Grace Church San Diego

Hello Grace Church, hope you are well! Can you believe we are finishing the book of Hebrews this week?!? Well, technically we will finish it on Christmas Eve, but this is our last Sunday in the book. Hebrews 13 is called “Concluding Exhortations,” but it reads more like a parent trying to give advice to a kid leaving for college on a train. It feels rushed and random. But with some further investi...

Hello Grace Church, hope you are well! Holiday season is upon us, good luck out there at the white elephant gift exchanges coming your way. :) This week we are moving into Hebrews Chapter 12. After giving a “history of faith,” the author tells his church, "it’s our turn now.” He tells us they ran their race, and now we need to run ours. If you’ve ever gone out for a run you know this isn’t easy. I...

Hello Grace Church, I hope you're doing well and had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Now that the appropriate season is upon us, I trust you're enjoying the joy of decorating for Christmas! This Sunday, we'll be diving into the second half of Hebrews 11. Last week, we explored the question, "What is faith?" and this week, we'll look at, "What does faith do? "Hebrews 11 tells the stories of individuals w...

Hope you are well! Can you believe it’s almost Thanksgiving? It won’t be long before we can put up our Christmas trees and turn on our favorite Christmas playlist. :) This week we are moving into Hebrews Chapter 11. Some theologians talk about Hebrews being a door that swings on a hinge—the first 10 chapters are one side of the door and the next three are the other side. For 10 chapters we have be...

This week we finish Chapter 10 of the book of Hebrews. The author, in his intentional redundancy to elevate the sacrifice of Christ in our lives, now turns a corner to share how his Gospel can be a gift to us. We are Christ's church and should be living out the Christian life in such a way that brings us together regularly, encouraging one another. This week we will talk about the gathering of the...

Hello Grace Church, Welcome to November! We ran hard last month, launching new house churches, hosting Hallopalooza, and trusting God for the future of our lives, our church, our city and the nations. Thank you for serving with us and making all that possible. We’re excited about Vision 150 and we look forward to seeing God make it happen. This week we’re back in the book of Hebrews, focusing in o...

Welcome back to the Vision Series! It’s been so fun to lift our eyes and spend the month of October talking about what’s possible. Thank you for being a church willing to trust God as He leads. We have a bright future and a lot to look forward to in the years to come. This week we finish the Vision Series by talking about the cost of the course. If we commit to being a Great Commission Church, mak...

This Sunday is the third week of our Vision Series and we are excited to share more about God's vision for us. I hope that you see the progression of the series as we've journeyed through, looking at a vision for our lives, for our church, and this Sunday, for the city! Part of being a "Great Commission" church means that we not only organize and mobilize our church to be on mission, but we also g...

Welcome back to the Vision Series! Last week we focused on our lives, asking the question: How do I get a vision for the season I’m in and the life I want?  I hope you were willing to evaluate your season, receive feedback, and chart the course for a new direction. This simple practice can be life changing.  This week we move beyond ourselves to look at the church.  I want to look at why Jesus cre...

Welcome to the The Vision Series! For the next 4 weeks we are taking a break from Hebrews to celebrate what God has done and talk about the future. This past year the Lord has been so faithful; we’ve seen house churches multiply, lives transformed, and people baptized. We’ve moved offices, constructed a Counseling Center, and remodeled our youth space. Our building and our people are being rebuilt...

This Sunday we are going to be continuing our study in the book of Hebrews! I’ll be preaching from Hebrews 9:1-14 and exploring what the Bible says about the role of our conscience. We are going to look at why we often struggle with guilt, shame, and how the sacrifice of Jesus doesn’t just forgive our sin, but also purifies our conscience as well! If you’ve ever felt weighed down by your past or s...

Hope you are well! This week we continue in the book of Hebrews finishing Chapter 7. Last week we learned how Jesus is better than all things, including an ancient King Priest figure named Melchizedek. This week, the author of Hebrews continues his line of thinking by making a bold claim about Jesus, namely that he can meet all of our needs. This is one of those things that is easy to believe, but...

Hello Grace Church, Maybe you’ve tried on a pair of designer jeans and it hits you: "These fit so much better than cheap jeans!" They are just better. When you find something better, you wonder how you ever lived without it. This Sunday we will dive into Hebrews Chapter 7 to learn the story of Melchizedek, a mysterious king and priest who unexpectedly shows up in the life of Abraham. We...

Hope you are well! This Labor Day weekend we continue in the book of Hebrews, finishing Chapter 6. Last week we got caution, this week we get comfort. When it comes to following Jesus, we need a healthy dose of both. In order to comfort his people, the author of Hebrews calls back to a story in the book of Genesis regarding Abraham. It’s an obscure reference that holds enough power to be “an ancho...

I hope you are well! This week we continue in the book of Hebrews, finishing Chapter 5 and moving into Chapter 6. A few weeks ago we saw the paradox of work and rest as a part of the Christian life. This week we are introduced to another paradox which is warning and assurance. The progression of the Gospel is a path filled with warnings and assurance. Following Jesus is more than a one-time event,...

This Sunday we continue to walk through the book of Hebrews, and we will finish chapter four and begin chapter five. After two weeks on the topics of rest and work, the author of Hebrews now takes a turn to discuss Jesus as our Great High Priest. We will uncover what that title really means and the significance of how Jesus relates to us and loves us. Having access to the King is a powerful doorwa...

Hope you are well! This week we continue in the book of Hebrews Chapter 4. Last week we saw the call to rest in the rhythm of the Gospel and this week we’re going to look at how we work to remain in the Gospel. What we’re seeing unfold in the book of Hebrews is a rhythm of rest and work, an encouragement to fight for your faith and rest in Christ. The question we want to answer this week is: “How...

I hope you are doing well as we enter August. This summer has been amazing for our church, and I hope you can say the same! We will be in Hebrews Chapter 4 this week. So far the author of Hebrews had told us Jesus is greater than the prophets, he’s greater than the angels, he is God become flesh, he is greater than Moses, he is the true and better Exodus, and now we learn he is the true and better...

Hope your summer is going well! This Sunday we will finish the second half of Hebrews Chapter 3. Last week we talked about how only Jesus can offer us the rest we need. There is a personal responsibility to receive that rest: we have to refuse to allow our hearts to harden. This Sunday, we will look at how personal responsibility turns into corporate responsibility as a church: how do we be the ch...

Hope you are well! This week we are celebrating the baptism of over 20 people and continuing our study in the book of Hebrews. In the first two chapters the author shows us Jesus is better than angels and prophets, and now he’s comparing Jesus to Moses. In the Old Testament no one was more revered and honored than Moses, so this is no small claim. Moses gave us the Law and met face-to-face with Go...

Hello Grace Church, Incarnation? It is not a word we use. It is an idea few understand. The incarnation is the theological truth that the eternal Son of God took on flesh and became a human. That the Son left heaven and moved into our neighborhood. Mind blown! This Sunday, we hope Grace Church comes to love the doctrine and what it means for our lives. On Sunday, we will answer three questions abo...

This Sunday we tackle Chapter 2 of the Book of Hebrews. We all go through seasons where we neglect certain areas of our life. Some are more important than others, but on Sunday, we will talk about what happens if we neglect our faith and how we can avoid it. Hebrews Chapter 2 opens with a strong and powerful warning to not neglect the message of the gospel that we have been given as disciples of J...

Last week we saw that God in the past spoke through prophets, and they were messengers, but in Jesus we have the actual Message. "Jesus is the final word" doesn’t mean God stopped speaking, it just means that God has eternally spoken in Christ. This week the author of Hebrews turns their attention to the “Supremacy of Christ” in all things and the first comparison is to angels. What is m...

I hope you are well! This week we’re starting a new book of the Bible. So far we’ve covered The Gospel of Mark, and the Book of Acts; this week we begin Hebrews, which is going to take us to the end of the year. I’m excited for us as a church. I think we’ve seen growth and new people coming, and I’m praying this book will help us become more and more rooted in Christ. I think that’s what the autho...

This Sunday is Father's Day and we will have our third and final message in our Counter Formation Series: Sexuality and the Gospel. This week's focus is on young people. Young people are the future of our church and our city. Numerous factors are forming them including friends, school, and technology. As a church, we want to guide our children, youth, and young people to be formed by Jesus...