Day 1: A Justice Greater Than YoursDevotionalWhen someone hurts you, the pull toward payback is immediate and powerful. It feels like justice. It feels right. But there is a difference between the jus...  Read More

SummaryIn this sermon from Romans 12:17-21, the pastor explores what it means for followers of Jesus Christ to avoid vengeance and instead overcome evil with good. He argues that the only thing making...  Read More

Day 1: Prepare Your Heart Before the Moment ArrivesDevotionalMost of us don't think about how we'll respond to offense until we're already in the middle of it. By then, our emotions are running the sh...  Read More

SummaryIn this sermon drawn from Romans 12:17-21, the pastor challenges believers to resist the deeply human impulse to repay evil with evil. Using the example of the Roman Christians who faced real p...  Read More

Day 1: Built to Last: Why Only Christ Can TransformDevotionalEvery generation has its big ideas: systems that promise freedom, equality, and a better world. And yet, if you look closely at history, mo...  Read More

SummaryIn this sermon from Romans 12:14-21, the pastor explores the Christian ethic of compassion and humility as a direct contrast to the pride, envy, and division promoted by competing worldviews. D...  Read More

Day 1: A Different Kind of ResponseDevotionalWhen someone comes at you hard, whether with words, mockery, or outright hostility, every instinct says to fight back or walk away. It is wired into us. Bu...  Read More

SummaryIn this sermon from Romans 12:14-21, the pastor explores what it means for Christians to respond to opposition and persecution in ways that honor Jesus Christ rather than following natural, sel...  Read More

Day 1: Sit Down and Let Christ LeadDevotionalMost of us do not like waiting. And when life gets hard, our instinct is to take control, fix the problem, or at least do something. Anxiety kicks in. Fear...  Read More

SummaryIn this sermon from Romans 12:12-13, the pastor explores what it means to be patient in tribulation as a follower of Jesus Christ. Drawing on the surrounding commands to rejoice in hope, be con...  Read More

Day 1: New Eyes, New LifeDevotionalHave you ever put on a new pair of glasses and suddenly seen the world with startling clarity? When we become followers of Christ, something even more dramatic happe...  Read More

SummaryIn this sermon from Romans 12:9-13, the pastor explores two central themes: brotherly love within the church family and fervent service to the Lord. Drawing on the Greek words for love (agape a...  Read More