Federal Way Church of Christ Sermons

The book of Exodus is a foundational story about becoming God's people. Picking up where Genesis left off, it shows how God's faithfulness persists despite Pharaoh's increasing oppression and calls us to become faithful resisters like Shiphrah and Puah who courageously chose to fear God rather than earthly powers.

As we prepare to enter a Global Week of Prayer, we explore God's desire—from the Tower of Babel to Pentecost—to transform human self-promotion into cross-cultural blessing, calling us to live "Anti-Babel" lives that extend his kingdom to all nations.

Psalm 57 calls us to take refuge in God's steadfast love and faithfulness instead of falling asleep in the numbing distractions of our culture so that we awake with active trust and praise that proclaims God's kingdom to the world.

Psalm 56 expresses trust in the midst of fear because of God's promise to be with his people.

In the midst of corruption and betrayal, Psalm 55 teaches us to bring our honest emotions to God in persistent prayer and trust. We ultimately find our hope in Jesus who, though betrayed, calls his disciples friends and remains faithful to the end.

Psalm 54 shows that biblical justice is primarily about God protecting the innocent rather than punishing the guilty, calling us to trust God as a good judge and partner with him in his kingdom work of restoration.

Jesus comforts his troubled disciples in John 14 by calling them to trust in him as the way, truth, and life during times when old certainties are being torn down to make way for new spiritual understanding and growth.

Psalm 53 contrasts worldly foolishness with godly wisdom, calling us from practical atheism to ongoing life with God and promising God's ultimate defeat of evil and restoration for his people. We see this fulfilled in Jesus' life, death, and resurrection where he begins the work of restoration, reveals true wisdom at the cross, and scatters the power of death, making a way for life with him.

When evil seems to prevail and suffering abounds, Psalm 52 calls us to reject worldly pursuits of power by trusting in God's love and justice with a defiant, stubborn, absurd hope.

Psalm 51 shows us how true repentance moves from confession to renewal, as the compassionate God creates pure hearts and personal forgiveness overflows into building up community in God's Kingdom.