Faithfulness to God looks like embodying redemptive presence—joining God in the work of restoring the world through acting justly, loving mercy, and walking humbly with the Holy Spirit. Join us today as Kelsie Rogers preaches through God’s famous command in Micah to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly!

We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.

Resources Referenced:

Darley & Pittman (2003): The psychology of compensatory and retributive justice. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 7(4), 324–336.

Joshua Greene (2001)—Harvard University: An fMRI investigation of emotional engagement in moral judgmentBunde, J., & Suls, J. (2006).

Anger, hostility, and coronary heart disease: An integrative review. Psychological Bulletin, 132(2), 269–300.

The Bible Project: Micah

Worthington, E. L., Jr., & Scherer, M. (2004)—“Stanford Forgiveness Project”—Forgiveness is an emotion-focused coping strategy that can reduce anger and promote emotional healing.

University of Northern British Columbia—“What is Restorative Justice?” (https://www.unbc.ca/restorative-relations-and-student-supports/what-is-restorative-justice)

Worship without justice is offensive to God. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert teaches from the book of Amos about God’s desire that all spirituality is accompanied by justice work.

We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.

Resources Referenced:

• The South Africa Kairos Document - 1985
• What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? by Frederick Douglass

Justice is a central theme throughout the Biblical story—talked about hundreds of times throughout both the Old and New Testaments. Isaiah 30:18 says, “The Lord is a God of justice.” But it’s vital for us to remember that all healthy justice work is rooted in God’s love for us and for our neighbors. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert kicks off our new message series: God of Justice!

We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.

Resources Referenced:

• Where Do We Go From Here by Martin Luther King Jr.
• Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud by Cornel West
• The Jewish Study Bible

God is our good shepherd who knows us by name and pursues us with love. Join us this morning as Zach W. Lambert walks us through David’s story!

We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.

Resources Referenced:

• The Jewish Study Bible
• The NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible

Sometimes faith means obeying God instead of the people in power. Sometimes following Jesus means saying no to kings, governments, or systems that tell us to look away while someone suffers. Join us this morning as Zach W. Lambert walks us through Rahab’s story!

We are here live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.

Resources Referenced:

• The Five Books of Moses by Robert Alter
• The NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible
• Where Do We Go From Here by Martin Luther King Jr.
• https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/10/neighbor-shielded-7-year-old-during-south-shore-federal-raid-i-didnt-want-them-to-take-her

Have you ever been hard at work and God uses an unusual situation to get your attention? Moses, one of the most recognized figures in the Old Testament has a testimony of how God sees you and will meet you right where you are. Join us this morning as Dr. Kan’Dace Brock walks us through Moses’ story!

We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.

God sees it all and God is with us through it all. This Sunday we are kicking off our next series in our Year of God With Us - The God Who Sees. Join us this morning as Zach W. Lambert walks us through Hagar's story and how we can see that God sees us in our joy and sorrow, our pain and our triumphs, our everyday and our extraordinary.

We are here live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.

Resources Referenced:

• Inspired by Rachel Held Evans
• The Five Books of Moses by Robert Alter
• The NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible

How can we worship God when everything is going wrong? How can we trust God when things are so broken? These questions asked by the Israelites in Babylonian exile are the same ones we are asking today as we try to follow God in the midst of brokenness. Join us this morning as Zach W. Lambert talks about how we can follow God when things are difficult. We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.

Resources Referenced:

• The Story of God, the Story of Us by Sean Gladding
• This Here Flesh by Cole Arthur Riley

This morning, guest preacher Dr. Dan Lowery will be guiding us through understanding The Law in the Old Testament. What is God's Law, and how should we think about it? What good is it for us today? And, how does God's Law show us that God is with us?

We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.

The Israelites were tempted to repeats the same methods of empire even after leaving Egypt and we face the same temptations today, but we cannot use the tools of empire in the service of Jesus. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert preaches about how we can leave empire behind and pursue the way of Jesus instead.

We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.