In With You in the Valleys, we explored the spiritual myth that God is found only in strength, success, and certainty. So much of modern faith culture subtly teaches us to chase the mountaintop—to pray harder, perform better, and present a polished testimony. But what if God is especially present in the valleys? Through story,…
In this message from our Non-Anxious Misfit series, “Salt, Light, and Shalom,” we reflect on Jesus’ words in Matthew 5:13–16: “You are the salt of the earth… You are the light of the world.” Notice—Jesus doesn’t say try to be salt or work hard to become light. He says you are. This sermon invites us…
In this sermon, Pastor T. C. Moore teaches on Matthew chapter 7 in the penultimate message in the “Center of Gravity” series. He organizes the chapter into four parts: vv.1–6 “See Clearly”; vv.7–14 “Trust Deeply”; vv.15–23: “Discern Wisely”; vv.24–29 “Build Courageously.”
In this sermon, Pastor T. C. Moore explores the contrasting motivations of fear-based obedience and love-based obedience, using the Sermon on the Mount as a lens to understand Jesus’s teachings. The message begins with a reflection on old Fundamentalist political cartoons, which often used fear to enforce rigid moral behaviors. This serves as an entry…
This week’s sermon continued our exploration of Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount, focusing on the metaphor of being the “light of the world” and a “city on a hill” (Matthew 5:14). Pastor highlighted the historical appropriation of this metaphor by figures like John Winthrop and U.S. presidents, including Reagan and JFK, to frame America as…