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September 16, 2019 Luther's Theology Of The Cross
Pastor Chris Seay considers the life and teachings of 16th century church
reformer Martin Luther and the critical turning point for our understanding
of the Cross. When we realize that the justice God demands, he also
provides, we become freed (as Luther experienced) from places of anxiety
and fear, and into a deeper living faith.
46 min
September 09, 2019 Destroying Injustice
Pastor Sean Palmer offers a convicting challenge, asking each of us to
assess the ways we are blind to, benefit from, or participate in the
injustices of our world. Considering the words of Jesus and the prophets,
Sean urges us to embrace our tireless call to the work of Kingdom justice,
even when doing so may carry a heavy cost.
32 min
September 02, 2019 Betting On People
As we look back two years following Hurricane Harvey, and look ahead to the
ways we remain called to love and serve within the relationships that God
has provided, Pastor Chris Seay shares some important updates on some of
these stories. The invitation is for us all to consider how we are to
continue engaging together as a community, blessing and resourcing our
brothers and sisters both in Houston and around the world.
39 min
August 26, 2019 The Other Side Of Pain
Pastor Sean Palmer shared the incredible witness of Dr. Paul Brand, who
spent his life treating people afflicted with leprosy, and the story of
Jesus’ early gospel encounter with a leper. Sean asked us to consider our
relationship to pain; what it’s trying to reveal to us, and the ways it
reminds us that we can still feel. In places of pain, we are those called
to draw near with presence and touch for all those hurting.
29 min
August 18, 2019 Unity In Diversity
Pastor Chris Seay continues leading a conversation that will unfold through
this season on the distinct nature and call of the Church. Considering the
prayers of Jesus and the unique teachings of Jeremiah Burroughs, Chris
suggests some of the ways we find unity and cooperation within our great
diversity, that certain doctrinal differences need not divide us, and that
our differences in fact enrich our family.
43 min
August 12, 2019 All The Small Things
Pastor Sean Palmer tells the story of Thérèse of Lisieux, and the “little
way” that guided her faith. He asks us to consider the unique and vital
gifts that God has given each of us, and how they might be used in every
seemingly small but impactful way as a blessing to the collective body of
Christ.
33 min
August 05, 2019 Don't Go To Church
Pastor Chris is back! Sharing insights gained from his recent sabbatical,
Chris begins a conversation that will continue to form over the coming
months around the identity of the Church. If the Body of Christ is truly to
be God’s primary instrument of hope for the world, it will because we are
not passive observers, but are actively rooted and bearing fruit as we seek
instead to be the Church.
37 min
July 29, 2019 Peace In The Spiral
Sarah Seabrook shared vulnerably from her own story of battling intense
anxiety, and asked us to consider the areas of our lives that may be
similarly affected by living in an age of ever-increasing commotion and
confusion. When we are reminded of the truth of our identity, as beloved
children invited to lay our worries in the care of God, we begin to regain
our solid footing.
40 min
July 22, 2019 A Little Bit More
Pastor Sean Palmer offers a convicting challenge, inviting us to wrestle
with our relationship to the particular sin of avarice; the attachment to
money and things which leaves us with a desire that is never satisfied.
When we always want more, we are never content with enough, and hold all
the more tightly to what we have in ways that isolate us from community and
participation in God’s Kingdom.
36 min
July 14, 2019 The Space Between
Ericka Graham enters the parables of the lost in Luke 15, and invites us to
consider the ways that God meets us in the midst of our longings and all
that may feel less than whole. We are a people called to return home from
our places of isolation, ever back into the kind of communion with one
another that offers healing and belonging, and into God’s waiting and
ever-present embrace.
34 min

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