Ekklesia Church at Raleigh

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Our highest hope is embodied in Jesus’s prayer: ‘Your Kingdom come; Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.’ These words remind us that God’s Kingdom is not a distant future but present reality, calling us into discipleship. As Luke Timothy Johnson writes, the Church is to be ‘a sacrament of the world’s possibility. A sign of what the world can be.’ We aspire to fulfill this by loving radically, inclusively, and generously—embracing all regardless of age, race, gender, orientation, ethnicity, marital status, or disability.

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The Lord's Prayer: Part 5 - Our Daily Bread (2/2/2025) 30.04.2025 29:54

When Jesus tells us to pray for our daily bread, he is not introducing a new concept. Rather he is building on centuries of tradition. This Sunday we look at the stories Jesus is pointing us to with this line of the prayer and ask what we are really aiming for when we pray it.

The Lord's Prayer: Part 4 - Thy Kingdom Come (1/26/2025) 30.04.2025 28:38

With divine timing (or perhaps divine humor), this sermon on "Thy Kingdom Come" lands during inauguration week, inviting us to examine what this prayer truly demands of us. Through stories of ancient Rome and Civil Rights history, we discover how Jesus' vision of God's Kingdom remains a radical challenge to every earthly power structure – calling us not just to pray differently, but to live differ...

The Lord's Prayer: Part 3 - Hallowed Be Thy Name (1/19/2025) 30.04.2025 30:31

Through stories of college sports and modern culture, we explore the phrase "Hallowed be Thy name." How might the radical-individualism of our age be challenged by these words from the Lord's Prayer?

The Lord's Prayer: Part 2 - Our Father in Heaven (1/12/2025) 30.04.2025 24:29

"Our Father in heaven" - four words that have opened countless prayers through history. This week we consider their surprising meaning in Jesus' world, and what they could mean for us today.

The Lord's Prayer: Part 1 - Introduction (1/5/2025) 30.04.2025 31:40

This year we will be walking through the historic Christian Catechism - The Lord’s Prayer, the Ten Commandments, and the Apostles Creed. Today we look at some background and context, as we prepare to look at the Lord’s Prayer in more detail over the next 8 weeks.