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Living into Our Kingdom Calling As Ambassadors for Christ

2 Corinthians 5: 11-21

July 15, 2018 • Carmen Fowler LaBerge

Animosity, confrontation, confusion. from cable news right down to our kids' classrooms, Christians are waking up to a world very different from the one we once knew. We are quick to blame everyone else from Hollywood to Washington, but it is not the culture's fault God is sidelined.

If God is missing from the conversation, then it is because his people have failed to represent him there. Christians have been far too silent for far too long, retreating out of fear of offending someone or the unpleasantness of stepping outside our comfort zone. When Christians have spoken up, too often it has not been in ways that honor Jesus. We have inserted our own opinion, obscuring the beauty and trutH of the gospel in favor of our political, ideological or personal agenda.

It's time for us to embrace our calling as Christ's ambassadors. To do that, we must be equipped to engage the world in ways that bring the mind of Christ to bear on the matters of the day.

Lord and Savior—and Treasure: The Complex Beauty of Christ

February 4, 2024 • David Mathis • Revelation 5:1–12

God designed our souls for Jesus. Not just a divine Father, and not just a human friend, but God himself in human flesh. God himself, in the person of his Son, becoming one of us — God with us, as fully God and fully man, in one spectacular person. #beautyofchrist #firstpresbyterianbr #sermon #revelation #lambofgod #lionofjudah

Better Together

September 3, 2023 • Pastor Adraine White • Ephesians 4:23, Ephesians 4:16, Ephesians 4:1–6

We can clearly see that God has called us to unity. He is more concerned about the unity of the Spirit than he is about the unity of our races or even the unity of our politics. There is a unity that the spirit is capable of producing that will bring us together, if we will allow him. We are different and it's NOT a mistake nor is it a curse, it's by God's design. Our job is to embrace the differences, forbear one another & come together so we can see what wonderful things we can accomplish when we do.

God Is the Strength of My Heart

August 6, 2023 • Gerrit Dawson • Psalm 73:1–5, Psalm 73:13–26

These days, a powerful idea gets marketed to us from all sides. It’s the dream that I can hold my whole life in my hands and get everything arranged according to my truest self. I can live my dreams. I can express my truest self, and everyone will recognize it and give me space and I will be fulfilled in myself. I don’t need God or anyone if I can just grasp myself, and then be myself. I can do it, if I believe enough in myself and work hard enough and carve out my space.  #strength #powerofgod #sermon #worship #firstpresbyterianbr #creator