Third Church Sermons

I’m grateful for Justin Earley’s sermon this Sunday that reminded us of the great themes of this Advent season: darkness, waiting and light. We’ll continue to reflect on those themes this Sunday we we look at the next Song of Christmas from Luke 1:67-80, Zechariah’s song.

Isaiah: A Song of Waiting by Third Church, RVA

This Sunday we’ll be talking about what it means to “Walk Humbly with God.”

The Way of Tov: Mercy by Third Church, RVA

What does this ancient word from an Israelite prophet have to say to us about how God’s people are called to live in the complex world of the 21st century? That’s what we’ll spend a few weeks exploring.

The Other Sheep by Third Church, RVA

This Sunday we’re wrapping up our current series with our final “Out” focus.

This Sunday we are shifting to our final focus, “Life for the World.” The church is such a peculiar institution in that we are always oriented toward the good of those who are not yet a part of our community. This Sunday, Elisabeth Hayes will be preaching on what it means to Love our Neighbors.

This week we’ll be talking about how we use our gifts to serve and give to one another.

This Sunday we’ll move into our third practice in this current sermon series, “Make time to gather with your community.”

This Sunday we’ll look at this pattern in Jesus’ life and what we can learn about our need for “the solitary place” in our own lives.

This Sunday we'll look at why corporate worship is so important and what it does for us to commit to this weekly practice.

This Sunday Corey focuses on the simple call to return to Christ, the one around whom our life is centered.

This Sunday, we'll wrap up our summer series "Taste and See" with the culminating image of food in the Bible: the wedding feast of the Lamb in Revelation 19.

This Sunday, we'll wrap up our summer series "Taste and See" with the culminating image of food in the Bible: the wedding feast of the Lamb in Revelation 19.

This Sunday we’ll continue our Taste and See series by looking at a story of the early church from Acts 2. Many have commented how often Jesus is going to meals, eating meals, or coming from meals in the four Gospels. So it is no surprise that when we look at the early church in the book of Acts, they are doing a lot of eating! Very quickly, the meal became a focal practice in the early church for...

This Sunday, we'll be looking at a fascinating meal that the resurrected Jesus shares with Peter and a few other disciples in John 21. This story has so much to say about shame and grace, about guilt and restoration.

This week Nan Clarke will be looking at the final Passover meal that Jesus’ disciples share with him, a meal that marks a dramatic and unexpected new direction in God’s story.

This week, we will continue our Taste & See sermon series, in which we've been invited to deeply experience God's goodness. On Sunday we will hear from Drew Cleveland, who will preach on Jesus' invitation to all people to feast at his table.

This week, Charles Teixeira will dive into a moment in Christ’s ministry that shows us the compassion of God which sees our every hunger and is eager to satisfy our needs for our sake and for his glory.

This week Rick Hutton looks at Isaiah and God’s call to give thanks for his great generosity.

This week Elisabeth Hayes leads us in a study of God’s care for the prophet Elijah.

Taste and See: God's Provision by Third Church, RVA

This week we’ll explore the original Passover narrative and what it means for this God to be present among us today.

This Sunday we’re starting a new summer sermon series called “Taste and See." We’ll be tracing the theme of food and feasting throughout the Bible. In each of biblical stores we’ll study, we’re looking at the different ways that God nourishes us. We’ll see that the meals God provides give us the opportunity to actually experience his goodness–to “taste and see” who He is, what kind of kingdom he i...