Get Ready (Part 1)

Psalm 27:7-14 & 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

Sunday, February 22, 2026

Paul warns the Thessalonian church not to fall asleep: not to be lulled into complacency or apathy, content with the world as it is. Instead, Paul urges the church to keep awake, to be ready to hear God's call and discover God at work around them. What does it mean to keep awake today? How can we make ourselves attentive, ready to listen?

Bryant Anderson preaching.

Referenced in this sermon:

• John Caputo, What to Believe? (2023)

Current Series: Get Ready

Lent is a forty-day period of preparation which precedes the celebration of Christianity's holiest season, Easter. Throughout the church's history, faithful Christians have adopted a range of practices during this time of anticipation, ranging from rote dietary restrictions all the way to full exclusion from the communion and sacraments of the church. These practices—and everything in between—are all intended in their own way to make us ready: ready for Easter, ready to welcome God's salvation, ready to find life in the crucified and risen one. This series explores the many ways we still need to be made ready for what God is doing in our lives and in the world.

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