In a sermon on 1 Peter 2:9-17, Dr. Tom Robinson speaks on the origin of the U.S. and how living as a Christian means balancing devotion to God and the rules of God with human laws and social systems. Tom looks at the Roman empire and its attitude towards Christians and pulls connections vitally relevant to the world today. Often, he pull of human society and human laws can clash with the teachings of the nation of God. Tom speaks on the importance of not letting the human nation pull you too far from the nation of God, but still do your duty to both, which includes leaders. No matter what your responsibility is to love others.

In a message by Carl Garrison on John 16:32-33, he breaks down what Jesus really meant by "I have overcome the world." Jesus did not mean that there would be no more suffering, no more pain, no more death; but instead simply that no one would have to go through them alone, and that suffering will not be the end.

The final sermon in the Beloved Community series turns to John 4, the Samaritan woman at the well, as the story that holds nearly everything this series has been circling: a boundary Jesus crosses first, an exile met where she is, and a hostility answered not with argument but with a request for a simple drink of water. What follows is Jesus meeting her skepticism with abundance, an abundance rooted in her humanity and the fullness of her story, seen, known, and valued rather than judged. The Manhattan Church of Christ is at its truest, most gifted self when it emulates that same quiet exchange, crossing first, asking simply, and answering suspicion with a story fully seen.