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Advent is a season of anticipation, reflection, and hope as Christians await the coming of Christ. But hope that is seen … is no hope at all. If we are honest, it can be very difficult to hope at times. Times when we see death and destruction all around us. Times when we experience backbiting, manipulation, greed, and the distortion of truth. Times when we feel another year slipping through our fingers. Times when we look … and see no progress. But during Advent – both in rem

In this sermon we discuss that Jesus is not the Bible, and the Bible is not Jesus. We discuss the fact that the Bible is a unified story that leads to Jesus, and that in our digital age we need to recover communal, long-form reading that goes beyond the “quiet time”.

In this sermon, we look at the generosity of God through the lens of our sufferings and how it can be redemptive, ultimately leading to...

Understanding God's Generosity Continuing our practice of generosity, let's take a moment to reflect on the source of all generosity—God...

Here Jon discusses the nonviolent way of the cross as seen in the life and ministry of Jesus and its relevance in a context of Christian...

Beginning a spiritual formation practice of generosity, Jon discusses the difference between a mindset of abundance vs. scarcity....

In this sermon Jon discusses the concept of the whole Gospel and distinguishes it from common incomplete Gospels as seek to be centered on

Prayer is a place where heaven and earth can meet as we allow God's will to come on earth as it is in heaven. In this sermon Jon Sherwood...

A continuation of our series; Practicing the Way. Utilizing John Mark Comer's platform ( PracticingTheWay.org ) we seek to become...

A cohort of church leaders from around the country join me in a conversation with Dr. Mark Baker, author of Centered-Set Church: Discipleshi

Let me start with several qualifiers; AI is not going anywhere. I use AI constantly. I use it even though I don't know I'm using it. I...

This is the beginning of a new series; Practicing the Way. Utilizing John Mark Comer's platform ( PracticingTheWay.org ) we seek to...

No, I don't believe in reincarnation. However, I do have a large part of me that has always been drawn to the monastic.

The Western Carolina mountains are the coldest climate I have ever lived in full-time. As it snows a few inches today (to my more...

In a world full of identity politics and a culture that wants us to define our identities by our feelings, here we look at Colossians 2-3...

In this session of the Jesus Centered series, Jon Sherwood talks about Jesus being the center of our lament in light of the recent...