In this series titled For Such a Time as This, we travel 2500 years back in time to uncover a timeless truth—that God is always present, even, perhaps especially, when He seems most absent. Taking place in one of the four capital cities of ancient Persia, the story of Esther has often been neglected throughout church history—at times even forbidden. Why, then, should we study a book like this? Because we, too, live in a time when God can seem absent from the world around us, when God can seem no longer in control.
After celebrating the good news of the resurrection, we continue in the redemption story by engaging with our risen Lord’s words to seven first-century churches. These congregations, which were situated in unique places and had different people with particular passions, each played a vital role in the in-breaking of God’s Kingdom. We hope you will journey with us as we engage with these seven letters and explore what Jesus is saying to us, 2000 years later, in our own context.
This series will carry us through the Lenten season. On Sundays, we will explore the underlying sins that threaten fruitful lives and relationships with God and others. On subsequent Wednesdays leading up to Holy Week, we will receive God’s guidance on the virtues of a renewed heart and Spirit-filled life. We encourage you to join us each Sunday and Wednesday this Lent as we focus our hearts and minds on the vices that made the cross necessary and the virtues that are now possible through life in Christ.
During this five-week series, we’ll consider the new season of salvation history ushered in by Jesus with the proclamation, “The time has come. The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” (Mark 1:15). A season that offers a new calling, a new creation, a new commandment, a new community, and a new heaven and earth to those who believe.
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December often involves packed schedules filled with holiday parties, shopping for presents, and traveling to be with those we love. But this final month of the year invites us to celebrate so much more than meets the eye. It offers us a chance to rejoice in the birth of Jesus, the Promised Messiah, the Savior of the world. The well-known lyrics of Joy to the World echo this opportunity: “Joy to the world, the Lord is come. Let Earth receive her King. Let every heart prepare Him room, and heaven and nature sing.” This five week series will journey through the accounts of the birth of Christ to help us receive our King and rejoice, which means “to return to the source of our joy.”
Part I | The Problem with Religion
In what is one of, if not the, earliest letter written by the Apostle Paul, the underlying singular problem—the problem underneath all the other problems—of religion is laid bare. In this six-week series, we explore how faith in Jesus calls us to a completely different life, instead of a merely “religious one.”
Part II | Forgiven & Free
While the first half of Paul’s letter to the Galatians outlines the problems with religion, the second half highlights the beauty and brilliance of true faith in Christ. Instead of religious rituals, rules, and regulations, the gospel liberates us to live forgiven and free.
