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The Hero Connects | Les Newsom
Whitney Reese
Scripture Reference: Matthew 6:9-13
In an epidemic of loneliness in the West, why is communion with God not any more of an antidote to that? could it be that we are thinking of prayer all wrong? …
Sermon Reference: Matthew 5:17-22
Jesus opens his famous Sermon on the Mount with a perplexing statement refuting a rumor that he had come to discard God's law. Instead, he said he came to "fulfill" the law. …
Scripture Reference: Matthew 4:1-11
If a hero is going to bring rescue, then he must face down and defeat that which is bringing danger. The ancient and dangerous villain of this world is known as Satan, …
Scripture Reference: Matthew 3:1-17
Everyone undergoes some sort of preparation before meeting a person of significance. What might it look like to be prepared to meet the hero and savior of the world? John the Baptist …
Scripture Reference: Matthew 2:13-23
Joseph and Mary find themselves in the center of God's will for their lives...and they're suffering horribly. But Matthew sees beneath the surface of their struggles to the undercurrents of fulfillment that …
Scripture Reference: Matthew 1:1-6, 16-25
Every hero has an origin story! Matthew introduces us to this long anticipated hero by way of a genealogy and then a supernatural beginning involving a virgin pregnancy. These two avenues …
The Third Day He Rose Again from the Dead | Brian Sorgenfrei
Whitney Reese
Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 15:1-26
The Scriptures claim that the bodily resurrection of Jesus is the lynchpin of all history and the Christian faith. The Apostle Paul says that without the resurrection, "our faith is in …
Suffered Under Pilate, Crucified, Dead, Buried, Descended | Les Newsom
Whitney Reese
Scripture Reference: Luke 23:1-4, 32-49
No other event in Jesus' life gets more attention than the rather ignominious death on the Cross, what anyone would have thought the lowest moment of his life. But the reasons …
Conceived by the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary | Les Newsom
Whitney Reese
Scripture Reference: Philippians 2:1-11
Why does the class theological formulation that Jesus was "fully God, fully man" matter? We tend to do ok with Jesus divinity, but his humanity feels irreverent and perhaps even disrespectful. But …
Scripture Reference: Matthew 17:1-13
No act of believing can be said to have integrity until the full weight of exactly who we have put our faith in has been reasonably grappled with. Matthew 17 tells the …
Scripture Reference: John 1:1-3
Of all the ways in which Christian distinguish themselves from the pagan religions around us, the doctrine of creation stands near the top. What is a human being's relationship to the world …
Scripture Reference: Matthew 6:5-13
If we are all by nature worshipers and living by faith, then it makes sense that the Apostles Creed begins with the being and nature of God, which is reality itself. The …
