Steve DeNeff: The power that raised Jesus from the dead is the power, not to overwhelm our adversaries but to endure them, to expose them, to convert them.

Nathan Metz: Jesus simply said, “Remember Lot’s wife.” What a loaded caution! When we consider the full context of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, what are the implications for our lives? This sermon explores three distinct relationships to our past and the hope we have in a great salvation.

Ethan Linder: Paul writes to the church in Ephesus connecting prayer with the power of the resurrection, leaving us to wonder: what does that mean for our prayers right now? What is the advantage of the resurrection (if any) for our everyday lives and experiences? In this sermon, we’ll overhear Paul’s prayers, exploring how prayer joins us with God’s mission of bringing new life, and how Jesus’ resurrection changes what we can expect when we pray.

Steve DeNeff: If salvation is like passing from death to life (Jn 5:24; 1 Jn 3:14), then discipleship is the practice of resurrection with the hope of one day being fully alive.

Steve DeNeff: On Easter, the future has come. It is here. We are on it. It is under us. Life has broken into death. This changes everything.

Emily Vermilya: “So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called it, ‘The Lord is Peace’ and to this day it stands…” The altar is a point of departure where we swear allegiance to one God and part ways with another.

Steve DeNeff: “See! This has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.” We have lost touch with the idea of atonement and settled for forgiveness instead, but you don’t need an altar for forgiveness.

Steve DeNeff: “David built an altar to the Lord there… (and) the Lord answered prayer on behalf of the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.’” When we intercede at an altar, things become possible that were not possible before.

Lori Minor: “There above it stood the Lord and He said . . . ‘I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.’” This sermon will explore the results of an encounter with God!

Steve DeNeff: “Now that I know you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.” The altar is a place where we lay down what we can least afford to lose.