By Design
God's Design for People, Marriage, and Parenting
Part 10 - God's Design for Legacy
November 10, 2019 • Jeremy Mulder
The command to honor our father and mother is given to us with a promise: that it will go well for us in the land God is giving us. The assumption is that the legacy that is left to us will be one worthy of honor; the question for us is whether or not we will leave that sort of legacy ourselves.
Part 8 - God's Design for Parenthood (2/2)
October 27, 2019 • Jeremy Mulder
In part two of God's Design for Parenting, we consider how it is that we can fulfill God's intention that we raise our children to love God and build the culture. Paul's instruction may seem simple, but it points towards the lofty requirement of parents to demonstrate the love of God to their children and raise them to be Christ's disciple.
Part 7 - God's Design for Parenthood (1/2)
October 20, 2019 • Jeremy Mulder
God intends us to view children as a gift, which means that parenting is a gift. The question is, what do we do with it, and why has he given it to us? In Sermon 7, Pastor Jeremy explores some of what God intends us to do as parents and how He intends for us to raise them as culture-builders in the world
Part 6 - God's Design for Households
October 13, 2019 • Jeremy Mulder
In part 6, God's Design for Households, we consider how the household is like the church. The household is the most effective means of passing down what we believe to future generations, provided we are passing on the right things.
Part 5 - God's Design for Marriage (2/2)
October 6, 2019 • Jeremy Mulder
If we want to know anything about ourselves or what God intends for our most important relationships, we have to begin by understanding the God who created humanity in his own image. Our understanding of who we are intended to be as people, and how he intended us to relate to one another, begins with a God who is himself three distinct and eternal persons, so united that they can only be rightly seen as one. In Part 5 of our series "By Design", we continue talking about God's design for marriage. In this sermon, Pastor Jeremy demonstrates how our understanding of who God is will impact how we view our roles in marriage. Marriage is an exclusive, one-flesh relationship in which each spouse seeks to put their partners needs ahead of their own.
Part 4 - God's Design for Marriage (1/2)
September 29, 2019 • Jeremy Mulder
If we want to know anything about ourselves or what God intends for our most important relationships, we have to begin by understanding the God who created humanity in his own image. Our understanding of who we are intended to be as people, and how he intended us to relate to one another, begins with a God who is himself three distinct and eternal persons, so united that they can only be rightly seen as one. In sermon 4 of our series, Pastor Jeremy walks through Genesis 2 to demonstrate God's intention for Adam to have a partner who was both distinct from him, and yet one with him. When no suitable companion was found amongst all the creatures of the earth, God creates a companion and Adam calls him Woman. Discover what that means for us, and how it points towards Jesus and the church, in this sermon, "God's Design for Marriage".
Part 3 - God's Design for Singleness
September 22, 2019 • Jeremy Mulder
If we want to know anything about ourselves or what God intends for our most important relationships, we have to begin by understanding the God who created humanity in his own image. Our understanding of who we are intended to be as people, and how he intended us to relate to one another, begins with a God who is himself three distinct and eternal persons, so united that they can only be rightly seen as one. In part three of our series called By Design, Pastor Jeremy walks us through the biblical teaching on singleness. Not only was the savior of the world single, but singleness is a gift given to us through which we can fulfill our assignment as children of God.
Part 2 - God's Design for Community
September 15, 2019 • Jeremy Mulder
If we want to know anything about ourselves or what God intends for our most important relationships, we have to begin by understanding the God who created humanity in his own image. Our understanding of who we are intended to be as people, and how he intended us to relate to one another, begins with a God who is himself three distinct and eternal persons, so united that they can only be rightly seen as one. If the God who self-references as an "us" were to create something in his own image, what would it look like? In this sermon, Pastor Jeremy explains that the main theme of the Scripture is God gathering a people for himself, starting with the community he created in creation to the community that is gathered in the finale, with people from all tribes, tongues, and nations.
Part 1 - God's Design for Personhood
September 8, 2019 • Jeremy Mulder
If we want to know anything about ourselves or what God intends for our most important relationships, we have to begin by understanding the God who created humanity in his own image. Our understanding of who we are intended to be as people, and how he intended us to relate to one another, begins with a God who is himself three distinct and eternal persons, so united that they can only be rightly seen as one. In the first sermon in our series, Pastor Jeremy Mulder shows us how God has written distinction into humanity, beginning with the distinction of gender as male and female. We must celebrate this distinction, since it is only when we recognize our distinctions within the united body of humanity that we can rightly reflect the God who made us in his image.