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As Jesus prepares His disciples for a hostile world, He introduces the Holy Spirit with a singular, radical purpose: to give the Church Access. Discover how the Spirit ensures we can truly know and possess God in this life. Jesus desires for you to have access—come find your seat at the table.

John 15:18-27

One of the key doctrines of the Christian faith is that this world is not Home. But if this world isn’t your home, then what is? Is there a place that you’re made for?  In John's gospel, Jesus gives us great insight into who and what we were made for in order to live here and now with great love and hope.

Having reflected, in December, on Isaiah’s imagery of a shoot (a tendrel, a vine, growing out of a stump, we now turn to the life of Christ at work in the lives of New Yorkers. This series ministers to our hearts while addressing our hopes for 2026, by reminding us of our unique mission as a local church in NYC: to be a community that abides in the Vine for the sake of the city.

Having reflected on Isaiah’s imagery of a shoot growing out of a stump, we now turn to the life of Christ at work in the lives of New Yorkers. This short series will minister to the hopes and expectations we have for ourselves in 2026, as we’re reminded of our own unique mission as a local church in NYC.

To walk by the Spirit is to walk in conflict, and because of that, in life there is the good, the bad, the ugly, and the hope.

The passage from Isaiah 11 is not a parable, but it is a metaphor from human history that touches on themes similar to Shell Silverstein's, The Giving Tree. But unlike the Silverstein poem, the promise of Isaiah 11 is that one day, because of the cross of Jesus Christ, man will be united to God and to one another, and the peace of the Lord will permeate all of Creation.

In this message, Sean Davis explores the profound themes of hope, the person of hope, and the security of that hope as presented in Isaiah 9:2-7. He emphasizes the historical context of Isaiah's prophecy, the significance of the birth of Christ, and the eternal nature of His kingdom. The message invites listeners to reflect on their own longings and the hope found in Jesus, the child born to bring light into darkness.

If Christ has done everything, why is the Christian life still so difficult? The Apostle Paul teaches the Galatians the difference between spiritual freedom and slavery, and the power to transform self-centered love outward towards others.

What if the core issue of spiritual burnout isn't what you do, but a fundamental misunderstanding of who you are? What if the anxiety you carry comes from living like a hired hand, desperately working for a status you actually inherited? Paul shows us that when the fullness of time came, God sent His Son to redeem us so we could receive adoption into God’s family. We're grateful to have Rev. Dr. Irwyn Ince teach us from Galatians 4:1-7;5:1.

Christian holiness is not a self-help program, but a life-long reaction to God’s finished work.