Third Church Sermons

We begin a new sermon series this week called Among American Gods. It is a series that examines the Ten Commandments and how they confront the idols of Our American Life. Sermon by Derek Mondeau.

This week, we will look at a passage on Elijah from 1 Kings, and look at a very human story, of a very ordinary man, and what God does to care for him and renew him. Sermon by Corey Widmer.

In his sermon on April 22, Corey said that our hope is not, indeed, heaven but resurrection. What did he mean by that, and how does that change how we think about heaven and death? How does it change our approach to life right now and how we think about the earth, our bodies, our work, and loving our neighbor? Becca Payne joins Corey to ask questions and learn more about what it means to be people who believe in resurrection and the ultimate renewal of all things.

As we look to close out our Cruciform Life series soon, Corey will lead us through the rest of 1 Corinthians 15. We'll explore together what the future of God's ultimate redemption of creation and resurrection of our bodies means for our present. Sermon by Corey Widmer.

This Sunday, we'll hear from Marilyn Borst, from the Outreach Foundation, as she speaks on Romans 1, and how the global church and the local church need each other.

This Sunday, Pastor Rick Hutton will lead us through more of 1 Corinthians 15.

Easter message by Corey Widmer. The J-Curve” imagery and content of this sermon was taken from Paul Miller’s book “A Loving Life” and used with permission.

In our second sermon on 1 Corinthians 13 in this series, we’ll do a deep dive into the qualities of love that Paul names in verses 4-7. And we'll explore how these ideals are simply not natural to us, and without a deep experience of God’s love in Christ we will get nowhere with love. Sermon by Corey Widmer. Some quotes and content in this sermon came from the book Love Within Limits by Lewis Smede, as well as the four sermons on 1 Corinthians 13 preached by Rankin Wilbourne at Pacific Crossroads Church from Jan 21 to Feb 11, 2018.

Chapter by chapter in this letter to the Corinthians, Paul has been trying to demonstrate how in nearly every situation they are choosing to live by the self-centered practices of the world rather than the self-giving way of Jesus. Now, in the famous 13th chapter, he employs his coupe de grace through his extended meditation on love which we will explore together this week. Sermon by Corey Widmer. Some of the content and quotes from this sermon are drawn from the four sermons on 1 Corinthians 13 preached by Rankin Wilbourne at Pacific Crossroads Church from Jan 21 to Feb 11, 2018.

As Americans, it seems our greatest cultural value is freedom. But what does that mean as followers of Christ? Paul writes of a different kind of freedom, a cruciform freedom. Like everything we have looked at in this series, he commends a way of approaching life and freedom that is completely upside-down. Rankin Wilbourne’s sermon at Pacific Crossroads Church on 11/12/17 was a resource in writing this sermon. Sermon by Corey Widmer