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In this sermon from Luke 24, we considered all the ways that Christ displayed His love for His disciples (and us!) when He appeared to them - personally, tenderly, unmistakably - on the first Sunday night of the new creation.

James: Faith/Works

James: Faith/Works

Pastor Ajay Thomas from Seven Mile Road Philly served our congregation by preaching through the heavy but powerful Psalm 88.    

In this episode, Matt and Heather catch up on how the first stretch of his sabbath from pastoral duties has been for his soul and family, plus a brief word on the eventual logistics of reintegration to the life of the church at the 30:04 mark. 

Bostonians are ambitious. Its a face. From our entrepreneurial ventures, our sports dynasties, or even our weekly schedules we are ambitious. With this ambition we are often coming from a place of achievement and getting ahead of whatever or whomever we must. There is a certain type of wisdom one needs to make it in the hustling & bustling world that is Boston.  Continuing our study in James,...

James

This Sunday we continued our series in the letter of James. In this passage, James tells us that true, sincere religion is seen when we are doers of the word and not hearers only. Thankfully for us, we have the implanted word of God which equips us and empowers us to live out our faith.

The letter of James is chocked-full of guidance for practical living written to new Christian communities spread throughout a thoroughly secular and antagonistic Roman world. It’s so practical that it lays out stark contrasts between what active faith looks like over against dead religion or the surrounding unbelieving culture, so you can get a closeup view of the difference. We begin a sermon ser...

In this episode, Matt and Heather have a logistical and personal conversation about the upcoming 'sabbath from pastoral duties' that Seven Mile Road is giving him. Hope this helps everyone committed to the life and mission of our church know what to expect the next few months!

In this sermon, we formally welcome a bunch of new members into the Seven Mile Road family by looking at Lydia's. She was a beautiful exemplar of what it looks like to believe the gospel in community and throw ourselves full-heartedly into the work of gospel advance.

In concert with our Training Day for all Seven Mile Road Musicians, this sermon cast vision for singing together from 2 Samuel 6, where David (the King) humbly and self-forgetfully joins the people in exuberant praise to God for His grace. We love David for what he did that day (and also how he responded to Michal when she criticized him for it) and want his example to shape how song response happ...

In this sermon, we preach on the theme of “Working Hard & Resting Well” from I Corinthians 16:15-16 and Exodus 23:10-12. We also announce plans we’ve laid for giving Pastor Kruse a “sabbath” from his regular pastoral duties at Seven Mile Road this Winter, walking through the basics of what a pastoral sabbath is and why we believe the timing is right for this now.

He Will Save His People From Their Sins

Christmas in the Doctrines of Grace

Christmas in the Doctrines of Grace

A brief conversation with Levi on the work he is getting after in his residency.

Christmas in the Doctrines of Grace

A gospel culture shares lots of meals ... and doesn't stress about the food being served. We are justified by faith in Jesus, not by keeping the right diet, and so we are free to enjoy a variety of culinarities without fear, guilt, shame, or judgment. This includes tofu, Ring Dings, kale, Popeye's chicken, almond milk, Dr. Pepper, and whatever else might show up at the table. In this ser...

Do we stay where we are, in our comfortable way of life? Or, do we go to where Jesus is, bearing his reproach? This was the intense decision that the first century Christians had to make. Were they going to keep practicing their Jewish traditions, customs, and rituals, or where they going to leave that behind and go to Jesus, taking on the shame and disgrace and reproach that comes with it? It’s t...

WARNING: PG-13 CONTENT. If there is one reality that we want Seven Mile Road to be totally out of sync with prevailing cultural ideologies on, it is that of marriage. In this sermon, we hit a text where the Spirit hypes for us the glory and sacredness of this divine institution. We also see that because marriage is worthy of our honor, it is also worthy of our defense, not just from those would se...

In the gospel, we are united to Christ AND to one another, like a body and its members. This gospel reality is not something that we make it happen, or that we can unmake from happening . It IS. What we get to do is recognize, revel in, and align our lives with it. One implication is what we energetically set our hearts and hands to SERVE for the gospel good of everyone. Here we go!