Shame flows from the feeling that we are not enough. It finds its power in the fear that our flaws will be exposed and inevitably lead others to abandon us. In this message we will consider the antidote to shame and to help us do that we will look at Peter and they way the risen Jesus rescued him from his shame.

In this second sermon on beholding Christ's beauty, we will contemplate how that beauty leads to a changed life. Using Paul's statement in 3:18, we will look at Revelation 1-3 through that lens. Listen and hear how Christ's beauty transofrmed churches in the first century and continues to do so today. 

 In this passage, Paul reminds us just how serious a thing it is to dwell among immortals and seek to point them to Jesus. But who is sufficient for such a massive calling? Paul helps us answer this question by exposing some of the false places we look for confidence and then showing us where it is that our ultimate sufficiency is to be found.

We are all drawn to beauty. In a sense, beauty transforms us all. For followers of Jesus, this means that true transformation can only happen by beholding the pinnacle of beauty. Listen and hear how the gospel transforms us by beholding.

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One of the things that makes sharing the Gospel so difficult is the prospect of being rejected. Often, we spend a lot of energy trying to discern if people are ready to hear the Gospel or if they will be offended by it or if they are going to shut us down. We love sharing the Gospel with people who want to hear it, but we don’t see much good in sharing the Gospel with people who don’t seem very open. In this passage, Paul shows us that we are to share the Gospel without being controlled by how people respond. You see, the seeds of the Gospel were always intended to be planted in fields of rejection. 

Have you ever felt called to do something good for the glory of God only to find that something came up and ruined your plans? Why? Why does God allow the good plans that we have to fall through? In this message, we will consider how God wants us to respond when we find ourselves standing in the rubble of our broken plans.

Paul was more like you and I then we might think. In 2 Corinthians we see that Paul was overwhelmed, he struggled with despair, he experienced fear and anxiety and there was even a time where these things kept him from preaching the Gospel. Paul was a lot like us. And yet he was also different. What made Paul different was the way that he honestly shared his weaknesses and was not afraid to talk about his struggles. In this passage we will see how the Gospel sets us free to be honest, even about the things we are ashamed of.

Forgiveness is hard, even when the person who hurts you repents. In fact, often it isn’t until they repent, that we begin to realize that we are not quite ready to forgive them yet. Sometimes sorry just doesn’t seem like enough. In this message we will see how Paul calls us to respond when it doesn’t feel like sorry is enough.