St. John's Denver

In Joshua 1:1-9, we see Joshua being commissioned by God to lead the Israelites into the Promised Land. The passage emphasizes the importance of courage, obedience, and meditation on God's Word in the face of challenges and distractions. Through exploring this passage, we will examine how the spiritual discipline of meditation can help us focus on God's promises, overcome distractions, and find strength and guidance in our journey of faith.

This week Pastor Andrew has a fantastic special guest Christian Rapper FLAME

This is a promise of a future hope that ties us to Jesus' return, the one true Sabbath which we live eternally in His rest. In this "Sabbath rest for the people of God," we strive to enter it so that we do not fall by disobedience. However, we are fallen humans and are called into God's grace when we stumble, because we have a God who knows our weaknesses and "has been tempted as we are, yet without sin." So we learn as followers of Jesus to Sabbath regularly as a future hope that one day, we will eternally rest.

This week Pastor Andrew and Daisy Farhat discuss that if Christianity is true, why there are so many Christians whose lives look no different?

This week Pastor Andrew and Daisy Farhat discuss that if Christianity is true, why there are so many Christians whose lives look no different?

Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath. We also see that Jesus is Lord over the Law as well. He did not come to abolish it, but to fulfill it. We see the interaction of Jesus and the Pharisees who cared deeply about remembering the Sabbath. Ironically, the Pharisees find themselves enslaved to the law of Sabbath, which is designed to free us from the rest of the world. Jesus is the true bread of life that we take from the altar of Presence and find rest in Him alone. His laws are not simply a "set of rules" but a way of life in which we find what it means to truly be human. Sabbath is a gift to help us live like Jesus with God and man united as one. 

We are called to live differently than the rest of the world. In this text, we see the Ten Commandments and the emphasis is on God rescuing His people out of Egypt remembering that they were brought out of Egypt and saved from slavery, where they did not have a day of rest. The world often operates like Egypt in the story of the Exodus. However, as God’s people, we will be faithful and be reminded of God's rescue from sin and death and find rest that contrasts the rest of the world.

This week Pastor Andrew and St. John's School's Principal Phil Barnard discuss how Christians think their experiences are more true than other belief systems?

This week Pastor Andrew and St. John's School's Principal Phil Barnard discuss how Christians think their experiences are more true than other belief systems?

Work out of rest. And, rest from work. We follow in the footsteps of our Creator who spoke the world into order. Part of His good creation was rest for Himself as a pattern for all to follow. Rest is a part of God's creation. Notice the word for rest is not simply "to stop" but rather to "settle" or “dwell” in (Genesis 2:15). This is different than just simply stopping to rest, because we have a God who creates, enters His creation, and enjoys it. What does that look like for us as people of God as we pattern after Him and show the world what it looks like to Sabbath?