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Sermons on Family

9 sermons in the archive.

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When God Went Looking

Hans-Erik Nelson · Genesis 2:25–3:13 · April 19, 2026

You'll hear why the most overlooked detail in the Fall story is God calling out 'Where are you?' and what that search reveals about the kind of relationship God wanted then and still wants now.

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Count the Cost First

Hans-Erik Nelson · Luke 14:25-33 · August 24, 2025

You'll hear Jesus make an uncomfortably direct claim: that following him requires a total commitment that puts every other loyalty, including family and self, in second place, and you'll be invited to sit with what that actually costs before deciding whether to keep walking.

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Welcome the Mess

Hans-Erik Nelson · Luke 1:26–38 · December 17, 2023

You'll hear why God chose the most complicated, inconvenient, reputation-risking way to enter the world, and what that says about the kind of life he's actually inviting you into.

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Welcome Before You Judge

Wendy Quay · Romans 14:1–12 · September 10, 2023

You'll hear why the early church fought over food, and what that ancient conflict reveals about how you treat fellow believers whose faith looks different from yours today.

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God Sees the Forgotten

Hans-Erik Nelson · Genesis 21:1–21 · August 7, 2022

You'll hear how Hagar, a powerless outsider expelled into the desert with her child, becomes the person God notices most, and what that means when you feel invisible, stuck in someone else's mess, or written off.

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Overcome the Inertia and Go

Hans-Erik Nelson · Genesis 11:27-12:9 · October 17, 2021

You'll see how much Abram had lost and settled into before God called him to leave, and that picture may help you name what's holding you back from the next thing God is asking of you.

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Why Moses Allowed Divorce

Hans-Erik Nelson · Mark 10:1–12 · October 3, 2021

You'll hear why Jesus answered a trap about divorce by reaching back past Moses to the very beginning of creation, and what that move reveals about how God views marriage, human brokenness, and the protection of vulnerable people.

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When a Father Cries Too Late

Hans-Erik Nelson · 2 Samuel 18:5–9, 15, 31–33 · August 15, 2021

You'll see how David's anguished cry over his dead son, 'Would that I had died instead of you,' points forward to the one father-figure in history who actually could make that exchange, and what that means for the wreckage in your own life.

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Your Ancestors Need You

Wendy Quay · Hebrews 11:32-12:2 · November 1, 2020

You'll hear how the 'great cloud of witnesses' in Hebrews 11 points to a family of God that stretches across time, ethnicity, and death itself, and why your place in that family matters not just for you but for every believer who came before you.