This moment in the hometown synagogue becomes an occasion for US to think about OUR ideas about a Savior. What DO we hope to be saved FROM? What DO we think is good and evil; "us and them"? What's wrong with the world that needs to be fixed? How DO we think a Savior would fix it? What DOES it mean to join Him AND are you sure that YOU have? Our kind of people, "Good Country People" (as Flannery O'Connor showed) are often NOT who we think they are:

Let's look at:

1. The Savior We WANT
2. The Savior WE NEED (and GET)

This is the Season of Epiphany so let's have one!

1. WHAT child IS this?
2. WHY include this odd incident?
3. HOW might it affect you? WHAT child?

Luke 1.1-4; Acts 1.1-3

How are relationships clarified by the Gospel? That's the focus of Peter's words in this compendium or summary of all OUR relationships… What does the Gospel say to exiled believers about our relating to God…to ourselves, to one another…and to the outside world? The UPWARD, the INWARD and the OUTWARD relationships.

Speaker: Dr. John Stevenson

Scripture: Ezekiel 10:4; Ezekiel 10:18-19

This is a passage about leadership and the exercise of authority; it's about leading people and about our need to be directed and guided and how we can never really be free till we're lead and directed by a Shepherd. The points today are a little odd:

1) Many Shepherds 2) One Shepherd 3) Many Shepherds

Bible Text: Daniel 3:13-30

Sermon By TJ Campo

Rev, Brad Schmidt, Guest Preacher from CityChurch Ft. Lauderdale, continues our series: In Lonely Exile Here|Mourning & Thriving in Babylon