Divine Community

September 24 – Deuteronomy 16:9-15

September 24 – Deuteronomy 16:9-15

Main focus: God wants all people—people who look, think, and act differently—to know and celebrate his saving goodness. A stop in Deuteronomy may seem like a strange detour from our Divine Community series, but hang with it. This week we’ll look at two key festivals...

September 17 – Genesis 12:1-3

September 17 – Genesis 12:1-3

Main focus: Embedded in God’s promises to humanity is his redemptive love for a diverse people. In Genesis 12:1-3 we’ll see the integral way in which God’s desire for a multi-ethnic people is woven into his plan for salvation. There we see God visit Abram (later...

September 10 – Genesis 11:1-9

September 10 – Genesis 11:1-9

Main focus: God’s glory is demonstrated in an earth-filling, diverse human community. The Tower of Babel may or may not be a familiar story for you, but often it’s taught simply as a tale of God thwarting human arrogance. And it is that—the tower builders wanted to be...

September 3 – Genesis 1:26-28

September 3 – Genesis 1:26-28

Main focus: God purposefully created humanity, in all of its diversity, to reflect his creativity and complexity. Last week we looked at the separate persons of the Trinity and their diverse-but-unified triunity. This week we’ll see what that theological reality means...

August 27 – Genesis 1: 1-3

August 27 – Genesis 1: 1-3

Main focus: God has always existed in perfect community. After starting at the end, we’re headed back to the beginning. In Genesis 1:1-3 we’ll find God at the very start of his work in creation, but we’ll also have the opportunity to ask, what was God doing before the...

August 20 – Revelation 7:4-10

August 20 – Revelation 7:4-10

Main focus: Worship is the ultimate goal of God's multi-ethnic people and the common bond in a church full of people who look, think, and act differently. This week starts off our Divine Community series and, to put it in Stephen Covey’s words, we’re beginning with...