This week, we’ll continue the story as God concedes to Israel’s demand for a King and selects a young man named Saul to be the first official monarch of Israel. It’s a story of heartache as we watch God’s people dive headlong into their rebellious desires, but God’s fingerprints are also all over the story as he directs the events according to his purposes. * This sermon was co-written with Rev. Kevin Germer, Christ Presbyterian Church, Richmond - Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics, IV.1, 437-445. - T...
Sep 27, 2021•32 min
Clamor for a King by Third Church, RVA
Sep 19, 2021•32 min
Return to Community by Third Church, RVA
Sep 13, 2021•25 min
This Sunday we’ll walk through a biblical understanding of work, both the goodness of work in God’s created order, the futility of work under the curse of sin, and how God calls us to use our work to advance his Kingdom and display his goodness.
Sep 05, 2021•25 min
This week we look at one of the miracles of Jesus and the powerful transformation he is offering to us to truly be able to see.
Aug 30, 2021•36 min
This week we look at one of the miracles of Jesus and the powerful transformation he is offering to us to truly be able to see.
Aug 23, 2021•27 min
This Sunday we’ll look at Psalm 139 and God’s invitation to the good life of knowing him and be known by him. Sermon Sources for 8/15 sermon: - Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life - Ruth Haley Barton, Sacred Rhythms - David Benner, The Gift of Being Yourself
Aug 16, 2021•34 min
This Sunday we’ll look at hospitality and its importance as a spiritual practice.
Aug 12, 2021•32 min
An Invitation to Hear God’s Voice by Third Church, RVA
Aug 05, 2021•33 min
This Sunday we’ll be looking at God’s invitation to work and rest. - John Eldridge, Get Your Life Back - John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry - Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life - Ruth Haley Barton, Sacred Rhythms - Ruth Haley Barton, “Sane Rhythms of Work and Rest in Your Life as a Leader,” https://transformingcenter.org/2021/07/spiritual-rythms-in-the-life-of-the-leader/ - Timothy Keller, “Six Ways to Practice Sabbath,” https://www.redeemer.com/redeemer-report/article/six_way...
Jul 26, 2021•33 min
This week we look at the invitation to freedom, and the spiritual abundance that comes from the discipline of simplicity in a life full of demands.
Jul 19, 2021•26 min
This Sunday we’ll look at God’s invitation to communion. As Jesus lived in ongoing communion with his Father, he now invites us, through him, to have that same ongoing relationship of communion with the God who loves us. Sermon Sources: - John Eldridge, Get Your Life Back - Rankin Wilbourne, Union with Christ - Dallas Willard, Life Without Lack - Ruth Haley Barton, Sacred Rhythms - Tim Chester, Enjoying God
Jul 12, 2021•32 min
An Invitation To Worship by Third Church, RVA
Jul 06, 2021•33 min
Sermon Sources: - John Eldridge, Get Your Life Back - Rankin Wilbourne, Union with Christ - Dallas Willard, Life Without Lack - David Brooks, “The Great Unmasking,” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/27/opinioninstan/coronavirus-masks-vaccine.html - Dale Bruner, The Book of John
Jun 28, 2021•32 min
This Sunday we are finishing up our series on 2 Corinthians by looking at chapter 12:1-10, and the words of Jesus to Paul: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” The places of greatest struggle are the places where we can most powerfully experience God’s grace.
Jun 24, 2021•26 min
This week we look at chapter 9, where we are encouraged to give so we can receive so much more: an abundant harvest of provision, gratitude, community, and eternal reward.
Jun 14, 2021•29 min
This week we come to a new section of Paul’s letter, chapters 8 and 9, where he talks about the how the Gospel transforms every aspect of our lives, including the way we use our money.
Jun 07, 2021•28 min
This Sunday we’ll be looking at 2 Corinthians 6, and Paul’s continued appeal to his friends to commit themselves wholly to Jesus Christ.
May 30, 2021•31 min
The Ministry of Reconciliation by Third Church, RVA
May 23, 2021•31 min
This Sunday, we’ll continue our study of 2 Corinthians by looking at the first part of chapter 5. Derek Mondeau will be preaching on the good news of Easter that our mortal bodies are already being swallowed up by resurrection life!
May 18, 2021•36 min
The passage this week is probably one of the most famous of the whole book. Paul’s metaphor of having “treasure in clay jars” is a powerful image that communicates what it means to have tremendous power (the treasure of the gospel and the Holy Spirit) in such apparent weakness (the “clay jar” of our mortal bodies).
May 11, 2021•31 min
This Sunday, we’re continuing our series on 2 Corinthians by looking at the way God uses weak people to make known the truth and power of the gospel.
May 02, 2021•30 min
This sermon was co-written with Rev. Kevin Germer of Christ Presbyterian Church, Richmond. Sermon sources: - Paul Barnett, The Message of 2 Corinthians (IVP) - Tom Wright, Paul for Everyone (SPCK) - R. Kent Hughes, 2 Corinthians: Power in Weakness (Crossway) - James Torrance, Worship, Community, and the Triune God of Grace (IVP) - Anthony Thiselton, 2 Corinthians (Cascade) - A lot of personal conversations with Rev. Dr. Robert Stamps
Apr 25, 2021•36 min
This Sunday we kick off a series on 2 Corinthians titled “Power In Weakness.” We’ll look at Paul’s counter-cultural invitation to see that real power comes not through strength but through weakness. As Jesus’s resurrection triumph comes through apparent defeat of the cross, so now the cross and resurrection gives us the basic pattern for the Christian life.
Apr 18, 2021•35 min
This Sunday we’re privileged to hear from Fakhri Yacoub, pastor of our sister congregation the Christian Arabic Church. Fakhri will be preaching about the difference Jesus’ resurrection makes to help us overcome fear.
Apr 11, 2021•30 min
Easter Sunday: A Living Hope by Third Church, RVA
Apr 04, 2021•25 min
This week we’ll look at the fruit of self-control. Under the leadership of Jesus and his Spirit we can order and direct our desires toward that which we were made: love of God and neighbor. This is not about self-mastery, but living in step with and empowered by the Spirit to be the redeemed people God has created us to be. Sermon Sources this week: - Jerry Bridges, The Practice of Godliness - Christopher J.H. Wright, Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit - Phillip Kenneson, Life on the Vine - Tim...
Mar 28, 2021•39 min
What’s the big deal about the seven days between Palm Sunday and Easter? Becca Payne sits down with Corey Widmer and Dan Marotta (Rector, Redeemer Anglican) to talk about the history of the liturgical calendar, what Holy Week offers us this year (of all years!), and tangible ways we can participate in the season ahead of us. Join us as we tell time differently and in doing so, grieve what we’ve lost, and look with hope to the resurrection. - Liturgical Calendar Image - “Telling Time Differently”...
Mar 23, 2021•49 min
We’re nearing the end of our study of the fruit of the Spirit. This week we’ll look at “gentleness,” probably the least well known and least prayed-for fruit of the Spirit.
Mar 21, 2021•35 min
This Sunday we are looking at the fruit of faithfulness. Faithfulness is at the heart of the gospel! Because of God’s faithfulness we have forgiveness from our past and hope for the future.
Mar 14, 2021•36 min
