Horizon Community Church - Philadelphia

Our Jan 19 Sunday gathering is canceled due to an impending winter storm. Here's a quick Look at the Psalms from Alex. Exploring Doubt in the Psalms Reflecting on Doubt: Many Psalms, such as Psalm 13 or Psalm 22, express raw feelings of doubt and despair. How do these Psalms resonate with your own experiences of questioning or uncertainty in faith? The Honesty of the Psalms: Why do you think the P...

We continue our series about doubt by exploring how doubt is possible both when God doesn't answer our prayers, and even when he does. This week's discussion questions are: 1. How do you view the relationship between faith and doubt? Can doubt coexist with faith, or does it feel like they are always in opposition? 2. Have you ever experienced doubt in your faith? What triggered it, and how did you...

We kick off a new series about doubt. Here's the discussion questions mentioned at the end of the message: Discussion Questions: 1/5/2025 1. Relating to Doubt ◦ Have you ever experienced a "bitter laugh" like Sarah's, where disappointment or hopelessness made belief difficult? ◦ How does acknowledging the doubts of biblical figures like Abraham and Sarah change your perspective on your own doubts?...

In our Dec 29 online service we look back at 2024 and look ahead to 2025 by asking what does God want from us?

In our online only December 22 Sunday service we conclude our Advent series by talking about the deep desire in all of us for Eden, for a Christmas without end, and our band leads us in worship.

Jesus came as a child, grew up to be a man, lived and died and lives again, but he's not around anymore, he left and we're waiting for him to come back. Why leave again? We discuss the ascension of Jesus during our third week of Advent.

Guest speaker Martry Julius continues our Advent series by talking about how the arrival of Jesus disperses darkness and fear.

We kick off our Advent 2024 series with a message about how the Christmas story starts in Genesis 3.

In between series in our Nov 24 Sunday gathering, Alex talks about the curious way our weakness and brokenness become containers for grace.

We have no in person Sunday gathering on Nov 17, instead Alex shares a short devotional about two Hebrew words.

We conclude our series on politics with two pastoral imperatives from Alex: 1) show empathy whether your candidate won or lost and 2) build from the unmoving love of Jesus to repair the world through acts of service and love.

We continue our series about politics by talking about the temptation to use violence to influence change, and the necessity of following the teachings of our Master Jesus who taught enemy love.

Are you anxious about politics? 7 out of 10 Americans say it is the #1 reason they are stressed. How do we live out Jesus' teaching to not be anxious in a world that seems complicit in making us anxious?

We continue our series about politics by exploring what the Bible says about our words, and how we should talk about different political parties and their candidates.

We kick off a new series about politics and how to remain faithful students of Jesus in the midst of division and the rise of politics as religion.

Guest Speaker Rev. Gerald Waters from Proclamation Community church teaches on Romans 2, and how we must do more than simply hear the Bible, we need to act on it, we need to get it in our blood and into our hearts so it moves past our head and moves our hands to act.

In our final message in our series about the Bible, we talk about how this book came together.

We continue our series about the terms and titles people apply to the Bible by talking about sola scriptura and whether or not it is a biblical idea.

This week we discuss inerrancy, and what means and does not mean as we continue our series about the Bible and the human terms we've developed define it.

We continue our series about the Bible and the theological terms used to describe it. This week we discuss inspiration and what it means to say scripture is inspired by God.

We kick off a new series about the scriptures, and what it means to be authoritative, inerrant and inspired and whether or not those titles are helpful as we look for Jesus.

We wrap up our series in Matthew for 2024, and we end with Matthew 13 and the final verses that say Jesus didn't do many miracles in Nazareth because of their lack of faith.

We continue working through Matthew 13 and a long collection of parables about what the kingdom of God is like.

We continue our series in Matthew 13, by looking at the parable of the Sower.

In our August 4, Sunday gathering we jump into Matthew 13, and do a deep dive into parables and the power of story.