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  • On Losing Goods and Finding Gods (Poem 4)

    On Losing Goods and Finding Gods (Poem 4)
    2026/08/31
    Lamentations 4 - The fourth and final acrostic poem describes many of the same events, but with diminishing energy and intensity. The poet's focus is on the degradation of the people of Jerusalem, the corruption of their religious leaders, and their final moments of defeat. Thematically, the poem mourns what was lost and holds up some candidates for the major idols they had embraced over against God himself. In this sermon, we consider the difference between goods and (lower case) gods—or between gifts from God and the idols we make of them... and when a situation calls primarily for righteous grief or broken repentance. A sermon by Cameron Heger. [Part 4 of our series "A Memorial to Our Grief: A Month with Lamentations"]
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    39 分
  • Rehearsing Our Hope (Poem 3)

    Rehearsing Our Hope (Poem 3)
    2026/08/17
    Lamentations 3 - The third acrostic poem of Lamentations is from the perspective of a man who witnessed the destruction of Jerusalem and all the related sufferings first-hand. After a first movement of familiar anguish, he introduces a new element to his lament: he forces himself to remember the character of God—to rehearse God's goodness. Holding both raw processing and theological conviction side-by-side without letting one cancel out the other, he shows us the way to a fully honest lament that still clings to hope. A sermon by Cameron Heger. [Part 3 of our series "A Memorial to Our Grief: A Month with Lamentations"]
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    35 分
  • The Beloved Enemy (Poem 2)

    The Beloved Enemy (Poem 2)
    2026/08/11
    Lamentations 2 - The second acrostic poem of Lamentations explores the justice and judgment of God and provides a model for bringing your whole self, raw questions and all, to Him. Through it we are reminded still of the love and mercy that God always maintains. A sermon by Tsion Reid. [Part 2 of our series "A Memorial to Our Grief: A Month with Lamentations"]
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    42 分
  • A Grief Observed (Poem 1)

    A Grief Observed (Poem 1)
    2026/08/03
    Lamentations 1 - As a collection of poems lamenting grief, suffering, and shame without any clear resolution, the book of Lamentations is an odd book in the Bible. Even still, it serves as a powerful reminder (especially in its first chapter) of the need to have our grief seen in order to experience comfort. Through this first poem we are invited not only to see the griefs of others, but to share our own, and to encounter the Jesus who bore ours to save us. A sermon by Cameron Heger. [Part 1 of our series "A Memorial to Our Grief: A Month with Lamentations"]
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    37 分
  • Where the Good Life is Founded (Choose Today pt. 2)

    Where the Good Life is Founded (Choose Today pt. 2)
    2026/07/27
    Matthew 7:24-29 - Jesus ends the sermon on the mount with a final choice between life founded on him and a life founded on anything else. Hearing, trusting, and doing what Jesus has said is the way to wisdom, flourishing, and a life that can stand amidst life’s coming storms. A sermon by Cameron Heger. [Part 24 of our series “Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount: The Good Life in the Kingdom of Grace”]
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    33 分
  • Look at the Fruit

    Look at the Fruit
    2026/07/20
    Matthew 7:15-23 - Jesus continues the conclusion of the sermon on the mount with a stark warning about the coming of false teachers and the possibility of performing for Jesus without knowing Him. He gives the image of two trees--one diseased and one healthy--their ultimate character revealed by the fruit they eventually bear. May we learn to discern the quality of the spiritual fruit borne in our leaders... and in ourselves. A sermon by Kyle Sunderland. [Part 23 of our series “Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount: The Good Life in the Kingdom of Grace”]
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    38 分
  • Ways of Death and Life (Choose Today pt. 1)

    Ways of Death and Life (Choose Today pt. 1)
    2026/07/13
    Matthew 7:13-14 - Jesus begins His conclusion to the sermon on the mount with a stark and provocative picture. There are two gates leading to two paths leading to two ends: death on the one hand and life on the other. Like God offering the choice to Adam and Eve in the garden or Moses offering the choice to the children of Israel in the wilderness, Jesus offers again the choice--this time oriented around His saving grace and Lordship. In light of all that Jesus has said in His sermon, choose today whom you will follow. A sermon by Cameron Heger. [Part 22 of our series “Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount: The Good Life in the Kingdom of Grace”]
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    34 分
  • Not a Rule, But a Vision

    Not a Rule, But a Vision
    2026/07/06
    Matthew 7:12 - Jesus wraps up the main body of His sermon with a statement that is both a summary of all that came before and a concise statement of the heart of the Christian life: a vision of self-giving love that requires deep gospel meditation to faithfully step into. A sermon by Cameron Heger. [Part 21 of our series “Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount: The Good Life in the Kingdom of Grace”]
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    37 分