Church of the Resurrection Downtown Sermons

In this sermon, Rev. Scott Chrostek looks at the stories of some of the heroes of the Christian faith. How did they show resilience in their faith journeys? And how can we apply that to our lives today?

This past week was Church of the Resurrection's annual Vacation Bible Camp, where more than 1,600 children across the country learned together about how Jesus taught us to live like champions. In this sermon, Pastor Adam preaches on that same theme and considers how we can live like a champ in our day-to-day-lives.

Judging, prayer, taking the difficult path, and living by the "Golden Rule" – these are the 4 rules Pastor Adam teaches us about in this week's sermon from Matthew, Chapter 7.

What's the difference between the humble Christian life and the proud Christian life? In this week's sermon, Pastor Adam Hamilton considers how our motivations impact the morality of our actions.

When life gets stressful, Jesus teaches us to rely on God instead of worrying. In this sermon, Pastor Cheryl Jefferson Bell continues our series exploring Jesus' teachings in the Sermon on the Mount.

In Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, he seems to have set an impossible standard for us to live up to. But in today's message, Pastor Adam Hamilton considers the heart of Jesus' ethics and how we still ought live by Jesus' standards.

As we begin a sermon series on Jesus' Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5), Pastor Scott Chrostek considers what it means for Christians to be both salt and light in the world.

In this message, Rev. Dr. Emanuel Cleaver III shares his experience with racial bias in our society, and he challenges us to step up and shape today's cultural moment into a movement for racial justice.

The Bible has a lot say about protests, and Jesus himself embodied a lifestyle of protest against unjust authorities. In this sermon, Pastor Adam reflects on what Jesus might say about the protests in our nation right now.

With our nation roiling over the recent deaths unjust of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and others, Pastor Adam asks the question, "What would Jesus say to us about race?" Together we’ll look to the scriptures and consider what role we can play in healing our world and serving, as Jesus called us, as salt and light in our community and world.