Emmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, Colorado

Sermon Scripture: Lamentations 3 (NIV) Pastor Grace Easton helps us explore 3rd poem of Lamentations and it’s dramatic languaging processing the effects of personal and corporate sin through lament. Lament and Confession transform us. It recognizes an evil, and helps us imagine redemption. We express our lament, and are moved to action.  We recognize the evil, we recognize our need for God’s redem...

Sermon Scripture: Lamentations 2 (NLT)   Where Lamentations chapter 1 saw Jerusalem attribute their own sin as a cause for suffering, chapter 2 makes God the primary actor. In this poem, God is portrayed as angry, retributive and to blame for the suffering of Jerusalem.   Lament requires humility. Lament calls us into a proper view of ourselves. Even Jerusalem was not beyond being humbled. May we,...

Sermon Scripture: Lamentations 1 (NLT)   THE VALUE OF LAMENT 1. Lament is form of protest: Lament lets the world (and God) know that which is not right. To lament is to name the pain, suffering, or injustice in our lives and in the lives of others. 2. Lament offers us a chance to express emotion: Lament offers us the opportunity to express anger, frustration, disappointment to God. 3. Lament offer...

Sermon Scripture: James 5:13-19 (NRSV)   James ends his letter with a call to prayer. In the previous verses, he’s just talked about how Christians should live with patience for the day when all things will be made right. This patience should lead us to a life of faith-filled prayer.   When we pray, we stand with one foot in the world as it is; filled with sickness, sin, and trouble while the othe...

Sermon Scripture: James 2:1-17 (NRSV)   How many of us, when enjoying our favorite candy, sort out our favorite flavors and ignore or trade the others?   While this practice of sorting and evaluation is harmless when it comes to candy, the unfortunate truth is we all have a tendency to do the same thing when it comes to people. We assess, evaluate, and size people up to establish a pecking order....

Sermon Scripture: James 1:9-11 (NLT)   Money. Whether you have a lot or a little, it’s easy to obsess over money. The Bible has some important wisdom to teach us about money. Here is just a short sampling:   Prov. 22:7 says, “The borrower is slave to the lender…” Malachi 3:10 tells us to “Bring all the tithes into the storehouse.”. Mark 12:41-44 calls us to generosity through the story of a widow...

Sermon Scripture: 3:12-18 (NRSV)   The rise of “fake news” has made it difficult to discern what news is legitimate and what news is just trying to confirm biases and stoke fear of the other side. It turns out, though, this kind of confusion isn’t new. Early Christians faced a similar problem regarding wisdom.   James’ letter was written to a wide audience of Christians, so he was addressing wides...

Sermon Scripture: James 3:1-12 (NRSV) “Men like me, who possess hidden wisdom are freed from common rules just as we are cut off from common pleasures. Our, my boy, is a high and lonely destiny.” -Uncle Andrew from The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis The keen moral insight of Lewis is clear; the moment one thinks that an action that would be wrong for others is OK for them, they have puffed themse...

Sermon Scripture: James 1:2-4; 5:7-11 According to the logic of James, 2020 is to be considered one of the most joy-filled years because of the trials we all faced. This isn’t coming from someone who had it nice and easy in life. James personally experienced poverty, famine, and persecution. These words are not cheap cliche from someone who has lived in the lap of luxury. They are words from someo...

At the beginning of the book of Exodus, the Israelite people were enslaved by the Pharaoh in Egypt. God called a man named Moses to confront Pharaoh and demand that the Israelites be freed. Moses confronted Pharaoh many times, but Pharaoh refused! After finally agreeing to let them go, Pharaoh changed his mind because he realized building and production would stop the labor of enslaved people. Har...

Today, let’s learn about the life and work of Austin Channing Brown. Austin is a Christian black woman who fights for racial justice through activism and education. Racism is prejudice against a person or group on the basis of their ethnic or racial identity. What does the Bible say about racism and social justice? Join us as we investigate together.

"Be perfect…” Mt. 5:48  "May God sanctify you entirely” 1 Thess. 5:23  "to those who are sanctified…” 1 Cor. 1:2  "you were sanctified…” 1 Cor. 6:11  Throughout the scriptures, there is evidence that part of the work of God in our lives is to sanctify us. But what does this mean? How are we to understand this call? These are the kinds of questions Mildred Bangs Wynkoop dedicated her life to answer...

Thank you for joining us for our Advent Reflections series. Each reflection is accompanied by a song recorded by the Emmaus Road Worship team.  This week, “The Cry of Hallelujah” as inspired by Andrew Peterson’s song, While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks. A video version of this episode is available on our website, theroadfc.org, or on our YouTube channel ( https://www.youtube.com/c/EmmausRoadFort...

As we now celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord, we will light the fifth candle, the white Christ Candle. Please await instruction given during the podcast for the time to light your candle.  May God bless you as you listen and worship.

Thank you for joining us for our Advent Reflections series. Each reflection is accompanied by a song recorded by the Emmaus Road Worship team.  This week, “Behold The Lamb of God” as inspired by Andrew Peterson’s song of the same name. A video version of this episode is available on our website, theroadfc.org, or on our YouTube channel ( https://www.youtube.com/c/EmmausRoadFortCollins/ )

This week, we light the final purple candle of LOVE. Please await instruction given during the podcast for the time to light your candle.  May God bless you as you listen and worship.

Sermon Scripture: Luke 1:46-55 (NRSV) Mary was a devoted teenager who loved God. She, along with others, was waiting for God to do what he had promised through the prophets to do; send a king in the line of David who would set things right. After an encounter with the angel Gabriel, Mary uttered her most famous words, "Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” ...

Thank you for joining us for our Advent Reflections series. Each reflection is accompanied by a song recorded by the Emmaus Road Worship team.  This week, “Deliver Us” as inspired by Andrew Peterson’s song of the same name. A video version of this episode is available on our website, theroadfc.org, or on our YouTube channel ( https://www.youtube.com/c/EmmausRoadFortCollins/ ) DELIVER US Written by...

This week, we light the pink candle of JOY. Please await instruction given during the podcast for the time to light your candle.  May God bless you as you listen and worship.

Sermon Scripture: Luke 24:1-12 (NRSV) We are in the third Sunday of Advent. During Advent this year, we are exploring the stories of women who have helped to share the Gospel in their generation. Perhaps none of these are more important than Mary Magdalene. If you'll extend some me some grace, let's explore this resurrection story during Advent. All four of the Gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and J...

Thank you for joining us for our Advent Reflections series. Each reflection is accompanied by a song recorded by the Emmaus Road Worship team.  This week, “A New Battle Hymn” as inspired by Audrey Assad’s “Your Peace Will Make Us One.” A video version of this episode is available on our website, theroadfc.org, or on our YouTube channel ( https://www.youtube.com/c/EmmausRoadFortCollins/ )

This week, we light the second purple candle of PEACE. Please await instruction given during the podcast for the time to light your candle.  May God bless you as you listen and worship.

Sermon Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32 (NRSV)   The namesake of God’s covenant people is that they wrestled with God in the same way their forefather had. To have an “Israelite” faith did not mean to be certain about all your beliefs about God; it meant to wrestle honestly with those beliefs. You see this throughout the biblical narrative, particularly in the Old Testament!   In 2007, Rachel Held Evan...

Thank you for joining us for our Advent Reflections series. Each reflection is accompanied by a song recorded by the Emmaus Road Worship team.  This week, Pausing to Remember as inspired by Andrew Peterson's "Gather'Round Ye Children Come." A video version of this episode is available on our website, theroadfc.org, or on our YouTube channel ( https://www.youtube.com/c/EmmausRoadFortCollins/ )

This week, we light the first purple candle of HOPE. Please await instruction given during the podcast for the time to light your candle.  May God bless you as you listen and worship.