Thirsting for Glory

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Thirsting for Glory

March 17, 2024 • Pastor Doug Forman • 2 Corinthians 4:1–6, Exodus 33:18–20, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Galatians 1:6–8

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We, as human beings, have been hardwired to thirst for glory. We crave after, search for, long for, and seek out moments and places that overwhelm us, inspire us, or change us.

The biblical writers are consistent in their view that the most overwhelming, most inspiring, most transformative, and most glorious thing in the universe is the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

This week we will begin a four week Easter series that will lead us to the cross and the empty tomb for one purpose - to be overwhelmed and transformed by glory.

The Glory of the New Covenant

April 7, 2024 • Pastor Doug Forman • 1 Corinthians 11:17–26, Hebrews 9:13–15, Jeremiah 31:33–34, Ezekiel 36:24–27

This Easter season we have been seeking to behold our glorious Christ and the Bible is clear that if we desire to see His glory most gloriously, we should look at the Gospel. To that end we have lingered at both the cross and the empty tomb. We have seen Him die and we have seen Him rise from the dead. This final week we will consider perhaps the most significant outcome of His death and resurrection – the purchase and inauguration of the New Covenant. This act on Jesus’s part is commemorated in what is known to Christians as the Lord’s Supper or Communion. Join us this week as we seek to understand the institution of the New Covenant and celebrate this life-changing reality together.

The Glory of the Resurrection

March 31, 2024 • Pastor Doug Forman • 1 Corinthians 15:1–20

The technical Gospel is defined as the death of Christ, according to the Scripture, and the resurrection of Christ, according to the Scripture. The Bible would say that these two essential and inseparable events, locked in history, are steeped in captivating and transforming glory. This week over two billion people around the world will stop, gather, and celebrate the fact that Jesus has overcome death and risen from the grave. The apostle Paul, our author this week, was once a violent opponent of Jesus and His Good News, but he had his life transformed by the risen Christ who is still changing lives today. We pray that you will be changed by the fact that the tomb is empty and Christ is risen indeed!

The Glory of the Cross

March 24, 2024 • Pastor Doug Forman • Galatians 3:10–15, Romans 3:19–20, John 3:16–17

This week begins with Palm Sunday and ends at the cross. It's a week in which celebration and joyful anticipation gives way to grief and deep sorrow. And yet in all of the pain, the anguish, and the death there is woven throughout an abiding and transforming thread of glory. How could that be? It's because in the death of Jesus on the cross we see all the attributes of God come together in their most glorious and harmonious display for the salvation of sinners. And that truth is meant to utterly unmake and remake us.