Sermon Series

How Do We Grow? Spiritual Freedom in Romans

There is room for everyone at Lent. Lent can be a time for questioning, searching, seeking, and considering the possibility of belief or re-engagement in faith. This sermon series considers questions that often pose problems for faith and explores whether those same questions might turn out to be gateways to spiritual growth: Can we find meaning in suffering? How do we deal with shame? Why can’t we kick that bad habit? Why is happiness so elusive? Life is so tough–join us as we talk about how we can find and hold on to hope.

Romans 8:31-39
When we’re struggling, what do we really need? In these concluding words from Romans 8, a high-water mark in the entire Bible, Paul shares words that can lift us and lead through even the most challenging of circumstances.
March 24, 2024
Leo Schuster
Romans 8:18-30
Though far from comfortable, true spiritual growth leads us into the heart of suffering, so that we may taste more fully the goodness of the hope of Christ—who was himself no stranger to pain and loss.
March 17, 2024
Clint Wilson
Luke 10:25-37
Essential to spiritual growth is going out of our way to care for the practical needs people face. We can sacrificially enter in to other people’s suffering because Jesus did so for us at great cost.
March 10, 2024
Dr. Matt Lee
Romans 7:14-25
How do we change? What do we do with competing desires within us? Here we’ll consider different paradigms for spiritual growth and what a healthy and hopeful way forward might be.
March 3, 2024
Leo Schuster
Romans 6:1-7
Grace is a radical concept. If it grabs hold of us, it will absolutely change us–not making us different versions of ourselves, but new people altogether. This new identity means we’re no longer struggling to be free, but free to struggle.
February 25, 2024
Leo Schuster
Romans 5:1-5
While suffering is often listed as the reason why people struggle to believe or disbelieve in God, it’s curious that for the Apostle Paul it is central to spiritual growth and what it means to flourish in life.
February 18, 2024
Leo Schuster
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