Third Church Sermons

Corey Widmer interviews Amy Sherman, author of the book Kingdom Calling, about the origination of the concept "vocational stewardship," what it means for us in our every day labors, and how to incorporate spiritual disciplines into our work.

One of the (many) ways we are entrusted to the ongoing work of subduing and ruling creation is through our vocations. This week, Corey Widmer will help us explore what Genesis 1 and 2 have to say about the design of our vocations, the goodness of our work, and the goals of our labor.

Sermon Sources:

- Practicing the King’s Economy, by Rhodes and Holt

- Every Good Endeavor, by Timothy Keller

- Culture Making, by Andy Crouch

- Creation Regained, by Al Wolters

- Kingdom Calling, by Amy Sherman

- Life without Lack, by Dallas Willard

This week, we continue to explore stewardship as a comprehensive identity statement that describes what it means to be human. But we also acknowledge that the Bible gives lots of attention in particular to financial stewardship, so join us this week as Corey Widmer looks at what it means to steward our finances and wealth.

Sermon Sources:

- Practicing the King’s Economy, by Michael Rhodes and Bobby Holt

- Tim Keller Sermon Archive, Logos Bible Software

- “Generosity”, video from www.bibleproject.org

- Giving to God, by Michael Allen Powell

- The God Who Gives, by Kelly Kapic

The second week in our sermon series, exploring the God’s call to steward what he has created. Sermon by Corey Widmer.

Sermon sources:

- Genesis (Interpretation), by Walter Brueggmann

- Genesis, by Bruce Waltke

- Old Testament Ethics and the People of God, by Chris Wright

- Stewards in the Kingdom, by R Scott Rodin

- Practicing the King’s Economy, by Michael Rhodes and Bobby Holt

- Serve God, Save the Planet, by Matthew Sleeth

We begin a new sermon series this week exploring how Gospel stewardship encompasses everything— not just our finances. Sermon by Corey Widmer.

Sermon Sources:

- Genesis (Interpretation), by Walter Brueggmann

- Genesis, by Bruce Waltke

- Old Testament Ethics and the People of God, by Chris Wright

- Stewards in the Kingdom, by R Scott Rodin

- Practicing the King’s Economy, by Michael Rhodes and Bobby Holt

- The Bible Project, “Image of God” www.thebibleproject.com

For the final sermon in our Jonah series, Derek Mondeau will help us uncover our identity as missionary people. We Jesus’ “sent people,” called to bear witness to Jesus and his Kingdom through our speech, our words, our community, and our way of life.

In our second to last sermon of the series, we look at why Jonah is so angry that the Ninevites repent. How could he be angry about God’s grace? We’ll explore together. Sermon by Corey Widmer.

Sermon sources:

- Daniel Timmer, “A Gracious and Compassionate God”

- Jack Sasson, “Jonah” (Anchor Bible Commentary)

- Timothy Keller, “The Prodigal Prophet”

- Paul David Tripp, “Jonah: You Can’t Outrun Grace”

This week, we begin to look at chapter 3 of Jonah as Jonah makes his entrance into the city of Ninevah. It is there that we see that God continues to extend opportunities for his people to repent, change course, and change their lives. Sermon by Erin Rose.

Corey leads us this Sunday in our third week of our Jonah series, looking at the beginning of Chapter 2 and Jonah’s prayer of thanksgiving. This prayer is a act of pure gratitude, and in his gratefulness for God’s deliverance from death, Jonah offers us a beautiful articulation of the true meaning of biblical grace.

Sources:

- Daniel Timmer, “A Gracious and Compassionate God”

- Jack Sasson, “Jonah” (Anchor Bible Commentary)

- Timothy Keller, “The Prodigal Prophet”

- Sheldon Vanauken, “A Severe Mercy”

- Paul David Tripp, “Jonah: You Can’t Outrun Grace”

For our second week in our Jonah series, Corey Widmer shares on Jonah 1:4-17. We’ll explore how this passage challenges what our faith is for– not just for private and personal salvation, but for the common good of all people.

Sources:

- Daniel Timmer, A Gracious and Compassionate God

- Hugh Martin, “Jonah”

- Jack Sasson, Jonah (Anchor Bible Commentary)

- Timothy Keller, The Prodigal Prophet * Keller’s interpretation of Jonah’s interaction with the sailors was the key principal on which this sermon is based. Also the closing story about Kees Sybrandi comes from Chapter 11.

- Jonathan Haidt, “The Age of Outrage,” https://www.city-journal.org/html/age-outrage-15608.html

- Robert Thune and Will Walker, The Gospel Centered Life

- Mirsoslav Volf, Exclusion and Embrace