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Sermons by Matt Smith (Page 32)

Unbound

Reflection on the story of Lazarus from John 11 and the Lazarus Effect spreading across Sub-Saharan Africa.  How is God calling you to come out? To unbind others? To be unbound?

Man Born Blind

This week’s message weaves the story of the man born blind from John 9 with a responsive prayer by Steve Garnaas-Holmes, the singing of Amazing Grace led by Nicole Cleveland on vocals, and reflections on the story by Matt Smith.

Seen | Known | Loved

This week’s worship focuses on  the encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well (John 4).

Making Sense of the Cross

This message explores John 3.16 in relationship to Jesus’ encounter with Nicodemus at night.  The biblical text is held in converation with the controversy over the faithfulness of Rob Bell’s understanding of salvation in Love Wins.  What has the cross meant to followers of Jesus through the centuries?  What might the cross mean to you today?

Love God: Word | Witness

United Methodists practice spiritual disciplines in the hope of growing and staying in love with God.  This worship series explores six ways we grow in faith through spritual disciplines.  Today’s message focuses on Word & Witness.

Love God: Prayer | Fasting

United Methodists practice spiritual disciplines in the hope of growing and staying in love with God.  This worship series explores six ways we grow in faith through spritual disciplines.  Today’s message focuses on Prayer & Fasting.

Toward Koinonia

Toward Koinonia is a five week series on Christian Community. Koinonia is an ancient Greek word for intimate community. The final message for this series focuses on Matthew 5:13-20 and the call to Koinonia in our own context.

Toward Koinonia (4 of 5)

Toward Koinonia is a five week series on Christian Community. Koinonia is an ancient Greek word for intimate community. In our first three weeks we explored Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s vision of Beloved Community, an interracial farm in Georgia in the 1940’s called Koinonia Farm, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s underground seminary during the rise of Hitler in Germany. This week’s message focuses on expressions of Koinonia in new United Methodist communities of faith throughout the country.

Dear Anne Rice,

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