South Bend City Church

Sean Palmer - Nobody told Cain the rules. He brought his offering, it wasn't accepted, and God wasn't even angry. God just asked, "Why are you angry?" In this sermon on Genesis 4, Sean Palmer follows Cain through what so many of us do when we fail or disappoint: we connive, we conceal, and we drift into distance and despair. But the story doesn't end in Nod. Even east of Eden, God keeps Cain, and God keeps us.

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Jason Miller, Karen Grant, and Becky Ykema - In our gatherings this week, we reflected on the beautiful, harrowing, and sacred work of raising kids, and then celebrated as families participated in Family Dedication.

During the gathering, families participating in the dedication were given these resources. We're linking them here in case you'd like to track down the same resources for your family.

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Jason Miller - In this week’s gatherings, before turning to the book of Genesis, we shared a vision for our ten-year anniversary coming in April. Be sure to listen to the community update at the beginning of the episode to stay up to date. And then we turned to the strange and deeply human story of temptation in the garden, shame, expulsion, and coming home.

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Jason Miller - In this week's gatherings, before turning to the book of Genesis, we shared a vision for our ten-year anniversary coming in April. Be sure to listen to the community update at the beginning of the episode to stay up to date. And then we turned to the loneliness of Adam, the challenge of "helper" language, and the power of the Gospel to create a community. 

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Jason Miller - When Genesis 2 describes Adam made from the dust and breathed into life by God, what if the writer is telling a story about all of us? And what if poetic power of this text isn't at odds with the biological account of human origins known as evolution?

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Jason Miller - At a time when technology, economics, and politics can leave us feeling anxious and disempowered, we're turning to a text in Scripture that comes, in part, from what might have been the most traumatic and disempowering experience suffered by the people of God. The book of Genesis invites us to a deeper perception of the goodness of the world and the power of our work within it.

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Dr. Angela R. Logan - The story of Jesus calming the storm appears in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Yet the circumstances surrounding Matthew's telling differ from those in Mark and Luke. What can Matthew's version tell us about God, ourselves, and how we can get through the storms in our lives?

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Jason Miller - Many of us have been taught, in one way or another, that wants and desires are at odds with our life with God. But why does Jesus ask people to name their desires?

If you’re interested in joining a Table at SBCC, head here!

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Becky Ykema, Sonia Yuen, and Bill Born - We had the chance to have two brief conversations with some of our Table Leaders, Sonia Yuen and Bill Born. Sonia and Bill have been leading Table groups with their spouses for several years, and will continue to do so as we re-launch our Tables strategy. They each share about what it was like joining a Table as a participant, what prompted them to become Leaders, and the impact that Tables has had on them.

Express interest in a table here.

Listen to Week 1, Week 2, and Week 3 of our The Power of the Table teaching series.

Jason Miller - In our SBCC history, we've frequently turned to two sacred questions from Scripture that help us connect at the table with one another, with ourselves, and with God. This week we're returning to the question "Where are you?"

If you're interested in joining a Table at SBCC, head here to express interest!

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