Emmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, Colorado

Sermon Scriptures: Matt 6:1–6, 16-18 Join us as we consider Christ’s admonition in faithfully engaging in three core practices of the Christian Faith: giving, prayer, and fasting.

Sermon Scriptures: Matt 5:13-16 Jesus says, I want you to be salt. Kingdom disciples in the midst of all kinds of religious and moral options out there, and don’t worry about how big or small your opportunities may look, if you are faithfully representing me, the Kingdom will be there in a potent way. If Jesus were here living through me in my situations, what would he say, how would he respond, w...

Sermon Scriptures: Matt 5:9-12  Do we have any idea of the parameters of the Kingdom of God? How can we recognize the people who live there, and will we be comfortable among them? One way to answer these questions is to look for people doing the hard and troublesome work of making peace.

Sermon Scriptures: Matt 5:6-8 Like the preamble to our U.S. Constitution the Beatitudes proclaim what is, in the light of the Kingdom of Heaven, unassailably true. Our first and primary identity is as citizens in the Kingdom of God, steeped and formed by our Kingdom identity. We should live everyday benefitting from the ideals, systems, and structures of the Kingdom of Heaven. When Jesus’ early li...

Sermon Scriptures: Matt 5:3-5 The blessings that Jesus is announcing in The Beatitudes are not saying ‘try hard to live like this’ but are announcements for the people who already ARE like that and it’s good news for them. Those who follow Jesus are to begin to live by this rule here and now - that’s the point of the sermon on the mount and the beatitudes in particular. They are a summons to live...

Sermon Scriptures: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31, Psalm 8, Romans 5:1-5, John 16:12-15 Join us as we celebrate the mystery of faith and unity of the Holy Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit through a series of readings and reflections.

Sermon Scripture: Acts 2:1-21, John 14: 15-21 The Day of Pentecost is thought of as the birthday of the church. On Pentecost Sunday, we celebrate the pouring out of the Holy Spirit on the disciples. God’s power and purpose in our lives are built upon the active experience of God’s presence (the Holy Spirit) in our lives. This presence is not some esoteric idea, it is not a theory. There is only on...

Sermon Scripture: 16:16-34 Living a life in partnership with the Kingdom is not always easy, and it was never promised that it would be. Jesus himself, in Luke 14 warned the ever growing crowds who were following him that they should expect to encounter loss and trouble and that they should count the costs of living a life in service to the Kingdom. Could it be that our obedience, faith, and humil...

Sermon Scripture: Psalm 67, Acts 16:6-15

Sermon Scripture: Acts 11:1-18 (NRSV) In our passage today, we are beginning to see signs that the Kingdom of God is moving and flourishing in ways no one could have expected. That it is advancing through the most unlikely among us, and it is reaching the most surprising of people. God is rewriting they story of his work in the world. May we be pliable enough that our biases or presumptions do not...

Sermon Scripture: Acts 9:31-43 (NRSV) The Acts of the Apostles is a theological history of the mission of Jesus as continued by his disciples, told according to the geographical spread of the faith. Good deeds are natural outgrowth of our love for Christ and neighbor. Not prerequisite to salvation, nor requirement for ongoing acceptance by God. Dorcas' resurrection is a sign that the Holy Spirit c...

Sermon Scripture: John 21:1b-17, Acts 1:3-8, Acts 2:42-47 As Jesus revealed himself to his followers in the 40 days after his resurrection, he gave them a promise. Jesus reminds us that the Kingdom of God is less interested in rolling in, taking territory and knocking down empires. Rather, Jesus encourages us saying the Kingdom is all about restoring humanity to our divine nature first. Peace, jus...

Pastor Andy Lucas shared his blessings and encouragement to the Emmaus Road on this, his final Sunday as pastor. We will be celebrating Pastor Andy and his 15 years serving as pastor of Emmaus Road, and will be appreciating and sending off the entire Lucas family as they embark on their next adventure in Kansas City.

Sermon Scripture: Hebrews 2:14-15 (NIV) The resurrection of Jesus IS NOT merely a personal victory. In the resurrection, Jesus enters death and rescues those who have been subject to it. Jesus does not enter death as a victim. Jesus invades death with divine life and death simply cannot hold divine life! https://art.kunstmatrix.com/en/artwork/1097580/ivanka-demchuk/resurrection

Sermon Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:1-8 (NIV) Palm Sunday is the commemoration of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem for the Passover festival. The events of that week were so significant that the week has come to be known as Holy Week. It isn't an exaggeration to say that during Holy Week the way of heaven represented by Christ goes head to head with the principalities and powers represented by Pontius Pi...

Sermon Scripture: John 12:20-33 (NIV) The idea that civilizations are organized around an axis of power enforced through violence has become so ingrained into human culture that most will assume there isn't even another possibility. This is simply just the way the world works. And they are right….but it doesn’t have to be this way. The organizing principle of the world does not have to be violent...

Sermon Scripture: John 3:16-17 (NIV) What is Christian beauty? What form can our lives take that present to the world a beautiful form? It can be nothing other than the cruciform. The form of crucifixion. The cross is where human ugliness and sin are met with God's love, forgiveness, and beauty. And it isn't a fair match. The cross is the beauty that saves the world. And it is the beauty our lives...

Sermon Scripture: Colossians 1:15-20 (NIV) One of the most important questions for humanity to consider is "What is God like?” Throughout history, humanity has believed in a pantheon of gods and goddesses and they had a particular way of relating to each of these gods. An altar was set up on a high place, and sacrifices were made to that god. The trouble with this system was that you never knew wh...

Sermon Scripture: Mark 8:27-35 (NRSV) So often, in spite of our best intentions, we misunderstand what it means to be a true disciple of Christ. We hear the word discipleship and we start rushing down one path only to find that Jesus is slowly leading us in another direction. Jesus reminds us, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” May...

Sermon Scripture: Luke 23:33-34, NIV The cross is the center of the Christian faith, and the symbol of Christian churches around the world. But what does it mean? An event as significant as God in flesh dying on a cross and being raised from the dead cannot have just one meaning. Your Sin Forgiven! What does this mean for each of us? Our sin does not keep you from God. Divine posture toward humani...

Sermon Scripture: Luke 9:18-36, Deuteronomy 18:14-22 NLT On this Transfiguration Sunday, we investigate the prophet Moses and how his life points us to the Gospel of Jesus.

Sermon Scripture: Exodus 17:1-7, NLT Israel left Egypt a free people, headed toward a land to call their own. However, between the bonds of slavery and the land flowing with milk and honey was a desert. This is how life works, isn't it. Between the freedom and the flourishing is a time of floundering. In many ways, the journey of Israel reflects our own journey.

Sermon Scripture: Exodus 5:1-9, 12:1-7; 13, 15:1-18, (NLT) The Exodus event is the dominant picture of what salvation looks like in the Old Testament. The Exodus event also informs and shapes how salvation is understood by the authors of the New Testament. The exodus event provides the framework to understand salvation. We see that the false gods are powerless to save. The true God is revealed to...

Sermon Scripture: Exodus 3:1-8a; 13-14, NLT Moses has a conversation with an angel of the Lord within the flame and learns that God has seen the suffering of the Hebrew people in Egypt and wants Moses to partner with God to set the people free. The burning bush is an anticipation of the incarnation. Christ took up residence in the bush and flooded it with divine presence. Then, Christ took up resi...

Sermon Scripture: Genesis 37:5-8, 37:18-20, 41:41-44, 50:14-21 (NLT) The whole contour of Joseph's story bears the mark of Jesus. This story is a gospel shaped story. Jesus, like Joseph, was the beloved son of a Father, scorned by his own people, and cast into the pit of hell. But even in the depths, he was not forgotten. He was raised and exalted to the right hand of God where he now rules with p...