Elevation Waterloo Sermons

Series: The People Who Drive Us Crazy We Love What does our faith have to say about the most important relationships in our lives? If we’re going to be honest, the people we’re closest to are often the same people who, on certain days, threaten our sanity. So a little help would be nice. Is there any wisdom out there for how we can love these people well? Ecclesiastes 3:9-13; Colossians 3:22-24

Series: The People Who Drive Us Crazy We Love What does our faith have to say about the most important relationships in our lives? If we’re going to be honest, the people we’re closest to are often the same people who, on certain days, threaten our sanity. So a little help would be nice. Is there any wisdom out there for how we can love these people well? 1 Samuel 20:1-4, 16-19, 24-31

An empty tomb raises more questions than it answers: How do the events of the first Easter Sunday continue to offer hope to our world today? What is the connection between ‘believing’ and living life to its fullest? John 20:19-31 

Rebecca continues our Lent series 'A season of searching'  John 12:1-19

Of all the experiences a human being goes through, placing the body of someone you love into the ground must be just about the most difficult. This is precisely the predicament that two of Jesus’ closest friends faced when their brother fell ill. How would he respond in their moment of need? How does he respond in ours? John 11:1-37

As Jesus continued on his journey to the Cross, he stopped and healed a man who was born blind. Even after such a miracle, though, the man was still left seeking. But as Jesus would later tell him, it’s the one who thinks they can see clearly who is actually blind. What did he mean by that? John 9:1-12

For all of our efforts to present Jesus as worthy of being followed, sometimes it seems like he was actually trying to turn people away - and it worked. So what do we do when we discover that the good news isn’t what we thought it would be? How do we keep moving forward when we’re offended by what Jesus has to say? John 6:35-60

A lifetime of feeling excluded can lead to a hardening of the spirit, to the point where you cannot even imagine being accepted for who you are. In an unexpected place, Jesus found someone with a long list of reasons she didn’t belong, so he offered her what she couldn’t find anywhere else: himself. John 4:1-26

To be a Christian requires to live in the world of faith. For some that is a deal-breaking condition because they require things to be more concrete and definable. Are thinking and feeling able to be reconciled?  How do fact and faith intersect when it comes to believing in Jesus Christ? John 3:1-17

The intersection of same-gender attraction and Christian faith is right up there among the most complex and controversial topics that a church can engage in. With this in mind, we will spend some time exploring this theme on Sunday morning as an introduction to a broader conversation that will take place in the weeks and months to come. John 6:16-21

Nearly everywhere we look, sex finds a way to nudge itself into our line of sight. But for all of its excess - and for the admittedly significant role it plays in our lives - sex is actually something we don’t talk about a whole lot in church. Well, now we are. Song of Songs 5:9-16

Christian faith is meant to be lived out in the full stream of the culture that surrounds it. As we wrap up our series on listening, we'll consider the importance of listening to voices from outside of our church community, and the blessing that follows when we do so. 1 Corinthians 9:19-23

Almost as soon as the first century church got off the ground, there was disagreement. Are you surprised? So how did these early followers of Jesus discern God's will for them when there were opposing ideas on the table, and how might we learn from their experience? Acts 15:1-12; 22-35

Christin Taylor continues our 'Listen Up' Series

Many of us have lost the art of listening. We might get a passing grade when it comes to our hearing, but listening is another thing altogether. How can we become the kind of people who are "quick to listen"?