbs
23 min
April 22, 2024 Seven Years: The value of identity.
In this talk, we explore the profound truth of our worthiness as beings
created in God's image. Just as Eve succumbed to the lie of inadequacy,
many of us believe we're not enough, striving to earn love and belonging.
This struggle is compounded by societal influences like racism and
misogyny, as well as clever marketing campaigns convincing us we aren't
quite enough.
However, God's unconditional love assures us of our inherent worth. From
this foundation, we're empowered to navigate life's challenges, free from
the need to prove our worthiness. Join us as we discover the liberating
truth: worthiness is our birthright.
By Anthony McLean
42 min
April 15, 2024 Seven Years: The value of rest.
The importance of rest is instituted in the very first verses of the Bible.
After six days of creation, God rests. We, as people made in his image, are
called to rest like him. Sabbath is more than just a day off each week.
Sabbath means to stop, rest - but also to delight in creation, worship God
and receive from him. A regular weekly rhythm of rest is essential for us
to live as the images of God we were created to be.
By Ed Flint
35 min