The House Sermons

Our sexuality is a good gift, but it does not ultimately define us or make us whole; whether married or single, we are invited to offer our bodies and desires to God, finding our deepest belonging in his love and learning to give ourselves in love to others. Sermon by Jason Leonard.

Rather than suppressing our desires, obeying every appetite, or trying to control the outcome, Jesus invites us to bring our deepest longings to God and discover the freedom of wanting deeply while surrendering fully. Sermon by Jason Leonard.

Sin is not what makes us human, and holiness is not what holds us back; in becoming more like Jesus, we discover the freedom to love and become more fully the people God made us to be. Sermon by Jason Leonard.

Your body is a gift. Through them we become present, love, and give ourselves to God and to the world. Sermon by Kirsten Hyde.

The world needs your voice, surrendered to Jesus, and used to speak life. Sermon by Matt Nicoll.

Jason Leonard preaches on the royal nature of humanity. God has created humans with the capacity and calling to shape the world around us and Jesus teaches us to wield that power through attention, imagination, service, and love.

Jason Leonard preaches on what it means to be human and limited — that our finitude, mortality, and dependence are not flaws to overcome but gifts by God's design, meant to release us from the exhausting pretense of being God and draw us into communion with him and one another.

Jason Leonard preaches on what it means to be made in the image of God — how every human being is a living representation of their Creator, how the people around us quietly shape what we believe God is like, and why Jesus is the one whose likeness we're being remade into.

Jason Leonard preaches on the role of the Church from Jesus's prayer in John 17.

Jason Leonard preaches on the person and role of the Holy Spirit from John 14:15-31.

Kirsten Hyde preaches on celebrating with those who are rejoicing in our communities from Romans 12:15

Sydney Taylor preaches out of John 11 on Jesus mourning with His friends Mary and Martha and on the command for Christians to mourn with those who mourn. Additional resource: _The Voice of the Heart by Chip Dodd

Jason Leonard preaches on the importance of seeking out wisdom and the counsel of a community when discerning what we ought to be doing in this world, out of Romans 12:2-18.

Who are you thirsty for? Matt Nicoll preaches on dating and singleness, and God as the ultimate lover of our souls, out of Psalm 42.

Josh Hudson preaches on loving those with whom we disagree out of Ephesians 4:1-6.

Kirsten Hyde preaches on practicing sacrificial love for our neighbors, out of Luke 10:25-38 and Zechariah 3:10.

Jason Leonard preaches on the source of our identity out of 1 John 3:1-3.

Jason Leonard preaches on how Christians are called to relate to families of origin, out of Genesis 2:24.

Jason Leonard preaches on allegiance to Jesus transcending tribal identities, based on 1 Corinthians 1:10-13.

Josh Hudson preaches on how belonging comes from a shared vision and shared practices and shows how this belonging was a part of life in the early church in Acts 2:42-47.

Jason Leonard preaches on humanity being created in the image of a relational God from Hebrews 1:1-3. Additional Resources on the Trinity: Delighting in the Trinity by Michael Reeves The Bible Project- How God is Both One and Three at the Same Time

Jason Leonard preaches through Matthew 7:24-29.

Matt Nicoll preaches through Matthew 7:13-23.

Josh Hudson preaches through Matthew 7:7-12.

Jason Leonard preaches through Matthew 7:1-6.