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EPIC #8 - Christ's death and Resurrection
The Grand Story of God Part 8 – Jesus’ Death and Resurrection: John Kass tells a story about his mom’s rescue when the Chicago riots started on news of Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination: The day after King was assassinated, just as the riots were beginning, my mom was out on Madison, west of the Loop, at a lawyer’s office when the lawyer cut the meeting short: You’ve got to go, he said. Office workers were spilling out of the buildings, West Side blacks had begun to break windows, police sirens were screaming. And there was my mom, with her purse and white gloves, a white lady on the corner alone, not knowing what to do. “Lady, get in the cab!” shouted a cabdriver. She was in and he was rolling before she realized he was black. He told her to lie down, then drove around barricades and the gathering mobs, and took her to Gage Park, where whites were manning the viaducts to defend their neighborhoods. Civility can snap so quickly, de-escalate into barbarism. And it can also be restored by acts of kindness, like the cabdriver putting himself at risk to take my mom into a neighborhood where he was in danger. The cab driver’s courage and grace illustrate what faith in God is and is supposed to be. Because Jesus is God come in the flesh, he did not use his power and status to his own advantage, but took the form of a servant and gave himself to rescue those broken in sin. Just as we experience the living Lord present in our deaths, spiritual, material and physical, so when we choose to bless others, risking our presence with them in their deaths, the resurrection of Christ blesses with a newness not of our own making. Philippians 2 gives us the pattern of real faith: In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow . . .
Win-Win
Because of the resurrection, we are victorious whether we live or die.
Letting Go
The Apostle Paul wrote the New Testament book of Romans as a letter to the early Christian church in Rome. The book of Romans provides a deep theological foundation for understanding the impact and glory of the Gospel of Christ.
The Foolishness of the Cross
Resurrection Sunday - April 1, 2018 9:30 Worship Service
The Emotional Battle of Discouragement
Rev. Will Beauchamp preaches on the discouragement Paul faced in his life, how it applies to the life of a Christian today, and ways we can overcome discouragement in our lives.
Paul Triumphs Over Adversity - Rome Voyage Ends Persecution
Paul’s persecution ended in Rome where he was taken to present his appeal but the accusers did not show. Events during the trip threatened to expand his adversity but instead became opportunities for Paul to start his Rome gospel mission. The events provide lessons about a dispute ending because the accuser backs down or an adversity appearing to expand as it transitions toward an end.
