Beginning a series on the shepherd metaphor in scripture, this message follows Psalm 23 into Jeremiah 23, where God rebukes Israel's failed shepherd-kings for scattering his flock and promises to gather his people and raise up a faithful shepherd.

Coming out of the series on the church's culture and into an uncertain new school year amid the pandemic, this message turns to Psalm 23, the Lord as shepherd, opening with a personal memory of the psalm sung at the preacher's grandmother's funeral.

The concluding message in the series on the culture of the church, recapping the core values of the reign of God explored over prior weeks, money, economy, rest, work, justice, and love, and how they shape the church living distinctly in the world.

Continuing the series on the culture of the church, this message recaps justice under the reign of God and turns to love as the action that restores what unjust action breaks, drawing on Psalm 51, David's response after his sin with Bathsheba and Uriah.

Continuing the series on the culture of the church, this message turns to justice under the reign of God, arguing it runs deeper than law and order and is grounded in humanity bearing the image of God (Imago Dei) from the creation account in Genesis 2-3.

Continuing the series on the culture of the church, this message recaps the church's values around money and rest, then turns to a theology of work, beginning in Genesis 2 where God places humanity in the garden to work it.

Continuing the series on the culture of the church, this message recaps the church's posture of generosity toward money and economy, then turns to how the people of God value rest, beginning with God modeling rest in creation.

Continuing the series on being the church in Orlando, this message explores the church's distinct culture and its relationship to money, arguing it is marked by generosity rooted in trust that God owns everything, drawing on Psalm 50 and a story about missionary Hudson Taylor.

Continuing the series through Acts, this message moves to the stoning of Stephen (Acts 7) and the persecution in Acts 8 that scatters the church through Judea and Samaria, reflecting on Jesus's reign and how the church carries the culture of God's kingdom into every place it goes.

Continuing the series through Acts on the early church, this message returns to Acts 4:32-37, where the believers were of one heart and soul, held everything in common, and shared with the needy, considering what their unity and generosity mean for the church today.