Sermons on Jesus (Page 8)

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Spend Less

12/08/2019
Emily Morrison

What does it look like to make Christmas meaningful again? How do we resist the powerful forces of consumerism and consumption? In week two of Advent, Emily Morrison explores the theme of “Spend Less” with a sermon from I Timothy 6.

Worship Fully

12/01/2019
T. C. Moore

This Advent, Roots is joining with hundreds of other congregations in conspiring against consumerism in our Christmas celebrations. The first theme of Advent Conspiracy is “Worship Fully.” In this sermon, Pastor T. C. explores the way we are formed by embodied practices. The apostle Paul teaches us to “offer our bodies as living sacrifices” to have our “minds renewed.” Every day in a thousand subtle ways we are being formed into individualistic consumers. Corporations don’t aim their ads primarily at…

Jesus and Sabbath

07/28/2019
T. C. Moore

Jesus invites his followers into God’s rest through him. He is One who gives true rest. In this message, Pastor T. C. explores the connection between Sabbath and Jesus.

Imitate God

11/11/2018
T. C. Moore

Kingdom Hybridity

10/14/2018
T. C. Moore

In the second half of chapter 2, Paul teaches that the cross of Jesus does more than just reconcile people to God, it also reconciles people groups to one another. Namely, Jesus’s life of self-sacrificial love shows us the way to peace and tears down the divisions between people of different cultures. The Way of Jesus creates an entirely new kind of human community. But, multiethnic churches might fall into the trap of thinking “multiculturalism” is what this text prescribes.…