New City Church Indianapolis: Recent Episodes
New City Church Indianapolis
Pastor Roger Williams
The Father keeps his people in his name in the world through his word.
Pastor Roger Williams
Eternal Life is (Spirit-empowered) knowing the only true God and Jesus Christ, whom he has sent.
Pastor Roger Williams
Resurrection changes everything: new story, new vision, new confidence.
Pastor Roger Williams
The gospel of Jesus brings freedom to live in the light.
- Freedom to be criticized, misunderstood, and even vilified.
- Freedom to live by the open statement of the truth.
-Freedom to let the chips fall where they may.
Pastor Taylor Bradbury
While the Lord is sovereign and ordains all that happens, we are called to exercise wisdom and effort in the pursuit of our callings.
Pastor Taylor Bradbury
The psalms are the words of Christ that He sings, and the psalms are our words that we sing in Him.
1. The truth of resurrection is foretold via the Son’s words in the Psalter.
2. The inauguration of resurrection is found in Christ’s empty tomb.
3. The fruit of resurrection is underway in all peoples coming to Christ
Pastor Roger Williams
The gospel of Jesus bconfronts every other system of life, making defense necessary and good.
Pastor Roger Williams
The gospel of Jesus brings freedom, even when things are uncertain or tense.
Pastor Taylor Bradbury
When the waves of suffering, pain, and pressure arise, God’s family and God’s Word will sustain us to the end.
Pastor Roger Williams
God builds up and blesses his people through the word of his grace.
Pastor Roger Williams
The kingdom of God lovingly disturbs wider culture as it is embodied in a loving counter-culture.
The word of the Lord continues to increase and prevail mightily through...
- personal embrace of the newness of Jesus
- public proclamation of the truth of Jesus
- cosmic demonstration of the name Jesus
Pastor Taylor Bradbury
The ever-expanding gospel of Jesus Christ cultivates hospitality, humility, and teamwork.
We can have confidence in the gospel of Jesus to address every situation.
Confidence in the comfort of the gospel
Confidence in the flexibility of the gospel
Confidence in the conflict of the gospel
Pastor Taylor Bradbury
The good news about how the Triune God saves sinners through the work of Jesus has world-changing power.
God uses deeply formed character and honest communication to bring new life.
- Joy in the midst of hardship
- Calm in the midst of chaos.
- Lordship of Jesus in the midst of all earthly powers.
Jesus brings liberation to the upwardly mobile, downwardly stuck, and culturally captive.
The true story of the whole world moved forward through real disciples, the direction of Jesus, and teamwork.
Pastor Roger Williams
The work of the Holy Spirit roots God’s people in the permanent story of increasing joy.
(rooted in confidence, humility, and clarity)
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Pastor Taylor Bradbury
When we perceive the generosity of God, giving becomes a delight that benefits us.
Pastor Roger Williams
In Christ, the future is the full experience of the generosity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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Jesus trains us for generosity by opening our eyes to a deeper problem, a bigger possibility, and a better God.
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Generosity is at the heart of everything because generosity is at the heart of God.
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Pastor Taylor Bradbury
A clear understanding of the gospel cultivates a generous posture towards those with whom we differ.
Pastor Roger Williams
The Gospel of Jesus Christ builds bridges, confronts idols, and keeps going.
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The gospel of Jesus Christ advances with predictable receptivity and resistance.
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Jesus offers internal calm cultivated in community.
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Pastor Taylor Bradbury
The reason we accept Christ is because of the sovereign and gracious work of God. The reason we refuse Christ is because we want to reject Him.
Pastor Roger Williams
How does Jesus build a people who bear his identity?
(He does so through proclamation, encouragement, and generosity.)
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God blesses the nations through bringing cleansing in Jesus.
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Thriving in peacetime requires Spirit-fueled intentionality.
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(the conversion of Saul)
Jesus is committed to making his name known in a way that brings glory to him and good to us.
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Pastor Taylor Bradbury
In the good news of Jesus Christ, barriers are abolished — barriers between people groups, barriers of blind eyes, and barriers between God and humanity.
Pastor Taylor Bradbury
Persecution, pressures of life, allurements to power, and prosperity are opportunities to either trust or reject Christ.
Pastor Roger Williams
We have been created for a rhythm of work and rest that is being recaptured in Jesus.
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We play a critical role in continuing the multi-generational story of hope in God.
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Even when prayer seems ineffective, God feels distant, and trouble is near - we have a firm foundation.
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Pastor Roger Williams
PLEASE NOTE: BECAUSE OF A TECH MALFUNCTION, THIS RECORDING STOPS BEFORE THE END OF THE SERMON. SADLY, THIS IS ALO WHY THERE IS NO RECORDING FROM LAST WEEK.
Healthy fear grows as we joyfully meditate on God’s past and future action based on his character .
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Pastor Roger Williams
God’s way of salvation is deliverance rather than prevention.
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Honest and thoughtful worship restores the heart in the face of despair over wickedness.
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Pastor Andrew Whitaker (RUF Indiana University)
In King Jesus we find hope for our world and a mission of justice and righteousness to join in.
Pastor Taylor Bradbury
In the midst of our failing strength, remembering God’s faithfulness can bolster hope in His reviving power.
Pastor Taylor Bradbury
The children of God increase their joy by remembering the mercy of God and their own sin.
Pastor Taylor Bradbury
When in distress—whether due to our foolishness or enemies— God provides means of coping, hoping, and praying.
Pastor Roger Williams
Earnest worship in the means through which we come to see God as strong, tender, and present.
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In Jesus we are plunged into an unfolding worldwide story of joy.
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Pastor Taylor Bradbury
God primarily cares for the world by giving it His church, and He primarily cares for His church by giving it leaders.
Pastor Roger Williams
The generous heart of Jesus can be reproduced in the people of God through the Holy Spirit.
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Pastor Taylor Bradbury
God empowers his people for life and mission through corporate prayer focused on God and His Holy Word.
Pastor Roger Williams
The power of the age to come is found in the name of Jesus.
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Jesus builds his church through normal pathways of grace.
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Pastor Taylor Bradbury
Jesus is both the Lord and Christ who calls all people to repent and be baptized for the forgiveness of sins.
Pastor Taylor Bradbury
Good Friday: This was a hybrid service of readings, preaching, and singing layered together. Because the music is not mixed in the recording, it has been edited out.
Pastor Taylor Bradbury
Jesus is the triumphant, life-giving King who offers peace, security, and forgiveness to al who follow him.
Pastor Roger Williams
The final stage of God’s redemptive plan has come with great power for all peoples.
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Jesus gives his empowering presence to his people for witness to the end of the earth.
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Active waiting leads to passive empowerment of the Spirit (active waiting includes praying expectantly, responding to challenges, and wise action).
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Pastor Taylor Bradbury
The risen and ascended Christ gives his redeemed people heavenly power for a global mission.
Pastor Roger Williams
Joy in Christ by found by rejecting achieved righteousness and embracing received righteousness.
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In exile, God empowers his people for distinguished faithfulness through prayer and the promise of his gracious presence.
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In exile, God strengthens his people for sober faithfulness by revealing the fragility of worldly powers.
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In exile, God strengthens his people by unmasking the corrosive power of pride.
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In exile, God strengthens his people to stand with courageous faithfulness.
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In exile, God nourishes his people with a vision of a kingdom that cannot be broken.
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In exile, God nourishes his people through a distinct identity that forms a clear calling.
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Pastor Taylor Bradbury
The authenticity of our relationship with Christ will be confirmed by our holding onto Christ.
Pastor Taylor Bradbury
Jesus Christ is the fruitful King who reigns over everything and calls for all peoples to trust in him.
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Pastor Roger Williams
The Holy Spirit cultivates self-control for our freedom and the good of others.
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Gentleness is cultivated in us by the Spirit as we experience the gentleness of Jesus.
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Pastor Taylor Bradbury
The Spirit produces faithfulness in us as we behold the faithfulness of Christ.
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Pastor Roger Williams
The Spirit cultivates deep goodness in the life of God’s people as they delight in the goodness of Jesus.
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Kindness is cultivated in us as we grasp the kindness of Jesus to us.
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Pastor Taylor Bradbury
The Spirit of Jesus works patience in the people of Jesus as we joyfully await the return of Jesus.
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Pastor Roger Williams
The Holy Spirit cultivates the peace of Jesus in his people as a picture of the world to come.
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The Holy Spirit cultivates indestructible joy in Jesus’s people.
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The Love of Jesus is cultivated in his people by his Spirit.
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The life of Jesus is cultivated in his people by his Spirit for others.
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Pastor Taylor Bradbury
The Lord’s Supper is the covenant meal of God’s people in which we look back, look around, and look ahead.
Pastor Taylor Bradbury
Thanksgiving is due to the Lord for the kindness he has shown the world in creation and redemption.
Pastor Roger Williams
Humble “complaint” is a normal mode of communication and health in covenant with the Lord.
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How shall we respond to a love that is better than life? (By…seeking earnestly, holding fast, and hoping defiantly)
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Covenant relationship with God provides opportunity for a quieted soul in a disquieted world.
Pastor Roger Williams
God’s people have a way of return in the heat of life because he watches over them with covenant love.
Pastor Roger Williams
God calls his people in to active partnership as he fights for them.
Pastor Taylor Bradbury
God’s steadfast love is a source of great comfort when enemies surround.
Pastor Taylor Bradbury
Imprecatory prayer can be a useful tool for followers of Jesus in a world scarred by darkness, wickedness, and rebellion.
Pastor Taylor Bradbury
Correct vision of God and His attributes can lead those lamenting to confident praise.
Pastor Roger Williams
Jesus nurtures a community of restoration in a world of isolation.
Pastor Taylor Bradbury
Active expectation of the Lord’s Future Return Fuels patience in present suffering.
Pastor Roger Williams
Jesus Satisfies with the riches of his grace so we can steward all other riches well.
Pastor Roger Williams
Though death is in the power of our tongue, the Lord can redeem oru speech to be a life-gifing gift.
Pastor Taylor Bradbury
“Wisdoms” not from above produce fighting, worldliness, and slander in the life of God’s people.
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Pastor Roger Williams
Though death is in the power of our tongue, the Lord can redeem oru speech to be a life-gifing gift.
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Jesus creates living faith that reflects him to a world that wants faith on its own terms.
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Pastor Taylor Bradbury
The gospel calls us to denounce sinful partiality and to see others through the lens of God’s grace.
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Pastor Roger Williams
We are changed by the Word of Truth as we hear it quickly, receive it deeply, and do it intentionally.
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In Christ, we are empowered to respond to trials as part of a larger story.
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Jesus’ people live as a those who taste resurrection in a world that desperately needs it.
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Life in Christ is a new city that is already real but not yet fully present.
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Pastor Taylor Bradbury
Because Christ’s finished work has bound Satan and secured our future, Christians can live with assurance and fearlessness.
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Pastor Roger Williams
The vision of Jesus in his justice-bringing return fuels resilient faith.
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Hope in future deliverance fuels resilient faith today.
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The LORD exposes “earthly” culture so His people may live faithfully in the midst of it.
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We are called to courageous wisdom against earthly ideologies subverted by the dragon in his war on the woman.
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We are called to faithful endurance against earthly powers subverted by the dragon in his war on the woman.
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Pastor Taylor Bradbury
Although the dragon has been decisively defeated by the work of Jesus, he is still intent on the harm of Jesus’ followers.
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Pastor Roger Williams
The Lord nourishes his church in the wilderness as the normal way of life in a world at spiritual war.
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God redeems His people from all the nations, so they may bear prophetic witness to all the nations
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God’s activity in our world, even in warning, exposes the folly and destruction of sin and illumines the goodness of life in him.
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The Lord seals his own so they can stand in this age and in the age to come.
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Jesus is the Savior we need, but not always the one we want (at first).
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God delivers his people in and through destruction.
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Pastor Taylor Bradbury
The Lamb of God is the point of history, the hope of the world, and the song of the redeemed.
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Pastor Roger Williams
God energizes his people for faithfulness in a broken world through a vision of his worshipful worth.
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Revelation ignites our imagination to live with Jesus Christ in a broken world.
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The LORD brings life from death by his Spirit working through his word.
Pastor Taylor Bradbury
“For all the promises of God find their Yes in [Jesus Christ]. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory” (2 Corinthians 1:20).
Pastor Roger Williams
Because of the work of Messiah Jesus, we can embrace a new vision of joy.
Pastor Roger Williams
God’s mission moves forward as we behold The Servant in his serving.
Pastor Taylor Bradbury
Life as freed exiles often looks like ordinary faithfulness while waiting for God to act powerfully.
Pastor Taylor Bradbury
Israel’s exile is a picture of humanity’s broken relationship with God.
Pastor Taylor Bradbury
God’s people are called to resist the temptation of living as if there is no God by humbly submitting to His Anointed One.
Pastor Roger Williams
This is a sermon on baptism and New City’s practice of baptizing professing believers in Christ who have not yet been baptized AND the children of believers. The was on the occasion of 11 baptisms - some by profession of faith and some by covenant inclusion. Since New City is a church incorporating various backgrounds, occasionally it is helpful to articulate our practice.
Pastor Roger Williams
God offers vibrancy to his people, even in the most withering conditions.
Pastor Roger Williams
Repentance is a gift of grace that leads us from guilt and shame to joy, freedom, and hope.
Part 2 - The Effect of Repentance
Pastor Roger Williams
Repentance is a gift of grace that leads us from guilt and shame to joy and freedom.
Part 1 - The Shape of Repentance
Pastor Taylor Bradbury
God dwelling among his rescued and reconciled people is the goal of creation and redemption.
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**NOTE: The first 5 minutes is an audio of a video played before the sermon. Today’s special guest speaker is Hubert Nolan, Director of the Hope Center Indianapolis (www.hopecenterindy.org).
The Hope Center’s passion “is imparting hope and healing to every heart, with special emphasis on the healing of women overcoming sex trafficking, sexual exploitation, and addictions.”**
Dr. David Schrock, Professor of Systematic Theology at Indianapolis Theological Seminary, joins us this morning.
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God the Father has caused us to be born again into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus the King from the dead.
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In his ascension, Jesus brings us the challenge, comfort, and confidence of his Kingdom.
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This is a shortened reflection on Psalm 90 occasioned by a worship service that included several baptisms.
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Jesus’ death on the cross as our Passover Lamb resulted in the creation of the new and eternal Israel of God, and fuels our joyful worship.
King Jesus is the Lord who makes us children of God and promises everlasting resurrection life.
Glad submission to Jesus’s authority is the way of life in the new world of the Kingdom of God. This entails recognizing the resistance inside (and outside) us, releasing our agendas, and rendering our self unto God.
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Glad submission to the authority of Jesus is the way fo the life in the new world.
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Jesus came to seek and save the lost. While this could be the “big idea'“ of every sermon in Luke and is, arguably, the main theme, we consider here Zacchaeus’s lostness, Jesus’s seeking, and what salvation looks like when it comes home.
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The known presence of God brings rest in a restless world. Namely, he gives rest from fear, stress, and striving.
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Sabbath is a way of life-giving rest in a restless world…in which we rest from systems of identity, production, and authority.
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Union with Jesus in his resurrection is a present reality for his people.
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Jesus is a life-bringing king. Therefore, he weeps for those who oppose him, opposes those who subvert him, and teaches those who hang on his words.
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Because the grace of Jesus is counter-intuitive, we must fight to keep seeing it.
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Jesus asks for all that we have and promises to eternally satisfy believing sinners.
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God invites his people to persist in prayer that his kingdom would come.
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Jesus calls us to attentive confidence in the Kingdom of God and his ruling authority.
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The kingdom of God comes with kindness, freedom, and a reordering of life.
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Jesus, as he is now, is an exalted Savior who is always more than we think, always with us, and always for us.
In light of our upcoming congregational meeting, we are departing from our Luke sermon series for one week to explore a particular challenge to the church in our time.
Jesus offers us (individuals and churches) robust health, but only if we are wiling to look squarely at the disease and receive the cure he offers.
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Dr. Robert Smart, Pastor and Reformation History scholar joins us today to bring encouragement from Ephesians 3:14-21.
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Jesus calls us to cultivate flourishing community and provides with resources to do so, as we walk with him in grace.
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In Jesus there is and will be a great reversal for wealth, status, and wisdom. Through the power of the gospel, we can enter that reversal now and live with Jesus as persons who steward these gifts well.
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Because God’s kingdom is already present in Jesus, we are called to be faithful in all spheres of life.
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Jesus desires his people to use kingdom wisdom concerning money and possessions.
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“A weary world” is an apt description for things at the end of 2020. Micah 5 is a word of hope given to our weary world.
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The heart of the Father is generous to his people in their sin. This generosity can look like sad release, full embrace, and genuine invitation.
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The Father subverts the allure of the far country with the allure of grace.
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Jesus came to seek and save the lost, and there is great joy and celebration when one is found.
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We “learn” Jesus in renouncing all we have to a God who gives our life back.
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Resting in Christ is fueled by a humility that keeps us receptive to grace and blesses other people.
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Resting in Christ is fueled by a humility that keeps us receptive to grace and blesses other people.
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No one enters the Kingdom of God but by faith and repentance in Jesus Christ.
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In Jesus, the church becomes a colony of heaven.
In this, Jesus’ people are: Embracing citizenship
Embrace our citizenship where we are
Embrace our citizenship where we are with redemptive activity
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Jesus offers freedom through ongoing repentance. This brings freedom from the desperate condition of humanity, freedom from “managing” life, and freedom from hindrances to bearing fruit.
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We seek the kingdom of God through readiness shaped by grace, wisdom, and gravity.
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Baptism is a gift of God that represents something real, outside us, and maintained by God himself.
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Present confidence of future grace is rooted in a clear vision of past mercy.
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Present confidence of future grace is rooted in a clear vision of past mercy.
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Deep knowledge of our limitation allows for honesty, hope, and freedom.
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Is is still appropriate to pray imprecatory Psalms when we follow a Savior who calls us to love our enemy? (spoiler alert: yes)
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God invites his covenant people into a life of blessing through regular and honest confession of sin.
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God invites his covenant people into a life of blessing through regular and honest confession of sin.
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God invites his covenant people into a life of blessing through regular and honest confession of sin.
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Freedom comes from active trust in who we are, who God is, and what he loves.
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Active rest in the care of our Father drives away anxiety. This active rest involves imagination, argumentation, and seeking.
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Life consists in laying ahold of what we do have, instead of questing for what we do not.
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Because of God’s sovereign care over every detail of life, we are invited into deep trust in Him that erases all fear.
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Jesus’ willingness to brings words of “woe” highlights his joy, affirms our grief as legitimate, and reveals the good news of the Kingdom of God.
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Jesus has entered the world and broken the power of death. There is always…and never enough evidence to see this, depending on our willingness.
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We receive “more” of Holy Spirit as we pray to our true Father, in the shape of the Kingdom, with shameless persistence.
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Mary Magdalene is the first witness to the resurrection. Her experience has something to teach us in these strange times.
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Jesus took on the role of the “suffering servant” was willingly wounded for our transgressions and and crushed for our iniquities.
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