Liturgical Season
31 sermons in the archive.
You'll hear what the single Greek word Jesus spoke from the cross actually meant to the people standing there, and why it means the guilt you carry has already been settled, not by anything you can do, but by what was finished that afternoon.
You'll hear why the ancient vision of bones rattling back together is not a historical curiosity but a direct word about the deadness we carry and the one thing that can actually change it.
You'll examine the different kinds of blindness in John 9, from the disciples' rush to judgment to the Pharisees' refusal to accept what's right in front of them, and come away with a sharper question: what are you failing to see in the people around you?
You'll hear why the most spiritually significant moment in the disciples' lives ended with a command not to repeat the experience, but to listen, and what that means for anyone who has ever felt like their faith needs a bigger feeling to be real.
You'll hear why the hard, empty seasons of life are not detours from spiritual growth but the very conditions that make it possible, and walk away with a concrete practice to build intentional rest into the next six weeks.
You'll see how Isaiah's vision of a sovereign, unshakeable God speaks directly to the moments when human leadership fails you, and what it means to respond to a king who cleanses rather than condemns.
You'll hear why the church's attempts to advance God's kingdom through force and political power are a sign of losing, not winning, and what the actual growth of the kingdom has always looked like.
You'll hear Jesus's one-verse parable about a man who sells everything for a hidden treasure used to answer a question most churchgoers have quietly wondered: what exactly is the kingdom of God, and why does it matter more than anything else you're holding on to?
You'll see how an ancient story about a disabled, forgotten man welcomed to a king's table reframes how the church should think about disability today, not as a problem to fix but as a perspective to honor.
You'll hear why the church's habit of avoiding hard realities, about suffering, about its own failures, actually cuts it off from God, and what it means to start telling the truth as an act of faith.
You'll hear how the final chapter of Lamentations transforms one-way grief into a genuine two-way conversation with God, and why being allowed to push back, argue, and even accuse God is a feature of faith rather than a failure of it.
You'll hear how the recovery practice of tracing an addiction back to its original wound and original lie applies to America's relationship with wealth, and what honest lament can do that self-improvement never can.
You'll hear why the Bible's most anguished language, comparing God to a bear lying in wait and an archer using you for target practice, is not a failure of faith but an honest form of prayer, and why bringing that kind of raw complaint to God, alone or with others, is where healing and justice begin.
You'll hear why the stories we tell ourselves about being special, chosen, or above average can actually prevent us from telling the truth about our condition, and why that truth-telling is the only honest starting point for faith.
You'll hear why Judas's 30 pieces of silver is not just ancient history, and what it looks like when faith costs something versus when we've quietly turned Jesus into a transaction that works in our favor.
You'll hear how Jesus emptying himself of divine privilege in Philippians 2 becomes a concrete model for setting aside personal power, platform, and wealth in order to build genuine community across racial and ethnic lines.
You'll hear how the human need to belong can lead us toward exclusion or toward God, and why crying out honestly in prayer is what turns isolation into praise.
You'll hear why Paul's famous description of love in 1 Corinthians 13 is not just personal advice but a direct challenge to how the church as a whole treats the members of its own body who are being pushed to the margins.
You'll hear a clear-eyed account of how American Christianity moved from actively defending racism, to politely ignoring it, to what faithful discipleship actually requires now: the courage to see race in order to pursue genuine equity and beloved community.
You'll hear why Jesus described his final meal before the cross as something he 'eagerly desired,' and what it means to actually receive what he was offering, not just admire it from a distance.
You'll hear how Mary of Bethany, alone among those closest to Jesus, actually listened to what he said about his own death and acted on it, and what her example asks of you about emotional availability, sacrifice, and knowing when to break with what's expected.
You'll see how both brothers in this famous parable were lost in different ways, and how the real extravagance in the story belongs not to the wayward son but to the father who abandons all dignity to run toward him.
You'll see why real cultural change in a church requires examining and sacrificing deeply held values, not just adding new programs, and how Jesus modeled exactly that kind of disruptive, leveling love at a dinner table.
You'll hear how James's call to be quick to listen and slow to speak connects directly to the work of becoming a more culturally aware person and community, and what concrete steps that actually looks like in practice.
You'll hear why the Palm Sunday crowd cheered for Jesus and then called for his crucifixion five days later, and what that instability reveals about the difference between following Jesus on your own terms and following him on his.
You'll be challenged to examine what actually sits at the center of your life, and why political passion, national identity, or any consuming loyalty can quietly replace God without you noticing.
You'll hear why God's commandments were given as a covenant of protection, not a checklist for earning favor, and what it means that the God who made the universe describes himself as jealous for you personally.
You'll hear why sincere devotion to God always turns outward toward people who are hurting, and what it looks like when religious practice becomes a way of avoiding that responsibility rather than fulfilling it.
You'll hear why Jesus says 'I never knew you' to people who spoke and acted in his name, and what it actually means to build a life on something that holds when everything falls apart.
You'll hear why the narrow gate in Jesus' teaching is not the finish line but the starting point, and what that means for anyone who feels like they have to get their life right before they can come to God.
You'll hear why 'ask, seek, knock' isn't a vending machine formula but a progression of effort and trust, and walk away with a concrete way to identify one specific thing to bring to God this season.