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Our Romanticized Expectations and Rough Edges in Community
I Thessalonians 5:12-24
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The Foolish Wisdom of God, Part 2, 1 Cor. 1:18-31
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Distinctive Way of Living, 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8
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Taste the Grace of God, Lord's Table
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Correcting a Destructive Narrative: 1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:13
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A Responsive Posture, 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16
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Leadership, 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12
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Trusted Pastoral Leadership, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-6
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Evidence of God Moving, 1 Thessalonians 1:4-10
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Gratitude for God Moving, 1 Thessalonians 1:4-10
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Thessalonians - Jonathan Thiessen
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Thessalonians - The Story
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Mary’s Story
Luke 1:26-38
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Grace Church is studying the book of John together. This week, Gary begins chapters 1-3
This sermon is from March 27. We are in the season of Lent, looking at several of the people with and around Jesus in the weeks leading up to the crucifixion.
Today, Mary Magdalene
This sermon is from March 20. We are in the season of Lent, looking at several of the people with and around Jesus in the weeks leading up to the crucifixion.
Today, Nicodemus
This sermon is from March 13. We are in the season of Lent, looking at several of the people with and around Jesus in the weeks leading up to the crucifixion.
Today, Mary the mother of Jesus.
This sermon is from March 6. We are in the season of Lent, looking at several of the people with and around Jesus in the weeks leading up to the crucifixion.
Today, Gary introduces the series.
This sermon is from February 20, it is part of the Spring teaching series titled: Life in These Clay Pots. What does it mean to be Trust-Worthy?!
A trustworthy life has distinct qualities - Steadfast resilience, trail markers, and faithfulness in every imaginable situation.
Today we look at the quality of Courageous Honesty.
This sermon is from February 13, it is part of the Spring teaching series titled: Life in These Clay Pots. What does it mean to be Trust-Worthy?!
A trustworthy life has distinct qualities - Steadfast resilience, trail markers, and faithfulness in every imaginable situation.
Today we look at the quality of Courageous Honesty.
This sermon is from January 30, it is part of the Spring teaching series titled: Life in These Clay Pots. What does it mean to be Trust-Worthy?!
A trustworthy life has distinct qualities - Steadfast resilience, trail markers, and faithfulness in every imaginable situation.
Today we look at the quality of distinctive integrity.
This sermon is from January 23, it is part of the Spring teaching series titled: Life in These Clay Pots. What does it mean to be Trust-Worthy?!
A trustworthy life has distinct qualities - Steadfast resilience, trail markers, and faithfulness in every imaginable situation.
“Your present life is the place where your trustworthiness is being developed and displayed.”
“Cultivate your life with Jesus and you will flourish. And the markers will show your life is trustworthy.”
This sermon is from January 9, it is the introduction to the Spring teaching series titled: Life in These Clay Pots. What does it mean to be Trust-Worthy?!
This sermon is from December 12, it is the introduction to the Advent series titled: An End of Words: Zechariah's Story. As a community, we practiced watching and waiting.
This sermon is from December 5, it is the introduction to the Advent series titled: An End of Words: Zechariah's Story. As a community, we practiced watching and waiting.
This sermon is from November 14, it is entitled Earthbound Confidence.
“Faith is the opposite of sight.
Faith is also the opposite of doubt.
Faith is confidence and courageous trust in the person and promises of God.”
“What if even with all the realities of life, we’re being called back to who we really are?”
“How do we please God? We please God by trusting the way Jesus works. We trust the process. Enough that we choose to cooperate in it.”
This sermon is from October 31, it is entitled
“Through Jesus, God performs a kintsugi of sorts on us. He puts the broken pieces of our lives back together and all the while lining our broken places with the gold of His grace.
And the finished and healed person, the resurrected person, is considered by God and seen to be more beautiful than we were before we were broken by sin.”
This sermon is from October 24, it is entitled God’s Crazy Plan - Putting His Treasure In Us,II Corinthians 4:7-17.
“We are all cereal bowls.”
So the image we work so hard to present to people prevents people from seeing God’s image in us.”
Here’s the Kingdom Paradox of the Way of Jesus: the life of Jesus always flows from the death of Jesus.”
“Our spiritual maturity is not reflected in less trouble in our life. Our spiritual maturity is reflected in consenting and cooperating with God’s pathway of humility, brokenness, and weakness - to display his very character. THAT’S the pathway to maturity.”
This sermon is from October 17, it is entitled Serving Christ With Unveiled Freedom,II Corinthians 4:1-6.
“Following Jesus with faithfulness & resilience is challenging. It has always been challenging. That is not a new reality in our cultural moment.”
This sermon is from October 10, it is entitled The New Covenant,II Corinthians 3:7-18.
“We’re called to way of life and ministry without veils – no hiding, secrecy, pretense, posing, or posturing. We serve openly and transparently. Boldly!”
This sermon is from September 26, it is entitled Credibility & Confidence,II Corinthians 3:1-6.
“A crisis of credibility exists for those who represent Jesus and seek to make disciples.”
“A critical question we must ask: What validates the credibility of our spiritual leaders?
“Where does our confidence come from? We’re told by culture that confidence comes from within ourselves, but Paul reminds us that our confidence comes from Christ.”
This sermon is from September 19, it is entitled Aromatic Life,II Corinthians 2:12-17. Grace elder, Matt Benson is our teacher today.
“The fragrance is not the people…the fragrance is the knowledge of God in every place.”
“Neglect of spiritual values, as well as deliberate rejection, dulls the spiritual senses.”
This sermon is from August 29, 2021, it is entitled The Challenge of Forgiveness, II Corinthians 2:1-11.
“Nothing displays that we are followers of Jesus as dramatically as forgiveness.”
“Forgiveness is the hard work of authentic spiritual transformation.”
This sermon is from August 15, 2021, it is entitled When We Disappoint,II Corinthians 1:12-24.
The letter of II Corinthians is Paul’s most personal, autobiographical letter in the New Testament. Unlike any other letter in the New Testament, Paul opens his life to us with an attractive authenticity.
Paul models for us the power of our personal story and the role our personal story plays in displaying the gospel.
He also models how to engage with people who are disappointed by our words or actions.
The episode begins with two important announcements for our community.
The Sermon begins (5:15) and is the introduction to the new series.
Pastor Gary Franklin begins a new series entitled These Clay Pots: Gritty But Glorious. The letter 2 Corinthians, is Paul’s most personal, auto-biographical letter in the New Testament. Unlike any other letter in the New Testament, Paul opens his life to us with an attractive authenticity.
Paul models for us the power of our personal story and the role our personal story plays in displaying the gospel.
This sermon is from August 8, 2021, it is entitled The Power of Our Story.
This sermon is from July 25, 2021. The series is titled Summer Soul Care.
Gary concludes this series and we consider “re-entering our world with a soul at rest.” We declare our confidence in the providence of God and we take the posture of Psalm 63, of David who demonstrated “inexhaustible confidence” in God.
Summer months afford us an opportunity to ‘reset’ our spiritual normal – recover our wonder and gratitude for the goodness of God in our lives.
This summer we’ll reflect on how we sustain a posture of rest for our souls.
Today we look at Psalm 62 and consider how our bodies communicate when our soul is not in a posture of rest.
Summer months afford us an opportunity to ‘reset’ our spiritual normal – recover our wonder and gratitude for the goodness of God in our lives.
This summer we’ll reflect on how we sustain a posture of rest for our souls.
Today we look at Psalm 46 and pause (Selah) to consider how we find quiet rest and trust in the midst of trouble.
“No matter how terrifying our trouble, we find God to be our place of safety. God meets us IN our trouble.”
Summer months afford us an opportunity to ‘reset’ our spiritual normal – recover our wonder and gratitude for the goodness of God in our lives.
Today we look at Psalm 40 and consider what it means to be a “glad witness” to God’s presence.
We ask, “What do desire and devotion look like in this season of your life?”
This sermon is from June 20, 2021. The series is titled Summer Soul Care.
Summer normally represents a ‘pause’ in the rhythms and routines that shape our lives. We head to the beach, travel to the mountains, enjoy time with family, and share lazy evenings relaxing with friends.
Of course, Covid has shifted what is ‘normal’ for all of us.
This summer has more of the feel of a ‘return’ or a ‘reset’ to something normal – The hope of enjoying things and people with the freedom we’ve missed over this last year and a half – maybe with a renewed appreciation for things we took for granted before Covid.
Summer months also afford us an opportunity to ‘reset’ our spiritual normal – recover our wonder and gratitude for the goodness of God in our lives.
This summer we’ll reflect on how we sustain a posture of rest for our souls.
To help us we’ll look at five Psalms - Psalm 4, 40, 46, 62, 63.
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This sermon is from June 6, 2021. The series is titled Conversations Between Sundays: Jesus’ Stories and Language in Luke. This sermon is titled The Minimalist, and looks at Luke 19:11-27. Jesus calls us to a life of faithfulness and influence.
“Jesus was preparing his followers, then and also you and I today, to represent Jesus and Jesus’s interests on earth while he is away, until he returns.”
“Jesus’ concern is not primarily with money or wealth. His primary concern is influence.”
This sermon is from May 30, 2021. The series is titled Conversations Between Sundays: Jesus’ Stories and Language in Luke. This sermon is titled The Sinners, from Jesus’ teaching Luke 18:9-14. We were challenged to consider how we see ourselves and how that perspective influences how we see others.
“Humility and honesty about our sin is the only posture that fosters and protects a healthy relationship with God.”
This sermon is from May 23, 2021. The series is titled Conversations Between Sundays: Jesus’ Stories and Language in Luke. This sermon is titled The Widow, from Jesus’ teaching on prayer in Luke 18:1-8.
“This widow was the model of courage & persistence in asking for justice before an unjust judge and an unjust system.”
“One of the ways you and I participate in this unfolding Kingdom of God is what Jesus calls persistent prayer. Prayer that never gives up.’ Prayer that is firmly anchored to the confidence that God is bringing about his purposes on earth in spite of what is going on around us.”
This sermon is from May 2, 2021. The series is titled Conversations Between Sundays: Jesus’ Stories and Language in Luke. This sermon is titled The Invisible Man.
“Over and over in the Old Testament, God had spoken about God’s love for the poor and caring for the poor. About justice for the oppressed and foreigners. They had all the truth they needed.”
“Are we faithful and obedient to the truth we already know?”
- Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
This sermon is from May 2, 2021. The series is titled Conversations Between Sundays: Jesus’ Stories and Language in Luke. This sermon is titled The Invisible Man.
“Over and over in the Old Testament, God had spoken about God’s love for the poor and caring for the poor. About justice for the oppressed and foreigners. They had all the truth they needed.”
“Are we faithful and obedient to the truth we already know?”
- Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
This sermon is from April 25, 2021. The series is titled Conversations Between Sundays: Jesus’ Stories and Language in Luke. This sermon is titled The Rascal.
“So here is the challenge of Jesus’ parable: Do we trust the generosity of God enough that we would stake everything on it? Stake our reputation? Stake our well-being? Stake our financial future on it? Will we stake everything on God’s character?”
“Does our faith inspire us to be wonderfully clever and creative and courageous in the ways that we benefit and bless people with our money and material possessions?”
- Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
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This sermon is from April 18, 2021. The series is titled Conversations Between Sundays: Jesus’ Stories and Language in Luke. This sermon is titled A Family Torn.
“He (Jesus) calls us into these counter-cultural ways of humility, sacrifice, and suffering. Where Following Jesus requires trust, obedience, and courage.”
“This story is a cry to religious insiders to extend grace.”
- Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
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This sermon is from April 11, 2021. The series is titled Conversations Between Sundays: Jesus’ Stories and Language in Luke. This sermon is titled Table Talk. The scripture today begins with, “One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee…” (Luke 14:1) then Jesus goes on to share much more than simple tips for table manners.
“We do everything we can to invite everyone we can to the table with Jesus – especially those others would not invite.”
Jesus exposed how inhospitable our hospitality can be.”
- Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
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This sermon is from March 28, 2021. The Lent2021 series is titled, A Word in the Wilderness. We looked at the third temptation of Jesus in the wilderness and his reply to Satan. Some key thoughts:
“Our life with Jesus is the unspectacular journey of everyday faith and faithfulness.”
“We can back God into a corner with our expectations that He provide for us in spectacular ways. This is an act of presumption masquerading as extraordinary faith.”
- Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
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This sermon is from March 21, 2021. The Lent2021 series is titled, A Word in the Wilderness.
“Our temptations to misuse power is always the greatest when we fail to maintain loving relationships – easier to opt for power and control”
“The way of Jesus is to “power down” rather than “power up.””
- Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
This sermon is from March 14, 2021. The Lent2021 series is titled, A Word in the Wilderness. In Question: Personal Need.
“Many of our most defining spiritual battles do not occur in our public life that everyone sees but in our private life that is never seen.”
“What fuels and sustains us is faithfully following Jesus and the life Jesus calls us to.”
- Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
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This sermon is from March 7, 2021. The Lent2021 series is titled, A Word in the Wilderness.
“We’re all familiar with the wilderness…we’ve all visited there.
The wilderness is a confusing place of separation and struggle.
The wilderness is where we learn to be alone with ourselves and God
The wilderness becomes a place of preparation.”
- Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
This sermon is from February 28, 2021. The series is titled Grace Church: Our Lives Together. This sermon The conclusion and looks at the obstacles that are a reality for our spiritual maturity.
“The spiritual journey is a natural process that cannot be managed like we would a school or business.”
- Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
This sermon is from February 21, 2021. The series is titled Grace Church: Our Lives Together. This sermon is an overview of who we are becoming as a community - Clear, Faithful, and Fluid - and we amplified our mission statement: Following Jesus compels us to extend grace to others so that Christ’s Kingdom may flourish.
“We’re invited into a lifelong journey in which our total person is formed by Christ into the likeness of Christ..”
- Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
This sermon is from February 14, 2021. The series is titled Grace Church: Our Lives Together. This sermon is an overview of who we are becoming as a community - Clear, Faithful, and Fluid - and we amplified our mission statement: Following Jesus compels us to extend grace to others so that Christ’s Kingdom may flourish.
“A large measure of out spiritual growth is not defined by what we gain with Christ but by what we give away because of Christ.”
- Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
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This sermon is from February 7, 2021. The series is titled Conversations Between Sundays: Jesus’ Stories and Language in Luke. This sermon is titled Manure. Jesus was teaching on greed and the fear of not having enough.
“Jesus’ story invites us not to rush to judgement with people, but ti nurture them with patient faithfulness.”
“Our patience with people might be the greatest evidence of our faith.”
- Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
This sermon is from January 31, 2021. The series is titled Conversations Between Sundays: Jesus’ Stories and Language in Luke. This sermon is titled The Barn Builder. Jesus was teaching on greed and the fear of not having enough.
“Jesus speaks into one of the most difficult and personal issues that you and I navigate in life…Our attachment to possessions, both money and things.”
“Possessions are closely connected to a deep fear we all experience. One day, what if I don’t have enough?
- Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
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This sermon is from January 24, 2021. The new series is titled Conversations Between Sundays: Jesus’ Stories and Language in Luke. This sermon is titled The Friend. Jesus was teaching on prayer.
“Prayer is the response of desperate people. Our words are raw in their honesty. And we come to God with shameless audacity because we really have nothing to offer. We need God.” - Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
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This sermon is from January 17, 2021. The new series is titled Conversations Between Sundays: Jesus’ Stories and Language in Luke. This sermon is titled The Neighbor.
“Love isn’t something we debate. Love is something we do.” - Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
This sermon is from January 10, 2021. The new series is titled Conversations Between Sundays: Jesus’ Stories and Language in Luke. This sermon looks at Jesus’ conversations in Samaria.
"Story is a better way to stir curiosity in people who have little interest in Jesus."
-Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
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This sermon is from January 3, 2021. The new series is titled Conversations Between Sundays: Jesus’ Stories and Language in Luke.
“If we desire to stir curiosity in people about Jesus, we must make more of the art of conversation.”
-Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
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This sermon is from December 6, the second Sunday of Advent 2020. It is titled Waiting for Restoration - Peace.
Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-11, Psalm 85: 1-2, 8-13, Mark 1:3-8, II Peter 3:8-15a
“Every moment of our lives, every conversation & experience, reflects the quiet echo of eternity.”
“We carry on for others, that which was carried on for us.”
-Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
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This sermon is from November 29, the first Sunday of Advent 2020. It is titled Waiting for Restoration and looks at several scriptures pertaining to this waiting time.
Isaiah 64:1-9, Psalm 80:1-9, Mark 13:24-37, I Corinthians 1:3-9
“You and I are called to a special kind of waiting. It is patient, but it is never passive. It is watching, but its always working for Jesus and his kingdom while we wait.”
“How do we wait today? We hope because we hold the promise of Christ’s presence with us and the promise of Christ’s future return.”
-Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
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This message is from November 15, 2020. It is looking at Philippians 4:14-23.
“Generosity unlocks something in us. Generosity releases something in us and what it releases is the character of God, who is generous and giving. Accumulating and protecting what we have steals something from our soul. It steals our capacity to trust God. ” -Gary Franklin
This message is from November 8, 2020. It is looking at Philippians 4:10-13.
“What is the relationship between contentment and peacefulness? Are they the same? Contentment is a unique challenge in our affluent culture.” -Gary Franklin
This message is from October 25, 2020. It is looking at Philippians 4:4-9. It is the second in a two-part message.
“Developing Christlike character requires a lifetime of discerning and discipling our emotions and thoughts with what is excellent and praiseworthy.” -Gary Franklin
This message is from October 18, 2020. It is looking at Philippians 4:4-9. It is the first in a two-part message.
“Joy reflects the presence of Christi in our lives. IT is a supernatural quality. Gentleness it the courageous capacity to love like Jesus.” -Gary Franklin
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This message is from October 11, 2020. It is looking at Philippians 4:1-3. We asked: What does it mean to stand firm in the Lord?
If you walk away with one thing this morning…think about this: To “stand firm in Jesus” means we run forward! - Ash Zook
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This message is from October 4, 2020. It is looking at Isaiah 58 to answer the question: What does it look like to cultivate faithfulness?
Practices like fasting are designed to bring us to a place where we are so attentive and responsive to God’s presence in our lives that it produces an inward peace. And out of that inward peace proceeds outward goodness and generosity in the lives of other people. That’s the kind of faithfulness we’re trying to cultivate. -Gary Franklin
This sermon is from September 27 , 2020. It is titled Following Godly People, and the scripture is Philippians 3:15-21.
Maybe one of our biggest challenges as we disciple others…in whatever arena we find ourselves in, is when we assume personal responsibility for changing the ways people think. It’s when we seek to convince people that our way of thinking is correct or to get people to agree with us even when it’s wonderful truth - like Biblical truth.
What Paul is modeling for us here is actually a great gift. He is modeling a peaceful trust that we can rely upon God to guide people in their personal understanding. We can trust God to be the one who is shaping and guiding people. -Gary Franklin
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This sermon is from September 20 , 2020. It is titled What is Jesus Worth to You, and the scripture is Philippians 3:7-14.
Much of the spiritual journey is learning to allow our self-referenced way of living to give way to a Jesus-referenced way of living. -Gary Franklin
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This sermon is from September 13 , 2020. It is titled Pay Attention to Misplaced Confidence, and the scripture is Philippians 3:1-6
How easy it is us followers of Jesus to look to things other than Jesus for our well-being and confidence. It’s so embedded into our being human that we fail to notice it. -Gary Franklin
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This sermon is from September 6, 2020. It is titled An Invitation to Prayer & Fasting.
Fasting and prayer is the way we surrender our anxieties and our agendas, to seek God’s presence and purposes. With a posture of open hands we release the self-directing, self-protecting desires…we release our cravings, our ambitions , our distractions, and we release the habits that occupy and control our lives. -Gary Franklin
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A short segment of Gary’s message on September 6, 2020. He introduced Prayer & Fasting. This is the nuts and bolts of Monday Prayer & Fasting will work for Grace Church.
This sermon is from August 30, 2020. It is titled Follow Leaders Like These (Philippians 2:19-30).
We need (and trust) the humility of spiritual leaders who speak from a place of dependence upon God, not anxiety or anger. We need spiritual leaders who faithfully serve us in the shadows with little visibility or attention…who love us deeply and keep the interests of Christ in view. We need spiritual leaders who remain faithful when their best efforts don’t end up like they hoped and when other express disappointment or disapproval. -Gary Franklin
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This sermon is from August 23, 2020. It is titled It's Time To Stand Out...Gladly! (Philippians 2:12-18).
“The church ‘should’ be a place where questions can be explored and differences of opinion discussed in honest and safe ways as we study the Scriptures together. That’s the nature of the discipleship journey.” -Gary Franklin
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This sermon is from August 16, 2020. It is titled The Stuff of Humility.
“Humility expresses itself outwardly in the words and gestures of a soul completely surrendered to God. So much so that we no longer need to protect our interests because we are confident that God will.” -Gary Franklin
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This sermon is from August 9, 2020. “As followers of Jesus, our circumstances don’t interfere with our character development or calling. They invite the presence of Jesus to shape us.” -Gary Franklin
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This podcast is from August 2, 2020. It is our custom to share Communion on the first Sunday of the month. Today Gary disciples us in the practice of Lament.
“Lament is the practice by which we give language to our sorrow, sadness, and grief as an expression of our faith and hope.” -Gary Franklin
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This sermon is from July 26, 2020. Gary Franklin continues the We Press On series, a study of Philippians, with this sermon titled: Joy in the Face of Uncertainty.
Scripture: Philippians 1:19-26
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This sermon is from July 19, 2020. Ash Zook continues the We Press On series, a study of Philippians, with this sermon titled: Prison, Participation, and Proclamation
Scripture: Philippians 1:12-18
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This sermon is from July 12, 2020. Gary continues the We Press On series, a study of Philippians, with this sermon titled: Mutual Love and Loyalty.
Scripture: Philippians 1:3-11
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This sermon is from July 5, 2020. Gary begins the new sermon series, a study of Philippians.
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This sermon is from June 21, 2020. Andrew Hill teaches about Fathers. the Prodigal Son, and God the Father.
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This sermon is from the first Grace Outdoors on June 14, 2020. Ash Zook teaches on Rebirth.
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This sermon is from June 7, 2020. It was part of Grace At Home, our online church experience during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Gary continues his series, Awed to Heaven, Rooted to Earth. He looks at how Christians are called to be people with a steadfast resolve and resilience.
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This sermon is from May 31, 2020. It was part of Grace At Home, our online church experience during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Gary continues his series, Awed to Heaven, Rooted to Earth. We’ve looked at many characteristics that describe who we are as Kingdom people and how we live in this world. This morning Gary continues the Awed to Heaven, Rooted to Earth series by looking at how we are also people who display courageous hope, humility, and hospitality. These qualities take root and express themselves, revealing the Kingdom of God. How are they showing up in your life?
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This sermon is from May 24, 2020. It was part of Grace At Home, our online church experience during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Gary continues his series, Awed to Heaven, Rooted to Earth. He looks at how we as Christians are pursuing Kingdom living and what that looks like for us practically.
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This sermon is from May 17, 2020. It was part of Grace At Home, our online church experience during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Gary continues his series, Awed to Heaven, Rooted to Earth. He looks at how we as Christians are companions in Kingdom living and what that looks like for us practically.
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This sermon is from May 10, 2020. It was part of Grace At Home, our online church experience during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Gary continues his series, Awed to Heaven, Rooted to Earth. He looks at how the Holy Spirit supplies the activation and energy for us as we seek to live in the Kingdom and steward the Kingdom in fruitful ways.
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This sermon is from May 3, 2020. It was part of Grace At Home, our online church experience during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Gary continues his series, Awed to Heaven, Rooted to Earth. He explores 5 prophetic windows that help us live in the future world (God’s Kingdom), in the present.
Experience the Grace At Home worship experience for May 3.
This sermon is from April 26, 2020. It was part of Grace At Home, our online church experience during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Gary begins his new series, Awed to Heaven, Rooted to Earth. This borrowed title accurately captures this almost, but not yet world we live in which is Kingdom living though the fullness of Christ’s Kingdom has not yet fully arrived.
March 8, 2020
10:30 AM
Cultivating the Kingdom: Kingdom Insight
Mark 4:26-29
“The Kingdom of God is disguised in the commonplace and ordinary.” - Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
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February 23, 2020
Kingdoms in Conflict: Our Posture Toward the Culture We Live In
Excerpt: “What posture best represents and serves that purposes of the Kingdom? It’s a question every generation must confront, in part, because culture is always changing.” - Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
February 16, 2020 10:30 AM
Kingdoms in Conflict: Alternative Earthly Kingdoms
Excerpt: “By virtue of our relationship with Jesus, we’re citizens of a different country - a different kingdom. Our love and loyalty belong to Jesus. We have a specific geographical location in this world, an yet we life in the Kingdom of God. Our “dual-citizen” status creates a tension.” -Gary Franklin, Teaching Pastor
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February 9, 2020 10:30 AM
Kingdoms in Conflict: The Unseen Spiritual Kingdom
Grace Church is located in Fayette County, Georgia. We see ourselves as part of the special mosaic of churches here, just south of Atlanta. Our desire is to play a meaningful role in what God is doing in our community.
To give you a window into who we seek to be as a church family…most importantly, we want to be a safe place for you to explore and experience Christ. So wherever you may be in your season of life or wherever you may be in your spiritual journey we want you to discover more of God with a group of people who are on the same journey.
Jesus Christ invites each of us into a remarkable story that holds the promise of a redemption that reshapes who we are as people and how we live in today’s world. Becoming a part of this story is what gives us hope and vision. For us, that shows up in our desire to serve one another, our community, and our world with compassion, courage, generosity and faith.
I hope our site helps you learn more about our story and some of who we are. I also extend a personal invitation to join us on Sunday morning – we would love to meet you.
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January 26, 2020
10:30 AM
The Kingdom of God and Our Lives Today: How We Share the Gospel
January 19, 2020
10:30 AM
The Kingdom of God and Our Lives Today: Holy Spirit
Do We Have the Time?
Special Teaching from Ash Zook
January 12, 2020
10:30 AM
The Kingdom of God and Our Lives Today: Citizens by New Birth
Scriptures: John 3:1-9 & 16 Colossians 1:9-14 Revelations 5:10
December 15, 2019
10:30 AM
Jesus: Heaven Came to Earth
Jesus’ Birth and the Kingdom (Part II)
Luke 1:46-55
December 8, 2019
10:30 AM
Jesus: Heaven Came to Earth: Jesus’ Birth and the Kingdom
Luke 1:46-55
November 24, 2019
10:30 AM
Jesus: Heaven Came to Earth series
Jesus' Death, Resurrection, and the Kingdom
November 17, 2019
10:30 AM
Jesus: Heaven Came to Earth
Matthew 12:15-28
Mark 8:27-38
Luke 18:15-30
Matthew 13:10-16
The sermon from Grace Church on:
October 27, 2019
10:30 AM
Glimpses of God’s Dream: The Earth Flourishing
Ezekiel 34:25-30
September 29, 2019
10:30 AM
Glimpses of God’s Dream from the Old Testament Prophets
Peace and Prosperity
Micah 4:1-5
God's Dream: The Lord’s Table Sharing Communion
The following paintings are referenced in the homily. They are here only for educational understanding of the teaching and commentary, in keeping with Fair Use and Copyright Law. If you would like a copy of the artwork, follow the links provided and make purchase.
The Japanese Scroll, James Jacques Tissot
Sunday Afternoon in the Park, Georges Seurat, 1884
Guernica, Pablo Picasso, 1937
The Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dali, 1931
Diurnal Illusion: The Shadow of a Grand Piano Approaching, Salvador Dali, 1931
Invisible Sleeping Woman Horse Lion, Salvador Dali, 1930
Daddy Longlegs of the Evening - Hope! , Salvador Dali, 1940
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Matthew 7:1-6 New International Version (NIV)
Judging Others7 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
6 “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
Matthew 6:25-34 New International Version (NIV)
Do Not Worry25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[a]?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendorwas dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
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Money and Materialism
Matthew 6:19-24
Treasures in Heaven
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.