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Choices: Two Roads, Two Guides

Glenn Hoburg — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:14:33 +0000

Modern people are overwhelmed with choices, exhibited by the common response of indecision. One way to get past that problem is prioritizing critical choices; this is what Jesus does for us. In this last section of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus sets before us four pairs of critical choices, and getting them right sets in line all our other choices. The first two are: The choice between Two Roads and Two Guides.

Study guide: 03.14.10 Choices: Two Roads, Two Guides

Ask

Glenn Hoburg — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:58:53 +0000

Jesus’ invitation for anyone to ask anything and receive presents one of the most daring and potentially disappointing teachings on prayer. Is Jesus offering us a blank check? Are we being duped? How do we make sense of such hope?

Study Guide: 03.07.10 Ask

Good Judgment

Glenn Hoburg — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:56:10 +0000

We live with two seemingly conflicting realities in our modern world when it comes to judgment. The first is the belief that we shouldn’t judge. The second is the fact that we can’t stop passing judgment. Jesus takes us a different way – one that leads to good judgment.

Study Guide: 02.28.10 Good Judgment

Anxious Heart

Glenn Hoburg — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:52:37 +0000

The number of Americans who report suffering from some anxiety disorder has risen dramatically in recent years. It’s evident not only by the continual stream of books and seminars on stress, but also in the establishment of academic centers devoted to both identifying and treating anxiety. And, while it’s important to treat the physical symptoms, unless we get to the “heart” of anxiousness, we’ll not see change. This is where Jesus takes us.

Study Guide: 02.21.10 Anxious Heart

The Heart of Materialism

Glenn Hoburg — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:02:32 +0000

The recent economic collapse has exposed more than cracks in our financial system; it has exposed our hearts. And not just the hearts of those who took big bonuses or made bad loans or took their lives in despair, but all our hearts. As Jesus teaches on money, he does more than scold us for being greedy. He gets to the heart of our materialism and the hope of being freed from the power of it.

Study guide: 02.14.10 The Heart of Materialism

Knowing God Through Food

Glenn Hoburg — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:49:11 +0000

There is nothing more basic than food. As one philosopher said, “Man is what he eats.” We take food into our bodies and it becomes life. This is one reason why God has always used food as a way for us to know Him. As Jesus said, “I am the Bread of Life.”

Study Guide:01.31.10 Knowing God Through Food

The Danger of Good Deeds

Glenn Hoburg — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:56:28 +0000

The Sermon on the Mount challenges how we understand things like happiness, sexuality, marriage, anger, retaliation – even good deeds or righteousness. There is a greater stress on doing good deeds in our current culture, and Washington is a city where people are drawn toward public service and committed to good causes. However, have we ever thought about the danger of good deeds?

Study Guide: 01.24.10 The Danger of Good Deeds

The Ministry of Grace DC, Part II

Glenn Hoburg — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:47:41 +0000

In this second sermon on the ministry of Grace DC, we consider how the purpose of the church works in our personal and public lives, through community groups, culture and vocation.

Study Guide: 01.17.10 The Ministry of Grace DC, Part II

The Ministry of Grace DC, Part I

Glenn Hoburg — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:52:51 +0000

As Grace DC grows its ministries we must remember our primary purpose. It’s so very easy for individuals or churches to ‘miss the forest for the trees’; to look back and realize your life was just a series of latest trends. In the fourth chapter of Paul’s letter to the church at Ephesus (a city much like Washington, DC), we’re called back to our chief calling.

Study Guide: 01.10.10 The Ministry of Grace DC Part I

Unopened Gifts

Glenn Hoburg — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:50:38 +0000

Sometimes a gift is left unopened under the Christmas tree because someone couldn’t make the celebration. But how strange it would be if a gift remained unopened for 6 months… a year… 3 years – because gifts were made to be opened. The gift of God’s grace may go down in history as the gift most left unopened. Psalm 103 offers a chance to unwrap God’s loving kindness

* Unfortunately, we had some technical difficulties this week and were not able to record the sermon. We apologize for the inconvenience!