Matthew 4:23-5:2
Rev. Ben Coppedge
When you're stuck in an oppressive kingdom and can't get out, your only hope is if help comes to you where you are (in captivity) and as you are (powerless). And so our hope in the Gospel is not that God lets us find our way to help, but that help finds his way to us--where we are and as we are and without leaving us stuck there.
https://youtu.be/4Mc_zsGWT7A
Rev. Charlie Phillips
Sunday's Sermon: "Gospel Community"
Acts 2:42-47
Many people have said that the one thing they missed the most during the lockdown a few months ago was fellowship. One recent study even showed that loneliness increased by 200-250% during the unprecedented quarantine. This lack of community led to a rise of substance abuse and even suicide. Why is this? Why do we long so deeply for fellowship? The answer is simple - we were made to live in community. We were created as relational beings by a relational God. Join us this Sunday as we explore the source and power of the kind of community God desires for His people.
Believers live in a continual tension while in this world. On the one hand, we have great ignorance and weakness. "We do not know what to pray for as we ought," Paul writes in Romans 8:26. On the other hand, we have assurance that we may possess with an unshakable confidence. Only two verses after verse 26, Paul begins a great affirmation with the words "We know." We who know Christ have gospel comfort that rests upon God's unchanging and certain purpose. Join us this Sunday for "Gospel Comfort".