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Fruit that will last

2

The Way Home

3

Encountering the risen Jesus

4

Rethinking Doubting Thomas

5

Searching for Hope

6

News that has to be shared

7

Through the Waters

8

Good Friday

9

Hosanna to the Son of David

10

Hope in suffering

11

Healed and Sent

12

Finding satisfaction

13

Look on Him and be saved!

14

Hope in our suffering

15

Restoring Joy

16

Transfigured

17

Faith That Changes the World

18

A united, witnessing Church

19

A Messy Church

20

The Baptism of Jesus

21

Jesus the Teenager

22

God With Us

23

Becoming children of God.

24

Waiting in the Now but not Yet

25

Accepting one another

26

Ready for the second Advent?

27

The Suffering King

28

Being a member of the church

29

The God of the Living

30

Consider Jesus

31

Finishing Well

32

Keep your. head

33

A full-fat faith

34

Entrusted with the Gospel

35

Walking in the way of the righteous

36

Spreading the Gospel

37

The Life Changing Mercy of Jesus Christ

38

Onesimus and Philemon, Beloved Brothers

39

The Emptiness of Knowledge

40

Overflowing With Thankfulness

41

Paul in Athens: Evangelism in a Post-Christian Culture (Part 3)

42

Paul in Athens: Evangelism in a Post-Christian Culture (Part 2)

43

Paul in Athens: Evangelism in a Post-Christian Culture (Part 1)

44

My Soul Clings to You

45

Experiencing the Trinity

46

Bridegroom and Warrior

47

A Great Multitude

48

The Lion and the Lamb

49

The Voice of a Great Multitude

50

The Easter Mindset

51

The Cure for Soul Sickness

52

Pressing On

53

A Tale of Two Sons

54

Warfare in the Wilderness

55

The Narrow Door

56

Confessing, Believing, and Following

57

The Invitation of Jesus

58

Missions

59

The Calling of Peter

60

A Prophet In His Hometown

61

Water Is Thicker Than Blood: Radical Faithfulness in Singleness and Marriage

62

Rebirth

63

Mary and Elizabeth

64

Advent's Prophetic Hope

65

Advent Apocalypse

66

Advent Begins In the Dark

67

Rejoice, Renewal, Relapse

68

People of the Covenant

69

Hearing and Responding to God's Word Through Repentance

70

Rebuilding Through Worship

71

Justice and Compassion

72

Opposition and Perseverance

73

Building Together

74

Gratitude in Action

75

A Well-Laid Plan

76

Faith and Risk

77

Praying the Foundation

78

A Holy Discontent

79

Spiritual Warfare

80

Spiritual Relationships

81

Walking in Love

82

Unity Through Maturity

83

Unity Through Maturity

84

Taming the Tongue

85

Baptism

86

#blessed

87

Rapture and Thorns

88

Repentance, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation

89

The Ministry of Reconciliation

90

Embodied Hope

91

Lunatic, Liar, Lord?

92

Redemptive Suffering

93

A Divine Encounter

94

Insiders

95

The Urban Church

96

The Ethiopian

97

The Good Shepherd

98

A New Story

99

Doubt and Faith

100

Resurrection Revisited

101

The Jesus Insurrection

102

The Road to the Cross

103

Grace

104

The Law of Freedom

105

The Absence of Fear

106

Identity Crisis

107

The Good News of God's Authority

108

Love Across the Divide

109

Calling

110

Lord of the Feast

111

The First Sexual Revolution

112

God's Promise To Our Children

113

God With Us

114

The Mother of God

115

Bearing God's Image

116

Comfort for Exiles

117

Judgment, Justice, and Jesus

118

Don't Waste Your Life

119

True Worship

120

The Presence of God

121

Loving Those God Loves

122

Follow the Money

123

Mercy, Not Sacrifice

124

Helping vs. Enabling

125

Safeguarding Spiritual Freedom

126

Adversity and Maturity

127

The Spiritual Family

128

Genuine Love

129

Take Up Your Cross

130

Jesus and the Church

131

The Canaanite

132

Get Out of the Boat!

133

The Ballast of God's Love

134

Participation in God

135

Loving the City

136

Paul in Athens: Evangelism in a Post-Christian Culture (Part 4)

137

The Scandal of Mercy

138

Grace at the Bottom

139

Running From God

140

Overcoming Fear

141

Incongruous Grace

142

Mercy, Not Sacrifice

143

The Trinity

144

Confirmation

145

Ascension People

146

Fruitfulness

147

Home

148

The Good Shepherd

149

Finding Jesus

150

Joy in Grief

151

The Gardener

152

But If Not

153

Suffering Transformed

154

Betrayal in the Garden

155

The God Who Weeps

156

Seeing Is Believing

157

Spiritual Thirst

158

A New Birth

159

The Wilderness

160

The Glory of the Lord

161

The Foolishness of the Cross

162

Confirmed

163

Called

164

The New You

165

The Sign of Immanuel

166

Justice and Mercy

167

The King of Peace

168

God's Word Is Authoritative

169

God's Word Is Missional

170

An Encounter With Jesus

171

God's Word Is Reliable

172

God's Word Is Sufficient

173

Ordination Sermon

174

God's Word Is Understandable

175

Hope and Grief

176

God's Word Is Sublime

177

Preach the Word

178

Reconciling All Things

179

Community

180

A Tale of Two Sons

181

Judgment and Mercy

182

Troubled Waters

183

A Jealous God

184

Unbelief

185

Bespoke Religion

186

The Pit of Envy

187

The Anatomy of Discontent

188

Remember Your Baptism: Hope in Times of Exile

189

Discipline and Restoration

190

Jesus, the Exodus, and the Path to Freedom

191

Jesus Brings Freedom

192

Loving the Messy Church

193

The Gift of Thorns

194

Gospel Truthiness

195

Strongholds

196

The Blessed Life

197

Generosity

198

Loving Your Enemies

199

Godly Grief

200

Temples of the Living God

201

Easter Sunday

202

Authentic Leadership

203

Power Through Weakness Pt 7

204

Courage to Face Suffering

205

How the Gospel Transforms Suffering

206

Glory to Glory

207

Countercultural Christian Ministry

208

Ukraine, Foreign Policy, and the Church

209

Paul's Gracious Boast

210

Sharing in Suffering and Comfort

211

Home Campaign: Commitment

212

Home Campaign: Risk

213

Home Campaign: Priorities

214

Home Campaign: Center

215

Home Campaign: Trust

216

New Beginnings

217

Waiting for Consolation

218

Good News of Great Joy

219

The Resurrection Body

220

Living Sacrifice

221

The Nature of Embodiment

222

God's Image and Likeness

223

The Gift of Embodiment

224

This is My Body

225

His Glorious Inheritance

226

Exile, Faith, Hope, Love, and Joy

227

The Three-Dimensional Life

228

Joining People to God's Work of Renewal

229

Joining People to One Another

230

Joining People to God

231

Without Hindrance

232

Public Truth

233

Almost Christian

234

Public Witness

235

We Need Each Other

236

Gods Made with Hands

237

The Gospel Advances

238

Gospel Renewal

239

The Gospel-Centered Church

240

Racial Healing

241

The Holy Spirit and Physical Healing

242

Inner Healing

243

Jesus, Us, and Them

244

Saul Meets Jesus

245

Ministry on the Fringes

246

Being the Bad Guys

247

Jesus, Our Healer

248

Family Matters

249

A Revolutionary Church

250

A Beautiful Community

251

To the End of the Earth

252

Attention

253

Jesus Heals

254

The Stories We Tell

255

Going Back to Move Forward

256

Limits and Loss

257

The Wall

258

Time Well Spent

259

Renewing the Spirit of Our Mind

260

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality

261

Path of Discipleship

262

Fix Your Eyes

263

Walking in Christ

264

Working Out Our Salvation

265

Our Servant King

266

Zeal For My Father's House

267

Guest Sermon

268

Doubt and Discipleship

269

He Must Increase

270

Waiting for the Day of the Lord

271

Living Between the Times

272

Responses to the Gospel

273

The God We Need Pt. 2

274

The God We Need Pt. 1

275

Subversive Fulfillment

276

Confronting Cultural Idols Pt. 3

277

Confronting Cultural Idols Pt. 2

278

Confronting Cultural Idols

279

Salt & Light

280

Christians in Exile

281

Culture Matters

282

Bless the Lord

283

Spiritual Freedom

284

Integrity

285

Strength for the Soul

286

Blessings

287

Hostage to Lesser Glory

288

A Real Relationship

289

I was wrong, I am sorry, and I love you

290

The Lord is My Shepherd

291

God's Home

292

Prayer in Times of Cholera

293

Confession, Repentance, and True Change Part 2

294

Confession, Repentance, and True Change Part 1

295

Worship God, Do Justice

296

God's Glory & Human Dignity

297

A Holy Discontent

298

Kingdom, Power & Glory

299

Deliver Us

300

Forgiving the Unforgivable

301

Bread in the Wilderness

302

Kingdom Come

303

Our Father

304

Easter People

305

Finding Peace in Humility

306

Facing Uncertainty

307

Practicing Peace

308

Priorities

309

Center

310

Trust

311

The Luminous Life

312

You Must Change Your Life

313

The Great Physician

314

More Healing

315

Today this Scripture is Fulfilled

316

Temptation

317

Prepare the Way

318

Longings Fulfilled

319

The Gospel of Christmas

320

Cosmic Renewal

321

Social Renewal

322

Personal Renewal

323

Spiritual Renewal

324

Lord of All

325

Sorrow Into Joy

326

Surprise

327

Confirming Your Calling

328

If I Perish, I Perish

329

When Exile Hits Home

330

The Great King

331

Come

332

The Unity and Maturity Needed for the Mission

333

A History of Racial Segregation in the Church

334

The Church’s Witness to the Watching World

335

From War in a Dead Kingdom to Life in a Multi-ethnic Family

336

Home

337

Alpha and Omega

338

The Good News of God's Judgment

339

The Millennium

340

The Wedding and the War

341

The Marriage Supper of the Lamb

342

Covenant Love

343

The Secret to Life, the Universe, and Everything

344

His

345

What Worship Does

346

Beyond Babylon

347

People of the Beast

348

Politics and Religion

349

Life in the Spirit

350

Witness

351

Ascension Meditation

352

The Seven Trumpets

353

Ordination

354

Following Jesus

355

The Seven Seals

356

The Reorienting Power of Worship

357

Doubt and the Resurrection

358

Easter Sunday: Jesus Revealed

359

Easter Vigil: Home in the Desert

360

Good Friday Meditation

361

Letters to Philadelphia and Laodicea

362

Letter to Sardis: Wake Up

363

A Letter to Thyatira: The Bride

364

A Letter to Pergamum: Seduction

365

A Letter to Smyrna: Suffering

366

A Letter to Ephesus

367

Ash Wednesday: Dying to Live

368

Galatians: Spiritual Relationships

369

Galatians: Human Freedom

370

Galatians

371

Gender and the Gospel

372

Class and the Gospel

373

Fulfilled in Your Hearing

374

Gospel and Race

375

Epiphany: Good News for All People

376

Advent Between the Advents

377

Advent: Rejoicing in the God of Reversal

378

Advent: The King's Highway

379

Advent

380

Grace and the Law

381

Curse and Promise

382

The Gift of the Spirit

383

Gospel Identity

384

The Essence of the Gospel

385

One Gospel, One Family

386

Greatness and Goodness to Every Generation

387

Galatians: No Man's Gospel

388

Galatians: The One True Gospel

389

The Most Important Thing About You

390

Parish Retreat: Gratitude is the Attitude

391

Parish Retreat Session 2: Formed For Image and Identity in Community

392

Parish Retreat Session 1: Formed For Identity in Christ

393

Humility

394

The Greatest Enemy of Freedom is Freedom

395

To Be or Not to Be

396

Wisdom and Salt

397

Let Me Be Great

398

Two Mothers, One God, and a Savior

399

They Don't Die, They Multiply

400

The Mystery of Christ

401

The Speed of Flourishing

402

In the Beginning, God

403

Disciples as Citizens

404

In the Midst of the Storm

405

The Struggle of Faith

406

Loved to Love

407

The Resurrection of the Just

408

Common Grace For the Common Good

409

A Better Pentecost

410

The Ascension

411

Grace and Knowledge: Spiritual Growth, Part 2

412

Grace and Knowledge: The Day of the Lord

413

Grace and Knowledge: Waterless Springs

414

Grace and Knowledge: Light for the Darkness

415

Grace and Knowledge

416

Easter Sunday

417

Advent Columbia Heights: Palm Sunday

418

Advent Brookland: Palm Sunday

419

Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth

420

Seven Deadly Sins: Envy

421

Seven Deadly Sins: Lust

422

Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath

423

Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony

424

Ash Wednesday: Pride

425

Beloved: Love

426

Beloved: Sexual Intimacy

427

Beloved: Expectation and Affirmation

428

Beloved: Covenant

429

Beloved: Vulnerability

430

Beloved: Longing for Intimacy

431

The Word Became Flesh

432

Christmas Eve: Mary Said 'Yes'

433

Advent

434

Lessons and Carols: Bright Hope For Dark Times

435

Brookland: Facing the Future: Awake, Alert, and unAfraid

436

Columbia Heights: Fret Not

437

Stewardship as Counterculture: Stewards of Grace

438

Stewardship as Counterculture: Stewarding Our Wealth

439

Stewardship as Counterculture: Stewards of Time

440

Stewardship as Counterculture: Stewards of Our Bodies

441

Stewardship as Counterculture: Stewards of Creation (Brookland)

442

Stewardship as Counterculture: Stewardship by Design

443

The Enemy of My Enemy is Love

444

Parish Retreat 2017: Flourishing From the Inside Out

445

How Long, Oh LORD?: Statement of Faith

446

How Long, Oh LORD?: Pride and Glory

447

How Long, Oh LORD?: Living by Faith

448

How Long, Oh LORD?: Faith and Doubt

449

Work From the Soul

450

Goodness, Mercy, and Cynicism

451

Psalm 23:5

452

Psalm 23:4

453

Green Pastures, Still Waters

454

The Lord is My Shepherd

455

Celebration of Discipline

456

Joy and Peace

457

Alive in Christ: Christ at Home and Christ at Work

458

Alive in Christ: Christ-Centered Community

459

Alive in Christ: Putting on Christ

460

Alive in Christ: Things Above

461

Alive in Christ: Virtue Signaling and the Victory of God

462

Colossians: Alive in Christ | Colossians 2:6-15

463

Colossians: Alive in Christ | Colossians 2:1-7

464

Colossians: Alive in Christ | Suffering Christ, Suffering Church

465

Colossians: Alive in Christ | Colossians 1:21-23

466

Colossians: Alive in Christ | Colossians 1:15-20

467

Knowledge of God

468

Colossians | Colossians 1:1-8

469

Easter

470

Missionary Faithfulness

471

Spiritual Formation

472

Generous Hospitality

473

Building Gospel-Centered Communities

474

We Seek the Flourishing of Washington, DC

475

As A Church

476

Ash Wednesday: Ashes and Truth

477

Spiritual Growth

478

Protection

479

What Were You Thinking?

480

Freedom and Sacrifice

481

The Desire of Nations

482

The Child Born King

483

Engaging Homelessness

484

The Word Became Flesh

485

Christmas: The Day God's Grace Appeared

486

The Hope of Immanuel

487

Coming Home

488

The Banner of Hope

489

Swords into Plowshares

490

The End of Days

491

The Way Forward

492

The God of History

493

The Everlasting Kingdom

494

Christian Character

495

Persistence in Prayer

496

Spiritual Gifts (Part III)

497

Spiritual Gifts (Part II)

498

Spiritual Gifts (Part I)

499

Faith in the Furnace

500

The Stone that Became a Mountain

501

University of Babylon

502

Sermon

503

Sermon | Psalm 118

504

Sermon | Psalm 116

505

Sermon | Psalm 115

506

Sermon | Psalm 114

507

Sermon | Psalm 113

508

The Joy of Generosity

509

Who is Jesus?

510

Growing in Christ

511

Joy in Christ

512

Imitation

513

Lights in the World

514

Joyful Faith

515

Pentecost

516

Joy and Purpose

517

Growing in Love

518

Christian Identity

519

The Birth of a Church

520

Holy Spirit + You = Awesome

521

Easter Sunday 2016 | Resurrection Hope

522

Easter Vigil 2016 | Doubt and Longing

523

Palm Sunday 2016 | The Triumphal Entry

524

Gratitude

525

Contemplation

526

Contentment

527

Scripture

528

Submission

529

Ash Wednesday 2016: Our Holy Calling

530

God's Family Established

531

Born from Above

532

God's Extended Family

533

God Promises a Family

534

Unity Descending

535

The City of Light

536

Lessons & Carols: The True Hope of Christmas

537

Seek the Lord

538

In All the Earth

539

Christ the King Sunday: The True King

540

Baptism

541

Work

542

Sabbath

543

Being Human (Part Two)

544

Wrestling with God

545

Being Human (Part One)

546

Preach on Me

547

Creation

548

Vision Sunday

549

Purpose

550

The Good Shepherd

551

The Great Banquet

552

The Persistent Widow

553

Lazarus and the Rich Man

554

Tenants in God's Vineyard

555

The Mustard Seed

556

Christian Forgiveness

557

The Treasure and the Pearl

558

Marriage and the Kingdom of God

559

Sharing in God's Victory (Part Four)

560

Living in God's Love (Part Four)

561

Living in God's Love (Part Three)