Emmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, Colorado

Sermon Scripture: Luke 2:36-40 (NRSV) This week we begin a new series called "Her Story."  Our motivation for this series is to try and elevate the stories of women who have done important work for the Gospel and whose lives are a faithful witness to Christianity. I want to elevate these stories because for too long portions of the Christian church have held down the stories of women or have releg...

Sermon Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NRSV) “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” I imagine these words from the Apostle Paul would hit you differently based on your current circumstances. If things are going pretty well "Rejoice ALWAYS" or "give thanks in ALL circumstances" feels doable. However, if you...

Sermon Scripture: Matthew 26:26-28 (NRSV) Gratitude is always social because we are grateful for something, grateful to someone, and quite often, grateful with others. The social nature of gratitude is clear even when you are alone, or with a small group of people. All of life is a gift, we receive it with gratitude and when we do so it connects us to others in profound ways because gratitude is a...

Sermon Scripture: Psalm 100 (NRSV) You may know the feeling - someone did something for you or gave you a gift, but instead of being grateful, you feel indebted, obligated to return the favor, duty-bound to reciprocity. In this kind of commodity exchange, resentment is fostered instead of gratitude. "There would be no benefactors if they were not first the recipients of grace. In other words, gift...

Sermon Scripture: 2 Peter 1:3-11 (NRSV)   Self-control is really about gaining freedom.  -- Freedom from that destructive habit. -- Freedom from debilitating debt -- Freedom from  poor choices.  -- Freedom from an out of control schedule.  -- Freedom to seek after things we desire.   Join us as we finalize our series on the Fruit of the Spirit by discussing how self-control allows us to live more...

Sermon Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 (NRSV)   We live in a culture that values, maybe even worships, strength. More often than not, the strength we want so badly is expressed as power-over others. Power-over means that to be stronger than someone you must demonstrate that you can over-power them. As you might guess, this often leads to violence.   In a world of violent strength, Christians have...

Sermon Scripture: Matthew 22:15-22   Sometimes, when we talk about faith, what we mean is having confident belief. There is a time and place for that, but that is not the fruit of faithfulness. Faith is best described as allegiance. Faithfulness, then, is being steadfast in our allegiance to Jesus, who is Ruler over all the nations; Creator of life, the Eternal Word of God.    What does allegiance...

Sermon Scripture: Titus 3:1-8   Right at the beginning, we must realize that since kindness and goodness (which can also be translated generosity) are fruits of the spirit of God that means that God is kind. And God is good (generous).   When we confess Jesus as Lord, how we act toward others reveals what we we believe about God. It quite literally shows people what kind of God we believe in.  Let...

Sermon Scripture: Galations 5:22,23, James 5:7-11 When we hear the term patience, our thoughts are likely going to what our western, English dictionaries would describe patience to be: the ability to accept or tolerate delay or trouble without getting upset. But God’s idea of patience is really much greater. Scripture helps us view patience in regard to interpersonal relationships rather than excl...

Sermon Scripture: Mark 5:34, Luke 8:48, Luke 7:50 This week, we take a look at PEACE, as Fruit of the Spirit. We will investigate: 1. Peace as the righting of wrongs 2. Peace as union with God through the forgiveness of sins 3. Peace as a key marker of the Kingdom of God 4. Peace as the work of the children of God   Please join us as we consider how PEACE is making it’s way in and through us as we...

Sermon Scripture: Philippians 3:4b-14   Joy is often one of the most misunderstood of the Fruit of the Spirit, mainly due to the was culture has shaped our understanding of it. Part of the problem is that we look for joy in the wrong places. We have been conditioned to experience joy through achievement, but what happends when we don’t get the promotion, our finances don’t allow us to have the “pe...

Sermon Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23 (NRSV)   In a nation deeply divided, what we need now more than ever is the clear evidence of God’s Spirit in our lives. Division is so real, even among Christians. Those who disagree on subjects like racism, immigration, violence and gun control can get so nasty toward one another. As Christians, how are we to act in the midst of such division? At the risk of s...

If you grew up in the Church, chances are the very word “missions” brings up all kinds of feelings. For many, the feelings will be positive. You remember hearing amazing stories of God’s work around the world and you maintain a passion for God’s work around the world. For others, missions may bring up memories of missionary speakers who brought items from around the world and, while casually inter...

Sermon Scripture: Romans 8:1-4 (NRSV) Here’s the truth: “For God has done what the law could not do by sending his own Son, to deal with sin.” (Romans 8:3) God condemned sin in the flesh of Jesus in order to break to power of sin in our lives! Therefore, we no longer stand condemned under the power of sin! Sin entered into the life and body of Jesus and there its power was exhausted. Since sin has...

Sermon Scripture: Romans 8:5-9 (NRSV) Living according to the flesh is like turning in on ourselves and trying to fuel our lives without ever connecting to an outside source. Paul says this will lead to death. Only focusing on yourself without concern for the other will lead to death.  The scriptures say that when we live with a mindset of the Spirit, it leads to life and peace. The life he is tal...

Join us as Pastor Grace Easton teaches us from Mark 5:1-17 about the miraculous power of restoration available to us through Jesus Christ, and what this means for us as Kingdom of Heaven disciples.  Sermon Scriptures: Mark 5:1-17 (NRSV)

Live according to the Spirit, which will lead to life. The life of Spirit is fed through things like prayer, worship, connection with others, humility. Focusing on these practices, habits will help put to death the first order of things and bring about new creation in us.  Sermon Scriptures: Romans 8:9-13 (New Testament for Everyone)

As Christians we are called to wait in patience for the things that are to be revealed. And we do so on the basis that Christ has risen - He is risen indeed! Resurrection of Christ was the down payment of new creation. And now we look for evidence and participate as new creation agents. As we look at the world, we see that resurrection is written into creation and written into our lives.    For th...

When suffering hits, it is natural to start asking questions. For most people, regardless of their faith affiliation or system of belief will ask questions about God when suffering. Where is God? What is God doing? Is God in the clouds watching my suffering and the suffering of humanity unfold with little care? Is God in the clouds, pulling the strings of our lives and causing our pain?   Join us...

As a recap to our recent series entitled, HOLY, Pastor Daniel Pape guides us in ways in which we can apply the Holiness offered by God in practical ways in our lives. May we be quick to confess and seek reconciliation when we fail, and courageously live in partnership with the Spirit a life of action and intentionality advancing God’s Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. Sermon Scripture: Romans 8...

The invitation of Revelation is to lay the healing leaves of the Tree of Life onto every wound we carry, whether physical or spiritual. What wounds do you carry that need healing? Perhaps wounded relationships; wounded families, the environment, our greed, our bodied from COVID. There are so many things we could name that need healing. The promise of Revelation is that healing is available to us....

Just as Jesus and the prophets taught, holiness in our lives is intended to go out into the world to share in the life-giving water of Christ. “The sanctification of the disciples has a threefold purpose: to enable them to enter into and live in that relationship with God, which was intended from the beginning; to make them one with either in love, and to enable them to acts as agents of that reco...

Holy means set apart and unique. In the Bible; God, time, people, things, and places are all called holy. In this series, we’re exploring how we are invited to participate in God’s holiness. At first, God’s holiness is seen as dangerous and incompatible with human impurities. Until Jesus comes. When Jesus began announcing the arrival of God’s kingdom, he was drawn to people considered unclean and...

Holy means set apart and unique. In the Bible, God, time, people, things, and places are all called holy. God’s holiness doesn’t distance us from him. Rather, it invites us to participate in his own holiness. But, in the biblical narrative, this is not where the story starts. The story starts with an understanding that the holiness of God is dangerous and is incompatible with any impurity. The dri...

God’s holy love is inviting us to forgive, love our enemies, free the oppressed, see the value in every life and if we participate in this love then we are transformed by it. Jesus Christ proclaims good news to the poor and bring freedom to the oppressed. May we be focused on this work as well. Any movement toward healing is the wind of the Spirit. Any awareness of our bias against another, is the...