The story of Zechariah is a story of patience rewarded, of stepping out of the shadows into the light. Not just an ancient text, but a story of deliverance.
This Advent season, commit to grow in grace. As Lance encourages us to prepare our hearts for this Advent season, his suggestions are practical, and therefore appropriately Methodist. But one…
For Lance to explain *justifying grace*, he tells the story of the two Wesley brothers who founded Methodism, and how they came to learn the true depths of God's grace…
Lance begins our series on grace by exploring prevenient grace - the expression of grace that comes before we can even do anything to respond. He starts with the book…
Duke professor and bishop candidate Laceye Warner visits and speaks to us on Jonah and refusing God’s call on your life. God can handle our reluctance. "Who is our Nineveh?”…
Sin is systemic. And ending injustice is the mission of Christ, the mission of the church.
“Worship isn’t the centrality of the church, small groups are.” Lance introduces his audience to “koinonia,” true community in Christ - the giving of ourselves to one another that allows…
In order to sharpen one another, we need to have actual conversations with flesh and blood human beings. Today’s scripture talks about the truly massive power we are offered through…
This sermon marks the beginning of a new series, and also the beginning of a stewardship campaign. This month - and this year - we learn how to be "one…
In the story of the loaves and the fishes, Jesus looks at a tiny amount of food and declares it enough for a multitude. Where others see lack, God sees…
Lance finds the culmination of all these stories of encounters in Jesus’ meeting with Zaccheus. Don’t underestimate the way people’s lives can be transformed at a table together. We have…
Light drives away the darkness, but it also draws people in. To illustrate, Lance talks about the anti-gravitational principle when it comes to following Christ: the one who is brought…