Church of the Advent - Sermons

Advent Brookland: Palm Sunday Preacher: Bishop Steve Breedlove Date: 25th March 2018 Passage: Luke 22:14-27

Advent Columbia Heights: Palm Sunday Preacher: Bishop Steve Breedlove Date: 25th March 2018 Passage: Luke 22:39-53 ------------------- As Holy Week begins, our Bishop Steve Breedlove challenges us to meditate on the fact that Jesus is our friend, the beauty and the life that comes from obedience to the Father, and that the hour of darkness is followed by eternal day.

Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth Series: Seven Deadly Sins Preacher: Rev. Thomas Hinson Date: 18th March 2018 Passage: Luke 10:38-42 ------------------- Sloth most often manifests itself in unnecessary busyness that is distracting us from the thing that matters most: our relationship with Jesus.

Seven Deadly Sins: Envy Series: Seven Deadly Sins Preacher: Rev. Daniel Beilman Date: 11th March 2018 Passage: Genesis 4:1-16 ------------------- Envy comes from a feeling of lack, that what we've been given isn't sufficient. How do we combat the pervasiveness of envy in our lives?

Seven Deadly Sins: Lust Series: Seven Deadly Sins Preacher: Rev. Thomas Hinson Date: 4th March 2018 Passages: 2 Samuel 11:1-6 2 Samuel 11:26-27 2 Samuel 12:1-7 ------------------- God created us with the capacity and the desire for sexual union within marriage, but lust is an over-desire that puts getting our needs met ahead of sacrificial love.

Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath Series: Seven Deadly Sins Preacher: Rev. Daniel Beilman Date: 25th February 2018 Passage: Jonah 3:6-4:11 ------------------- Anger is an emotion that's common to every person but can destroy relationships and lives. We look at anger's source, its anatomy and the antidote for anger.

Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony Series: Seven Deadly Sins Preacher: Rev. Thomas Hinson Date: 18th February 2018 Passage: Genesis 25:27-34 ------------------- Gluttony isn't simply an overconsumption of food and drink, but rather it's about placing more importance on created things, rather than our Creator.

Ash Wednesday: Pride Series: Seven Deadly Sins Preacher: Rev. Thomas Hinson Date: 14th February 2018 Passage: Luke 18:9-14 ------------------- Ash Wednesday offers a chance to reflect on our own sin and need for a savior.

Beloved: Love Series: Beloved Preacher: Rev. Thomas Hinson Date: 11th February 2018 Passage: Song of Solomon 8:1-14 ------------------- If we enthrone human love we will crush our marriage with expectations or be crushed if we don't get married. How can we focus on the only love that will never disappoint us, the unearned gift of Jesus Christ?

Beloved: Sexual Intimacy Series: Beloved Preacher: Rev. Thomas Hinson Date: 4th February 2018 Passage: Song of Solomon 6:11-7:13

Beloved: Expectation and Affirmation Series: Beloved Preacher: Rev. Thomas Hinson Date: 28th January 2018 Passage: Song of Solomon 5:2-6:1 ------------------- These verses in the Song of Songs challenge us to examine the role of expectations in our relationship with each other, and with God. How can we truly sense God's overwhelming love for and delight with us?

Beloved: Covenant Series: Beloved Preacher: Rev. Thomas Hinson Date: 21st January 2018 Passage: Song of Solomon 3:5-5:1 ------------------- Continuing in the Song of Songs, we see that true intimacy is only found inside a covenant -- between us and others in friendship or marriage, and ultimately in God's perfect covenant with us.

Beloved: Vulnerability Series: Beloved Preacher: Rev. Thomas Hinson Date: 14th January 2018 Passage: Song of Solomon 1:8-3:5 ------------------- The only way to have the vulnerability necessary for intimate relationships, but be able withstand the possibility of pain and loss, is by building our relationships on the foundation of the only person who will never forsake us -- Jesus Christ.

Beloved: Longing for Intimacy Series: Beloved Preacher: Rev. Thomas Hinson Date: 7th January 2018 Passage: Song of Solomon 1:1-8 ------------------- Beginning our sermon series on the Song of Songs, we examine it through two lenses - as wisdom literature that instructs us on love, sex, and marriage, and as a window that we can use to look into the deeper intimacy that is possible with God and his...

The Word Became Flesh Preacher: Matt Wilcoxen Date: 31st December 2017 Passage: John 1:1-18

Christmas Eve: Mary Said 'Yes' Preacher: Rev. Thomas Hinson Date: 24th December 2017 Passage: Luke 1:26-38 ------------------- Mary's response to the angel's proclamation that she would bear the Christ child challenges us to relinquish our plan for our life in favor of God's perfect plan.

Lessons and Carols: Bright Hope For Dark Times Preacher: Rev. Thomas Hinson Date: 17th December 2017 Passage: Isaiah 9:2-7 ------------------- How does Christmas enable us to deal with the darkness in our world -- not just escape it, but actually face it?

Advent Preacher: Rev. Daniel Beilman Date: 17th December 2017 Passage: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 ------------------- How do we live faithfully in the "already but not yet," as we wait for Jesus to return and make all things new?

Columbia Heights: Fret Not Preacher: TL Rogers Date: 3rd December 2017 Passage: Psalm 37:1-7 ------------------- We were blessed to hear from Pastor TL Rogers at the Columbia Heights Parish, on how we can rest in God's promises and learn how to wait patiently.

Brookland: Facing the Future: Awake, Alert, and unAfraid Preacher: Victor Sheldon Date: 3rd December 2017 Passage: Mark 13:24-37 ------------------- Where do we find our confidence and trust? Victor Sheldon explores how we can face the future unafraid, even when all is shaken and swept away.

Stewardship as Counterculture: Stewards of Grace Series: Stewardship as Counterculture Preacher: Rev. Thomas Hinson Date: 26th November 2017 Passage: 1 Peter 4:7-10 ------------------- What does faithful stewardship look like when it comes to grace?

Stewardship as Counterculture: Stewarding Our Wealth Series: Stewardship as Counterculture Preacher: Rev. Thomas Hinson Date: 19th November 2017 Passages: 2 Corinthians 8:8-15 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 ------------------- Faithful stewardship can be boiled down to one concept: generosity. We learn how true generosity is evidence of spiritual health, an exercise of faith, and that it flows out of an abu...

Stewardship as Counterculture: Stewards of Time Series: Stewardship as Counterculture Preacher: Rev. Thomas Hinson Date: 12th November 2017 Passage: Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 ------------------- How can we cultivate a healthy relationship with the time that God has given us? Stewardship of time requires we relinquish control, rest in the Son of God and then restructure our lives around God.

Stewardship as Counterculture: Stewards of Our Bodies Series: Stewardship as Counterculture Preacher: Rev. Thomas Hinson Date: 5th November 2017 Passages: Psalm 139:13-16 Romans 12:1-2 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 ------------------- What does it mean to be stewards of our bodies -- to recognize that our bodies themselves have been entrusted to us?

Stewardship as Counterculture: Stewards of Creation (Brookland) Series: Stewardship as Counterculture Preacher: Rev. Thomas Hinson Date: 29th October 2017 ------------------- We look at what it means to be a steward -- how stewards cultivate while consumers take, and how that mindset is countercultural in today's world.