Emmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, Colorado

God takes pleasure in bringing all things to unity in Christ. This is what God is up to in the world. This is where the story is heading - a rewriting of the story so that all things are brought into perfect unity in Christ. And this brings God pleasure. He delights in redeeming, restoring, renewing, retelling.

The sacraments help us re-enact the story of our redemption. They become physical metaphors for our journey of faith. The sacraments help, that which seems so far away, to be brought close, near to us. Baptism is an identity-forming act that marks us as belonging to Christ. In baptism, we join Christ in his death SO THAT we may also join him in our resurrection. Through baptism we re-enacting the...

The Bible is the story of God intersecting human history in the person of Jesus. As such, its primary purpose is to bear witness to Christ, the incarnate Word. "The phrase 'authority of scripture' is shorthand for 'God’s authority exercised through scripture.'…scripture itself points, authoritatively, away from itself and to the fact that final and true authority belongs to God himself, now delega...

On the cross, Jesus defeats the rulers and authorities (and the evil power that animates them). The only way to defeat such powers is to absorb their evil blows and then respond with forgiveness. This is central to Paul's understanding of the cross. We are freed from evil "powers" by Christ's death and resurrection.

On Ash Wednesday, we marked children, senior adults, those who are sick, and those are well with the symbol of their death, in the shape of their salvation. I used to think that meant that we were fundamentally bad and deserving of the wrath of God, but Jesus saved me from a retributive Father. That is, the cross and resurrection were a transaction whereby I was tolerable to God. I’ve come to see...

Preaching from Luke 19:28-40, Pastor Andy echos the refrain of the disciples, “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” May we too align ourselves with the Kingdom of Peace, rather than the kingdom of empire.

Preaching from Luke 19:41-48, Andy Lucas helps us see how this familiar passage of Jesus clearing the temple of merchants and money changers may have a deeper meaning than what appears on the surface. The problem is not the commerce that was taking place, but rather the heart condition God's people. Jesus is admonishing the church not to be a hiding place for practicing the same old sins of Israel...

Preaching from the story of the prodigal son (Luke 15), Pastor Andy Lucas reminds us that the heart of the father is relationship. Our failures and shame can not separate us from the arms of our Father who runs to welcome us. 

Exploring Luke 19, Pastor Andy shows that Jesus’ call to repentance isn’t what we might think at first glance.

Preaching from Mark 5:1-20, Pastor Andy teaches on the power of name. When the Holy Spirit ministers allowing us to identify and name that which oppresses us, the power of Jesus is able to bring it into the light and break the chains that bind us, restoring us back to humanity, family, and community. This is the restorative work of Jesus Christ in the world, returning people to the dignity of thei...

Preaching from Luke 4:1-13, Pastor Andy Lucas teaches that how we achieve our goals is often times just as important as the goal themself. As seen in the temptations of Jesus in the wilderness, the devil's promised kingdom was not worth Jesus sacrificing himself for. His Kingdom would be won through love, mercy, sacrifice, and redemption. May we find such strength of the LORD to resist temptation,...

Teaching from Luke 9:28-36, Pastor Andy Lucas shows how Jesus, the true Israelite, is the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. He shows us how to live into the life and freedom of God's law of love as the true prophet, our Messiah.

Preaching from Luke 6:27-36, Pastor Andy Lucas encourages; "the Gospel of Jesus Christ is an invitation to be formed in the ways of forgiveness, love, and generosity, but not just because Jesus was nice and we should be too, but because of the transforming and redeeming power of Love."

Preaching from Luke 6:17-26, pastor Andy Lucas reminds us that our salvation and faith is both personal and social. Our personal encounter with Jesus must not only lead us into personal freedom and healing, but also into proclaiming the Kingdom of God and its spiritual, physical, and social redemption to those around us.

Preaching from Luke 5:1-11, pastor Andy Lucas shares, that the holiness of God does not push us away and call us unworthy, but rather the holiness of God pulls us in and invites us despite our brokenness. It purifies us as an infectious agent of love and goodness and sends us out into a world sorely needing a glimpse of the divine.

Preaching from from Luke chapter 4, Pastor Andy Lucas challenges: May we learn to follow Christ into the radical love he embodied. May we not domesticate Christ to our own agenda (political or otherwise). May we not commandeer Christ as the mascot of our platform of power. May we faithfully follow Christ in the radical, heart-changing, world-changing, way of love.

Preaching from Luke 2:22-40, Pastor Grace Easton tells the story of Simeon and Anna. Both prophets proclaiming the arrival of Messiah. May all God's people look to Christ and proclaim his good news to all.

Preaching from 1 Cor. 12, Pastor Andy shows us how Christ is not only the source that hold the church body together, but how he is the full revelation of humanity fulfilled.

In a moment in history when we seem to be more connected than ever through the internet, we are in danger of missing out on the true benefits of relationship. Guest speaker, Rev. John Watkin teaches how personal relationships build us up, satisfy us, challenge us, and complete us; and he Body of Christ, his Church, is the perfect place to experience life giving relationship.

Preaching from Matthew 2:1-12, Pastor Andy Lucas helps show how the visit of the Magi to the baby Jesus is good news in so many ways! He is the light for all the world, not just a select people.

The good news for us in this week after Christmas is that, like Mary and Joseph, our search has ended. Jesus shows us the way to God. The scary part, perhaps, is that our search doesn’t end where we may expect. Preaching from Luke 2:41-52 Pastor Daniel Pape helps us to find the Jesus we thought we had lost.

The most significant change in our world takes place through small significant moments. Pastor Andy Lucas shows us that as we give of our time, talent, and resource to others, and love all with Christ's love, we will see God's Kingdom come on Earth as it is in Heaven.

God's greatest give to us is his presence. He is a giver and if we are to reflect his image in the world, we also are to develop the habit of generosity.

As we look for ways to make this Advent season meaningful, we are best served to keep things simple and build time, space, and margin into our routines for worship. It's a fitting to say that our lives are as varied as the psalms, but the foundation of it all is praise to our Creator - the one who gives us breath. Pastor Andy Lucas provides us tips and resources for engaging God more fully in Wors...

As pastor Andy Lucas completes his series from the book of Colossians we will hear it read, in its entirety.