The Grove Church / Dallas, Texas

The controversy surrounding the depiction of the Last Supper at this summer's Olympic opening ceremony, whether intentional or not, provides an opportunity to highlight the stark contrast between the two tables. While both involve celebrations at the table, their meanings could not be more significant.

We conclude our three week series in the book The Life We're Looking for by Andy Crouch. If you want to experience influential change then you have to alter your perspective on this one thing...

We continue our three week series into The Life That We're Looking For by Andy Crouch. This week we see that the life we are looking for is within our reach. God wants us all to experience and live the good life but there is one thing standing in our way. Should you rid yourself of it, you will live the life that God has in store for you.

This week, we start a new book in our series Summer Reading List: Andy Crouch's The Life We're Longing For. The book tackles the question of our relationship to technology and the cost of our excessive technology use. In this sermon, Pastor Allie examines the history of our technology use and illustrates the price we pay for doing our own technological magic. 

At the core of unprecedented loneliness, depression, and anxiety in our society is a crisis of connection. We feel invisible. We have lost the ability to make others feel seen, heard, and known. In this sermon, Pastor Stephen shares two practices from the life of Jesus we need to learn because nobody wants to feel invisible.

This week we see two different approaches to how we treat people. One will erode and slowly destroy the relationships you care about. The other, however, will strengthen and deepen even the most challenging relationships that you have.

In this Part 2 sermon of Everything Happens for a Reason by Kate Bowler, Pastor Allie talks about our hang-ups with suffering and how they get in the way of being with the people who need us most. She introduces the Christian practice of accompaniment or being with those who suffer. 

In this sermon, Pastor Allie dives into Kate Bowler's book Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I Loved. She starts with the title. What are the lies we love when it comes to suffering? How do we grapple with the fact bad things happen in our lives? Pastor Allie explores 3 lies and what they reveal about God. 

Join us in exploring why knowing God is essential for finding true purpose, living a moral life, and securing eternal salvation. In this sermon, Pastor Stephen delves into the heart of Christian theology, revealing the transformative power of a relationship with God found throughout scripture.

In a world designed for convenience and comfort there seems to be little room for suffering. We attempt to avoid suffering because we find it destructive and meaningless. But, what if we told you that we could suffer well? This week, Pastor Isaiah shares three life-changing truths about suffering that will combat the three common lies we tell ourselves. 

In this sermon, Pastor Stephen shares how Christians are called to rise to God's standard of life even when the world and culture around them live differently. 

Being Christian means more than a set of ideas you believe; it's a calling into a particular way of life. In this sermon, Pastor Stephen walks through Peter's instructions and shows us how Christians are supposed to live.

In his letter to early Christian communities, Peter calls out Christians as chosen exiles-- people who because of their beliefs and way of life do not fully belong in this world and yet are called to transform it. Pastor Allie explains Peter's greeting in 1 Peter and explains why our identity as Christians as chosen exiles still remains. 

Emotions connect us to God, others, and ourselves - and when these connections are healthy, we flourish. In this sermon, Pastor Stephen shares how we can live an emotionally healthy life no matter what happens outside or within us.

In this series, we've explored how emotions can be both a gift and problematic when they get out of hand. How do we respond faithfully to the emotions inside of us? Pastor Allie explores two common pitfalls to avoid and gives us steps on how to respond to our feelings as a follower of Jesus. 

In this sermon, Pastor Stephen shows us how to trace our emotions back to their source to understand why we feel the way we feel and what needs to change before we can change our feelings.

Emotions are complicated. They have the power to deeply enrich our relationships or drive wedges into them. In this sermon, Pastor Stephen shows us the danger of untamed and unnamed emotions.

Like any good detective story with a central mystery that must be solved, The Resurrection stands at the center of the Christian faith. In this sermon, Pastor Stephen explores the reality of The Resurrection, blending historical insight with spiritual inquiry. This overview invites everyone to ponder the cornerstone of the Christian faith, sparking curiosity and reflection on this transformative e...

Used in modern media, easter eggs, are hidden messages and references left for the discerning person to find. So that we would understand the significance and meaning of Palm Sunday, Jesus left several clues or Easter eggs. In this sermon, Pastor Stephen takes us on a hunt to find the Easter eggs of Palm Sunday.

As we approach Palm Sunday and Jesus' entry to Jerusalem, Pastor Allie helps us navigate a tricky parable in Luke 19 about a king, his servants, and investments. What does this story have to do with us? How does it help us prepare for Holy Week? We guarantee you-- it's more than you think! 

What if we were to tell you that you might be lost? In this sermon, Pastor Isaiah looks at the story of the Prodigal Son. He challenges us to look at both of the sons and to determine who we really are. 

The parable of the Good Samaritan is arguably Jesus's most famous teaching and story, but what if we've got this story all wrong? In this sermon, Pastor Stephen challenges our understanding of what Jesus is trying to teach us and why this changes everything.

Simon Peter in Luke's Gospel gives us the perfect example of how to be a model disciple. In this sermon, Pastor Allie walks us through Jesus' call to the disciples and shows us how we, too, can be fishers of men. 

In chapter 4 of his gospel, Luke recounts Jesus's fight with the devil and the devil's temptations in the wilderness. In this sermon, Pastor Stephen shares a better way to understand temptation and spot the lies in our lives.

In the third chapter of Luke, John the Baptist calls all people to repentance in preparation for the coming of Christ. Their response is, "What shall we do?" It's this response that Pastor Stephen helps us wrestle with and how we can answer this question in our own lives.