Hill to Die On
The Core of Christianity
Resurrection
March 27, 2016 • Chris Edmondson • 1 Corinthians 15:1–32
Do unto others. Love is patient, love is kind. Turn the other cheek. It’s easy to appreciate Jesus’ teachings until the Bible writers tell us that he rose from the dead. For some, the idea of a person rising from the dead is so hard to believe that they cherry-pick the teachings and refute the resurrection. In this message, Pastor Chris recounts the truth about Jesus’ life and death that the apostle Paul says is a Hill to Die On.
Crucifixion
March 25, 2016 • Chris Edmondson • 1 Corinthians 15:1–4, Luke 23:23–24, Isaiah 22:23, Colossians 2:13–14, 1 Corinthians 11:23–25
Paul wrote about what is the core and center of our faith in 1 Corinthians 15. Tonight—as well as on Sunday morning—we’re going to be looking at the same passage of scripture in which Paul says, “This is the essence—the core of our Christian faith.”
Going Public
March 20, 2016 • Chris Edmondson • Matthew 28:19–20, Acts 2:41, Luke 23:43, 1 John 5:11–12, Acts 8:26–38
There tends to be a lot of confusion surrounding baptism. And while the topic often evokes strong emotions, it is not a subject in which people have much to draw from, other than their own experience. For this reason we will spend some time exploring what the Bible has to say about baptism and how this informs our understanding of this universal Christian practice.
Faith + Politics
March 13, 2016 • Chris Edmondson • Hebrews 11, Hebrews 12:1–3
Politics isn’t an emotionally neutral topic. It has the power to divide us instead of bring us together. Politics can so color the way we see the world that we’re left wondering if someone could hold political beliefs different from our own and still follow Jesus. How would our outlooks change if we filtered our politics through our faith rather than filtering our faith through our politics?
Religion Around A Rock
March 6, 2016 • Chris Edmondson • Matthew 22:33–39, John 13:34–35
A Hill to Die On is used to refer to an issue or belief held to be so important that it is worth fighting for at all costs. Most Christians are known for what their against, not what they’re for and they seem to fight about almost everything. To most Christians, they have hundreds—if not thousands—of hills they would die on. But if everything is important, then nothing is important.