Christ Community Church - Brookside Campus - SUNDAY MESSAGES

We face a dilemma when it comes to reconstructing faith. We long for a world that is full of beauty, goodness, justice, joy, peace, and more, but we actively participate in sowing division, injustice, ugliness, and brokenness in the world. What do we do when we realize that we need to be reconstructed, too? In Ephesians 2, Paul turns our eyes to the ways that God is at work renovating individuals...

21.11.07

Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48885455 22.05.08

Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48801454 21.11.28

What is holding you back from who you want to be? However you answer that question, you will identify something — a circumstance, a limitation, a habit, an addiction — something an obstacle that stands in your way. Holds you back. Shipwrecks your efforts to become the person you truly want to be. And those moments we feel it: We aren’t truly free. 21.09.19

Postures play a large role in building or rebuilding a sturdy faith. It is easy to assume a posture of arrogance and self-righteousness, believing that we have it all figured out and can learn nothing from anyone outside of ourselves. It is also easy to assume a posture of despair or perpetual cynicism, losing all expectations for God to meet us along the way. Both of these postures can be incredi...

“I am in a season of deconstruction.” It is likely that you have either read, heard, or said these words in recent months. Deconstructing faith is a popular practice these days. While deconstruction isn’t bad in itself, it is unhelpful if we make it our end goal. Faith deconstruction without faith reconstruction is faith destruction. But where do we start when reconstructing faith? Paul’s letter t...

Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48933925 22.08.14

Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48930249 22.08.07

Sermon Notes:  https://www. bible.com/events/48926473 22.07.31

We think we know Jesus, “Oh yeah, he’s God, of course.” But we've become so desensitized to that. We don’t usually let the Bible set the stage. We don’t actually stand in front of Jesus and take him at his word, to face him on his terms. So that’s what we’re going to do this morning. We’re going to take Jesus at his word. And we’re going to do that by inhabiting his world, imagining ourselves ther...

Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48920079 22.07.17

Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/ 48916151 22.07.10

In this passage, Jesus invites people to come and drink from him? But what in the world does that mean? In this message, we look at what Jesus offers, where it comes from, and how to get it. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48913891 22.07.03

Jesus will offend you. If he doesn’t or hasn’t you probably haven’t listened to him closely enough. Even disciples of Jesus find themselves wanting to walk away from him sometimes. So what do you do in those moments? What do you do when Jesus says something or does something or asking something of you that offends your sensibilities or even sense of rightness? That’s what we look at in this passag...

We’ve all been afraid. Maybe you’re worried or anxious right now. In this passage, we learn that not only does Jesus know and care about our fear, but that he is with us in them. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48906736 22.06.19

When you were the hungriest? Hunger is one of our most powerful drives. Without food, there is no life. This is not only true physically but also spiritually. In this message, Jesus uses physical hunger and our need for physical food to teach us where true life and satisfaction are found. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48903402   22.06.12

Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48899816 22.06.05

We can’t avoid aging. As much as we try through medicine, cosmetic surgery, diet, and exercise, we can try to slow aging but we can’t stop it. Whether old or young, how do we live a good and wise life in light of the reality of aging? That’s what this passage is all about. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48896324 22.05.29

Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48891558 22.05.22

Satisfaction. Rest from striving. Comfort. Control. Contentment.  We are all searching for these things.  And I think this is why we love money SO much. Because money offers rest. Money and wealth offer us rest from insecurity. Rest from discomfort. Rest from striving. If we can just get enough money, then we can rest. We can be at ease from worry and stress.  But here’s what our passage tells us...

Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48882528 22.05.01

What happens when all you ever wanted is not enough? What do you do when the thing that gives you meaning and satisfaction goes up in smoke? The Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes forces us to look at our futile attempts to find meaning and satisfaction. It pokes holes in our logic, unmasks our false pretenses, and forces us to consider things we would rather not. But after deconstructing our hope...

Death is a monster. Is there hope for anything beyond death that robs of all we love and hold dear? For 2,000 years Christians have claimed that the answer to that question is Yes! But why? Is there good reason to believe that is truly hope for real victory of death? That’s what this passage is all about. Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48874408 22.04.17

In this passage, Jesus puts himself on trial. He presents three witnesses to who he truly is. The question for us is what will our verdict be? Will we be convinced by the witnesses or not? Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48870743 22.04.10