The Corinthian church has broken into factions–seeking honor and status by their associations and exclusions. Paul admonishes them for thinking humanly and following the culture to achieve status, rather than letting the cross of Christ be the source of their worth and the foundation for their community.

Paul writes to a church in Corinth who is a relational mess. He calls them to the gospel in order to re-orient their relational unity. In the coming years, Christ Church Vienna is being called to cultivate deeper and wider Community–friendships with one another based on the gospel.

Israel refuses to wait for Moses to come down from Sinai. They fashion a Golden Calf, a god like the surrounding nations, call it Yahweh their deliverer and worship it. We too fashion God in our image, assuming he must fit our culture’s views, but in doing so we reject the true God and worship […]

The Lord instructs Israel to build a Tabernacle–that worship of God would be at the center of their life and that He might dwell with his people. God dwelling with us is a theme running through Redemptive History and calling God’s people out into mission.

Matt Hemsley preaching on our misconceptions of the Old Testament Law that God gave as a gift to Israel, offering them a true identity, grace and freedom–that pointed ahead to all the Jesus accomplished for us in his life and death. Plus God in Life: Three students, Maddie, Ellie and Luke, share how the 2019 […]

Exodus 17 As Israel is again in need (water) in the wilderness, they complain and accuse, God again provides. And then as they enter battle, the Lord calls them to trust him and fight, but not alone, and he will deliver them. ALSO included after sermon – God in Life message from Chile Mission Team […]

When Israel grumbles in the wilderness, the Lord responds with mercy, providing manna and inviting Israel (and all of us) into a daily relationship of trusting and knowing him as their God.

Exodus 14 With the Red Sea in front, the Wilderness around them and the Egyptian Army baring down from behind, Israel cries out in fear–we would rather stay as slaves than die in Egypt. The fear mind can only see death. But God says, stand firm, be silent, I will fight for you. In Christ, […]

Exodus 12 On the night of the Passover the LORD delivered Israel out of Egypt by bringing a final plague of death to all firstborn sons in the land but providing a way out under the blood of a sacrificed lamb. This dramatic act of redemption pointed to the greater act of deliverance in Jesus […]

Through the Plagues, God brings Judgment on Egypt and her gods and reveals himself as the true Lord of creation. But Pharaoh is still hard-hearted, seeking his own Glory and unwilling to let the Hebrew people go to serve Yahweh.