Ridiculous Love from Envision Community Church

God says “love your neighbor.” Over and again, we choose loving power instead.  Why?  Well, the line between good and evil runs straight through the center of the human heart.  Because of that unfortunate reality, we need continuing reminders that power corrupts, and love wins.

John concludes our Exodus and Exile sermon series by focusing on the universalities of the Babylonian Exile, and the pain of singing without joy.

In today's message, we continue our sermon series on Exodus & Exile with a sermon from our co-pastor, Paula Williams.

As humans in groups, our tendency is to take care of our own and create enemies of everyone else.  God instructed Israel to love its neighbors.  Israel had a hard time taking in that message.  Jesus brought it home even more.  But still today, we have a hard time loving God, loving our neighbors, and loving ourselves.  Yet, it is the hope of our species.

In today's sermon, we start to work through one of the primary narrative driving scripture: the theme of Exodus that runs throughout human history.  Our co-pasor, John Gaddis, will discuss how crying out inaugurates history, and how Jesus is bringing about a New Exodus.

In today's message, we follow up on a lesson from our previous sermon series: the importance of applying wisdom to reimagine ancient traditions for today's world. Our co-pastor, Nicole Vickey, leads us in a look at the tradition of Lent, and how we might adapt this tradition to make it a more meaningful season for our community.

In today's message, we conclude our sermon series on How The Bible Actually Works with a look at the letters of the New Testament. Twenty-three of 27 books in the New Testament are letters, written to other people in other times.  Reading them is like reading someone else’s mail - we don’t really understand exactly what was going on.  And yes, those letters also need to be reinterpreted...

In today's message, our co-pastor John Gaddis continues our sermon series entitled How Does The Bible Actually Work. He talks about how the process of adapting the past and reimaging God is something that we actually see happening in the Bible itself. This sacred responsibility -- to imagine God in light of the present moment, in light of our faith in Jesus as God's Messiah -- now f...

In today's message, our co-pastor Paula Williams continues our sermon series entitled How Does The Bible Actially Work. Her sermon looks at the Bible not just as a history of how Israel and the followers of Jesus understood their relationship with God, and a book of wisdom - but also as a history of how the followers of God, throughout history, defined their understanding of the ver...

In today's message, our co-pastor Paula Williams hosts several church members speaking on what our church has meant in their lives.

In today's message, our co-pastor Paula Williams shares the second sermon in a new series called "How Does The Bible Actually Work" with a sermon entitled "The Bible As History & Wisdom". Is the Bible an encyclopedia of facts? Is it a rulebook? It is neither. It is a history of how the people of Israel understood their relationship with God and a history of how the followers of Jesus unde...

In today's message, our co-pastor John Gaddis shares the first sermon in a new series called "How Does The Bible Actually Work".

In our first-ever outdoor Christmas Eve service, from the lawn outside Left Hand Chapel, hear seasonal sermons from both John Gaddis and Paula Williams.

So, why did Jesus come to earth?  One of the main reasons was to show all of us that the human body is good - all of it - not a message we’ve heard enough from the church.  In this message, our co-pastor Paula Williams talks about why the human body is good.

In today's message, our co-pastor Paula Williams shares a sermon about hope. Hope comes from the outside, while perseverance and persistence come from within. In between the two lies the most important decision of all - learning to say yes to hope.

In today's message, our co-pastors Nicole Vickey and Kristie Sykes tag team a sermon that takes a closer look at Mary & Joseph's journey to Bethlehem and beyond, and what we might learn from that towards finding peace and presence on our own hard journeys.

Join us for a chat with Chief Left Hand author Margaret Coel, originally recorded during our November 2020 Left Hand Church Book Study Group. Learn about the history of the Arapaho nation and the great chief for whom so much in this area of Boulder County is named.

In today's message, John Gaddis looks at the generations of people that prepared the way for Jesus, and what these people can tell us about living a spiritual life in 2020.

Our co-pastor Paula Williams preaches on the early followers of Jesus, and their journey towards confidence despite trials, and what we can take from that on moving forward in the midst of a pandemic.

Our co-pastor Paula Williams preaches on the question of how to stop yourself from being decieved?  By looking back while moving forward. The 8th through 10th chapters of Acts provide guidance in navigating these difficult times.

Our co-pastor John Gaddis takes us through Acts 17. In today's teaching we talk about Paul's speech in the intellectual capital of the world, where he answers a fundamental question that many of us have asked ourselves -- how do we look for God?

Our co-pastor Paula Williams takes us through Acts 12. It's also a look at the rich human history of searching for meaning, and in that search finding the answers to the human condition, and a compass for how to live.

Our co-pastor Paula Williams talks us through closing our nation's divide through narrative and proximity, with a look at Act 11.

This is our second sermon in the sermon series on Acts, entitled "After Jesus, The Church," given on Sunday, 10/18/20 by our co-pastor, John Gaddis. Jesus has just left Earth and his followers grapple with "What Next?"  They find their answer: community.  And how are we doing at this community thing 2000 years later?  We'll discuss that, and the physics behind community, in today's...

This is the first sermon in the sermon series on Acts, entitled "After Jesus, The Church," given on Sunday, 10/11/20 by our co-pastor, Paula Williams. Have questions about Left Hand or this teaching? Contact john@lefthandchurch.org . You can also tune into our live-stream services on our church Facebook page every Sunday at 5pm MST for great music and original teachings.  If you’d like t...