Ecclesia Princeton

Pastor Ian Graham looks at how the love that has been unreservedly poured out by the father answers our deepest yearnings and gives us an identity and a home. Support the show

Ecclesia Director of Prayer, Savannah Charlish, leads our prayer team through a theology and practice of praying for others. For those who are interested in joining the prayer team at Ecclesia, please email prayer@ecclesianj.com. Recommended Books: - God on Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer, Pete Craig - How to Pray: A Simple Guide for Normal People, Pete Craig - How to Hear God: A S...

Ecclesia Director of Music and Worship, Alfredo Carmona, examines what John means by "the anointing" and what it means for us as we follow Jesus.  Support the show

Pastor Ian Graham looks at what exactly is going on with the “Antichrists” in 1 John 2 and then invites us to consider the way our lives are oriented against Christ. Support the show

Ecclesia Director of Prayer, Savannah Charlish,  continues our series in 1 John looking at the promises that John proclaims over us. Support the show

Pastor Ian Graham continues our series in 1 John looking at the way that contempt seeps into our life together and how we overcome contempt in our world and in the church.  Support the show

Pastor Ian Graham continues our series in 1 John as we look at reshaping our walk in the way of Jesus. He calls us to specifically focus on pace, attention, and desire.  Support the show

We begin our teaching series in 1 John looking at the gospel as event, experience, and exposure and how the Jesus story relates to other truth-claims. Support the show

In a one-off teaching pastor Ian Graham directs us towards the mystery of the Trinity and what it reveals about God, the origins of the universe, and why we exist. Support the show

Andrew Ojeda opens the scriptures for us unpacking how the unflinching friendship of Ruth towards Naomi is a glimpse of the friendship we share with God. Support the show

Pastor Ian Graham looks at the disintegrating effects of shame and how the good news of the Gospel counteracts shame and makes a way for us to be healers and to be healed in relationship with one another. Support the show

Carrie Louer looks at the intersections between a relationship with God and attachment theory and how we were made for a life with God. Support the show

Pastor Ian Graham looks at how singleness bears witness to God’s sustaining presence and is a glimpse of both eschatology (the way the world is moving in God’s hands) and ecclesiology (the way the church is to function now).  Support the show

Pastor Ian Graham explores  the Shema (Deuteronomy 6) and its implications for how Jesus followed approach parenting. He also invites the whole church to participate in the call to raise children and illustrates how spiritual formation of young people  is not a task isolated to a mother and father. Support the show

Pastor Ian Graham re-records Sunday's teaching from the office due to some technical difficulties as we continue our series on relationships.  Working definition of dating: an embodied, whole-hearted effort to attune to another in curiosity, service, and vulnerability to explore whether friendship, attraction, and vision are mutual that may or may not result in a lifelong commitment to that p...

Pastor Ian Graham offers some vantage points that did not make it into Sunday's sermon specifically talking about the often unseen realities of abuse in all of its forms. And those who follow Jesus but their spouse does not.  Support the show

Ecclesia founders Ian and Courtney Graham talk about how marriage should be a gift to the body of Christ and how we can cultivate growing, Christ-honoring marriages for the sake of revelation and transformation. Support the show

Pastor Ian Graham looks at John’s account of the resurrection and asks the question, “What does God do with all the tears?” Support the show

Pastor Ian Graham walks us through the events of Palm Sunday and how they relate to Jesus’ work on the cross. Support the show

Pastor Ian Graham walks us through the way that Jesus “recapitulates” the story of humanity in general and the story of Israel in particular and why this is so significant for his work on the cross. Support the show

Pastor Ian Graham looks at Jesus’ work of home-making on the cross, judging the Jerusalem temple and making our very hearts the home of God. Support the show

Pastor Ian Graham continues our series looking at the different motifs of the cross of Jesus juxtaposing our notions of judgment with the biblical picture of the righteous judgments of God.  Support the show

What does it mean that Jesus died “for us?” Why did Jesus die in the way that he did? We continue our lenten series on the cross of Jesus looking at different motifs of the story of the cross and the implications.  Support the show

Pastor Ian Graham begins our Lenten series looking at several motifs of the cross of Jesus focusing on sacrifice. Is the language of sacrifice something that we can dispense with in our modern western cultural milieu? Why does the Bible focus on Jesus’ work on the cross as a sacrifice? And what does it mean for us today?  Support the show

Ecclesian Savannah Charlish opens the scriptures to Mark 5 to examine the call for followers of Jesus to pray, why it matters, and what it does in us.  Support the show