Third Church Sermons

This week we welcome a guest preacher, Tharwat Whaba, to share with us from Isaiah 52.

Our story this week story invites us to encounter the living Jesus like the disciples did on the road to Emmaus, and asks us to open our eyes to him more and more. Sermon by Corey Widmer.

This Easter Sunday we look at the story of when Mary, weeping over Jesus’s death, is confronted by the man she is mourning. The story speaks to the power and impact of the resurrection for all of us, not just for Mary, but for the whole world. Sermon by Corey Widmer.

In the question Jesus asks that we’re exploring this week, “Can you drink the cup I’m going to drink?”, we see the contrast between what was expected of Jesus and what he will actually go on to do, foretelling how ultimately Jesus came to serve instead of be served, giving his life as a ransom for many. Credit to Tim Keller for his phrase “all life-changing love is substitutionary sacrifice,” and...

As we’ve been seeing throughout our series, Jesus uses questions to connect deeply with people. This week in particular, the question we’ll look at shows how much Jesus presses the hearer to fuller self-exploration. Sermon by Ed Satterfield.

The next question of Jesus that we’re looking at is: ‘who do you say that I am?’ At first, this question seems to be about identity— who he is— but as we’ll explore together, it’s also the turning point for him to begin to live out what he came to do. Sermon by Corey Widmer.

The question we look at this week is: Do you want to get well? Sermon by Corey Widmer.

Our latest Audio Appendix episode is here and we’re talking about anxiety. To follow up from Corey’s sermon on March 17 about why we worry, Corey, Becca Payne, and Margie Satterfield— a licensed professional counselor— sit down to go more in depth about anxiety, how it manifests, and what we do about it as Christians.

This week, we’re exploring the question behind one of the most well-known passages in the Sermon on the Mount: why do you worry? Sermon by Corey Widmer. Sources: -John Ortberg, “Good News for Worriers,” sermon preached at Menlo Church, 2.18.18. - “Prozac Nation is Now the United States of Xanax,” NYTimes, 6.10.17 - Tim Suttle, “Do Not Worry,” sermon preached at Redemption Church, 3.16.14 - Cal New...

This week, we’ll look at the question that Jesus asks that gets to the heart of one the most complex and intimate places of our lives: our families. Russell Moore’s book The Storm Tossed Family was helpful in framing the sermon. The language in Corey Widmer’s Sermon from Nov 21, 2017 The Grace of Giving Our Families was also an important starting point. Sermon by Derek Mondeau.

This week’s question that Jesus asks of the woman caught in adultery will have us exploring who we allow to condemn us, and who we allow ourselves to condemn. Sermon by Corey Widmer.

This week, we’ll be looking at Jesus’ response to the chronically ill and desperate woman who reaches out to him for healing, and how his question to her calls her out of the margins and into wholeness and healing. Sermon by Erin Rose.

In our second week of this series, we’ll look at Jesus’s question to his disciples while they are on a boat in the middle of a storm: why are you so afraid? We’ll explore our fear, and what role faith has to play in the midst of it. Sermon by Corey Widmer.

Jesus asked more than 300 questions in the four gospels! Why does he ask so many questions? Sometimes he does it as a teaching tool, but more often, he does so to engage people in a real relationship. Join us as we begin this series looking at one of his questions a week. Sermon by Corey Widmer.

This Sunday is our annual Youth Sunday, where we will be lead by our students through liturgy, worship, and in teaching of Phillippians 3:12-16.

This is our fourth and final week in our January sermon series looking at the Gospel promise of transformation— transformation of our lives, our habits, and our communities. I am indebted to Christine Pohl’s book Living Into Community for the sections on Gratitude and Truthfulness. Sermon by Derek Mondeau.

We believe the Gospel promises transformation, but how does it actually happen? Each week in January we’ll feature a story of personal transformation from a member of our congregation. This week we hear from Maggie Cox, a high school student who’s story of change includes a radical encounter with Jesus that set her on a very different trajectory.

This is our third week in our January sermon series looking at the Gospel promise of transformation— transformation of our lives, our habits, and our communities. Sermon by Justin Earley.

We believe the Gospel promises transformation, but how does it actually happen? Each week in January we’ll feature a story of personal transformation from a member of our congregation. This week we hear from Richard Nance, from his childhood as a pastors son to his young adulthood battling addiction, and how he changed both dramatically and incrementally through the Lord’s intervening into the man...

This is our second week in our January sermon series looking at the Gospel promise of transformation— transformation of our lives, our habits, and our communities. Sermon by Corey Widmer.

We believe that the Gospel promises transformation, but how does it actually happen? Each week in January we’ll feature a story of personal transformation from a member of our congregation. This week, we hear from Stephen Jenkins and how he has navigated an absent father, abuse, and the subsequent wounds from those experiences. DISCLAIMER: This episode includes details of sexual assault and may no...

We kick off a new 4-week sermon series this week looking at the Gospel promise of transformation— transformation of our lives, our habits, and our communities. Sermon by Corey Widmer.

We believe that the Gospel promises transformation, but how does it actually happen? Each week in January we’ll feature a story of personal transformation from a member of our congregation, as we explore what it really means to be changed by grace. This week, we hear from Mary Damon a story of overcoming addiction and social striving, through finding a renewed and renewing relationship with Jesus.

Join us this week as we look at the hymn: Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming. Sermon by Erin Rose.

Join us this Christmas Eve as we look at the hymn, Joy to the World! Sermon by Corey Widmer.