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Lent to Easter 2016 (7 of 7) /  by

Sermon Series:  Living Ink: Learning to Live in God's Story
Sermon Title:  Surprised by Hope (7 of 7)
Scripture Reading:  John 20:1-18; Acts 10:34-43; 1 Peter 1:3-9

Lent is a 40-day season when the church commemorates the time Jesus spent in solitude, in silence, and fasting in the wilderness. Jesus prepared himself in the wilderness for what the Father had for him in his life and ministry. In this season of wandering and preparation, we are invited to make room for God’s Spirit as we allow him to become the source of our strength and the Lord of our lives. In our Living Ink worship series, we will discover through the Scriptures that God is the Author of a grand narrative—a tale that encompasses all our struggles, pain, joys, and victories. This Author calls us to co-authorship, using our very lives to continue the Kingdom mission and vision of Jesus in a world poised for resurrection.

God’s story reaches its climax in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Easter Sunday is the promise of God to redeem humanity, to stay with us in our darkest moments, and that there can be a happy ending to your story. Just as Mary Magdalene was surprised to meet the resurrected Jesus in her lowest moment, we too can be surprised by the hope of new life, even when we feel we’ve reached an end. In Surprised by Hope (7 of 7), pastor David calls us to believe in God’s good future.

Listen to David and view the slides here.

Lent to Easter (7 of 7) /  by

Sermon Series: Lent to Easter 2015
Sermon Title: The God Who Raises The Dead
Scripture Reading: John 20:1-18; 1 Corinthians 15:1-22, 50-58; 2 Corinthians 4:16-17

What is God doing? What does he want to do? Whatever God is doing, it isn't "same old, same old." God wants to do a new thing! 

Our Lent to Easter 2015 series focuses our attention on our need to see how and where God is at work in our personal walk with him, and in the life of our church. Are we listening? Do we recognize the Holy Spirit at work?

Dead is dead. Whether it be in the ancient world or in modern times, when people die they stay dead. But as we’ve learned in this series, God turns the ways of the world upside down and inside out. Easter Sunday is the quintessential expression of God’s wisdom and power to do the unexpected and the impossible.

He is the God who raises the dead!

In this final message, pastor David will lead us through the discovery of the empty tomb, to seeing Jesus transformed and exalted, to hearing the apostle Paul insist that our faith is futile without the resurrection. This happy morning we’re all being invited to participate in the resurrection. What did it mean in the first century? And what difference does it make today?

Listen to pastor David and view the slides here.

Lent 2014 (7 of 7) /  by

Pastor David leads us through Lent 2014 with an "Encountering God" sermon series. In the seventh message, David presents reasons for believing in the resurrection of Jesus.

Series Outline:

  1. Encountering God in Temptations
  2. Encountering God in Our Blessings
  3. Encountering God in Our Thirst
  4. Encountering God with New Eyes
  5. Encountering God in New Life
  6. Encountering God in Our Worship
  7. Encountering God in the Resurrection of Jesus (Easter)