Storefront Church

This morning, we are opening up the book of Galatians to begin a new series on Spiritual Renewal.  In the best of circumstances, we pray, we serve, we read the Bible, yet we feel deflated. Our inner life lacks power, our church life often lacks grace, wisdom, and it’s way too easy to fall into cultural cliques or judgmental attitudes. Why does this happen? Theologian Richard Lovelace, argues that the loss of vitality—the lack of continuous renewal—is rooted in a subtle form of unbelief.

In a city filled with coaches and counselors, 360 reviews, and personality assessment tests, NYers could make the case, and often do, that we’re incredibly self-aware. But the truth is we’re prodigies when it comes to self-deception. Supplication is that aspect of prayer where the person praying entrusts God with his circumstances and his entire self.

Are you attitudinally grateful?  King David is... and its from this place that he entrusts God to deal with two things he cannot control on his own; his character and his enemies.

If you’re a Christian, confession is never about your condemnation, it’s always about your coming of age. Through confession, David is inviting God to shape him into the person God’s already declared David to be.

Great writers Now, writers are known to have a "love/hate" relationship to their craft, but they’re dependent on writing to know themselves. Christians, have a similar relationship to prayer, its hard, but we’re dependent on prayer because it's in and through prayer where experience both awe and intimacy with God, and you come to know your self.

This week, we end our series on the parables of Jesus. Listen in as our Pastoral Resident Sean Davis unpacks the greatest invitation. How would you respond?

This week we learn from guest preacher, Steve Ko, as we reflect on Psalm 41.

Today we have a parable that starts out laughable but turns deadly serious. Jesus teaches us that if you don’t have a relationship with God based on forgiveness, which inclines you toward forgiveness and reconciliation when the opportunity present itself than you might not have the relationship with God you think you do.

Oftentimes when we’re looking to learn and grow we look for the right program, coach, podcast, etc. Jesus comes alongside us and asks “Have you looked at our hearts, and ask ourselves the questions, “Am I ready, willing and able to grow? And, if not, how come? 

 At the end of our story in Acts 16, Paul gives us a powerful demonstration of citizenry! Because his primary citizenship is in heaven, Paul is liberated to be the very best citizen on earth. He’s free to be both Rome’s most loving critic and its most hopeful contributor.