Our series in Exodus concludes this week with a look at Exodus 40, the description of the completion of the tabernacle, and God’s dwelling within it. This is the culmination and conclusion to this book of a people in exile: God has come to dwell among them.
Read MoreBecause prayer is an effective tool for the Kingdom but also our way to show glory to God, one of our greatest daily callings is to be a praying people.
Read MoreThough we have a propensity to wander just as the Israelites did, we know that God's grace is ever present and faithful.
Read MoreThe people of God are those so thankful for God’s rescue that their hearts overflow with joy and generosity towards God and his work in the world.
Read MoreAgain and again, the Scriptures encourage us to trust and believe that God is faithful and that we can trust his provision for everything. He ever calls us from fear to faith.
Read MoreAfter the Ten Commandments, God proceeds to outline the way He wants the people of Israel to arrange their social life with one another.
Read MoreGod is completely other than us in purity and power, yet He calls and equips us to be like Him--to be a holy nation.
Read MoreNeed to remember who you are and what you are called to do? Exodus 19 is a good place to come back to again and again.
Read MoreGod saves his people from slavery and death simply because he loves them.
Read MoreThe source of all callings is a God who confronts us with his holiness and love.
Read MoreExodus begins with the uncomfortable truth that God’s people are often a suffering people, yet a people with resources to respond to our suffering with hope.
Read MoreGod declares that our gathered worship is worthless unless it spills out into the rest of our lives.
Read MoreIn the benediction our corporate worship service comes to a close, but we are blessed by God to begin in our mission in the world.
Read MoreDuring the Prayers of the People we reaffirm our connection with God, with each other, and with the world into which we are sent, asking for God’s power and mercy be poured out “on earth as it is in heaven.”
Read MoreThrough water, word and Spirit, all who are baptized into Christ have been clothed with him and are part of one unified community.
Read MoreWhen we stand together and speak a creed in worship, we remind and instruct ourselves afresh of the things at the heart of our faith in Jesus Christ.
Read MoreWhen we celebrate the Lord’s Supper, we are experiencing the truth and power of the gospel not just in our minds but in our bodies and souls, too.
Read MoreThe Offering (or Offertory) is a profoundly intentional act that is meant to shape us week by week as the people of God. Each Sunday, our Offertory reminds us that we are stewards, not owners; partners, not consumers; and givers, not hoarders.
Read MoreA compilation of community reflections on hope at Third Church RVA.
Read MoreGod's word in Scriptures is authoritative for all humanity, as it guides, challenges and reveals who God is and who we are. But hearing it preached together on Sunday morning as a part of worship, it also unites and transforms us into who we are meant to be--not only as individuals, but as a whole community.
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