Brentview Church

When we think about big ideas like "gospel," "the kingdom of God," or "God's mission," we do well to frame these within the Biblical story. God is on a mission to redeem humankind and we are invited to step into that story as people empowered by Jesus. In recent times, many of us metaphorically have struggled to breathe deeply of God's goodness. We are invited to take in some Fresh Air and to be p...

When we think about big ideas like "gospel," "the kingdom of God," or "God's mission," we do well to frame these within the Biblical story. God is on a mission to redeem humankind and we are invited to step into that story as people empowered by Jesus. In recent times, many of us metaphorically have struggled to breathe deeply of God's goodness. We are invited to take in some Fresh Air and to be p...

When we think about big ideas like "gospel," "the kingdom of God," or "God's mission," we do well to frame these within the Biblical story. God is on a mission to redeem humankind and we are invited to step into that story as people empowered by Jesus. In recent times, many of us metaphorically have struggled to breathe deeply of God's goodness. We are invited to take in some Fresh Air and to be p...

Our text, Luke 24:13-35, reveals two men speaking with each other about their disappointment with Jesus. What's amazing, however, is that Jesus, hidden from their sight, engages this struggle with them. This sermon explores why Jesus was hidden from their sight and how this journey led them not to abandon their faith in the deconstruction process, but to a faith that was deeper than before.

This is part two of our look into the gift and nature of Christian teaching/preaching. Here we explore how the Word of God (Jesus) transforms us as we read about Him, like Him, and with Him.

This week we begin to look at the final gift listed in Ephesians 4, the gift of the teacher. The Bible is a large and complex book and we therefore need faithful guides to help us understand and, ultimately, live it. More than a mere distiller of information, the teacher seeks to guide us to the place of formation, where God's story challenges, rebukes, and heals the false stories we believe about...

In this week's sermon, Jodi unpacks what the gift of shepherding is and the role it plays in the church body.

This week we explore the gift and function of an evangelist. Moving beyond understandings of platform and public speaking, we delve into new categories that help us better understand this gift and its implications in our world.

This week we explore the prophets, the second ministry gift listed in Ephesians 4. After a quick review of the role of Old Testament prophets, we discover in 1 Corinthians 14 prophecy is intended to bring strength, encouragement, and comfort.

This week we explore the first of the five ministry gifts listed in Ephesians 4, the gift of apostles. By looking at 1 Corinthian 3, we see both the uniqueness of this first gift, but also the way it is designed to work in harmony with the other gifts.

This is part two of our series of the five-fold giftings (apostle, prophet, evangelist, shepherd and teacher) written about in Ephesians 4. This week we talk about how the ascension of Christ informs these gifts and how the gifts themselves descend to us as the spoils of Jesus' ultimate victory.

This is the first week of our new series on Ephesians 4 in which we teach on the fivefold ministry of the church (apostle, prophet, evangelist, shepherd, and teacher). Before getting to these gifts, however, we delve into the foundation from which these gifts come. In this message, we explore what Eugene Peterson calls "the church we never see." This deeper, unseen reality is the life-giving found...

In this sermon we look at the tension and ultimate restoration between Joseph and his brothers. We explore the ways that people who are close to us can be strangers while those we see at a distance can become close.

This is the first sermon in a new series where we explore stories of conflict in the Bible. This week we dig into the archetypal story of conflict and violence in the Bible by looking two brothers, Cain and Abel and ask, how does this story inform our view of others, ourselves, and God.

This is the fifth and final week of our peacemaking series. Here, we step back from the big picture of making peace in the world and ask, how do we make peace in the sanctuary. In the midst of an age of suspicion, we look to Jesus in order to find Jesus-shaped practices that lead to opening the spaces between us where Jesus works.

Running away from conflict often seems like the fastest way to peace. In reality, conflict is often the very thing God uses to transform us so that we can experience more of his peace. As we recognize Jesus' presence with us in the midst of conflict (see Matthew 18:20) there are some very practical steps Jesus gives us to help us restore relationships with those around us (see Matthew 18:15-16).