On this Labor Day weekend, we’ll close our series on the Psalms of Ascent by looking at Psalm 127, the Work Song.
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In the closing words of Psalm 134, the final Psalm of Ascent, we are reminded of God’s blessings and told to praise him unceasingly. Even in the midst of difficult situations, we can praise the Lord because of the blessing of faith by grace we’ve received from God, a blessing meant to be shared with others as we continue our journey.
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This week we look deeply at Psalm 133 and try to understand the meaning of biblical unity, why it’s so important, and how we can take steps to achieve it.
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This week, Derek leads us through a study of Psalm 131, a song that reminds us who we are (and who we are not) even as it reminds us who God is.
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A study of Psalm 130, “the Mercy Song,” which reveals the disciple’s inward pilgrim journey from despair to a call to wait and hope.
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This week Esther Choi will lead us through a study of Psalm 128, a song of blessing.
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Psalm 126 boldly asserts that one of the key marks of the pilgrim is joy. Joy is not happiness, but a deep steadiness of soul that remains firm amidst the danger and struggle of the journey.
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This week, we look at Psalm 125, a beautiful meditation on the city of Jerusalem, and on Christian security. In the midst of great uncertainty, the Lord surrounds his people!
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As we look at Psalm 124 this week, we see a rescuer and savior from destruction.
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This week, we study Psalm 123 and see ourselves as servants of a merciful Master who helps us journey in a life full of contempt.
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This week, we study Psalm 121, and see that on this road of pain and trouble, our true help is in the Lord, maker of heaven and earth, the one who keeps us from all harm and promises to guard us in his love and care.
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This Sunday we’re starting a new series called Songs for the Journey. Nestled in the back of the book of Psalms is a little collection called “The Songs of Ascent.” We begin this Sunday with Psalm 120- a psalm that reminds us that we must be fed up with the world around us before we are ready to walk the hard path of discipleship.
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This week we study the final phrase of the Creed: “I believe in the Life Everlasting.”
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As we move toward the end of the Creed, the perspective shifts to the future. The Creed begins with the very start of the history of the world, and now it moves toward history's conclusion. The world will end, the Creed affirms, not with destruction, not with an apocalypse, but with “the resurrection of the body.” What does that really mean?
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We’ll spend some time this Sunday unpacking the phrase of the Creed, “The Forgiveness of Sin.” With this phrase, we are affirming who we are—God’s forgiven people—and we are also affirming what God calls us to do in the world—enact the love and forgiveness of Christ to others.
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This Sunday we’ll continue with our series on the Apostles’ Creed by looking at the phrase “The Communion of Saints.” Rick Hutton will be preaching on the church as a community of believers.
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This week, Erin Rose will lead us as we examine the phrase from the Apostles’ Creed, “I believe in the holy catholic church.”
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In the final section of the Creed, we shift to the third Person of the Trinity: the Holy Spirit. Everything that we will look at from now on in the Creed is in some ways an outworking of the theology of the Spirit. The Spirit is the one who makes the Christian life possible, who makes the church possible, who makes a life of hope and courage possible.
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This phrase of the Apostles’ Creed is probably the scariest one of all. Judgment. We are offered both a sobering reminder that the way we live matters, as well as a great consolation, knowing that we wait for Jesus to come and set things right.
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We don’t often think about the ascended Jesus at God’s right hand, but the apostle Paul seems to think that focusing on the ascended Jesus is the key to life. We’ll look at how this phrase in the creed, “he sits at the right hand of the Father,” helps us take on a new mindset, fixing our eyes on the ascended Jesus and the way our identity is bound up in him.
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