This Psalm will be our theme all of August, so this Sunday will be an appetizer for what is to come.  Psalm 27 begins in fear and ends in betrayal, and in the middle, there is…beauty? Huh? How does David get here?   Developmental psychologist Jerry Colonna says there arethree primal things every human needs:  And in…

Truth: Our joy and value are not in our life performances but in the grace poured in us by Jesus Christ. Text: Philippians 3 Outline: 

Be Strengthened by Your Community of Faith.Truth: The Community of Faith is strengthened by Jesus’ headship as the church displays God’s glory and power. Ephesians 2:20-22 I.  Community of faith of called people.II. Community of faith built on grace.III.Community of faith sent by Jesus.

We are excited to introduce you to Edwardo Rivera. Edwardo is a church planting resident with the Orlando Church Planting Network. OCPN is a network of churches working together to saturate our city with healthy, Gospel-centered churches. For more about OCPN, click here. And he will be preaching for the next three weeks.   He has served in the…

This week we are wrapping up our series on Ezra and Nehemiah.  The story of Ezra and Nehemiah is epic, if it was adapted to a screenplay, the obvious place to end would be found in Nehemiah chapter 10.  The camera would pan out as the entire community boldly promises: “We will not neglect the house of our…

The ancient Greeks had a saying: cabbage served twice is death. Leftover cabbage was hard to revive. But stale cabbage is not the only thing had to revive.  Our souls can grow stale. Our prayers can stall out. Our spiritual vitality can decay.  All of us, if we are honest, know the experience of lifelessness that can…

Nehemiah 8-10 tells us about one of the more remarkable times of revival in all of history. Throughout the long, dark days of exile, days of longing and languishing, Nehemiah’s ambition and Ezra’s calling is not simply to reconstruct the city’s defenses but to revitalize the spiritual community. And chapters 8-10 show how that revitalization can happen. God’s…

As we make our way through Ezra and Nehemiah, we are finally introduced to our title character: Ezra.  This week we will meet Ezra, the man, and his mission.  His pedigree is impressive, tracing all the way back to Aaron, the first High Priest. He is a skillful expert in the Bible and a first-rate…

Life can be hard. Even the best life is filled with discouragement. Ezra 4 and Nehemiah 4 teach us how to battle discouragement, especially when it comes to those who are committed to doing good.  Ezra 4 is about the discouragement that comes through persecution. It is persecution that is public and political. It chronicles…