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Sunday Worship episodes

  • Co-Laborers and the Ministry of Jesus

    Any author will tell you that the cast of characters is central to every great story. In the true stories of the New Testament, we find a large cast of characters throughout. This character list includes both men and women who support the ministry of Jesus and the work of his Church. Mary and Martha, though they aren’t apostles, play as vital of a role in the gospels as James and John. What can we learn from the New Testament about the work of men and women together in God’s mission to the world?

    Bible Text: Luke 6:12–16; 8:1–3; Matthew 28:16–20

    42 min
  • Co-Laborers: A Liturgical and Typological Calling

    If you’re given a script, you must know the whole story to play your role well. You can’t simply memorize the lines and cues--you have to understand the origins, the motivations, the relationships, and the conclusion to really understand the part you play in the production. It’s the same with any of the most pressing issues of our day, whether it be justice, sexualty, or gender. How do our individual views fit into the larger story we are telling? How do women and men fit into the narrative of the Bible?

    Bible Text: Genesis 2:15–18, 21–22; 3:1–4, 6, 8–13; Romans 5:19; 1 Corinthians 15:22–23

    38 min
  • Co-Laborers at Creation: Embodied and Typological

    Beginnings are important. Beginnings frame our expectations for what is to come. The Bible says that in the beginning God created humanity as male and female. But what does this entail and how should it shape the way we understand ourselves and others? What implication does maleness and femaleness have for how we work together in the world and in God’s kingdom?

    37 min
  • Co-Laborers at Creation: A Mutual Calling

    Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. So goes the title of a popular book trying to help men and women relate to one another. Maybe you have felt like that at some point and wondered: how are men and women supposed to relate. This is a consistently pressing question in the church, where the Bible often feels over-interpreted or ignored to fit our preferred cultural narratives. This week we will begin a series where we explore what the Bible has to say about this challenging question, and see what wisdom it can give for our life together.

    Genesis 1:26–28 (ESV): 26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

    27 So God created man in his own image,


    in the image of God he created him;

    male and female he created them.

    28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”


    Genesis 2:15–23 (ESV): 15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

    18 Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 19 Now out of the ground the LORD God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,

    “This at last is bone of my bones


    and flesh of my flesh;

    she shall be called Woman,

    because she was taken out of Man.”

    34 min
  • To Him Be the Glory
    Bible Text: Jude 24-25; Revelation 5:6–13 | Preacher: Joshua Burdette | Series: Jude: Exhortations for Tenuous Times
    We are worshippers. Everywhere you turn will see people praising things, admiring them. We have an innate need to get caught up in something bigger than ourselves. Praise gives meaning and purpose to our lives, and it puts things in perspective. This week as we look at the final verses of Jude, we are given that kind of perspective.
    33 min
  • The One Who Can Keep You from Stumbling
    Bible Text: Jude 24; Hebrews 12:1-2 | Preacher: Joshua Burdette | Series: Jude: Exhortations for Tenuous Times
    In our youth we hung posters of our favorite sports or music heroes on our walls to inspire us to greatness. In adulthood, we often keep our visions of grandeur to ourselves, but they are no less powerful. Who do you look to for inspiration to keep going in the day to day trenches of the so-called real world? What is your vision of the good life? Join us this Sunday as we continue our series on the Book of Jude.
    29 min
  • Have Mercy on Those Who Doubt
    Bible Text: Jude 22, Mark 9:14–29 | Preacher: Johnathan Keenan | Series: Jude: Exhortations for Tenuous Times
    Someone once said that the Christian Church is the only army that shoots its wounded. Some Christians may see doubt as a weakness to hide or a reason to shame others, but God wants us to bring our doubts to him and one another in order to find encouragement to believe. Join us this week as we continue our sermon series on the Book of Jude.
    39 min
  • Snatch Others from the Fire
    Bible Text: Jude 23, Luke 15:1–10 | Preacher: Kyle Wells | Series: Jude: Exhortations for Tenuous Times
    The Gospel of Jesus Christ is not good advice; it is good news. It is the news that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ accomplished salvation for all who depend on him in faith. Good advice tells us what to do. Good news tell us what has been done. Yet in a world of suspicion, how do we convince others that the gospel of Jesus Christ is really good news for them?
    30 min
  • Waiting for Mercy
    Bible Text: Jude 21; Hebrews 11:1–2; 13–16 | Preacher: Kyle Wells | Series: Jude: Exhortations for Tenuous Times
    Mercy is a rare commodity in our day and age. We sometimes suppose that we live in a meritocracy, where everyone gets exactly what they deserve. On our best days, we prefer it this way and gloat in the places where our hard work has paid off. Perhaps we even look down at those who suffer and blame them for bad decisions. When we fail, however, we desire mercy—someone or something to cover for our mistakes. Join us this Sunday as we continue our series on the Book of Jude.
    0 min
  • Keep Yourself in Love
    Bible Text: Jude 21, Romans 8:35-39 | Preacher: Joshua Burdette | Series: Jude: Exhortations for Tenuous Times
    “What’s love got to do with it?” Tina Turner rhetorically asks in her 1984 hit song. When it comes to a relationship with God, the New Testament writers insist: “quite a lot, actually.” In fact, when Jude speaks of preserving the Christian faith, his primary command is that we keep ourselves in the love of God. While we can’t cause God to love us (he does!), Jude knows that we can refuse God’s love and walk away from it. We can fail to live in its light. So what does it mean to keep ourselves in God’s love? Come this week as we consider the most underutilized privilege that the world has known—that we are absolutely and fundamentally loved.
    31 min

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