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John 3:16-21 - Everyone worships. The question is "Who or what do they worship?" In this 6-part series, we will be considering the nature of Christian worship of the triune God both in the wide-angled big picture and in the practical details that we might be faithful worshipers. To begin, we consider some of the words of Jesus that reveal some incredible truths about God that sit in tension with o...

Matthew 2:1-12 - What's underneath the human quest for power, and how does the story of Herod and the wise men show us the fundamental choice we face in life? As we examine an oft-repeated story with fresh eyes, we see the kind invitation of the Good King amid the heartache and yearning of our daily lives. A sermon by Pip Craighead. [Part 3 of the series "Advent According to Matthew"]

Matthew 1:18-25 - Matthew's account of the birth of Jesus focuses on the relational drama between Mary and Joseph receiving unthinkable news: the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. This is far from an incidental reality--it is the key to the idea that Jesus is "Emmanuel" or "God with us" in the deepest sense. It is also the key to the idea that Jesus is able to save us from our sins....

Matthew 1:1-17 - This year for Advent we'll be considering Matthew's account of the birth of Jesus. In this story, we find the key anchor points that help define both the big-picture story of humanity and structures of our individual stories. Just what kind of story are we living in? If Jesus came and is coming again, then it is a story of deep meaning, realism, dignity, and hope. A sermon by Came...

Hebrews 3:12-13; 10:19-25 - To conclude our series on the mutuality commands, we consider two final commands which speak to the fact that the believers in Jesus are meant to be active participants in the spiritual lives of one another. Following Jesus can be incredibly difficult, but He has not left us to follow Him alone. Among other helps, He has given us a family of brothers and sisters to aid...

Romans 12:9-10; Ephesians 5:18-21 - To honor something is to correctly appraise its value and then respond accordingly. The people of the family of God are to build a culture of honor that stands in stark contrast to the world around us. One of the outflows of this mutual honoring is the call to mutually submit to one another--to view one's sister or brother as worthy of the higher status and to p...

1 Thessalonians 5:11; Colossians 3:16 - The New Testament's vision for life in the church has much to say about how we speak to one another. At the heart of our speech is the call to speak the mind, heart, values, and love of God to one another. As we increasingly abide in Christ, our speech will naturally become speech that encourages, teaches, and even challenges one another. A sermon by Bria Wo...

Galatians 5:13-16; 6:1-3 - Jesus himself said that he came "not to be served, but to serve." Therefore, it makes perfect sense that a call to take the posture of a servant: to practically meet the needs, seek the flourishing, and carry the burdens of one another would be a hallmark of life in Jesus's church. In this teaching we consider the call, its application, and Jesus's embodiment of it. A se...

James 5:13-18 - At first glance, the commands to confess our sins to one another and to pray for one another may seem a little detached from the central call to love one another, but they are an avenue into closeness and healing that we underestimate at great cost. Here we find the key to fellowship as we really are and the power of God as He really is. A sermon by Cameron Heger. [Part 3 of the se...

Colossians 3:12-14 - In this passage Paul gives two especially difficult mutuality commands: to forbear with one another and to forgive one another. These both presuppose that disagreements, discord, annoyance, frustration, burdens, pain, misunderstandings, and sins against one another both minor and major will happen between the people of Jesus’ church if we have enough proximity and intimacy. Ev...

John 13:31-35 - In this sermon we begin a new teaching series considering the "one another" commands of the New Testament that define the kinds of relationships that are meant to make up the church, the new family of God that Jesus is building. The central command of all of the "one anothers" is the command to love one another. We begin here. A sermon by Cameron Heger. [Part 1 of the series "One A...

Philippians 4:4-7 - Anxiety may come and go, but in this life it seems to touch everyone from time to time. In this sermon, we consider the unique resources the gospel provides to deal with anxiety and experience God's peace that surpasses all understanding. A sermon by Branden Brooks.

Jeremiah 29:1-14 - Since its beginning, Door of Hope has been focused on ministry to the city of Portland. Our city pillar reinforces our community values as a relational center of gravity, it defines our area of local missional focus, and it reminds us of the uniquely strategic nature of urban ministry. But how do we live as a redeemed presence in the city out of a love of God, one another, and n...

Matthew 6:25-34 - The "simplicity" pillar has historically been the most challenging to define for our church, though it grounds much of our ministry philosophy. In Jesus's words in Matthew 6, we find a helpful grid for maintaining a simple church: a single minded focus, a commitment to major on the majors and minor on the minors, and a non-anxious pursuit of doing fewer things better. A sermon by...

Acts 2:36-47 - This week we consider a vision for pursuing greater depth in community together. Following the model of the earliest church in Acts 2, we want to strive to be a cross-shaped community, a gathering and scattering community, a loving community, and a proximate community. We want to begin taking the thousands of small, incremental steps in hopes that one day we'll realize we’ve genuine...

1 Corinthians 1:18-25 - Each fall is an opportunity to regather our church and commit ourselves to a fresh vision for another ministry year. This year, it seems God has been stirring the heart of our community to pursue something deeper. This first week, we consider what it might look like to go deeper through the cross, which is both the starting place of our faith (from which we will never gradu...

Jonah 4:1-11 - The conclusion to Jonah is where the punchlines are given, the clarity is brought to what has come before, and it’s hearers are left with a piercing question we must answer: Should we not love that great city? A sermon by Cameron Heger. [Part 4 of the series "The Book of the Prophet Jonah"]

Jonah 3:1-10 - In Jonah 3, God commissions Jonah to go to Nineveh again and this time he goes. He preaches a shockingly short message and to everyone's surprise, the entire city repents! In these verses we see the compelling power of the grace of God even in the worst of places and even in the worst of ourselves. A sermon by Ron Friesen. [Part 3 of the series "The Book of the Prophet Jonah"]

Jonah 1:17-2:10 - After Jonah is thrown into the sea at his own request, everything changes. After getting what he thought he wanted, Jonah ends up in a place of desperation. He calls out to God for the first time in the book and is met with radical, humiliating, dignifying grace in the form of the great fish. It is his experience of both his need for grace and of God's willingness to give that gr...

Jonah 1:1-16 - The book of the prophet Jonah is in equal parts funny and tragic, illuminating and strange. Our superficial familiarity with it can keep us from recognize the profound, cutting teaching it contains. At its heart, it's a story about God's complex love for a dangerous, cruel city and his prophet's refusal to share that love. In the first chapter, we are introduced to Jonah--this rebel...

Revelation 21:1-22:5 - We conclude "God of Every Good Thing" with the consummation of the themes we've been exploring as well as the consummation of the entire biblical story itself--the revelation of the New Heavens and New Earth. In this mysterious passage we see the deeper reality to which every joy in this life has been pointing. And the centerpiece of it all? The presence of God Himself, fina...

Genesis 1:28, 4:1-11; Revelation 21:1-2 - Theologians often speak of cities as magnifying glasses or multipliers. When many people are gathered together, both their strengths and their weaknesses are compounded. And while it is fair to consider the brokenness evident in cities, this week we consider the unique goods--the gifts from God--found in them. A sermon by Cameron Heger. [Part 13 of the ser...

Psalm 91 - A standalone teaching looking to Psalm 91 for hope in God amidst the struggles of life. A sermon by John C. Hughes.

Genesis 8:22 - Are faith in Jesus and honest scientific inquiry in irreparable conflict? Many think so, but it need not be the case. In science, rightly understood and practiced, we find another good gift from God that can illuminate His power, beauty, and glory and ultimately aid us in our task of loving God and neighbor. A sermon by Cameron Heger. [Part 12 of the series "God of Every Good Thing"...

Exodus 31:1-11 - How should we think about the experiences we've all had with human art? In this sermon, we consider a brief theology of art, the gifts of art, and a few practices for connecting with God through art. In the creative acts of his image bearers, we again find the goodness of God if we have the eyes to see. A sermon by Cameron Heger. [Part 11 of the series "God of Every Good Thing"]