Stanwich Church

Who are you really, Jesus? His own claim was clear, “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). The biblical writers describe him as “the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature” (Hebrews 1:3), and “the image of the invisible God” (Colossians 1:15). And yet, “Though he was God...he emptied himself” (Philippians 2:5-11) of divine privilege. He came fully as man. He came in all the weakness of human flesh to make God most accessible to us. He came as God to bridge the gap between God and man. That bridge between heaven and earth was a cross. 

In order to get back into the man Jesus, we will focus in on aspects of his physical presence that made the love of God accessible to so many. To know Christ begins by walking with the incarnate Jesus. As we spend time walking with him, we will be made more like him and thus be prepared to make him known as we walk in this world. 

Who are you really, Jesus? His own claim was clear, “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). The biblical writers describe him as “the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature” (Hebrews 1:3), and “the image of the invisible God” (Colossians 1:15). And yet, “Though he was God...he emptied himself” (Philippians 2:5-11) of divine privilege. He came fully as man. He came in all the weakness of human flesh to make God most accessible to us. He came as God to bridge the gap between God and man. That bridge between heaven and earth was a cross. 

In order to get back into the man Jesus, we will focus in on aspects of his physical presence that made the love of God accessible to so many. To know Christ begins by walking with the incarnate Jesus. As we spend time walking with him, we will be made more like him and thus be prepared to make him known as we walk in this world. 

Who are you really, Jesus? His own claim was clear, “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). The biblical writers describe him as “the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature” (Hebrews 1:3), and “the image of the invisible God” (Colossians 1:15). And yet, “Though he was God...he emptied himself” (Philippians 2:5-11) of divine privilege. He came fully as man. He came in all the weakness of human flesh to make God most accessible to us. He came as God to bridge the gap between God and man. That bridge between heaven and earth was a cross. 

In order to get back into the man Jesus, we will focus in on aspects of his physical presence that made the love of God accessible to so many. To know Christ begins by walking with the incarnate Jesus. As we spend time walking with him, we will be made more like him and thus be prepared to make him known as we walk in this world. 

Who are you really, Jesus? His own claim was clear, “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). The biblical writers describe him as “the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature” (Hebrews 1:3), and “the image of the invisible God” (Colossians 1:15). And yet, “Though he was God...he emptied himself” (Philippians 2:5-11) of divine privilege. He came fully as man. He came in all the weakness of human flesh to make God most accessible to us. He came as God to bridge the gap between God and man. That bridge between heaven and earth was a cross. 

In order to get back into the man Jesus, we will focus in on aspects of his physical presence that made the love of God accessible to so many. To know Christ begins by walking with the incarnate Jesus. As we spend time walking with him, we will be made more like him and thus be prepared to make him known as we walk in this world. 

Who are you really, Jesus? His own claim was clear, “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). The biblical writers describe him as “the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature” (Hebrews 1:3), and “the image of the invisible God” (Colossians 1:15). And yet, “Though he was God...he emptied himself” (Philippians 2:5-11) of divine privilege. He came fully as man. He came in all the weakness of human flesh to make God most accessible to us. He came as God to bridge the gap between God and man. That bridge between heaven and earth was a cross. 

In order to get back into the man Jesus, we will focus in on aspects of his physical presence that made the love of God accessible to so many. To know Christ begins by walking with the incarnate Jesus. As we spend time walking with him, we will be made more like him and thus be prepared to make him known as we walk in this world. 

Who are you really, Jesus? His own claim was clear, “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). The biblical writers describe him as “the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature” (Hebrews 1:3), and “the image of the invisible God” (Colossians 1:15). And yet, “Though he was God...he emptied himself” (Philippians 2:5-11) of divine privilege. He came fully as man. He came in all the weakness of human flesh to make God most accessible to us. He came as God to bridge the gap between God and man. That bridge between heaven and earth was a cross. 

In order to get back into the man Jesus, we will focus in on aspects of his physical presence that made the love of God accessible to so many. To know Christ begins by walking with the incarnate Jesus. As we spend time walking with him, we will be made more like him and thus be prepared to make him known as we walk in this world. 

Who are you really, Jesus? His own claim was clear, “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). The biblical writers describe him as “the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature” (Hebrews 1:3), and “the image of the invisible God” (Colossians 1:15). And yet, “Though he was God...he emptied himself” (Philippians 2:5-11) of divine privilege. He came fully as man. He came in all the weakness of human flesh to make God most accessible to us. He came as God to bridge the gap between God and man. That bridge between heaven and earth was a cross. 

In order to get back into the man Jesus, we will focus in on aspects of his physical presence that made the love of God accessible to so many. To know Christ begins by walking with the incarnate Jesus. As we spend time walking with him, we will be made more like him and thus be prepared to make him known as we walk in this world. 

Welcome to the Table explores the radical hospitality at the heart of the Christian faith through the lens of two tables; the Lord's Table and the ordinary hospitality table of home and neighborhood. Beginning with God himself as the original pursuing host, the series moves through the covenant welcome of Mephibosheth, the table-fellowship scandal of Jesus, the contrast between cold religion and lavish grace in Simon's dinner, and the multiplying power of the early church's daily breaking of bread, eventually culminating in the eschatological feast of Revelation, where the entire arc of redemption ends at a table.

The driving conviction throughout is simple: every hospitality table is a rehearsal for the Lord's Table, and the Lord's Table sends us back to our hospitality tables with new purpose. As such, building an invitational culture is not a church growth strategy, it is a theological imperative rooted in the very character of God.

Welcome to the Table explores the radical hospitality at the heart of the Christian faith through the lens of two tables; the Lord's Table and the ordinary hospitality table of home and neighborhood. Beginning with God himself as the original pursuing host, the series moves through the covenant welcome of Mephibosheth, the table-fellowship scandal of Jesus, the contrast between cold religion and lavish grace in Simon's dinner, and the multiplying power of the early church's daily breaking of bread, eventually culminating in the eschatological feast of Revelation, where the entire arc of redemption ends at a table.

The driving conviction throughout is simple: every hospitality table is a rehearsal for the Lord's Table, and the Lord's Table sends us back to our hospitality tables with new purpose. As such, building an invitational culture is not a church growth strategy, it is a theological imperative rooted in the very character of God.

Welcome to the Table explores the radical hospitality at the heart of the Christian faith through the lens of two tables; the Lord's Table and the ordinary hospitality table of home and neighborhood. Beginning with God himself as the original pursuing host, the series moves through the covenant welcome of Mephibosheth, the table-fellowship scandal of Jesus, the contrast between cold religion and lavish grace in Simon's dinner, and the multiplying power of the early church's daily breaking of bread, eventually culminating in the eschatological feast of Revelation, where the entire arc of redemption ends at a table.

The driving conviction throughout is simple: every hospitality table is a rehearsal for the Lord's Table, and the Lord's Table sends us back to our hospitality tables with new purpose. As such, building an invitational culture is not a church growth strategy, it is a theological imperative rooted in the very character of God.