Preacher: Nathan Nettleton

Jesus does not burden us with crippling moral expectations, but humbly takes our burdens on himself and frees us to relax into the life of God.

As we gather with the saints of all times to worship the crucified victim, we are immersed in a culture that is so at odds with the values of this world that those who truly embrace it just appear odd for now, but strangely and alluringly familiar too.

There are many stories in the Bible that can appear to portray God as involved in terrorist acts, but Jesus invites us to read them in new ways.

The Ten Commandments are not about creating a system of law and punishment. They are a window into the stories and the lifestyle of the culture of God.

God’s grace is so extravagant that it will offend us as long as we are measuring our worth in comparison to others.

Christ is present to us in love, unity and reconciliation, and thus these are essential to our worship.

Faith is a gift created in us as Jesus shows us that the pathway of courageous love and self-sacrifice is not impossible to walk.

God does not judge people’s capacity to respond and focus love and care only on the productive, but gives gifts with wanton freedom and extravagance and calls us to do the same.

Trying to establish our own righteousness burdens us with divisiveness and hostility, but Jesus offers us rest and freedom.

God and religion misunderstood can be the cause of hostility, division and violence, but the God made known to us in Jesus is a God of grace who generously gives us life, freedom and reconciliation.

Understanding God as a relational trinity can guide us into the deep loving relationships with God and one another for which we were created.

The crucified and risen Jesus teaches us to interpret the whole Bible through his eyes.