Third Church Sermons

Sermon Sources:

- John Stott, The Message of Galatians

- Phillip Kenneson, Life on the Vine

- Jon Tyson, ’The Spirit in a Time of the Flesh,” Sermon preached for Church of the City NYC,  3/24/20

- “The Wisdom Pyramid” by Brett McCracken. https://www.brettmccracken.com/blog/2017/8/3/the-wisdom-pyramid

- “We Worship with the Magi, not MAGA,” by Tish Harrison Warren. https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2021/january-web-only/trump-capitol-mob-election-politics-magi-not-maga.html

- “The Roman Road from Insurrection,” by Russell Moore, https://www.russellmoore.com/2021/01/11/the-roman-road-from-insurrection/

- “Social Media Put Us All in our own Truman Shows, Threatening our Democracy,” by Jeff Orlowski. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/social-media-put-us-all-in-our-own-truman-shows-threatening-our-democracy-guest-column

Light Shining In Our Hearts by Third Church, RVA

As we begin a new year, we look at God’s call to center our lives on the real

meaning of life: to love God and to love our neighbors.

Sermon sources:

- The Bible Project, www.bibleproject.com. See their video series on the Shema.

- Tim Keller sermon archive, Logos Bible software.

- Victor Frankl, “Man’s Search for Meaning.”

Join us this week as we hear from three of our church leaders, Mike Murchie, Listwella Donaldson and Nan Clarke, as they share some of their own journey walking with God in 2020.

You asked, we answered. We're diving in to your questions about the book of Revelation. Corey Widmer is taking some time to go through the most frequently asked Revelation questions (what about the rapture? what is the mark of the beast? what about aliens?!) as we end our series on this important and unique book.

This Sunday, we look one last time at the final picture that Revelation gives us of what we are waiting for. In Revelation 22, we get an astounding vision of the garden-city that awaits us, as we see a promise of the true life that is store for all those who know and love God. This is what we are waiting for.

Sermon Sources:

- “The River of Life,” sermon by Rankin Wilbourne at Pacific Crossroads Church, preached on 8/19/2018

- The Bible Project, “The Water of Life,” “The Tree of Life” videos www.bibleproject.com

- Reading Revelation Responsibly, by Michael Gorman

- Revelation For You, by Tim Chester

- Discipleship on the Edge, by Darrell Johnson

- Revelation for Everyone, by NT Wright

- The Incomparable Christ, by John Stott

- Breaking the Code, by Bruce Metzger

- Honest Advent, by Scott Erickson (the image of Mary and Eve comes from this book)

This week is the third Sunday of Advent, and we’re also nearing the end of our series on Revelation. We’re spending these last few weeks looking at our future hope, and this Sunday we’re looking at Revelation 21 and the promise of a new creation.

Sermon Sources:

- https://www.npr.org/2020/12/07/943968767/nearly-50-000-ethiopians-have-fled-to-sudan-to-escape-war

- “All Things are Being Made New,” sermon by Rankin Wilbourne at Pacific Crossroads Church, preached on 8/12/2018

- Reading Revelation Responsibly, by Michael Gorman

- Revelation For You, by Tim Chester

- Discipleship on the Edge, by Darrell Johnson

- Revelation for Everyone, by NT Wright

- The Incomparable Christ, by John Stott

- Breaking the Code, by Bruce Metzger

This Sunday we are continuing our study of the book of Revelation, and we are nearing the end! This week we’ll be looking at a distinct metaphor to describe our hope : we wait for the wedding feast of the Lamb.

Sermon Sources:

- “Heaven Looks Like One Long Kiss,” Sermon by Rankin Wilbourne at Pacific Crossroads Church, preached on 6/24/18.

- Reading Revelation Responsibly, by Michael Gorman.

- Revelation For You, by Tim Chester

- Discipleship on the Edge, by Darrell Johnson

- Revelation for Everyone, by NT Wright

- The Incomparable Christ, by John Stott

- Breaking the Code, by Bruce Metzger

- The Theology of the Book of Revelation, by Richard Bauckham

- Revelation (Bible Speaks Today), by Michael Wilcock

- “Finding Fred,” iHeartRadio podcast

This Sunday we begin Advent with Waiting for Wrath. But when we hear the word “wrath” our whole being wants to recoil and seek shelter. What we find is that we cannot locate nor produce any real shelter for ourselves. Waiting for the wrath of God will not drive us away to find shelter but rather it will draw us nearer to very grace of God.

We continue in Revelation this Sunday by looking at one of the most (in)famous chapters in the book, which includes the mention of the “mark of the beast.” This is one of those times that careful biblical interpretation is vital! We dig into these challenging and mysterious images and seek to understand how this portion of Scripture continues to speak to us today.

Sermon Sources:

- Bible Project Videos, “Revelation” Part 1 and 2. This is where I got the connection between the mark of the beast and the Shema.

- “Two Ways to Live and a Call for Wisdom,” Sermon by Rankin Wilbourne at Pacific Crossroads Church, preached on 6/10/18. Most of the second point comes from Rankin.

- The Way of the Dragon or the Way of the Lamb: Searching for Jesus’ Path of Power in a Church that Has Abandoned It, by Jamin Goggin and Kyle Stroble. The list of contrasts in the final point comes from this book.

- Reading Revelation Responsibly, by Michael Gorman.

- Revelation For You, by Tim Chester

- Discipleship on the Edge, by Darrell Johnson

- Revelation for Everyone, by NT Wright

- The Incomparable Christ, by John Stott

- Breaking the Code, by Bruce Metzger

- The Theology of the Book of Revelation, by Richard Bauckham

- Revelation (Bible Speaks Today), by Michael Wilcock

- Here Are Your Gods, by Christopher Wright

- Counterfeit Gods, by Timothy Keller