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Vanishing Grace (Teaching Series)

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Christians have proclaimed the good news about Jesus for centuries. But the good news isn't sounding so good these days, at least to some. Let’s acknowledges the problem and then explore how we can respond with both grace and truth.

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Reading Plan
The readings for Sunday

  • 2/19/23 - Justice

    • Exodus 17:1-7
      Hebrews 12:12-15
      John 4:5-26, 39-42

  • 2/26/23 - What Can We Do About It

    • Jeremiah 1:4-10
      1 Corinthians 13:1-13
      Matthew 5:38-48

  • 3/5/23 - Who are the Grace Dispensers

    • Deuteronomy 26:1-11
      1 John 3:11-18
      Luke 4:16-21

  • 3/12/23 - Is it Really Good News?

    • Isaiah 52:7-12
      Hebrews 13:1-16
      Matthew 13:31-35

  • 3/19/23 - Holy Subverses

    • Exodus 19:1-6
      1 Corinthians 9:19-27
      Luke 4:1-13

  • 3/26/23 - Holy Subverses

    • Exodus 19:1-6
      1 Corinthians 9:19-27
      Luke 4:1-13

  • 4/2/23 - Holy Subverses

    • Exodus 19:1-6
      1 Corinthians 9:19-27
      Luke 4:1-13

  • 4/9/23 - Holy Subverses

    • Exodus 19:1-6
      1 Corinthians 9:19-27
      Luke 4:1-13

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Vanishing Grace (Teaching Series)
Vanishing Grace (Teaching Series)

Christians have proclaimed the good news about Jesus for centuries. But the good news isn't sounding so good these days, at least to some. Let’s acknowledges the problem and then explore how we can respond with both grace and truth.

[Sunday] Beautiful News - Vanishing Grace
[Sunday] Beautiful News - Vanishing Grace

Jesus was tempted in the wilderness in every way that we are. This story right at the beginning of Luke's gospel foreshadows the way it ends: Jesus taking all our sins and struggles and giving us grace and victory over them all. Now that we have been freed, we can live knowing that grace is for all.

[Sunday] Beautiful News - Vanishing Grace
[Sunday] Beautiful News - Vanishing Grace

What does beautiful news look like? Perhaps, it looks like ordinary, dare I say, small things, like providing for someone who's hungry, loving your spouse, and being a good neighbor. Perhaps these small things provide the cooling shade of a great tree for us to rest under.

[Sunday] Love Laid Down - Vanishing Grace
[Sunday] Love Laid Down - Vanishing Grace

This is how we know what love is, that He laid down his life for us. This love is like a cool breeze on a hot day, good news when surrounded by the bad, and liberty to the oppressed.

[Sunday] Uncomplicated Love - Vanishing Grace
[Sunday] Uncomplicated Love - Vanishing Grace

The young man who pushed aside his family now thinks of only their love as he longs for the pig feed. We tend to make love more complicated that it needs to be, but perhaps its simple.

[Sunday] Wells of Grace - Vanishing Grace
[Sunday] Wells of Grace - Vanishing Grace

Jesus was sitting by a well, and she showed up. All by herself, she carried with her the weight of so much struggle. While it would be so easy to belittle her, Jesus instead is a well of grace that is like a cool drink of water on a hot day. Maybe we can be like that.