The “you are(s)” (the salt/the light) encourage us to reimagine our role in the world as God’s agents of redemption — this is no small thing.

The Beatitudes are “not a list of requirements, but rather a description of the life of a people gathered by and around Jesus.” — Stanley Hauerwas

“The more we explore their implications, the more seems to remain unexplored. Their wealth is inexhaustible. We cannot plumb their depths. Truly, ‘We are near heaven here.’”

The big idea that we wanted to take away was that The Sermon is a vision for receiving the King and His Kingdom and in so doing, we can truly experience God’s plan for true human flourishing.

This week’s sermon capped off this brief series talking through Mission. It’s a buzzword that anyone who’s been around a local church over the last decade is sure to have heard. But what exactly does it mean?

The book of Ephesians paints a beautiful picture of a new society — a new society that is made up of all who call and trust in the name of Jesus.

We live in a culture that wants the Kingdom without it's King. But, as Christians, we have to battle the very same temptation.

We shouldn't be surprised by suffering. Even more, we ought to rejoice in what it produces in and for us and be ready to tell unbelievers why we have such hope in the midst of it.

God’s purpose in redeeming us is not simply our enjoyment, but that we might glorify him (emphasis on the word “that…”).