Emmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, Colorado

The third Sunday of Advent is called “Gaudete” Sunday. Each Sunday in the season of Advent is supposed to be feast day, a celebration, but this week is especially so. The third week of Advent is a time of joy, a time of being thankful for all that has been given—the promise of the Savior who has come, who is present, and who promises a return. The third Sunday of Advent is a day for celebration. P...

Advent is about anticipating something that is on the horizon, something greater than we can imagine on our own, something that speaks of God breaking in to the world we know. The season, calls our communities to choose the way of peace, in their homes, in their communities, and in their online presence—as the beginning point. From there, the season calls us to begin having an influence around us...

Pastor Andy reminds us how to best read the Bible and unpacks what it means for the Bible to be inspired.

In this week's passage, 2 Timothy 2:1-13, Pastor Andy Lucas teaches on Paul's encouragement to Timothy to remain strong in the grace of God, even in the midst of political and social threat.

"God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline." Preaching from 2 Timothy 1, Pastor Andy Lucas helps us learn of the nature of who God is and how He equips us to live out our lives.

Wealth is often elevated to the greatest good and most of us are utterly captured by the pursuit of more riches in the name of contentment and security. But the great gain the Paul teaches is found in the pursuit of faith, love, gentleness, and the eternal life to which we are called. Preaching from 2 Timothy Chapter 1, Pastor Andy Lucas helps us understand the balance of worldly resource and comf...

Preaching from 1 Timothy 4:1-10, Pastor Andy reminds us that ALL of God's creation is good and worthy when enjoyed with thanksgiving and gratitude and that our Spiritual growth is to be lived out both in community and personal practices, and that God is faithful to meet us with grace and peace.

Preaching from the often misunderstood 1 Timothy 2:8-15, Pastor Andy Lucas helps us understand what the Apostle Paul meant by his statements regarding women in worship and women in positions of authority in ministry.

Preaching from Matthew 5:1-16 and also speaking on the life of St. Francis, Pastor Grace Easton reminds us that the people of God are to be peacemakers in all the Earth. That by being salt light in all that we do, we embody the redemptive work of God’s Kingdom in our relationships, our work, and in restoring all creation.

Preaching from 1 Timothy 2, Pastor Andy walk’s us through Paul’s call for believers to pray for our nation and our leaders. Often this can be a challenge as we may or may not always agree with their ideals or motivations. Our prayers have the power to help shape the rule, order, and peace of our world, but it also changes our own hearts.

Teaching from 1st Timothy 1:12-17, Pastor Andy Lucas teaches that Paul exemplifies a paradigm of the possibility of grace. Where he was once motivated by ignorance and fear, an encounter with the living Christ, love made flesh, he receives God’s mercy and then by God’s grace is called and even invited to be an apostle for Jesus Christ.

Teaching through the short book of Philemon, Pastor Andy Lucas reminds us of the importance of community and fellowship, and that the fellowship of the church is not something that we fabricate, rather it is something exists and that we are invited into through Christ Jesus.

Preaching from Philippians 2:1-11, Pastor Andy Lucas reminds us that our faith is fulfilled when lived out in community. Followers of Christ are challenge to be a community of people who remain curious, motived by love, and demonstrating faithfulness to God and one another.

Preaching from 1 John 4, Pastor Andy Lucas reminds us the love drives out fear. Fear seems so prevalent in society as it drives marketing, sales, public opinion, and even national policy. Fear also touches our lives personally cause us to build defensive walls around our physical and emotional well being. Jesus demonstrates the most counter-cultural thing a Christ follower can do is to live a life...

Preaching in partnership with local artist Melissa Pape , Pastor Andy Lucas brings us week one in the "Greater Than" series. Studying Ecclesiastes, we investigate the tension found in faith, certainty, and curiosity. 

Teaching from Psalm chapter 9, Pastor Andy Lucas shows us that this Psalm is spoken from the perspective of the oppressed and it is largely one of thanksgiving, in praise of Yahweh, who interrupts typical social relationship of power between the weak and the strong, giving the marginalized a voice. God is on the side of the marginalized and we, as the people of God are called to join him in this w...

Preaching from Psalm 8, Pastor Andy encourages us to glorify and honor God, not only through recognizing his majesty in creation, but by also caring for his creation and for humanity a Christ exemplified for us.

Continuing with last week's theme of love for God and love for neighbor, guest speaker Rev. John Watkin helps us consider the questions, "Who is our neighbor." Preaching from Luke chapter 10, we are encouraged to love even in the most unexpected places. 

Speaking on The Greatest Commandment, guest speaker Pastor John Watkin shows that to Love is to Worship and to Worship is to Love, with six specific ways that we can Love God through our Worship.

Teaching from Romans chapter 10, Pastor Daniel Pape reminds us that the Good News of Jesus is for all people, in all places, at all times. He shares about his experiences on the mission field and inspires us to participate in the work of God however he inspires us. How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And ho...

Church matters because it provides us the opportunity to participate in communal practices that form us as the people of God — and because it is communal we have an opportunity to put our formation into practice — allowing us to learn to live and love one another well in the name of God.

Church matters because we need a community in which we can explore the implications of the Gospel announcement that, “Jesus is Lord.”

The Church matters because it is the epicenter of God’s movement to announce the Good News of Jesus Christ to the world. The Church is that gathered people of God, so when God moves, he is moving within the Church.

When Jesus is cornered in the temple and asked a loaded question, he says to give to Ceasar what belongs to Ceasar and to God what belongs to God. The brilliance is in the image. The coin has Caesar's image on it. We are the image-bearers of God! The story is about the tension of how to live in the world as the people of God. As bearer's of God's Image, we are to bear prophetic witness to the age...

Not only does God have a truly beautiful plan for restoring humanity and all of creation back to his original design. Not only does that plan include you and I and all mankind, but he invites us, he implores us, he empowers us, and he expects us to be a part of that plan! Like Paul, he invites us to see the world with new eyes! To dream about each of our spheres of influent being redeemed and reim...