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Sermon: Blind and Needing Mercy
We can’t seem to see it. Our own sinful faults in our life, don’t show up for us -except occasionally in the periphery. Jesus performs his last miracle healing in Luke. With this he brings into focus our initial blindness to sin. This also is the model for dealing with our on-going sinfulness while on the path of growing in holiness & humility.Text: Luke 18:35-43
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Jan 22, 2023
Sermon: Following Jesus Through Suffering
Suffering. Mocked. Whipped. Murdered. Raised Up.
This is the sequence of experiences that Jesus tells his 12 disciples is coming for him in Jerusalem.
They do not understand what he is saying. They will not understand until he goes through suffering and death and is resurrected. Then, the resurrected Son of Man by the Spirit makes them understand his Gospel.
We also need the Spirit of God to open our eyes in faith to see the cross, death, and resurrection of Jesus as our glory and not shame, our victory not defeat, our hope not vanity and meaninglessness.
Those who follow Jesus willingly choose to align with him and his kingdom, even if the result is being shamed by friends, mocked by co-workers, or rejected by family.
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Jan 15, 2023
Sermon: Follow Me
Luke 18:18-30
How many of us are ready to do the impossible? The answer is “none,” because that is what it means for something to be impossible. That's bad news if what we really need most is that which is impossible for us to get. Well what about God? Now we are getting somewhere. What is impossible for us to do, all that which is most important, is possible for God. He does the impossible all the time, and that is our hope. In Luke 18 we encounter two contrasting responses to Christ's command to "follow me," a seemingly impossible command, but one that garners eternal life. We see that what man cannot do, namely inherit eternal life, God can do, and He has done that on our behalf by sending Jesus Christ.
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Jan 8, 2023
Sermon: Who Is the Hero?
Luke 18.9-17
As we return to our series in the gospel of Luke, we will hear Jesus’ story about the prayers of two men, one very religious and one very guilty. As they pray, their hearts and sources of hope for acceptance by God become clear, and God’s glorious love for people, especially when they haven’t earned it, is even more evident.
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Jan 4, 2023
Update: January
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Dec 24, 2022
Sermon: He's Actually Here!
Jesus was born, but he wasn’t born where you’d think a prince would be. It was the opposite: he was born where animals live and then placed in a feeding trough. Though shocking, this was also perfect and fitting. The King is actually here … He’s here for us.
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Dec 18, 2022
Sermon: Born A Child and Yet A King
Having been fooled by the wise men after they found baby Jesus, an angry King Herod seeks to find Jesus for himself. Herod, however, is looking to kill Jesus … not worship him. Born a child but yet a king, Jesus is humble in appearance and seemingly at risk. As we read, we’ll see that God is fulfilling his promises even in the earliest days of Jesus’ life and that he (and his kingdom) prove to be unstoppable.
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Dec 11, 2022
Sermon: Jesus is Born King
Jesus was born to be king over every nation, kingdom, and people - including you and me.The wise men traveled long distances to find the creation-revealed king born in Judea.After receiving the prophetic word for his birth in Bethlehem, they bow down and honor Jesus as king.Christmas is about believing and witnessing the arrival of Jesus, God’s King, for all people.But it’s not just about that - Christmas is also about rejoicing in the king and his kingdom.
*All glory be to Christ,*
*His rule and reign we’ll ever sing*
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Dec 4, 2022
Sermon: A Christmas Story
We say “merry Christmas,” our British friends say “happy Christmas,” but why be either? What is it about Christmas that is supposed to make us so merry, happy, nicer (!), down right joyful? The answer, for the hope filled Christian in December, is the gospel. The gospel is why we are merry, why we are happy; the gospel is where our joy comes from. It is precisely this good news that was proclaimed by angels; that a baby was born in Bethlehem, and that the baby was Christ the King, God’s Son, Jesus. O come Ye Merry on Sunday as we work through the Christmas story, as told in the book of Matthew. O come Ye Merry and behold the wonder of the birth of the promised child, the Savior.
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Dec 1, 2022
Update: December
Listen to a 14 minute update for what's happening at Seven Mile Melrose this advent season.
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Nov 27, 2022
Sermon: Jesus’ Family Tree
Have you ever looked at the genealogies (or family trees) in the Bible and wondered what to make of them? We will begin our Advent sermon series, *Fulfilled: The Arrival of Jesus,* this Sunday, by looking at Jesus’ family tree in Matthew 1.1-17. We’ll see that God’s mission moves through even the most messy and mangled family tree.
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Nov 20, 2022
Sermon and Testimonies: Always Thankful
As we gather for worship on this Sunday before Thanksgiving, we’ll hear God’s word in Psalm 100: “Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us and we are his; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.” Then, we will hear specific ways that God has been merciful, kind, and gracious to our church over the past year.
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Nov 13, 2022
Sermon: Don't Lose Heart...Pray
In the face of frequent injustices in our world and even brokenness in our relationships, we get a vivid parable from Jesus that relates to us. This story presents prayer as the faith-filled antidote for these times we are in -as we await the return of Jesus.Luke 18:1-8
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Nov 6, 2022
Sermon: Look at Jesus
After healing ten lepers, Jesus speaks to two groups of people regarding when the Kingdom of God will come. One group was very religious and expected God’s kingdom to come with great signs and visibility. Another group, Jesus’s own disciples, were concerned with timetable and prone to look all over for the kingdom. As we hear the story this week, we’ll see that there’s one answer for both groups of people: Look at Jesus!
Luke 17.20-37
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Nov 3, 2022
Update: November
Listen for an update on what to expect during Turkey Month at Seven Mile Melrose!
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Oct 30, 2022
Sermon: Thankful or Not? Responding to the Mercy of Jesus
As we have been preaching through the book of Luke, we have seen many different responses to Jesus: wonder, fear, anger, devotion, and opposition.In Luke 17:11-17, we will see Jesus giving mercy to 10 men without qualification. Interestingly, only one of the ten men returns to praise God and give thanks to Jesus.This passage will challenge us to have missional optimism and also remind us to continually remember how Jesus has brought us near him by his mercy, not our own qualifications.
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Oct 23, 2022
Sermon: What Every Disciple Needs to Know
Jesus huddles up his disciples and gives them four key instructions. These are essential., pragmatic, and reality-based instructions on being a disciple of Jesus.These words have been preserved for us, so they can be passed right on down to us today. This Sunday we will make sure we hear these and understand their pertinence to us. The outcome of knowing these things will be preparation for daily obedience as one of Jesus’ disciples.
Luke 17:1-10
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Oct 16, 2022
Sermon: A Reversal of Riches
As Jesus continues talking with the Pharisees, he tells a story of two men, one independent, rich and unconcerned with others. The other was poor, helpless and dependent on others for everything. As the story fast forwards to the next life, Jesus warns that riches of this life are no promise of riches in the next.
Luke 16.19-31
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Oct 9, 2022
Sermon: A Different Standard
God and man have different standards. The standards that man holds to in valuing and judging the actions, deeds, and lives of others are not the same standards that God holds. Often the two are diametrically opposed, and we can find ourselves torn as we seek to live out the standards that God holds out for us in His word. This Sunday, Jesus shows us the standard by which we are to live, and explains why it matters that we adopt God's ways, as opposed to our own.
Luke 16:14-15
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Oct 6, 2022
Update: October
Justin and Sara get you caught up on October at Seven Mile Melrose.
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Oct 2, 2022
Sermon: God is Gracious, so I Don’t Have to Prove Myself
We live in a broken world that is always comparing and measuring and evaluating and deciding what is good enough and who is good enough, so living in this world comes with pressure. Pressure to perform. Pressure to look like we have it together. Pressure to prove ourselves. We all feel it. This Sunday, we’ll see how King David lived in a similar situation. Even more, we’ll see that God is gracious, so we don’t have to prove ourselves.
2 Samuel 7.1-17, Psalm 103
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Sep 25, 2022
Sermon: God is Good, So I Don't Have to Look Elsewhere
This is the third week in our “God is…So I…” series. When we dig into Psalm 107 and the life of David we are going to see that God is good so we don’t have to look elsewhere. Our hearts have a tendency to attach to other people, things, institutions, movements, or any created thing, for our deepest comfort, greatest satisfaction, and highest good. When our lives move through difficult seasons and circumstances, it can be hard to believe that God is good and acting for our good. Yet, the Scriptures continually point us to this truth: God’s nature is good, goodness comes from him, and we don’t have to look elsewhere.
Psalm 107
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Sep 18, 2022
Sermon: God is Glorious, So I Don't Have to Fear Others
Whether seeking the approval of a boss, fearing rejection from family or friends or comparing ourselves to others, fear of man can show up in our lives in different ways. Maybe it’s anger or lies. Maybe it’s anxiety or something entirely different. Regardless, fear of others leads to a life controlled by others. This week, as we read Psalm 34 and hear from David’s story, we’ll see this beautiful truth: God is glorious, so I don’t have to fear others.
Psalm 34; 1 Samuel 21.10-15
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Sep 11, 2022
Sermon: God is Great, So I Don't Have to Be in Control
Being in control of our lives appeals to many of us. There’s a problem, though: no matter how much we want to be in control, we just aren’t built for it. We don’t have what it takes. We spend endless time, energy, and thought trying to bring the circumstances of life under our rule, but it never works out. Rather than producing control and joy, our efforts gain anxiety, worry, and stress. This Sunday, we’ll look at the life of King David and find freedom in this good news: God is great, so I don’t have to be in control.
Psalm 27: 1-6
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Sep 7, 2022
Update: September
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Aug 28, 2022
Sermon: The Prodigal Son
All of Scripture is God breathed, it is true, but through the ages the parable of the prodigal son has stayed minty fresh. If you want to get at the heart of God, and do so with an illustration, which is what Jesus loved to do with his parables, Luke 15:11-32 is one of the best places to go. The gospel news is a handful of historical facts related to the life, death, and resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; the story of the prodigal son gives us a beautiful glimpse at the heart of the God of the Gospel. The story of the prodigal son is a story of God’s heart.
Join us on Sunday as we walk through a tale of two brothers with a joyful father.
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Aug 21, 2022
Sermon: Is Jesus First?
Throughout The Gospel of Luke, we've seen and heard the religious leaders miss the mark repeatedly. They've tried to earn what is free, and they've charged for things they were supposed to give away. But if they got it wrong, how are people like us standing in the crowds that don't have training or pedigree or a spotless record supposed to know what it means to follow Jesus? This Sunday, we'll hear Jesus explain what it costs to be a disciple of his. We will find that it costs us everything and is worth it.
Luke 14.25-35
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Aug 14, 2022
Sermon: You're Invited :: The Great Supper
You’re Invited: Great Supper…
Before you RSVP your first question might be, “What are they serving?” But the folks around the table are more interested in who’s invited.
Jesus tells us a story about the great supper in the age to come which is light on the menu details but pretty heavily focused on the invite list.
We’ll see what this story means for invites and excuses for a future great supper that awaits -one that requires a response from all of us.
Luke 14:15-24
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Aug 7, 2022
Sermon: How Do We Get God's Blessing?
Jesus gets invited to a meal with some Pharisees and reveals the path to honor in a way that completely contradicts the Pharisees in the room.
We (and the Pharisees at the table) think the best way to get honor is to compete for it, and use or exclude the weak for our own gain in the process. It's a zero sum game.
Jesus provides a different pathway to hono: humility and inclusion of the weak at our own expense.
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Jun 29, 2022
Update: July
July is church planting month at Seven Mile Melrose! Listen to a 9 minute update from Justin and Sara.
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Jun 26, 2022
Sermon: Silence God's Word To Your Own Peril
Jesus points out a human tendency to silence God’s Word from moving us to repentance and faith in Jesus.
We do all sorts of things to try to stop the message and messengers from getting to us. Jerusalem had this same tendency recorded throughout the Bible.
That human tendency is countered by what we see in God’s disposition towards us. We’ll look at our tendency & God’s disposition and take stock of how we should respond.
Luke 13:31-35
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Jun 19, 2022
Sermon: Don't Miss The Kingdom
After hearing that that kingdom of God was like a mustard seed, someone asked a natural question, “How big will this kingdom be?”
Rather than answering the question, Jesus explains how not to miss the kingdom and that many who expect to be in the kingdom will miss out. But he doesn’t stop there, instead promising that many from all times and places will enter the kingdom.
It’s not that few people will be saved, but that the unexpected will be.
Luke 13:22-30
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Jun 12, 2022
Sermon: A Kingdom Bigger Than Anyone Imagined
Last week, we looked at Jesus’ healing of a woman on the Sabbath. This Sunday, we will learn from Luke how Jesus explains the appropriate way to perceive what the kingdom of God looks like at work in the world. Jesus is God’s king, and where the king is, there is the kingdom at work. However, like a seed in a garden or yeast in dough, the work of Jesus requires receptive environments to grow over time. Are we going to be receptive people?
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Jun 5, 2022
Sermon: Does Jesus See Our Suffering?
In our suffering it can be hard to see Jesus. It's hard to be hopeful when we can't see any reason to hope. Does Jesus see our suffering? In Luke 13:10-17 we see a woman with prolonged disability encounter Jesus in all his grace, mercy, and power. Jesus sees her; Jesus turns her suffering into joy.
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Jun 2, 2022
Update: June
Hear from the Melrose staff what to expect this summer at Seven Mile Melrose
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May 22, 2022
Sermon: Tragedy Deferred
Luke 13.1-9
When bad things happen, we often wonder why. The same thing happened in Jesus' day and the assumption was often that tragedies are the result of personal sin. This Sunday, we'll listen in as Jesus is told of a tragedy and then answers the question, "Do you think these were worse sinners?"
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May 15, 2022
Sermon: When Jesus Divides
Jesus said "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God," but he also said "Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division."
Does Jesus contradict himself here?
How does a message of "peace on earth" reconcile with the division that Jesus says he came to bring to earth?
When is it appropriate for us to divide? If we divide, how are we to act?
In this sermon we walk through Jesus' words in 12:49-53 and seek to understand how it is we are to act in a world that is often in conflict with God's mission in Christ.
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May 8, 2022
Sermon: Hearing From Matt Moran
We're thrilled to have Pastor Matt Moran preaching this Sunday as we continue our series in the gospel of Luke. Pastor Matt served as a pastor at Seven Mile Road Melrose for over five years and currently serves as the Lead Pastor at Community of Grace in his hometown of Buffalo, NY.
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May 3, 2022
Update: May
Tune in to hear Justin, Michael, and Sara (along with a special guest star!) give a quick run down of what's happening when this month at Seven Mile Road.
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May 1, 2022
Sermon: The Freedom of Right Fear
Luke 12.1-12
What do you fear? How does that fear shape you? After a confrontation with the Pharisees, Jesus warns his disciplines how easy it is to fear the wrong things and where that leads. Jesus knew that a time was coming when his disciples would be tested and he helps prepares them by pointing out what fear is actually worth having. In fact, Jesus will tell them about One who will help them in the darkest of circumstances.
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Apr 24, 2022
Sermon: What's On The Inside?
When we pursue outside purity, we miss Jesus and his work to cleanse our insideThe Pharisees and the scribes both participated and benefited from a religious system that gave them public praise and approval. The devastating consequences, though, was that while they assumed they were honoring God they were actually moving further away from him.Jesus gives sharp words to people who are culturally and religiously invested in him not being their authority. Their only hope, and ours, for being people who are truly pure is for Jesus to be our authority, and to follow him in repentance and faith.
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Apr 17, 2022
Sermon: Responses to the Message of God
Happy Easter! What's inside Jesus' tomb? Nothing! Yes it was a trick question but the answer is what makes Easter so happy. Jesus died and was resurrected. A Friday of sadness, grief, and loss was met with a Sunday of wonder, exhulation, and joy. There is no better news than Gospel news.
On Sunday we will meet Jesus on a field where a crowd of people seek to test his claim to be God's Son. Rather than acquiesce to their demand for a sign he teaches them about what an appropriate response to his ministry would look from the Old Testament. Jesus shows us what appropriate and inappropriate responses to the message of God looks like and he teaches us where those responses come from; they come from the inside.
Join us on Easter Sunday as we look at the ministry of Jesus and wrestle with his teaching.
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Apr 10, 2022
Sermon: Is a Prince Any Match for a King?
Is there anyone to fear when one is with Jesus?
We needn’t fear any person, nor natural phenomena, nor disease as Jesus is more powerful than each. But what about the Satan and his demons?
We see evil in our world and in ourselves. We might think it is only human weakness, but the Bible tells us there is more than we see. That unseen darkness can certainly shake us, but Luke presents Jesus as the Stronger One.
Text: Luke 11:14-28
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Apr 3, 2022
Sermon: For Our Good Always
When we're most honest, many of us have a lot of worry about how we parent our kids well and how we help them learn to trust God as they grow. So we wonder how what to do ... how to do that ... and it can feel so complicated. This week we'll hear God's wisdom from Deuteronomy 6, where Moses helps us see some simple ways we can help our kids learn to trust God.
Deut 6:20-25
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Apr 1, 2022
Update: April
The Melrose staff get you caught up on all things April Fool's Day and all things
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Mar 27, 2022
Sermon: Jesus Teaches Us How To Pray
Far from being a new question, “How should we pray?” is actually an old one that the disciples asked Jesus and one that he answered. In our text this week, Jesus teaches the disciples (and us!) what and how to pray. But ultimately he tells teaches how we ought to approach God, who is a Good Father to his children and will always gives the best gifts.
Luke 11.1-13
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Mar 20, 2022
Sermon: Nothing Greater
Matthew 13.44-46
What would you do for great treasure? What would you sacrifice? This week, we’ll hear Jesus teach that the Kingdom of Heaven is, in fact, the greatest of all treasures. And, we’ll consider what happens when the reality of Jesus being the greatest treasure hits home in our hearts?
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Mar 13, 2022
Sermon: Martha and Mary
What happens when we live by anxiety and not faith?
In this sermon we examine the brief interaction Luke records between Jesus, Martha, and Mary. Martha shows Jesus great hospitality initially, but all her serving ends up actually shielding her from Jesus. Mary shows us what it looks like to posture ourselves with Jesus as our highest Good.
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Mar 6, 2022
Sermon: Whose Neighbor Are You? (The Good Samaritan)
Few people would argue that it's a bad thing to love your neighbor, but all kinds of answers emerge once we start to talk about what that means. This week, as we listen in on a conversation Jesus has with a lawyer, we'll learn that the neighbor we're called to love may not be who we think and that loving this neighbor may be more intense than we'd ever expect ... and that what actually makes us able to love our neighbor is Jesus' love towards us.
Luke 10.25-37
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Mar 3, 2022
Update: March
Listen for an update on what's to come in March (and April!) at Seven Mile Melrose (and listen for a special donut code from Justin!).
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Feb 27, 2022
Sermon: The Spinoff Mission, Then & Now
A turning point happens in Jesus’ ministry as He sends disciples on mission in Luke 9. But more than just the Twelve, in chapter 10 Jesus includes others (a lot of others… like 72 others) in the mission! This spinoff mission has successive implications for the Christian church all the way to Seven Mile Road today.
This Sunday we take a look at the Mission to which all followers of Jesus are called. We see some amazingly outsized aspects of this mission that inform and challenge us to consider just what our little church is to do on Jesus’ mission.
Luke 10:1-20
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Feb 20, 2022
Sermon: Who Is The Greatest?
We all have a deep longing to be great, to be important and feel valued. Unfortunately, we often completely miss in our efforts. In this week’s sermon, we’ll hear how Jesus’ disciples had this same longing, this same tendency to pursue greatness in all the wrong ways, and what Jesus taught them about greatness: to be somebody in his kingdom is actually to be a nobody.
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Feb 13, 2022
Sermon: Marriage
What?
Says who?
But why?
Not only is this how every conversation seems to go with an inquisitive child, it is what we ask during the time in the Word in this sermon.
What is marriage?
Says who?
But why is that marriage?
We look to God's Word to help guide our hearts, our minds, and our actions as we understand marriage, pursue marriage, and do marriage. God in his richness has intentions for us as members of His body, and this permeates all aspects of our lives, and no less the most intimate of spaces, such as marriage.
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Feb 6, 2022
Sermon: Listen To Him
Things have been building in the Gospel of Luke. More and more people are curious about Jesus.
As Jesus' identity continues to unfold and His mission is made more clear, we must ask, "What does it mean to follow him?"
In this week's sermon, God reveals even more about who Jesus and gives a huge key to being a disciple of Jesus: "Listen to him!"
Luke 9: 28-36
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Feb 1, 2022
Update: February
Sara Justin and Michael give you an update on this month at Seven Mile Melrose.
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Jan 23, 2022
Sermon: The Cost of Discipleship
“Christianity without Discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.” -Bonhoeffer
Following Jesus in discipleship is not an easy path nor a short one. Discipleship is a total commitment requiring an understanding of the costs to oneself daily and working to be led by Jesus in all areas of life. Jesus speaks hard words to his original disciples (that Luke wanted to make sure all subsequent disciples would hear as well) on what it entails to follow Him. We will work through this passage on Sunday, so we can each grapple with our own followership of Jesus.
Luke 9:23-27 & 57-62
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Jan 16, 2022
Sermon: Who Is This?
As more and more people come into contact with Jesus, his miracles and his teaching, word spreads. And as word spreads, people are confronted with the question, “Who is this? Who is Jesus?” From political rulers to Jesus’ disciples to us, it’s a question that must be considered and must be answered. This Sunday, we’ll hear how others answered and hear from Jesus himself.
Luke 9.7-9, 18-22
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Jan 9, 2022
Sermon: Jesus Feeds 5000
On Sunday we are preaching through Luke 9:10-17 where Jesus takes a little bread and a little fish and turns it into a LOT of bread and a LOT of fish, and 5,000 people eat to their fill and then have leftovers.
What is happening here? Does Jesus have a magic wand or is this something else? How do 5 loaves and 2 fish feed 5,000 or more people? What is the point of this?
On Sunday we get to feast on this miracle text and ponder the wonders of Jesus.
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Dec 23, 2021
Update: December/January
The Seven Mile Melrose staff give a quick update on what to expect as 2021 closes out and going in to the New Year in January.
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Dec 19, 2021
Sermon: Christ Meets Us In Our Sicknesses, Sorrows and Sufferings
Yes, Christmas is supposed to be merry. Christ has come! But Christmas - the advent of the Savior - exists because this world is marked by sickness, sorrow, and suffering. Why would God allow things to be this way? This Sunday we see a woman whose life was marked by the worst of sorrows for a dozen straight years ... yet she never lost hope, moving toward Christ in faith when she had her chance. We are all invited to do the same.
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Dec 12, 2021
Sermon: Christ Bringing Freedom "Far As The Curse Is Found"
This Sunday we see Christ direct his fishermen-disciples to steer the boat toward ... Gerasa? Yes. This would be like a Celtics fan heading to Staples Center or a vegan hitting the drive-thru at Taco Bell. No 1st century Jew would purposefully steer toward that city. But Christ did, to set a captive free and send a message that His gospel was going to be further reaching than anyone had ever imagined.
Luke 8:26-39
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Dec 5, 2021
Sermon: Loving God or Loving Money?
This week, we will pause from our normal rhythm of preaching Luke to jump ahead and look at Luke 16. Jesus tells one of his stranger parables to pose this penetrating question: Do we love God or love money? Someone who loves God views themselves as a manager, while someone who loves money views themselves as an owner.
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Nov 21, 2021
Sermon: What Can The Weather Tell You About Someone
Sunny days or cloudy skies: How do you respond? The situations outside of human control tell you something about a person.
Luke records a view of the disciples in some weather. Their response exposes their underlying beliefs. We will let this text shine on us to see what (or who) is our go-to in stormy times.
Luke 8:22-25
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Nov 14, 2021
Sermon: Nuclear Family and Church Family
Your nuclear family or church family: which is more important?
We Bostonians tend to pit these against each other, as if they are part of some zero sum game.
But Christ won't let us think this way.
Instead, He teaches us to that both of our families - as long as they are marked by an all-in commitment to Him - are to be prized ... because they work in concert for the advance of His gospel.
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Nov 7, 2021
Sermon: Living In Community With Those Who Have A Different Take On COVID Than You Do
The sudden emergence and lingering presence of COVID-19 have presented a serious challenge to the harmony of local church communities like ours at Seven Mile Road. From day one of the pandemic, we have asked the Father to give us an uncommon unity, even though many of us hold different convictions about what’s best around lockdowns, masks, vaccines, and all the rest. This Sunday we’ll unpack how an embrace of gospel centrality makes this unity possible.
Romans 14:1-9
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Nov 4, 2021
Update: November
Listen for an update about this month at Seven Mile Melrose!
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Oct 31, 2021
Sermon: Be Receptive to the Word
How are you doing receiving the Word of God? Like listening to it, really hearing it, and then letting it change your life…
Robins, Rocks, Riches, and Resilience all will tell us something about how we are doing at this.
In our next section of the gospel of Luke, we get to read an account from Jesus, the master storyteller, about this very question. As He walks through the possible responses to the Word of God, we are left with a point of helpful examination on our own receptivity to God’s Word. This examination & reflection helps each of us to understand the vital nature of the Word of God for everyone to truly thrive and receive entry to the kingdom of God.
Luke 8:4-15
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Oct 24, 2021
Sermon: Men And Women Partnering Together For Gospel Advance
Luke momentarily pauses his account to give us a quick glimpse into the makeup of the “ministry team” that accompanied Jesus.
With Him were the 12 men he prayerfully appointed to the office of Apostle AND a number of women.
This brief snapshot accords with how God intends for gospel advance to happen in a home, church, and city: men and women rightly-related and fully-engaged on mission together.
This Sunday we’ll unpack this glorious truth and ask the Spirit to make it real at Seven Mile Road.
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Oct 17, 2021
Sermon: Perpetually Floored by the Gospel
The depth of our love for the God of the gospel is directly tied to how clearly we see our need for His grace. This Sunday Luke juxtaposes for us two sinners: one who owned how bad her sin was, and the other who refused to do so. It's no surprise whose affections for Christ are richer. Which type of sinner are we?
Luke 7:36-50
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Oct 10, 2021
Sermon: Refusing to Embrace a Critical Spirit
While Christ 100% calls us to practice critical thinking, he 100% calls us away from embracing a critical spirit.
This Sunday we are back in Luke's gospel where we'll see Jesus calling out the religious elites of his day on their closed and critical spirit. In rejecting both John's message and His own they were in danger of missing out on the Spirit's work. May it not be so with us!
Luke 7:31-35
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Oct 5, 2021
Update: October
Sara and Michael get you caught up on all things Seven Mile Melrose for this month!
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Oct 3, 2021
Sermon: Gospel Informed Work
As a bookend to the Vocation Workshop we held on Friday night, this Sunday we are going to preach about how the gospel informs the way we view our work.
Whatever you do for work - whether teacher or accountant or plumber or or anesthesiologist or mother or marketing manager or social worker or pediatric pharmacologist or quarterback for the Patriots or cook or receptionist or pastor or disc jockey or actuary - do you view it as a job or a calling?
The way you answer this question changes everything about what it means for you to go to work this week. Let's get it right!
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Sep 26, 2021
Sermon: What To Do When We Are Confused Or Besieged With Doubts
One of the things that Jesus loved and affirmed about His cousin John what that John was not a soft man.Yet even this steel-in-the-back prophet was susceptible to wavering doubts.This Sunday we’ll see where John went with His doubts and how Christ received them.And in doing so we doubters will find great hope, too.
Reference: Luke 7:18-28
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Sep 19, 2021
Sermon: Compassion for the Hurting
We live in a post-Christian context, so we are neither surprised nor thrilled when we see Jesus moving toward those who are hurting with compassion."
He's Jesus, That's what He does, right?"
But this is not how it had to be.This Sunday we are (hopefully!) going to be surprised and thrilled as we see Christ - moved with compassion - give a grieving widow her son back.
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Sep 12, 2021
Sermon: Faith of the Centurion
This Sunday we jump back into Luke's gospel.
At the start of chapter seven, Christ is caught happily off guard at the insight that a most unlikely character (Roman military) has into His person and work ... an insight that only a man humbly oriented to the reality of authority in this world could have.
May we share it.
Luke 7:1-10
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Sep 8, 2021
Update: Livestream RSVP
Matt and Sara give a quick update on some changes to viewing our Sunday services online.
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Aug 29, 2021
Sermon: Your Children Are Going To Hurt You
This Sunday we welcome 6 new sons and daughters into the life of Seven Mile Road. In the coming years, these boys and girls are going to bring us joy in so many ways. But they are also going to disappoint and hurt us, sometimes deeply.
How does a gospel-centered father or mother respond when their kids hurt them? For that matter, how does any of us respond when we are hurt by those in our marriages, homes, or church?
Our text this Sunday offers a surprising and beautiful answer.
2 Timothy 4:16-17
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Aug 22, 2021
Sermon: Lip Service Is Not Enough
According to the gospels, whenever Christ preached, he would end his sermons with a bang: an urgent and direct call to action. This is because His listeners (then now) tend to hear His words and nod their heads ... but not do much about them. But that's not how the gospel life works. The gospel life is never one of merely paying Christ lip service, but of evidencing our faith with actual obediences.
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Aug 15, 2021
Sermon: Blessed Are The Poor
Jesus looked at his disciples and told them the way God’s world works: the poor are the blessed ones, the rich are the distressed ones. It seems upside down or backwards to conventional wisdom but it’s true, God has good news for the poor and words of warning for the rich. We are located in an affluent time and place, how do Jesus’ words apply? Are we poor or rich? Sunday we get to wrestle with the good Dr Luke’s recording of Jesus’ word and decipher what is is God wants us to know from Luke 6:20
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Aug 8, 2021
Sermon: Do Not Judge
“Do Not Judge” are some words from Jesus that most everyone can get behind in this cultural moment. The basis of these words though go to root of the gospel and the reason the God-man, King Jesus instructs His followers to live this way. This Sunday we’ll explore the contours of this text in Luke and talk about how we put this into practice as followers of Jesus.
Reference: Luke 6:37-42
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Aug 5, 2021
Update: August
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Aug 1, 2021
Sermon: Love Your Enemies
Up until this point Luke 6, we haven’t heard Jesus tell us what his disciples do.
In this week’s passage, we will explore how Jesus tells his disciples to engage “Them”.
Jesus’ people love their enemies & actively choose to do good to them. This is not our default, but has deep implications for how we posture ourselves to outsiders.
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Jun 27, 2021
Sermon: 15 Months in a Pandemic
15 months ago COVID-19 hit.
Everyone on earth's plans got wiped out overnight.
Including ours.
And there was nothing we could do about it.
This happens often in life.
When it does, God is in it.
This Sunday - the last of this crazy church year together - we learn how.
James 4:13-16
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Jun 20, 2021
Sermon: The Portrait of a Disciple
Sometimes an up close photo can capture the true quality or personality of a friend or loved one. The photo, in an instant, depicts so much of what we’ve come to know to be true about a person over years of their life.
Luke gives us an insta glimpse of the twelve disciples, but this informs us not only on what they were like, but also what is true of all disciples of Jesus for centuries after.
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Jun 13, 2021
Sermon: Gospel Shaped Leadership
Seven Mile Road exists to see every Bostonian Jesus gives us loved and gospeled well.
One thing this requires is - whether by office, by circumstance, or by natural gifting - leaders leading well.
So over the years we have tried to build a gospel-shaped leadership culture at Seven Mile Road.
This Sunday morning we are going to consider the roots in which strong gospel leadership grows.
The Word: 2 Timothy 2:20-21
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May 31, 2021
Update: June
There is a lot of info to keep you informed this month! Listen as Matt, Michael, and Sara get you updated on what to expect at Seven Mile Melrose in the coming weeks.
Click below to listen.
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May 23, 2021
Sermon: Mission > Comfort
Every one of us is, to some degree, a creature of habit.
When we find something that works for us, we stick with it.
This is not necessarily a bad thing, as long as it doesn’t mean we are no longer open to embracing change for the sake of gospel advance.
A gospel-shaped heart is always at the ready for a fresh work of the Spirit, and is willing to flex to be a part of it.
This Sunday Jesus presses this truth home with us.
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May 16, 2021
Sermon: Unlikely Followers and Tax Parties
An unlikely title?
There is a sense in which all of us are unlikely to be following Jesus, and any who are outside of Christ can seem so distant.
We see in the Luke’s gospel this week the way Jesus moves toward the unlikely and the truth that gives hope for everyone. As followers of Jesus, we are sent to similar unlikely people, and we can follow Jesus in the ways we love & gospel folks however seemingly unlikely.
Luke 5:27-32
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May 9, 2021
Sermon: Christ Has Authority To Forgive Sins
Every story Luke gives us is like the richest, heaviest little piece of fudge you ever ate. How could so much (gospel) goodness be jammed into something so small?
This week is no different. Four friends hustle to get their paralyzed fifth before Jesus. How Jesus responds sends shockwaves through the room. Jesus drives through the physical to the spiritual, making a provocative statement about who He was and the redemptive mission He was on.
Christ has authority to forgive sin.
There is no better news.
Luke 5:17-26
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May 2, 2021
Sermon: The Gospel and the Goodness of Touch
In wisdom and love, our Creator infused five senses into the human experience, one of which is called “touch.” We were made to touch and be touched in holy, warm, appropriate, affirming ways. To never touch or be touched is to lose something essential about being human.
So, it’s no surprise that Christ touched people often. Or that when He healed a leprous man – a man would not have been touched by anyone in forever – He touched Him.
This Sunday we’ll think on this beautiful story and it’s import for our life as Seven Mile Road.
Luke 5:12-16
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Apr 25, 2021
Sermon: In Love Christ Imposes
Salvation often looks something like this --> We are busy constructing a life for ourselves, and then Christ shows up in a crane and swings a wrecking ball through the whole enterprise.
He does this in love, because He has something infinitely better in mind for us. It's a glorious imposition.
This Sunday we'll see how Jesus did this with Simon Peter and, hopefully, with each of us.
Reference: Luke 5
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Apr 11, 2021
Sermon: A Hometown Gospel Mistake
Dr. Luke gives us an important scene of Jesus’ ministry that helps to signify much about the forthcoming message & mission in the book. This charged and very memorable scene takes place none other than in Jesus’ hometown of Nazareth. The critical lesson for all of us is to guard ourselves from making this “hometown gospel mistake.”
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Mar 30, 2021
Update: April
Sara, Matt, and Michael talk about Easter weekend, gospel communities, childcare and a few other things to get you updated this month!
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Mar 28, 2021
Sermon: You Are (Jesus's Baptism)
As Bostonians, we’ve been taught to establish our own identity.
We proudly declare “I am” and fill in the blank as we see fit.
But in the gospel life things work differently.We don’t establish our own identity.
We receive it as God declares to us “You are.”
This Sunday we hear the Father speaking those glorious words to the Son as Jesus steps into His redemptive mission through the water of John’s baptism.
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Mar 21, 2021
Sermon: Repentance is Always Costly (John the Baptist Prepares the Way)
In Luke 3 we see Jesus’s cousin, aka John the Baptizer, aka John the Forerunner, aka John the Way-Preparer, burst onto the scene. He’s a Prophet, the last of the older covenant. This means he is sharp. Intense. Unlikable.
But he didn’t come to make friends. He came to ready people for Christ.
How? Why? And what does that have to do with all-set Bostonians like you and me?
In this sermon we’ll find out.
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Mar 14, 2021
Sermon: God as the Unrivaled Driving-Force in our Lives (Christ Coming of Age)
Unlike the silly apocryphal gospels with their many Marvel-esque legends about angsty superteen Jesus showing off His divine powers, Luke’s gospel gives us just one powerful but understated look at the person of Christ between the ages of 3 and 30. It’s a coming of age story, and by it we are all instructed in what it looks like to live with God (and the advance of His gospel) as the unrivaled driving-force in our lives.
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Mar 7, 2021
Sermon: Eyes, Hearts, & Hands (The Anatomy of an Aging Believer)
Growing old is never easy and recognizing it can be even harder.
We take a look at two older saints who testified and announced the birth of Jesus. From them we learn a bit more about Jesus’ life, and a bit more about what our aging years should look and sound like as we continue trusting God.
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Mar 3, 2021
Update: March
Sara, Matt, and Michael recorded a podcast episode to get you caught up on what's happening at Seven Mile Melrose. Listen to this 16 minute update for what to expect this March.
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Feb 28, 2021
Sermon: When I Was Shipwrecked I Thought Of You (Elizabeth and Mary)
“When I was shipwrecked, I thought of you.”
What a sacred thing it is to be the person that someone would say that about.
This is who Elizabeth was for Mary.
While not “shipwrecked” exactly, Mary’s life was suddenly spun upside down. Without hesitation, she hurries to be with her older cousin Elizabeth, who receives her with warmth, gladness, and encouragement.
In this sermon we’ll hear their story and think on what it could like for us to build that kind of culture at Seven Mile Road.
Luke 1:39-56
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Feb 21, 2021
Sermon: The Impossible Made The Possible (The Virgin Birth)
Not the way you imagine. Not like anyone else. Not how a story usually starts.
The unique life of Jesus, the God-man, has a unique beginning –a Virgin Birth.
It is impossible, there is no denying it. Yet the angel Gabriel gives account explaining, “Nothing will be impossible with God.” This impossible beginning is necessary for all the possibilities that Jesus would bring to humanity.
Join us this week as we look closely at the meaning of Jesus’ Virgin Birth for what it means for us. It is of great significance for us & our salvation. It means more for us than we usually remember, and can give us even greater reason for marveling at the wisdom and power of God.
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Feb 14, 2021
Sermon: What Gospel Faith Looks Like (Zechariah vs. Mary)
As Luke’s gospel begins to unfold, a weathered priest and a betrothed teenager each receive a wild promise from the Lord about sons soon to be born into their lives.
Both ask what seem like similar questions, but each receives a very different answer.
In this sermon we’ll talk about why that is and what it means for how we are to respond to the promises of the gospel.
Luke 1:5-38
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Feb 7, 2021
Sermon: Trust The Witnesses And Take The Ride (Intro to Luke's Gospel)
In this sermon we begin a deep dive together into the breathtaking waters of Luke’s gospel. His narrative begins with one super long sentence meant to rope us right in. The Gospel is true - for real true - and there is a certainty the Spirit wants us to have about it. So He inspired the brilliant and beloved doctor (Luke) to write it all down for us.
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Feb 2, 2021
Update: February
Sara, Matt, and Michael get you caught up on what's happening this month at Seven Mile Melrose.
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Jan 31, 2021
Sermon: Missional Living Through "Liminal"
When Jesus' Apostle Paul was invited into a non-church space called the Areopagus, he quoted to his listeners from ... their pagan poetry books?
Yes.
This Sunday we'll talk from Acts 17 about one of the ways we are working to love and gospel locals from inside-out of the words of some of our culture's most famous novelists, singers, and screenwriters.
Acts 17:16-31
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Jan 24, 2021
Sermon: Receiving A New President
As you know, we don’t “chase the headlines” in our preaching, but there are times when we do choose to preach from texts that speak directly to our cultural moment with gospel clarity. Four years ago, we took a Sunday to do this as a new president was assuming a four-year term in office. This Sunday, we will be doing that again.
What would you say to a new president if you had a few minutes with him? And what would you say to Jesus' Church as she receives a new president?
No one sermon can answer those questions exhaustively, but in this sermon we'll talk about it.
Proverbs 29:2 and Psalm 146:3-4
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Jan 17, 2021
Sermon: The Why (and When!) of Baptism
In this sermon, we talked about the why (and a little about the when!) of Christian baptism, that glorious means of grace, given to us by Christ, by which we are welcomed into the family of God and the fellowship of the church.
Whether baptism is on your radar or in your rearview, we are praying that this sermon will be a big help and encouragement.
Colossians 2:12
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Jan 10, 2021
Sermon: Why Do We Worship Publicly on Sundays?
All across the world, every week, on the first day of the week, Christians gather together in public to do the work of worship.
And for the last 9 months many have lamented being kept from doing that by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Why do we love to gather?
Why do we hate not being able to?
This Sunday we'll allow the words of Scripture to give us the big why of public worship.
Hebrews 10:24-25
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Jan 6, 2021
Update: January
Sara, Matt, and Michael recorded a quick conversation to help catch you up on the new year and the new month at Seven Mile Road Melrose.
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Jan 3, 2021
Sermon: The Body (We Do Need You)
One of our dreams at Seven Mile Road is that we would live together in "supertight community."
One of the threats to that "supertightness" is the temptation to look at others in the body and be like, "Eh. We don't need you." or "We'd be just fine if you weren't around."
This Sunday we'll mine the poisonous root of that sentiment and consider ways to dig it out of our life together in 2021.
I Corinthians 12:14-26
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Dec 22, 2020
Update: Welcoming Michael Prevett to Discipleship Director Role
A quick 10 minute conversation with Michael Prevett as he moves into a more pronounced way of serving Seven Mile Road.
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Dec 20, 2020
Sermon: Geneaology
The author of the book of Ruth finishes his love story with a ... genealogy?
Yes!
Rather than words to be glossed over, the genealogies in Scripture are reminders that God accomplishes HIs purposes over time through real people.
So Ruth ends as the Gospels begin ... with a list of names that tell a gospel story.
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Dec 13, 2020
Sermon: Worthy Woman
In one sense, we are to have one Hero: Christ with no rivals.
In another sense, we are to have many heroes and heroines … and Ruth is one of them.
She is called a “worthy woman” who was “worth more than seven sons.”
This Sunday we’ll see what made this statement so beautifully true and consider how Ruth’s life shapes our vision for the women God has given us at Seven Mile Road.
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Dec 11, 2020
Update: Book Discussion Club
Matt and Michael sit down to talk about an upcoming book club for anyone interested that will start up in January. Listen to hear about the whys and the whats of this book club.
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Dec 6, 2020
Sermon: Grace Upon Grace
Yes, it’s true: due to Sin/sin*, this life is filled with pain and suffering.
And yet … it’s also filled with grace.
This Sunday we arrive at the end of Ruth’s love story, and we are bombarded with grace after unexpected grace. I mean, how many happy endings can a single love story have? This one sets the record! And in all of them, we’ll get a window into the heart of God for His children.
* By “capital-S” Sin we mean to the original sin that marks our race and dropped a curse on our experience in this age. By “lowercase-s” sin we mean the ways that we individually sin and are sinned against.
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Nov 29, 2020
Special: Hearing From Seven Milers
Instead of a typical sermon, in this special we hear from some Seven Milers.
Each year on the Sunday after Thanksgiving we pause to reflect and share about God's recent graces in the lives of Seven Milers.
This year we tie things directly to the big gospel truths we've been discovering in the book of Ruth and hear from some of you how those truths have landed on your soul recently.
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Nov 22, 2020
Sermon: Worthy Man
One of our dreams is that Seven Mile Road would be jam-packed with strong men who care and contend for the women in their lives.
Boaz was such a man.
Ruth knew she would be safe coming “under his wings.”
Naomi knew, instinctively, that he would take bold, selfless, decisive action when given the opportunity.
Woah.
In this sermon we focus in on what it takes to be this kind of man.
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Nov 15, 2020
Sermon: Redemption
As Christians, we are called to pursue gospel ends by gospel means, entrusting ourselves fully to God not only in what we are going for but in how we get there.
This Sunday we’ll see our father-in-the-faith Boaz do just this. In love, He entrusts himself and his future to God, not only by committing himself to the costly redemption of Ruth, but by refusing to sinfully usurp the right of the first redeemer on his way there.
In doing so he typifies Christ, who took no shortcuts in His redemption of us.
Ruth 4:1-10
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Nov 8, 2020
Sermon: Proposal
We said that the book of Ruth is a love story … but not the kind you’d expect! It begins with the love of a daughter-in-law for her mother-in-law (surprise!). Then we are caught off guard again as we realize that Boaz and Ruth’s marriage is about more being in love: it’s about a bigger, deeper mission that God is accomplishing through them for the good of others, not just for themselves.
In this sermon we’ll see this beautiful reality unfold and consider how all marriages are meant to work this way.
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Nov 4, 2020
Update: Newly Married Women Intensive
This month Pastor Matt had a special opportunity to sit down with not one but two Katies! Katie Barker and Katie Ryou give an update on this fall's Kalos Team initiative. Some of the newest married women that are a part of the life of Seven Mile Road are participating in a newly-married-women's-intensive. Listen for a glimpse into what is happening in that intensive and how the Spirit is working through it.
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Nov 1, 2020
Sermon: Worthy Work
We stop right where we are in the story of Ruth and rerun the scene zooming in on Boaz.
What we see is a worthy man, and upon more than a cursory glance, we see the marks of his vocation or work. There were marks of how Boaz ran his business that showed he loved God deeply. It made his work different; it made his work worthy.
In our story, we’ll see God has given us our work as a venue to display our love for Him. What marks of your work show you’re a gospel-infused follower of Jesus?
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Oct 25, 2020
Sermon: Expectancy
The gospel births in us a relentless optimism because we have entrusted ourselves to a God of limitless grace. That doesn’t mean we presume that everything will go our way every time. But it does mean that, by faith, we get up every day and give ourselves - energetically and expectantly - to doing the next gospel-shaped thing, confident that God will meet us with all the grace we need … and often more than we could even have imagined!
This Sunday we’ll see Ruth, in love for Naomi, doing just that. And we’ll see both of them finding more favor than they ever could have expected, because this is how the God of gospel grace works.
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Oct 18, 2020
Sermon: Hesed
The gospel life is a life of love. We’ve been loved – deeply, steadfastly, sacrificially – by God, and now we bend that love out to others. The Hebrew word for this kind of love is “hesed,” a concept so beautifully rich we don’t have a single, compatible word for it in English.
In this sermon, our breath will be stolen (as Naomi’s was!) as we see Ruth put the beauty of “hesed” on full display in her refusal to leave Naomi’s side no matter the cost.
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Oct 11, 2020
Sermon: Lament
The book of Ruth spins tragic fast: within a few sentences a woman named Naomi has everything that mattered in her life taken away.
Everything.
She's not technically dead, but she might as well be.
What does a daughter (or son) of God do in those moments?
We fall towards God, and that falling is called "lament."
In this sermon we think on how we can build a culture in our church where lament is allowed and embraced.
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Oct 4, 2020
Sermon: The Book of Ruth- A Love Story
For the next 3 months we are going to be swimming in the deep gospel waters of the Biblical book of Ruth.
It’s a love story ... but not the kind you’d think.
It’s a hope story … in bitter and bleak circumstances.
It’s a 3,100 year old story … yet strikingly relevant for today.
It’s a gospel story … the best kind there are.
We dive in in this sermon.
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Sep 27, 2020
Sermon: A Theology of Christian Giving
When have you felt so close to someone or a cause that you opened your wallet? What convinced you to actually give money to something or someone?
The next section of the letter of Philippians confronts us square in the face about our giving. Rather than sidestep this, we have the duty to unpack a theology of Christian giving. This isn’t a heavy handed ask that the apostle Paul is making, instead he is thanking the Philippians for giving and explaining why Christians give.
Here’s a spoiler: as we read along with what Paul says to the Philippians, we learn there are some pretty amazing things that are happening when we give to Jesus’ church. There is a lot for us to be excited about when we think about all the giving that is done at Seven Mile Road as well!
Philippians 4:14-20
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Sep 20, 2020
Sermon: If We Have Christ, We're Good
This Sunday we unpack one of the most coffee-mugged verses in all of Scripture: "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength."
Nope, this verse is not a promise that being a Christian means being able to actualize all our dreams and desires.
It's about something so much better --> learning the secret to being content in every possible circumstance or season of life, from the best to the worst.
(Hint: If we have Christ, we're good.)
Philippians 4:10-13
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Sep 13, 2020
Sermon: Filling Our Heads With All That's True, Good, and Beautiful
In Philippians 4:8, we hear the Spirit calling us to set our thoughts on "whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, and commendable."
To do this would require at least two things:
1. there needs to be an objective standard of truth, goodness, and beauty in our world.
2. we need to have the ability to actually pursue a life shaped by those things.
So ... are 1 and 2 true?
Find out in this sermon!
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Sep 6, 2020
Sermon: Conflict Resolution in Light of the Gospel
Two of the most solid gospel women in the early church ... had a real big fight!
Does that surprise you? It shouldn't. Life lived by sinners in community with other sinners will inevitably be attended by conflict. So the question is never "How can we avoid all conflict?" but rather "How can the gospel inform how we move through conflict together?"
In this sermon the Sprit gives us some words meant to help us do just that.
Philippians 4:2-3
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Aug 30, 2020
Sermon: Truth and Tears Go Together
This week the Spirit hits us with a helpful one-two punch. First, we are shown the dead-end of a life lived as an "enemy of the cross." Second, we are taught what our disposition should be toward those who do. Might not be what you are expecting!
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Aug 23, 2020
Sermon: Tough and Tender Men Who Take Responsibility
If you had 48 unrushed, undistracted hours with a group of young men who were serious about living a gospel-centered life, what truths would you press with them?
On Sunday we’ll be inviting everyone into what our answer was this past weekend at our Young Men’s Intensive.
We walk through a handful of texts that cast a beautiful vision for Seven Mile Road being filled with tough and tender men who take responsibility for themselves, their homes, and their church, sweating and bleeding for the good of others.
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Aug 16, 2020
Sermon: Hearing About Gospel Advance in the City of Fitchburg
In this sermon we were delighted to have Johnny Aleman and his wife Brianna from Highland in Fitchburg* with us at Seven Mile Road!! Johnny has been handling much of the pastoral work in this season of transition for their church, and doing it beautifully. He and his wife are committed long-term to the advance of the gospel in their city in whatever way Christ would have them be a part of it. In this episode we hear their story.
* This is the church who is considering finishing their course by streaming into the potential planting of a Seven Mile Road church in Fitchburg.
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Aug 9, 2020
Sermon: Suffering As A Means To Know Christ More Deeply
Which question better captures your response to the suffering that God allows in your life?
1: “I shouldn’t have to suffer like this. How do I escape it?”
2: “This suffering is hard, but it’s a means of knowing Christ more deeply. How can I endure it toward that end?”
In this Sermon we do some work in Philippians 3:10 and see that, beautifully, the gospel-centered answer is #2.
Note: If God has you in a season of suffering right now, especially of the kind where you’ve been treated unfairly, these words should help.
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Jul 26, 2020
Sermon: Jesus Is Worth Every Effort
The ring. The trophy. The badge. The degree. The stage. Whatever your profession, hobby, or calling there’s a reason why you continue to persevere in it. And sooner or later, we realize that thing falls short of satisfying you completely.
This week we look with Pastor Dan of Seven Mile Road Malden to Philippians 3:12-16 as Paul gives us a clear picture of why Jesus is worth every effort.
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Jul 19, 2020
Sermon: The Power of Knowing Jesus Personally
After hearing of Paul’s warning against putting confidence in our flesh, we are given one of the clearest and strongest summaries of what it means to know Jesus.
We will see that the Christian faith in Jesus is not a code of conduct or practice of religious activities. It is a relationship with Jesus Christ by faith.
There are powerful realities that come from personally knowing Jesus that we will unpack together.
Philippians 3:8-11
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Jul 12, 2020
Sermon: Not By Our Own Efforts
In this sermon as we embark on Philippians chapter 3, we run into the Apostle’s autobiographical accounting of his life before following Jesus Christ.
As he takes stock, he reminds us to “put no confidence in the flesh.” The marvelous gospel work that must begin in each of us is recognizing that we are spiritually bankrupt on our own. What things are we and our fellow Bostonians tempted to find our worth and value in? How do those ultimately rate?
Philippians 3:1-7
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Jun 28, 2020
Sermon: What Other-Centered Living Looks Like
One of the marks of a church's embrace of gospel-centrality is the curtailing of self-interest by everyone --> we all begin to live for what's best for the mission and not just best for ourselves. OK, sounds nice, but what does that look like in real-life? This Sunday we'll see as we finish our look at the glorious second chapter of Philippians.
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Jun 21, 2020
Sermon: 3 Things a Good Dad Says to His Sons and Daughters
For this sermon, we are in the Biblical book of Philippians and feel the import of Paul referring to Timothy's work with him being "like a son with his father."
Being a dad is a good and glorious reality, but not because Hallmark says so once a year. The earthly fatherhood that we experience is rooted in a prior and deeper and holier Fatherhood. And the way that God is Father to His sons and daughters needs to shape the way we are to ours.
Philippians 2:19-24
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Jun 14, 2020
Sermon: Wedding Our Public Worship with the Pursuit of Justice
We don't preach to the news cycle at Seven Mile Road, but we do work hard to help all of us see all of life through the lens of the gospel. So how are gospel people to understand and respond to plagues and riots and everything else that's happening. In this sermon, we hear some strong words from the prophet Amos about how the public worship life of the church MUST BE accompanied by a concern for and pursuit of justice and righteousness ... and how God responds when it's not.
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Jun 7, 2020
Sermon: Gathering Together Is A Grace, Not A Given
In this sermon, we pause from our happy trek through the book of Philippians to spend some time in Psalm 84. In this psalm, the singer bears his soul about how exhausted he is from being kept out from the physical assembly of God's people. We're reminded that gathering together in this life is a grace, not a given, allowing these words to orient our hearts to the big "why" of gathering together, whether it's this Sunday for us or in the near future.
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May 31, 2020
Sermon: Pursuing An Anti-Grumbling-and-Disputing Church Culture
The Spirit calls us to do EVERYTHING we do with "no grumbling and no disputing," that we might stand out (like stars in the sky do) from the darkness and animosity that marks the culture we live in. Over the next few weeks, we are being given a HUGE OPPORTUNITY to live this out as a church as we navigate Phase 1 of re-entry together. This Sunday we talked about why and how we can do this with a humility and unity that springs from and shows off the gospel.
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May 24, 2020
Stories: Seven Stories of Lament and Joy in Lockdown
On Sunday, May 4 we heard from 7 folks about their laments, joys, and opportunities for gospel advance that have been unique to this season. Stories start at 17:25.
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May 17, 2020
Sermon: Becoming Who We Are, With God's Help
The gospel life is shaped by three different "time" realities: the past, the present, and the future. We have been saved, we are being saved, and we will be saved, 100%! This Sunday the Spirit zeroes in on the present, calling us to "be who we are" by working out our salvation in real-time, happily aware that it is God who is working in us.
Philippians 2:12-13
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May 11, 2020
Intensive: How To Read Your Bible On Your Own
Here is the audio from the May Intensive on How To Read Your Bible On Your Own.
To follow along with the notes, open this Google doc:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lVq4BGYciFmn6GzJyRFcTF5RcjAJnZSnRUJz73JRBmk/edit?usp=sharing
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May 10, 2020
Sermon: He Is Finally First, What The Exaltation Of Jesus Means
After humbling Himself to the lowest of lows, He was finally raised to the rafters. He has been highly exalted and given a name. This has huge implications for us on how we live, why we worship, and to knowing what God is like. We learn about Jesus this Sunday in His exalted place and why it matters.
Philippians 2:9-11
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May 3, 2020
Sermon: Jesus Did Not Resent Going Low To Serve ... And We Cannot, Either
After calling us to embrace a gospel "mentality" that looks to the interest of others, even at great cost to ourselves, the Spirit now presents us with the archetype of such a mentality: Christ. He who was "very God of very God" humbled Himself to the lowest of lows, looking not to His own interests, but to the interests of others. In this sermon, we watch Christ live out what He calls us to.
Reference: Philippians 2:5-8
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Apr 26, 2020
Sermon: All Of Us Embracing The Mentality That Fosters Unity
Imagine a church culture where every-single-body is as (or more!) concerned with the interests of others as they are of their own? Where there’s no rivalry or conceit or self-interest? Woah. As we move into the “second chapter” of the Spirit’s words to the Christians at Philippi, this is exactly what we hear Paul calling them – and us - to.
Reference: Philippians 2:1-4
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Apr 19, 2020
Sermon: Joy in Lockdown Because We Are Citizens of Jesus' City
As we continue to press in on the letter to the Philippians hearing about how Paul worked during his lockdown, we come to the concept of a citizen. More than mere civic responsibilities, Paul writes about Gospel Citizens. To a church distanced some 4600 miles, Paul explains this concept. We too a church distanced, not by so many miles but still feeling very dispersed, receive the same concept that shapes our understanding of what God is calling us to be in the world together –even during a pandemic.
Philippians 1:27-30
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Apr 12, 2020
Sermon: Joy in Lockdown Because To Live Is Christ And To Die Is Gain
All of us come into Easter 2020 with heavy, heavy hearts. Sorrow, fear, and confusion abound, and rightfully so. Yet it's important to remember that the very first Easter began similarly. Jesus was dead, and everyone who loved and hoped in him thought all was lost. Into that space the Risen Christ showed up, speaking words of comfort and hope. In this sermon, we hear what a life shaped by the truth of His resurrection looks like.
Reference: Philippians 1:18b-26
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Apr 6, 2020
Update: How We Are Doing Church Together This Easter
In this update, we hit on the essentials of how we are going about our mission in this unusual Holy Week.
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Apr 5, 2020
Sermon: Joy in Lockdown Because The Gospel's Still Advancing, And As Long As That's Happening We're Good
In this sermon, we continue allowing the words of the Biblical book of Philippians to shape our souls as we live through the Coronavirus crisis. Although Paul was on lockdown, the gospel wasn't, as all kinds of folks filled his shoes and preached gospel. What's odd is that some did it from pure motives, and some not-so-pure. What's even more odd is Paul's response, which will surprise, comfort, and challenge us.
Reference: Philippians 1:15-18 (edited)
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Mar 29, 2020
Sermon: Joy in Lockdown Because God Is Able To Advance The Gospel Even In Apparent Setbacks
In this sermon, we hear a most paradoxical and encouraging word from the Spirit. "What has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel." This such an important axiom for us to pound into our souls: God is always at work accomplishing His gospel purposes ... even in apparent setbacks.
Reference: Philippians 1:12-14
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Mar 22, 2020
Sermon: Joy in Lockdown Because of God's Work in His People
Paul begins his letter to the Philippians with a note of thankful joy. Wait, what? How can he be joyful while on lockdown? He remembers their partnership in the gospel from the first day he met them ... and he anticipates their partnership in the gospel to the last day. And this because he knows the faithfulness of God.
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Mar 19, 2020
Song: Imagine
Yes, John Lennon was a spectacularly gifted artist.
But the gospel he preached was false. And therefore bankrupt.
Now that a mashup of Lennon's Imagine is trending on social media, we thought we'd make available our track of the same name, yet with a strikingly different vision.
We wrote this in the early days of Seven Mile Road.
John Frederick on vocals.
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Mar 15, 2020
Sermon: That Time Paul Was In Lockdown
In our first-ever "over Zoom" sermon*, we walked through the first two verses of Jesus's Apostle Paul's letter to the Philippians, which was written during a time when he was "on lockdown" in a Roman jail cell. We are expecting Paul to be angry or depressed or paralyzed, but instead we see just the opposite! He is thankful and rejoicing and busy with whatever gospel work is before him. What would it look like for us to be this way in this unprecedented season of social distancing due to Coronavirus?
* This sermon was preached on March 15, the first Sunday on which large gatherings in Melrose, Massachusetts were suspended due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The first few seconds are orienting people to the Zoom call reality.
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Mar 8, 2020
Sermon: The Work Of Reform Flows When Our Marriages Are Aligned
Marriage is meant to not only display the gospel but to advance it. This means it’s essential for a husband and wife to be aligned in their love for God and devotion to His mission. And so it’s no surprise that one of the 3 big commitments we see the people make as they begin their new life together is that they will not “intermarry” with outsiders. In this sermon, we think on why this was important and what it means (and does not mean) for us.
Reference: Nehemiah 10:30
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Mar 1, 2020
Sermon: Welcoming 17 New Bostonians Into The Life And Onto Mission Of Seven Mile Road
This Sunday we welcomed a whole new crew of Bostonians into the life, under the care, and onto the mission of Seven Mile Road. We began in Nehemiah 11, noting the courage displayed by those who willingly moved back into Jerusalem and connecting that with the commitment to invest our lives in the advance of the gospel through the local church. Then we heard (briefly!) from folks who are stepping in with us.
Reference: Nehemiah 11:1-2
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Feb 23, 2020
Sermon: The 6 Essentials of Song at Seven Mile Road
Nehemiah (in chapter 12) recounts what happened on Dedication Day: the city has been rebuilt and repopulated and now everyone gathers to celebrate. Two choirs of men encircle the city and lead everyone in such loud and raucous singing that their voices can be heard from miles away. In this sermon, we talk about how this scene - with godly men leading and everyone singing together - informs our song life at Seven Mile Road.
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Feb 9, 2020
Sermon: The Work of Reform is Funded by You and I Giving Generously
Nehemiah and the people have sorrowed over their sin and reveled in God’s grace, and now they covenant together on the 3 specific things, one of which is committing themselves to “funding the ministry” of Jerusalem. They knew that the only way right worship could be restored to the city was if they gave generously to it, so they went all in!
In this sermon, we’ll see what drove their eagerness to give and ask how this can inform our life together at Seven Mile Road.
Reference: Nehemiah 10:32-39
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Feb 2, 2020
Sermon: The Work of Reform Springs From Our Reveling In The Gospel
In this sermon, we see that the people’s immediate response to hearing the words of God read and explained is to weep over their sin. This is a good response as those tears are a gift from God. And yet Nehemiah quickly instructs them to stop crying and start partying. Why the 180? Because the “joy of the Lord” is our strength.
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Jan 26, 2020
Sermon: Finding Words to Live By
The aim, the intent of God’s Word (once understood) is to move us to believe and live it. The Word of God is not an intellectual mind-teaser nor a fascinating story for engaged readers. No, God spoke so that we might believe Him and live for Him specifically in our time and in our place. As we continue on in Nehemiah 8, we are struck by a stark discovery of the people of God that changed the way they lived. We’ll understand their story of discovery and the response that they had before highlighting the principles for us. The remarkable question this week will be, “What might we discover in God’s Word that would mean we never live the same way again?”
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Jan 19, 2020
Sermon: The Work of Reform Is Lit by the Fuse of the Word of God
The walls and gates of the city have been re-formed! Now the really hard work comes: it’s time to re-form the people. Where does this work begin? The same place reformations and revivals always begin: with God’s words heralded, heard, understood, embraced. In this sermon, we work through Nehemiah 8:1-8 and catch a vision for a church being alive to the unpacking of Scripture.
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Jan 12, 2020
Sermon: The Work of Reform Requires Qualified Leaders
As we jump back into Nehemiah’s memoir, we see that the city walls are up and gates are in, but the work is just beginning. Now it’s time to reform the people. But before that work can begin, Nehemiah needs to put someone in charge of “security.” Who does Nehemiah appoint? And, more importantly, why? As we unpack those answers we’ll glean much-needed wisdom for calling leaders in the life and mission of the church.
Reference: Nehemiah 7:1-4.
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Jan 5, 2020
Living Porn Free in 2020
In this sermon, we cast vision for how those of us who struggle with porn use can experience freedom in 2020. If porn is an issue for you to one degree or another, this sermon is meant to infuse your soul with optimism and give you some tools for the fight.
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Dec 22, 2019
Sermon: The Work of Reform is "On God"
In this sermon, we come across one of the most hilariously anticlimactic sentences in Scripture, as Nehemiah tells us flatly that “the wall was finished in 52 days.” They did it! And fast!! Wow!!! Nehemiah also notes that they did it “with the help of our God.” This thought provides us with an understanding that God - no, for real, God - is involved in our work.
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Dec 15, 2019
Sermon: The Work of Reform Always Invites Temptation to Compromise
Doing the right thing the right way is not easy, and the calls to turn us aside from the work takes many forms. This week in Nehemiah 6 we see natural inclinations can be the drive to ignore what God has said. This pressure could disqualify or nullify the work, so the risk is great.
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Dec 8, 2019
Sermon: For Unto Everybody A Child Is Born
In this sermon, we kick off Advent marveling how the gospel welcomes and unites people across all socioeconomic realities. As we see the birth of Christ heralded to both “shepherds” and “wise men,” we are reminded that God’s grace is for all the people, just as the angel said. We’ll reflect on this truth and think about how it must shape the culture of Seven Mile Road.
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Dec 1, 2019
Special: Thanksgiving Sunday
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Nov 19, 2019
Training: The Anatomy of a Seven Mile Road Sermon (Nehemiah 5)
In this podcast, we walk through the thought process that went into preaching through the story of Nehemiah opening his table at his expense to bless others.
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Nov 10, 2019
Sermon: The Work of Reform Is Never 100% Rosy
As we’ve preached through the book of Nehemiah, we have seen courage from the people of God as they join in on the work and face external opposition. This week, our story starts to take a turn and we see that the people of God are facing the internal threat of sin in the community. We get to see the difficulties and beauties with confronting sin and repentance.
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Nov 3, 2019
Sermon: You Don't Have To Play Scared
Several years ago we resolved at Seven Mile Road to “not play scared.” In this sermon, we finish our look at the fourth chapter of Nehemiah and see a beautiful example of what this looks like. Although surrounded by enemies and badgered by some of his countrymen to quit, Nehemiah won’t do it. Instead, he implores the people to trust God and stand strong.
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Oct 27, 2019
Sermon: The Work of Reform Always Surfaces Opposition
Nehemiah wasn’t five minutes into his work before the haters started in on him, jeering, questioning, threatening, and attacking his good work. Opposition from the world is a sine qua non for anyone who is about the advance of the gospel. In this sermon, we learn how Nehemiah's responses to those who opposed his work of reform can shape ours.
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Oct 20, 2019
Sermon: The Work of Reform Requires Everybody Working Side-by-Side
In this sermon, we see Nehemiah rally the people to the difficult and dangerous task of rebuilding the city … and (almost) everybody jumps in! Way outside their comfort level, they get to work, side-by-side. This is how the gospel advances, and it’s our vision for life at Seven Mile Road.
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Oct 13, 2019
Sermon: The King's Heart Is in The Lord's Hands
As we consider the powerful king that Nehemiah faced-off with in order to carry out the big burden that God had placed on his heart, we will see principles for all of us as we speak to and deal with Power. Whether doing everyday obedience or going for something big that God has called us to, we will encounter powerful individuals that will require us to know some truth deep in our bones about the heart of the king (and all power).
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Oct 10, 2019
Update: What's happening at Seven Mile?
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Oct 6, 2019
Sermon: The Work of Reform Sometimes Requires Big Obediences
In this sermon, we hear Nehemiah say that God had “put it on his heart” to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. For many of us, we pause at those words because we’ve heard them used recklessly before. While we are right to pause, we also need to embrace the fact that sometimes God does call His sons and daughters to really big obediences. Here we work the text of Nehemiah 2 and see what that looks like.
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Sep 22, 2019
Sermon: Godly Grief Sparks Beautiful Works of Reform
Nehemiah is memoir recounting the time that God’s people gave themselves to the good, hard, dangerous work of reform. Our hope is that the truths in this text will strengthen us as we work to build a strong church in a post-Christian context.
In this sermon, we go at two things:
1, getting oriented to the book as a whole
2, working through verses 1-4, where we see how it was Nehemiah’s grief over the state of the city that spurred a beautiful work of reform.
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Sep 15, 2019
Sermon: Water. Blood. Spirit.
In this final sermon in I John, we hear evidence for believing Jesus and clarity on what trusting in Him means for each of us. The evidence John offers might not be what you expect, but he gives a powerful answer to why you can securely put your trust in Jesus.
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Sep 8, 2019
Sermon: In On Unity. Out On Gossip.
As we step into a new church year together. we’re reminded how the Spirit unites diverse people around “one Lord, one faith, one baptism,” and one mission. We are called to pursue uncommon unity a church, and that means fighting against anything that would threaten to unnecessarily divide us. In this sermon, we work the words of Scripture in Ephesians 5:3-5 and I Timothy 5:13 and think on what it would look like for Seven Mile Road to be a place where unity is evident and gossip is unknown.
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Aug 29, 2019
Update: How Seven Mile Road Communicates
A 5 minute refresher on how we stay in touch with each other at Seven Mile Road.
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Aug 25, 2019
Sermon: God Is For Us In The Gospel Our Whole Lives Long
In this sermon, we work through John's addresses to three different audiences in the church: "little children," "fathers," and "young men." John speaks words of comfort to folks across the spectrum of spiritual maturity, reminding each of them that God is for them in the gospel.
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Aug 18, 2019
Sermon: How To Process Apostasies
One of the most devastating things that happens in the life of a church is that sometimes folks who you’ve loved and served and trusted - who seemed like they were all-in on Christ and His church - walk away, leaving behind not only the relationships you’ve built, but their faith in Christ as well. When that happens, it naturally hurts and confuses us. How do we process it? In this sermon, we see that the people John was writing to experienced this same hard reality (I John 2:19), and we hear from the Spirit on why God allows this to happen.
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Aug 15, 2019
Conversation: New Church Year Update
Heather and Matt talk about everything that's gearing up for the start of a new church year at Seven Mile Road.
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Aug 4, 2019
Family Sunday
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Jul 30, 2019
Training: The Anatomy of a Seven Mile Road Sermon
In this podcast, we walk through "the anatomy of a Seven Mile Road sermon" by explaining how a message on I John 5:3 was built. Why do we preach the way we do? Listening to these 30 minutes will give you some insight into the process.
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Jun 30, 2019
Sermon: True Churches Are Marked By Orthodoxy, Holiness, and Love ... All Three!
In this sermon, we hit the words of I John 5:1-2 where we John spirals back again (again!) and loops all three of his “tests” together like cords in a rope. Sound doctrine, personal holiness, and brotherly love are a package deal. This truth has massive implications for our efforts to build a legit church together.
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Jun 27, 2019
Update: Student Ministry 4.0
In this podcast, we lay down some of the plans we have for student ministry at Seven Mile Road.
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Jun 23, 2019
True Christians Believe Jesus is the Christ
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Jun 18, 2019
Conversation: Restoration Road Update w/ Joie Thompson
In this conversation, we catch up with Pastor Joie from Restoration Road to get an update in preparation of our visit up to Wakefield this Summer.
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Jun 16, 2019
True Christians Actually Love Other Christians
In this sermon, we work I John 3:16-18 and 4:7-8 as the Spirit swipes the yellow marker across our souls for counterfeit test #2: the love test. God is love, His gospel defines and displays that love, and His people necessarily show that love to one another.
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Jun 13, 2019
Conversation: Summer Update!
Matt and Heather chat about all the fun and exciting things we can look forward to this summer at Seven Mile Road.
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Jun 9, 2019
True Christians Obey God In All Things From The Heart
In John 2:3-4, the Spirit rolls out for us the first of the three big tests of genuine Christianity that the Apostle John spirals through in his first letter: obedience. “By this we know that we have come to know him: if we keep His commandments.” What does mean by “keep His commandments?” And where does the fuel come from for our obedience? We think on these questions from the text.
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Jun 5, 2019
Conversation: Answering 4 "Why" Questions
In this conversation, we walk through a few "whys" that we thought would be helpful for our church to hear about: 1) Why did we write a book? 2) Why did we host a big conference? 3) Why do we travel on some Sundays over the Summer? 4) Why do we expect that members of Seven Mile Road will "tithe?"
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Jun 2, 2019
True Christians Confess Sin with Honesty and Hope
This week we hit 1 John 1:5-10 and the first big idea of John's comfort and clarity: True Christianity always begins with God and ends with honesty and hope.
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May 19, 2019
I John: Comfort and Clarity
In this sermon, we begin our walk through the warm and steadying words of the Apostle John’s first letter to his dearly loved children. He’s writing to Christians whose world had been rocked by the false teachings and ugly departure of a number of prominent folks from their church. John wants to assure them - definitively - of the genuineness of their faith. May all of us sense the same comfort and clarity that the original readers did!
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May 12, 2019
Parable Of The Wedding Feast
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May 10, 2019
Listening to I John
For anyone who wants to listen through the entire text of the first letter of the warm and grizzled Apostle John before we get into the preaching of it this Spring and Summer, here you go!
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May 5, 2019
Building A Church Culture Where Men Honor Women
In this sermon, we tackle I Peter 3 and the Spirit's crystal clear command that men are to honor women in the home, in the church. and in the world. To get there, we work through the meaning of the phrase "weaker vessel" as a ground for why that honoring is so important.
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Apr 28, 2019
The Father's Mercies In Our Suffering
In this sermon, Matthew Kruse closes the loop with us on his recent leave from pastoral duties by walking us through 2 Corinthians 1:3-10 and preaching on the good intentions and sweet mercies of God in our physical sufferings.
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Apr 21, 2019
The Love of Christ on Sunday Night
In this sermon from Luke 24, we considered all the ways that Christ displayed His love for His disciples (and us!) when He appeared to them - personally, tenderly, unmistakably - on the first Sunday night of the new creation.
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Apr 14, 2019
James: Pride/Humility
James: Faith/Works
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Mar 24, 2019
James : Security/Insecurity
James: Faith/Works
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Mar 17, 2019
Ajay Thomas Visits From Philly
Pastor Ajay Thomas from Seven Mile Road Philly served our congregation by preaching through the heavy but powerful Psalm 88.
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Mar 12, 2019
Conversation: Halfwayish Point of Kruse's Sabbath From Pastoral Duties
In this episode, Matt and Heather catch up on how the first stretch of his sabbath from pastoral duties has been for his soul and family, plus a brief word on the eventual logistics of reintegration to the life of the church at the 30:04 mark.
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Mar 10, 2019
James: Wisdom/Responsibility
Bostonians are ambitious. Its a face. From our entrepreneurial ventures, our sports dynasties, or even our weekly schedules we are ambitious. With this ambition we are often coming from a place of achievement and getting ahead of whatever or whomever we must. There is a certain type of wisdom one needs to make it in the hustling & bustling world that is Boston.
Continuing our study in James, we consider the dichotomy James makes between Wisdom & Righteousness. these both sound like good things, but James helps us see that what our world often prizes and extols as "wisdom" is completely different from the call Jesus has on our lives. The Righteousness James calls us to is actually wisdom from above.
A Bostonian who is following Jesus will be markedly different in displaying wisdom from above in everyday life - a wisdom that has righteousness as its output or fruit.
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Mar 3, 2019
James: Influence/Responsibility
James
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Feb 24, 2019
James : Faith/Works
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Feb 10, 2019
James: Hearer/Doer
This Sunday we continued our series in the letter of James. In this passage, James tells us that true, sincere religion is seen when we are doers of the word and not hearers only. Thankfully for us, we have the implanted word of God which equips us and empowers us to live out our faith.
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Feb 3, 2019
James: Trial/Joy
The letter of James is chocked-full of guidance for practical living written to new Christian communities spread throughout a thoroughly secular and antagonistic Roman world. It’s so practical that it lays out stark contrasts between what active faith looks like over against dead religion or the surrounding unbelieving culture, so you can get a closeup view of the difference.
We begin a sermon series through this letter declaring that faith is still active and actually “works” in countering even a thoroughly secular Boston. The gospel faith works in the followers of Jesus to think and act differently in the realities of life in closeup, practical ways.
This Sunday we began by looking at trials and how faith works to provide joy in the midst of challenging circumstances. In these hard times, the distinctness of faith working in us can be notably seen.
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Jan 29, 2019
Conversation: Kruse's Upcoming Sabbath From Pastoral Duties
In this episode, Matt and Heather have a logistical and personal conversation about the upcoming 'sabbath from pastoral duties' that Seven Mile Road is giving him. Hope this helps everyone committed to the life and mission of our church know what to expect the next few months!
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Jan 27, 2019
On Loving Jesus' Church Like Lydia
In this sermon, we formally welcome a bunch of new members into the Seven Mile Road family by looking at Lydia's. She was a beautiful exemplar of what it looks like to believe the gospel in community and throw ourselves full-heartedly into the work of gospel advance.
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Jan 13, 2019
On Singing with Humility & Zeal
In concert with our Training Day for all Seven Mile Road Musicians, this sermon cast vision for singing together from 2 Samuel 6, where David (the King) humbly and self-forgetfully joins the people in exuberant praise to God for His grace. We love David for what he did that day (and also how he responded to Michal when she criticized him for it) and want his example to shape how song response happens at Seven Mile Road.
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Jan 6, 2019
On Working Hard & Resting Well
In this sermon, we preach on the theme of “Working Hard & Resting Well” from I Corinthians 16:15-16 and Exodus 23:10-12. We also announce plans we’ve laid for giving Pastor Kruse a “sabbath” from his regular pastoral duties at Seven Mile Road this Winter, walking through the basics of what a pastoral sabbath is and why we believe the timing is right for this now.
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Dec 23, 2018
Irresistable Grace
He Will Save His People From Their Sins
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Dec 16, 2018
The Son’s Perfect Atonement
Christmas in the Doctrines of Grace
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Dec 9, 2018
The Father's Unconditional Love
Christmas in the Doctrines of Grace
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Dec 4, 2018
Interview: Levi Bakerink, Pastoral Resident
A brief conversation with Levi on the work he is getting after in his residency.
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Dec 2, 2018
Our Desperate Need
Christmas in the Doctrines of Grace
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Nov 25, 2018
A Gospel Culture Continually Offers Up Praise of Thanksgiving
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Nov 18, 2018
A Gospel Culture Does Not Stress About Food
A gospel culture shares lots of meals ... and doesn't stress about the food being served. We are justified by faith in Jesus, not by keeping the right diet, and so we are free to enjoy a variety of culinarities without fear, guilt, shame, or judgment. This includes tofu, Ring Dings, kale, Popeye's chicken, almond milk, Dr. Pepper, and whatever else might show up at the table. In this sermons, we eat up this glorious doctrine and the implications it has for our life together.
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Nov 14, 2018
Christmas Update
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Nov 11, 2018
A Gospel Culture Is Not Ashamed Of Jesus
Do we stay where we are, in our comfortable way of life?
Or, do we go to where Jesus is, bearing his reproach?
This was the intense decision that the first century Christians had to make. Were they going to keep practicing their Jewish traditions, customs, and rituals, or where they going to leave that behind and go to Jesus, taking on the shame and disgrace and reproach that comes with it?
It’s the same question for us today.
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Nov 4, 2018
A Gospel Culture Does Not Trash Marriage By Commoditizing Sex
WARNING: PG-13 CONTENT.
If there is one reality that we want Seven Mile Road to be totally out of sync with prevailing cultural ideologies on, it is that of marriage. In this sermon, we hit a text where the Spirit hypes for us the glory and sacredness of this divine institution. We also see that because marriage is worthy of our honor, it is also worthy of our defense, not just from those would seek to redefine or marginalize it, but who would attack it through the promotion and practice of sexual sin, you and I included.
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Oct 28, 2018
Owning the Life and Mission of Your Church
In the gospel, we are united to Christ AND to one another, like a body and its members. This gospel reality is not something that we make it happen, or that we can unmake from happening . It IS. What we get to do is recognize, revel in, and align our lives with it. One implication is what we energetically set our hearts and hands to SERVE for the gospel good of everyone. Here we go!
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Oct 25, 2018
101: A Member's Promises
This episode is content for our Seven Mile Road 101 Nights.
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Oct 25, 2018
101: A Church's Promises
This episode is content for our Seven Mile Road 101 Nights.
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Oct 25, 2018
101: Covenanting Together For Gospel Advance
This episode is content for our Seven Mile Road 101 Nights.
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Oct 21, 2018
A Gospel Culture Is Not Cold Toward Strangers
One of our missional essentials at Seven Mile Road is "hospitality." We want every Bostonian we meet, in every context we meet them, to feel like Seven Mile Road was specifically built with them in mind. This only happens as the Spirit fosters in us a "love for the stranger" or "love for the outsider to our community." This love is at times seems unnatural for Christians, but it's an important part of what it means to be a gospel people.
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Oct 14, 2018
A Gospel Culture Is Not Greedy
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Oct 13, 2018
101: Teams
This episode is content for our Seven Mile Road 101 Nights.
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Oct 13, 2018
101: Gospel Communities
This episode is content for our Seven Mile Road 101 Nights.
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Oct 13, 2018
101: Sundays
This episode is content for our Seven Mile Road 101 Nights.
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Oct 13, 2018
101: Tracks
This episode is content for our Seven Mile Road 101 Nights.
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Oct 7, 2018
A Gospel Culture Is Not Trigger Happy
Newsflash in case you don't watch cable news, scroll Twitter, or work near a water cooler: we live in a trigger happy culture. Folks on all sides of the political spectrum fire away at the slightest provocation. As Jesus' people, we are called to be a city ("polis") on a hill that models for all nations (including ours) a different way of relating to one another. As we arrive in the final chapter of the book of Hebrews, we hear this beautiful and definitive command of the Spirit: "Let brotherly love continue." Where do we find the resources to live this way together?
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Sep 30, 2018
Destinations and Devotion
This Sunday the author of Hebrews takes us on a metaphorical journey to two mountains. Telling us about both destinations, it becomes obvious which is better. The better destination is where the followers of Jesus have come. This better destination is an unshakable kingdom that calls us to live differently. So how do Bostonians live in light of this? The warnings throughout Hebrews crescendo in calling us not to refuse God’s voice but devote ourselves to Him -for our God is a consuming fire.
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Sep 23, 2018
How to Love Your Pastors
In this sermon, we tie the calling of a new pastor at Seven Mile Road with a helpful text from Hebrews on how we are to relate to the pastors Jesus gives us. The truth is that pastoral ministry is heavy work, so we are called to be as helpful to our pastors as you can by trusting them & responding to their lead in our lives.
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Sep 16, 2018
God Is At Work In The Hardest Realities Of Our Lives
In this sermon, we work through a text that is simultaneously sharp and comforting. In the gospel, we have becomes sons and daughters of God (!!!), but that doesn't mean life is now all blue skies and pina coladas. Our good Father visits us with hard providences throughout our lives, but we can take comfort because we know that He is working in the hardest realities of our lives for our good, making us holy, fit for heaven.
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Sep 9, 2018
I Would Not Trade The Gospel For Anything
In this sermon we deal with the horror story of Esau, an anti-hero of faith. Esau's appetites for earthly things far outweighed his appetite for God, to the point that he was willing to sell his "birthright" for a cup of soup. We share this tendency/danger of preferring other things to God and the gospel.
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Sep 2, 2018
A Morning Of Guided Prayer
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Aug 26, 2018
Dad. Mom. You Can Do This!
In this sermon, we receive 10 new babies into the life of our church and commission their dads and moms to the work with some gospel-centered encouragement from Hebrews 12:1-2.
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Aug 19, 2018
Heroes Like Abel
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Aug 12, 2018
Sunday with Forestdale
On this Sunday we were joined by our sending church, Forestdale in Malden, to tell our story of church planting.
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Aug 9, 2018
Update: Welcoming Our Newest Sons and Daughters
Over the last 16 months, we have received 10 new babies into the life of our church (woah!), and this has stirred up several conversations about what it looks like for us to welcome our newest sons and daughters at Seven Mile Road so we are going to pilot setting aside a single Sunday annually to celebrate and welcome all the babies that the Father has blessed us within the on Sunday morning, August 26.
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Aug 6, 2018
Interview: Matthew McCann, Nominee for Pastor/Elder at Seven Mile Road Melrose
In this conversation, we talk with Matty McCann, candidate for pastor/elder at Seven Mile Road.
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Aug 5, 2018
Interview: Justin Neal, Mosaic Church, Orlando
A team of servants came up from Mosaic Church in Orlando this week to hustle at all Seven Mile Roads. In this interview we hear from one team member on the why and what of their time with us.
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Aug 5, 2018
All Seven Mile Road Sunday
Listen as we pull all our New England Seven Mile Roads together and hear about gospel advance on the ground in each of these churches.
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Jul 29, 2018
Heroes Like Rahab
In one thunderbolt of a sentence (Hebrews 11:31), the Spirit reminds us of the beautifully redemptive story of our mother Rahab. By faith she abandoned her old life of sin, leaving behind the the decadent city/culture she'd grown up in/embraced and throwing her lot in with the promises of God.
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Jul 22, 2018
How The Gospel Will Advance On Cape Cod
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Jul 12, 2018
Interview: Jeremy Stuart, Seven Mile Road Hyannis (Cape Cod)
In this interview, Matthew Kruse and Jeremy Stuart talk about our future planting plans for Seven Mile Road in Hyannis, Massachusetts on Cape Cod.
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Jul 8, 2018
Heroes Like Moses
In all of our communities north of Boston in our generation, we need to see faith from all of us akin to what we see in the life of Moses. This is a rugged call and not an easy path. It’s marked by defiance and self-denial and ultimately flourishes in demonstrable acts of faith that many just can’t understand. The Author of Hebrews takes us through the life of Moses, a Jewish Giant of the Faith, from almost 3,500 years ago that has surprising similarities with our own day. We look into the text of Hebrews 11:23-29 and can see the same characteristics of a faith-filled life for our own day. Spoiler alert: It’s not because Moses was a superhero, but he was a hero because of faith in God and the fulfilled work of One greater than Moses –Jesus.
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Jun 24, 2018
Heroes Like Abraham
Abraham, who obeyed when God called him, and was able to live by faith even through great adversity. His story is a lot like all of ours, and the faith that kept Abraham going is the same faith given to all of us: faith looking forward to the promises of God.
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Jun 22, 2018
Summer Update
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Jun 17, 2018
Honoring Our Fathers
When you think of dads, what words come to mind? Honorable? Clueless? Damnable? In Bostonian culture, we've quickly shifted toward the latter. The beautiful, Biblical call to "Honor your Father" has been jettisoned in favor of cries to "Smash the Patriarchy!" So which is it? This Sunday we'll consider the doctrine of the Fatherhood of God and its implications for how we respond to our dads and church fathers (as imperfect as they are).
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Jun 3, 2018
Heroes Like Enoch
All Summer we're looking at the lives of 10 different heroes of faith from Hebrews 11. Unlike the "superheroes" of our big screen and comic book fantasies, these folks were just ordinary people who came to trust God fully with their lives, and now they've been given to us as examples, that we might do the same. This week is seventh-from-Adam-Enoch, whose unusually long life seems, at first glance, as unheroic as it gets, until we get to the wild, mic-drop moment at the end.
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May 20, 2018
What A Gospel Community Is (And Isn't)
In this sermon, we cast a vision for our gospel communities being venues where disciples are actually made as we marry understanding, belief, and action.
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May 13, 2018
Heroes Like Sarah
We begin our look at the exemplars of living-by-faith from Hebrews 11 on Mother's Day with Sarah as she receives, laughs at, but then holds to and acts on the promise of God for her life.
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May 6, 2018
Weaponizing the Sweetness of our First Season of Grace
The pastor/writer of the letter to the Hebrews has been working overtime to convince these Christians to stick with Jesus and His gospel in the face of serious temptation to bail. In chapter 10 we see him imploring them to look back at that first season of grace and remember how sincere and unshakeable their conviction was. They suffered, their friends suffered, and they EVEN HAD THEIR HARD-EARNED STUFF WRONGFULLY CONFISCATED ... and none of it shook them an inch because none of it compared the surpassing worth of having Christ. In this sermon we talk about how God gives us seasons of unmistakable conviction and sweetness to carry us through dryer, harder times.
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Apr 29, 2018
In The Godly, Fear And Love Embrace
What happens when, in defiance of both God's law and gospel, we make sin the settled pursuit of our lives? This is a burning question for all of us who live in what is rapidly becoming a post-Christian culture. In this fourth warning from the book of Hebrews we get an answer.
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Apr 22, 2018
Why Jesus' People Get Together A Lot
American culture excels at distracting us from the realities of sin and grace and convincing us that we don't need to spend time gathered with other Christians - and we often gladly oblige (to our own harm and the harm of those we are called to love and encourage). In this sermon we hear the Spirit calling us in Scripture to "not neglect meeting together, as is the habit of some" and we hit one of the big "whys" of going to church and getting together with our gospel community.
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Apr 8, 2018
Why is the Christian gospel so bloody?
"If God is love, why would He require a blood sacrifice in order to forgive sins? That sounds barbaric." In this sermon, we'll consider this objection by following the thread of substitutionary atonement that weaves its way through all of redemptive history - from the garden to the cross - culminating in Christ's willing sacrifice of His life for ours.
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Apr 1, 2018
The Power of an Indestructible Life
"The power of an indestructible life." That's how the book of Hebrews refers to the hinge on which the gospel swings: the unexpected, unrivaled, undeniable, unchanging fact of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. On Easter Sunday at Seven Mile Road we talked resurrection and its implications for our present and future.
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Mar 25, 2018
The Way, Way Better Promises of the New Covenant
The "new covenant," aka "the gospel era," aka "all the awesomeness that we are experiencing at Seven Mile Road right now" is built on better promises than the older covenant that preceded it." This Sunday we deep dive on what Hebrews 8 teaches us about what was "wrong" the with older covenant and what the "better" promises are that God has made real in us in the new. Come ready to do some theology with us ... the kind that sets your soul on fire.
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Mar 18, 2018
The Church Just Wants My Money
What American with cable tv and a remote control has not had that skeptical thought run through their head? And rightfully so. "Televangelism" is a bane of the American church and an affront to the very heart of the gospel.
Truth be told, all of church history is littered with liars, thieves, and charlatans who sought to manipulate the gospel for their own financial gain. This practice is a sin that is condemned throughout Scripture, one that the church must own up to and fight hard against it.
But it's no reason for any of us to avoid participating in and, yes, even giving generously to the work of the gospel through the local church. Jesus warned us: "You cannot love God and money. It's one or the other." Another way to say that is, "If Jesus is our greatest treasure, money isn't, and we'll give like crazy." And so when the church calls us to give, it's not because God needs our money, but because we need to be free from the love of it.
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Mar 11, 2018
The Certainty Of God's Promise
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Mar 4, 2018
Should I Come To The Table?
In this sermon, we work to answer a question that comes up often in the life of our church: Who should be coming to Jesus' Table? Is this meal open to anyone who happens to gather for worship that day? How would I know if I should be participating? We spent time in the text of Scripture that most explicitly addresses this question (I Corinthians 11:23-32) and saw that the Spirit's answer is meant to BOTH stop us in our tracks AND bid us come.
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Feb 25, 2018
Jesus Is No Ordinary Priest
You might not be particularly familiar with Melchizedek or even if you are, you probably haven’t given him a lot of thought, but he might be the most important person in the Bible that you’ve probably never thought much about. In this sermon we look at Hebrews 7 and tackle some important questions like “Why does Seven Mile Road not have priests?” and “Why is Melchizedek important, at all, for us today?”
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Feb 11, 2018
Apostasy Is Real (And I'm Not Going There)
In this sermon we come across the third of the five fierce warnings that pepper the book of Hebrews. These warnings are meant to alert us to the dangers of neglecting the gospel of grace, and this warning is intense. According to Hebrews 6:4-9, it's possible for someone who has had legitimate gospel experiences to "fall away" with zero hope for every coming back to Christ. Join us as we think on how the twin Biblical teachings of potential apostasy and eternal security hold together.
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Feb 4, 2018
Aren't Christians the No Fun Police?
Is there a gospel-centered way to watch the Super Bowl?
Yes. Yes, there is.
With some wings in one hand, some nachos in the other, and a big, fat smile on your face.
In this sermon, we address the common objection that Christianity is for grumpy curmudgeons who barely smile, frequently brood, and would even suck the life out of a Super Bowl party if you let them.
This common caricature is actually the exact opposite of reality. Through the gospel, God has secured for us a future that is marked by nuclear-powered happiness, and He literally commands us to live with that kind of joy right now: "Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do." Boom! Believing the gospel doesn't mean joining the No Fun Police - it means finally being able to enjoy this brief and broken life's pleasures rightly.
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Jan 28, 2018
You Should Be Teachers By Now (Or, Don't Be Billy Madison)
We've all heard the words "grow up." Sometimes they've been spoken to us with disdain, sometimes with despair. But in Hebrews 5:11 - 6:3 the Spirit speaks them to us with urgency and hope. The gospel life is one of moving, relentlessly, purposefully, toward maturity in Christ. We never get beyond gospel grace, but we do build on it.
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Jan 21, 2018
Saying Yes To Very Hard Obediences
Has the Father called you to some really hard obediences in this season of your life? This text will provide some hope and help! We look at the Spirit's words in Hebrew 5:7-10 and see that Jesus' life was one long, difficult, perfect obedience, crescendoing in His yes to the cross. We then consider the posture of a life that is fully submitted to God by the power of the gospel.
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Jan 14, 2018
Do Christians Really Care About Justice?
"Racism is bad."
We agree, wholeheartedly.
But why? Who said? Where does the moral obligation to not value one race over another come from? For that matter, where do moral obligations come from at all?
Listen as we consider these questions and see how the one true and living God and His gospel compel us to love and work for justice.
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Jan 7, 2018
Toward An Energetic 2018
In this sermon from Hebrews 6:10 we consider both the state of our church and the state of our souls as we step into another year together.
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Dec 10, 2017
Wait, You Really Believe Jesus Was Born Of A Virgin?
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Dec 3, 2017
The Incarnation's Existential Implications: Life and Joy
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Nov 26, 2017
Stories of Grace from Six Seven Milers
Stories of Grace from Six Seven Milers
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Nov 22, 2017
Update: Thanksgiving and Christmas Happenings
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Nov 19, 2017
How the Gospel Word Works
Hebrews: Jesus Seriously
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Nov 12, 2017
How Do We Respond to Horrors Like Vegas and Sutherland Springs?
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Nov 7, 2017
Interview: Katie Barker on Playgroup
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Nov 5, 2017
Guts: Saying The Hard Thing
A Field Guide
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Oct 29, 2017
I Am Dead Without You
Hebrews: Jesus. Seriously
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Oct 22, 2017
Jesus Is Greater Than Joshua's Rest
Hebrews: Jesus. Seriously
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Oct 15, 2017
The Right Heroes, Rightly Embraced
Hebrews: Jesus Seriously
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Oct 8, 2017
The Cross, Meant to Kill, Is Our Victory
Hebrews: Jesus. Seriously
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Oct 1, 2017
Are the gospels a reliable witness?
Skeptic Sundays
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Sep 24, 2017
Sober Warnings
Hebrews: Jesus Seriously
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Sep 17, 2017
Gospel Glories
Hebrews: Jesus Seriously
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Sep 10, 2017
Jesus. Seriously.
Hebrews: Jesus Seriously
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Sep 3, 2017
How Does A Church Kid Come To Faith?
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Aug 27, 2017
Who will inherit the age to come?
Our Future is Super Bright
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Aug 20, 2017
Commissioning Waltham Church Plant
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Aug 6, 2017
Movement Sunday
Our Future Is Super Bright
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Jul 16, 2017
German Engineering in Heaven?
Our Future is Super Bright
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Jul 9, 2017
The Age to Come is a Honeymoon Without the Flight Home
Our Future is Super Bright
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Jun 18, 2017
Our Future Place
Our Future is Super Bright
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Jun 11, 2017
Hearing from Seven Mile Road Kennebunk
Standalones
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Jun 4, 2017
Sin and Its Effects Fully and Finally Vanquished
Our Future is Super Bright: The Doctrine of the Age to Come
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May 21, 2017
Redeemed, Recognizable, Indestrucible Bodies
Our Future Is Super Bright
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May 14, 2017
I'll See You There
Our Future is Super Bright: The Doctrine of the Age to Come
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May 7, 2017
The Beatific Vision
Our Future is Super Bright: The Doctrine of the Age to Come
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Apr 30, 2017
Our Future is Super Bright: Trailer
Our Future is Super Bright: The Doctrine of the Age to Come
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Apr 23, 2017
Shaping an Evangelistic Culture
Standalones
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Apr 16, 2017
Kites
Seven Mile Road: A Field Guide
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Apr 14, 2017
In Our Place. For Our Sins.
Good Friday
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Apr 9, 2017
Hustle
Seven Mile Road: A Field Guide
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Apr 2, 2017
Mercy
Songs of Ascent
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Mar 26, 2017
Marks
Seven Mile Road: A Field Guide
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Mar 19, 2017
Wolves
Seven Mile Road: A Field Guide
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Mar 13, 2017
The Spirit is at Work
Stand Alone
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Mar 9, 2017
Infocast: Restaffing Toward A Bright Gospel Future Update #3
This is a fast recap of our recent Open Forums where we prayed and talked about our best sense of what the Spirit is calling us to go for together in the next few years. Exciting!
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Mar 5, 2017
X-Factors
Seven Mile Road: A Field Guide
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Feb 26, 2017
Silver
Seven Mile Road: A Field Guide
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Feb 23, 2017
Infocast: Restaffing Toward A Bright Gospel Future Update #2
In this infocast we invite you to and prep you for identical open forums happening March 1 and March 5. We'll be having a prayerful conversation about what we are going for the next 3-5 years at Seven Mile Melrose so that we can rally everything about everything - including how we restaff - toward that end. (Forgive the little bit of reverb!)
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Feb 19, 2017
My Help Comes from the Lord
Psalms of Ascent
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Feb 6, 2017
Infocast: Restaffing Toward A Bright Gospel Future Update #1
This fourteen minute infocast updates those invested in the restaffing work we are doing at Seven Mile Road Melrose on where we are at in the process.
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Feb 5, 2017
Speed Bumps
Seven Mile Road: A Field Guide
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Jan 29, 2017
Perspective for the Daily Grind