Sermons from August 2024
Run the Race: The Full Armor of God
About this sermon series Ephesians 6:10-20 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power. Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For our struggle is not against blood and flesh but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor…
Run the Race: Discerning Wisdom
About this sermon series Ephesians 5:15-20 Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. So do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit, as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your…
Run the Race: Faces of Faith
About this sermon series Ephesians 4:25-5:2 So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. Thieves must give up stealing; rather, let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy. Let no…
Guest Speaker- Rabbi Michael Holzman
The second speaker in our Sacred Listening Series. Rabbi Michael Holzman is the spiritual leader of Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation and the founder of the Rebuilding Democracy Project. Rabbi Holzman has written extensively on the current crisis in Israel and Gaza. He speaks personally on what it feels like to be an American Jew in the present moment and the spiritual technologies people of faith can bring to ‘intertwined and conflicting narratives’ of our time. If you missed our first…
Run the Race: Focus on Your Fuel
About this sermon series John 6:24-35 So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus. 25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” 26 Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me not because you saw signs but because you ate your fill of…