Sermons on Matthew (Page 2)
Barbie
Our worship series in September will hold current cultural touchpoints from the airwaves (Grammy), small screen (Emmy), large screen (Oscar), and theater (Tony) in conversation with the Gospel readings assigned to the global Christian church by the lectionary. This week we turn to Greta Gerwig’s Barbie & Matthew 16.21-28. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Lose .
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Give!
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Mercy!
Worship is rooted in the gospel readings assigned to the Global Church as we focus upon a particular way Jesus called his first followers to practice their faith and invite reflection upon what this might look like in our own lives today. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Go!
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What we stand for Is what we stand on
Our Lenten worship series is rooted in scripture and the Sabbath poetry of Wendell Berry; today’s Palm Sunday worship invites reflection on Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem from Matthew 21:1-11 & Wendell Berry’s Poem I, 1986, “Slowly, slowly, they return” (This Day, 71). Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Go Among Trees and Sit Still.
Our Lenten worship series is rooted in scripture and the Sabbath poetry of Wendell Berry. Pastor Matt’s message on this first Sunday in the season of Lent invites reflection on Matthew 4:1-11 & Wendell Berry’s Poem: I, 1979, “I go among trees and sit still” (This Day, p. 7). Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Ash Wednesday
We begin our Lenten worship series, Sabbath Rest: Wendell Berry and the Sabbath Poetry of Lent, on this Ash Wednesday. Jesus challenges us to give, pray, fast, and value in ways that aren’t paraded out in public for all to see, but rather take place “in secret” – hidden even from ourselves (“do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing”). Jesus’ repeated emphasis here points to something essential about genuine love: it bubbles up from…
Place Your Bet!
In this final week of a three-week worship series, we will explore Father Richard Rohr’s reading of the Sermon on the Mount with attention to final verses of Jesus’ sermon. Father Richard writes in Jesus’ Alternative Plan: The Sermon on the Mount, “Like any good spiritual teacher, Jesus sums up his sermon by calling his listeners to a choice, or an ‘altar call,’ as the tent meetings would describe it. The options are set before us in very clear and…
Pray Like This!
Many people believe it would simply be impossible to live the sermon on the mount while others believe the sermon on the mount sums up the totality of what our life on earth ought to be under God. Reading Matthew 5 – 7 may leave us desperately proclaiming, “You can’t be serious!” In this second week of a three-week worship series, we will explore Father Richard Rohr’s reading of the Sermon on the Mount with attention to the Lord’s Prayer.…
You Can’t Be Serious!
Many people believe it would simply be impossible to live the sermon on the mount while others believe the sermon on the mount sums up the totality of what our life on earth ought to be under God. Reading Matthew 5 – 7 may leave us desperately proclaiming, “You can’t be serious!” In this first week of a three-week worship series, we will explore Father Richard Rohr’s reading of the Sermon on the Mount. Father Rohr writes, “Jesus’ new world…
Good trouble
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