Third Church Sermons

An Invitation to Hear God’s Voice by Third Church, RVA

This Sunday we’ll be looking at God’s invitation to work and rest.

- John Eldridge, Get Your Life Back

- John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

- Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life

- Ruth Haley Barton, Sacred Rhythms

- Ruth Haley Barton, “Sane Rhythms of Work and Rest in Your Life as a Leader,” https://transformingcenter.org/2021/07/spiritual-rythms-in-the-life-of-the-leader/

- Timothy Keller, “Six Ways to Practice Sabbath,” https://www.redeemer.com/redeemer-report/article/six_ways_to_practice_sabbath

- Timothy Keller, “Wisdom and Sabbath Rest,” https://redeemercitytocity.com/articles-stories/wisdom-and-sabbath-rest

- Mike Breen and Steve Cockram, “Building a Discipleship Culture” (the diagram I drew came from this book).

This week we look at the invitation to freedom, and the spiritual abundance that comes from the discipline of simplicity in a life full of demands.

This Sunday we’ll look at God’s invitation to communion. As Jesus lived in ongoing communion with his Father, he now invites us, through him, to have that same ongoing relationship of communion with the God who loves us.

Sermon Sources:

- John Eldridge, Get Your Life Back

- Rankin Wilbourne, Union with Christ

- Dallas Willard, Life Without Lack

- Ruth Haley Barton, Sacred Rhythms

- Tim Chester, Enjoying God

An Invitation To Worship by Third Church, RVA

Sermon Sources:

- John Eldridge, Get Your Life Back

- Rankin Wilbourne, Union with Christ

- Dallas Willard, Life Without Lack

- David Brooks, “The Great Unmasking,” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/27/opinioninstan/coronavirus-masks-vaccine.html

- Dale Bruner, The Book of John

This Sunday we are finishing up our series on 2 Corinthians by looking at chapter 12:1-10, and the words of Jesus to Paul: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” The places of greatest struggle are the places where we can most powerfully experience God’s grace.

This week we look at chapter 9, where we are encouraged to give so we can receive so much more: an abundant harvest of provision, gratitude, community, and eternal reward.

This week we come to a new section of Paul’s letter, chapters 8 and 9, where he talks about the how the Gospel transforms every aspect of our lives, including the way we use our money.

This Sunday we’ll be looking at 2 Corinthians 6, and Paul’s continued appeal to his friends to commit themselves wholly to Jesus Christ.