Third Church Sermons

This Sunday we'll continue our study of Deuteronomy. As Moses brings his first great sermon to a close, he sums up all he has been saying to the people of Israel, a passage which scholar Chris Wright calls “one of the richest texts in the Hebrew Bible.”

This Sunday we continue our study of Deuteronomy by looking at the important theme of God's provision and our grateful response, which touches on how we understand our money and possessions and how we steward what we've been given.

This Sunday, we’re continuing our journey through Deuteronomy, and we’ll be looking at the challenging topic of what it means to be “chosen.”

This Sunday in our study of Deuteronomy we will hear the Shema, Israel’s central confession: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength” (Deut. 6:4–5). At the very center of faith is love—love for God that overflows in love for neighbor. In an age discipled by violence and contempt, Deuteronomy reminds us that God’s people are called to be shaped by love, embodying a different way of being human together.

This Sunday we get into the iconic Ten Commandments, often called "The Decalogue." How should we think about these commands and apply them to our lives today?

This Sunday we begin to get at the meaning of the Torah, which is so much of what this book is all about.

This Sunday we kick off a new sermon series on the book of Deuteronomy. While many know this as the book with not much storyline and a whole lot of laws, this is very likely the book that most significantly formed the theology and ethics of Jesus, so it's worth it to do the hard work of learning what is has to say.

This week we’ll be looking at a familiar passage from the book of Acts and what it has to say about where we place our attention.

This Sunday, we’ll close the series with one final question: When will Jesus come again?  This question really gets at the source of our hope- who and what it is we are waiting for, and how are called to live as we wait.

Our “little question” this week is one that I remember asking myself as a kid: Why did Jesus have to die? Appropriate to the topic of our question, we'll also be joining together at the Lord's Table, as we do at the beginning of every month.