Weekly sermons from LSCC East Bay!
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The Candle of Hope | 2 Corinthians 4:7–18
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38:45Even in weakness, suffering, and death, God's resurrection power shines through us like treasure in jars of clay. Hope is not found in what is seen, but in the unseen promise of glory.
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In Advent waiting, we prepare by embodying justice: sharing with the needy, refusing exploitation, living with integrity. The candle of justice burns as a sign that God's kingdom is breaking in.
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The Candle of Praise | Acts 16:22–34; Habakkuk 3:17–19
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30:02Paul and Silas sang hymns in the midnight of their prison cell, and Habakkuk rejoiced even when the fields were empty. Praise is a defiant light in the dark—a refusal to let despair have the last word.
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Remembering what God has done -- fills us with thanks, hope, and strength
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"Why Read the Bible? | Contact 2 Timothy 3:14–17"
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35:39Instead of leaving how to know God, purpose, truth up to ourselves, the Bible is revelation from God.
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"Experiencing Jesus | Contact Luke 24:13–35 "
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52:06Jesus is someone to experience, not just learned about
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"Connecting with God | Contact Luke 15:11–32 "
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21:55God is pursuing us
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Does God Speak to Us? | Contact 1 Samuel 3:1-10
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31:21The divine can intersect with our human lives, God speaks – it's about listening and responding.
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Renewed Together | Become a Neighbor (Matthew 15:21–28; Isa 58:6-12)
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34:44Serving the poor brings spiritual renewal to the helper
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We commit our body and sexuality to God, because Christ died for our bodies, and his Spirit lives with in us, making our bodies temples for his glory
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We ultimately work for God and his glory. This profoundly impacts how and why work.
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We use the power of our words for God's glory. But that also means taming our tongues.
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Being a spiritual influence and compassionate neighbor in the burbs
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Blessed for a kingdom purpose, not just to enrich ourselves
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God is creating a new kind of community in the land of individualism, nuclear families, and segregation
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Cultivating a deep life of the soul in the land of busyness and consumption
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Vision: Subversive Suburbanites (1 Peter 2)
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31:41Living like Jesus instead of just the Jones'
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Sharing your personal transformation makes Jesus real to others; every story matters
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Serving displays God's love in action; practical acts of love prepare hearts for the gospel
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Eat Together | Lk 19:1-10; Ps 71:14-15 (BLESS)
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39:56Eating breaks barriers; God draws people like Zacchaeus through presence and grace
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Listening is evangelism; join what God is already doing; prepare to be interrupted
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Conflicts are born out of fear and offer an invitation to step out of the 'fear dance' draw near to God for our legitimate needs.
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God loves the wrong people. Will we allow God's merciful and just character to grow compassion in our own hearts?
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The destination of our journey being God Himself, and how our witness as holy priests will allow the whole earth to know his glory.
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Jonah preaches a half hearted gospel, but reveals the deep mystery of God's purpose to partner with humans in the course of history. No matter what the people do, God never goes back on his covenant purpose to use this family to bless the nations.
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Caring for the orphan
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Jonah's time in the fish is portrayed as a kind of death. But will this passage through death into new life change him? That's the big question explored in the last chapter of Jonah.
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How Not to Answer God's Call | Jonah 1 (Anti-Hero)
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34:46Jonah rebelliously flees the call of God, but saves the sailors. Even our evil can become an instrument of God's purposes.
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After the resurrection, Jesus sends us out as his witnesses
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Put your minds on things above
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Palm Sunday: The Unexpected King | Luke 19:28-44
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33:35Jesus is The King We Didn't Expect, But The King We Need
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One: Obedience | Jn 14:15, 21-24; 1 Jn 5:3-4
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35:46Obedience brings us into the heart of God's love
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Discerning the Times | Eph 5:15-17
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52:19Responding to the times with intentionality and discernment, active not passive, and in discernment, following what God is stirring and doing.
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Kingdom living from abundance rather than scarcity
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One: Know Thyself | Ps 139:1-6; 23-24; 2 Cor 13:5
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18:58Journey inward (into interior castle) with Christ, confronting imperfections, recognizing God's presence within
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Because of the suffering of Christ, we are empowered to live a life of surrender and through that, we can experience an abundant life.
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As we serve those on the margins, God also changes us
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We can personally experience God guiding us through his Spirit
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Baptism + Testimonies
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One: God's Spirit in Us | Acts 4:31-35; Eph 4:30
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42:40The real presence of God filling/dwelling within us.
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Our union w/Christ means that all that is Christ's becomes ours
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God gave us a gift of his son that cannot repaid, and as an outflow, we give others that cannot repay.
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God wants to be in union with us, and reached out to us
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"The Gift Giver: The Gift of Love | 1 Jn 4:9-10; Rom 8:37-39; Ps 63:3 "
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33:40God gives us the most unbreakable, precious gift: His love. And we know the depth of his love because of the depth of his sacrifice: He gave us his one and only Son, even when we did not love him. We don't deserve his love, nor can we earn his love; God gives us his love simply out of his grace. All we have to do is receive his love.…
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The Gift Giver: The Gift of Peace | Isaiah 9:6; John 14:27; 2 Corinthians 9:15
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24:53Just as Israel was full of worry and anxiety under the oppression of Rome, we experience the oppression of worry and anxiety in our world today. It's no wonder that one of the greatest gifts God has given us is peace. Jesus is not just the Prince of Peace, nor does He keep peace to Himself as a possession. Rather, in His grace, Jesus has given us H…
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Practical steps to make room for Jesus in Advent
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In trials, we can choose hope because of God
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