Sometimes it’s just important to take a look. And this is going to be a “take a look” Sunday.

Today’s sermon is about the resurrection of the body, and that’s a tricky subject to answer questions about. Because we can understand what the resurrection of the body meant then - but what does it mean to us today?

1 Corinthians 15:12-14, 20-23, 35-50

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Kathrin Meier, the director of Neighbors In Action, an organization that works in Port Houston, a 97% immigrant community that is 98% low income, visits The Source to talk about what it means to partner with a community in need.

“We think we take Jesus to the poor, but we really find him there.”

Ken follows and continues the message.

Matthew 25:31-40

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When we talk about forgiveness, it stirs us up, right at the very the heart of things. It reminds us of the forgiveness we need, and the forgiveness we need to give.

And those who feel like they don’t need to ask for forgiveness tend to elevate themselves over the people they view as worse.

How do we talk about forgiveness without stirring up feelings of shame and guilt?

Matthew 26:26-29

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Continuing our series on the Apostle's Creed.

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When we study the Holy Spirit, we often we try to narrow it down and make it so simple, that we miss out on the best parts. But the truth is so much more robust than we can imagine.

The Holy Spirit shows us that our God is not a distant God. He advocates for us. And even in the darkest hours, where we feel isolated and alone, the Holy Spirit is with us.

John 14:15-20, 25-26; 15:26-27; 16:7-15

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As we recover from the damage of the Hurricane, Amanda explains that while we know what it means NOT to have power, the same power that raised Jesus from the grave is the power that’s in us.

When we find yourself in challenges, we need to think, “…but, God.” God is big enough, powerful enough, for anything we encounter.

What does it look like when we’re a slave to fear, a slave to our addictions? It means we cannot be who God intended us to be.

…but, God.

Ephesians 1:17-23, 2:4-7

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“What makes a bad thing become a good thing?”

Have you ever looked back at something terrible that happened to them, and seen the way it turned out to have become a good thing in the end?

1 Corinthians 15:1-8

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Ken breaks down how through the crucifixion, Jesus became our high priest. He is the restorer. But he took the lowest form he could when he did it.

“If you are going to participate in the life of Jesus, it is impossible to separate from a call of being a family. You cannot do it.

There is no taking hold of the grace of God and rejecting your brother and sister.”

Hebrews 2:10-18

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In today’s sermon, Ken’s digging into a verse that has sometimes been used by the church to marginalize and hurt other people. But this is not not just an indictment of what other people have done - Ken wants to show us how easy it is for the people of the church to hurt each other.

John 18:28-19:16

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One of the major themes we see in scripture is God as love, God as compassion. And in Jesus, we see that expression, so that we might come to know that fully.

A lot of times we float right past Advent and go to Easter. But not today. Today we focus on the divine intersection of God and man, of the eternal and the temporary.

Colossians 1:15-20

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