July 21, 2025

God calls us to the way of generosity and Dan Kent shows how this call is much larger than a set of rules for how we use our money. It’s about recognizing the story of the world versus the story of God.

More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/the-way-of-generosity/

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July 1, 2025

In this sermon, Dan Kent challenges us to enter into the way of empathy, which he says is crucial to our ability to connect with others by sharing in their feelings. It is a way exemplified by Jesus as he entered into the common human condition so that he might know what we experience from the inside.

More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/the-way-of-empathy/

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June 10, 2025

Our world surrounds us with despair and darkness, and we long for a place of hope. Dan ties this reality into Revelation 8 and 9, where the trumpet judgments bring destruction to the earth. He looks for and finds hope in the midst of the destruction, showing us how we can find hope even at the crescendo of chaos.

More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/crescendo-of-hope/

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May 7, 2025

This sermon by Dan Kent helps us understand the meaning of repentance and why it is so crucial to our walk with Jesus. In it, we discover how we misunderstand what repentance is and see how repentance is a path to true freedom.

More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/light-chasers/

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March 25, 2025

We need spiritual disciplines which will shape us so that we can live in love toward ourselves. Fasting is such a discipline because it detoxes our dependence upon food and other pleasures, enabling us to receive what is actually fulfilling and whole.

More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/inner-exodus/

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February 10, 2025

In this sermon, Dan Kent helps us understand the meaning of the proclamation “salvation belongs to our God.” While we might assume salvation is about personal sin and guilt, Dan demonstrates that it is much more extensive than that. He shows us that salvation is centered around God’s work to establish the rightful King of all creation.

More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/salvation-belongs-to-our-god/

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December 8, 2024

This sermon examines the story of Anna when she met the child Jesus in the temple. Dan Kent highlights how she waited for the Messiah for decades and the importance of waiting on God to act in our lives and release his gifts through us.

  More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/waiting-with-anna/

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November 25, 2024

At the start of the Book of Revelation the angel tells John: “Do not be afraid.” Then the angel proceeds to affront John with a terrifying series of visions. How could John NOT be afraid? What’s going on here? Dan talks about how having different objectives at our centers makes us more or less vulnerable to fear.

  More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/crowns-not-crutches/

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September 2, 2024

Why does Paul tell us to “Let your gentleness be evident to all”? How does showing gentleness empower us, make us immune to propaganda, and give us spiritual stability? Join Dan as he engages this powerful fruit of the Spirit.

  More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/let-your-gentleness-show/

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June 14, 2024

What if we don’t like heaven? Why does worship in heaven seem so torturous? In this sermon on Revelation chapter 4, Dan looks at the symbolism of the throne room and discusses allegiance as the heart of worship.

  More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/the-heart-of-worship/

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