Given by Rev. Bijan MirtolooiTODAY'S SCRIPTURE |  Habakkuk 3:16-19The message of Habakkuk ends with the paradox of faith: even when everything is lost, the prophet can rejoice because he still has God. God cannot be lost. In ...

Given by Rev. Bijan MirtolooiTODAY'S SCRIPTURE |  Habakkuk 3:1-15In the midst of life’s hardest moments and in the midst of suffering, one of the resources that God’s people need is the cultivation of spiritual memory. Habakk...

Given by Rev. Bijan MirtolooiTODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Habakkuk 2After asking his hard questions, Habakkuk gets a response from God, even if not a satisfactory answer. God doesn’t explain all of his ways to Habakkuk, but he does remind ...

Given by Rev. Bijan MirtolooiTODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Habakkuk 1Habakkuk 1 describes a man asking God hard, uncomfortable questions, and being unsettled by the answers God gives. We need to start here—with hard questions—because experi...

Given by Rev. Bijan MirtolooiTODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Ephesians 1:15-23This sermon explores the historical foundation and the life-transforming power of the greatest news ever told: Jesus was raised on the third day.

Given by Rev. Andrew Field. TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Matthew 21:1-11Palm Sunday celebrates Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem as a true king, and a truly humble king. The triumphal entry reveals the upside-down nature of his kingdom and ...

Given by Rev. Bijan Mirtolooi. TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Luke 18:9-14 To round out our series on repentance, we’ll consider humility. Humility is both the foundation for and a fruit of repentance. Pride will keep us from truly...

Given by Rev. Bijan Mirtolooi. TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | 1 Thessalonians 1:4-10As Thomas Watson points out, godly repentance is that which starts in the heart and bursts forth into a change in life. This sermon explores how repenta...

Given by Rev. Bijan Mirtolooi. TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Psalm 32:1-11Another essential ingredient in gospel repentance is the confession of sin. Both the Old Testament and the New Testament highlight the importance of confession a...

Given by Rev. Bijan Mirtolooi. TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | 2 Corinthians 7:8-12In the March 9 sermon, we considered repentance generally. The upcoming three sermons dive more specifically into the aspects of repentance. One ingredie...

Given by Rev. Bijan Mirtolooi. TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Mark 1:14-20In his famous 95 Theses, Martin Luther remarked that the entirety of the Christian life is one of repentance. This is fitting, for when Jesus’ begins his public ...

Given by Rev. Bijan Mirtolooi. TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Mark 2:1-12In Mark 2, we see someone whose life was radically and holistically healed by Jesus. But he would not have experienced healing from Jesus if it were not for his fr...

Given by Rev. Bijan Mirtolooi. TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Ephesians 2:19-22In his book, Side by Side, Ed Welch describes church as a place where every person is both needy and needed. Using the imagery of “temple” to describe the ch...

Given by Rev. Bijan Mirtolooi. TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Ephesians 2:11-18In these verses, Paul provides a theological foundation for the kind of reconciliation that we see depicted in Acts 10: The same gospel that reconciles peop...

Given by Rev. Bijan Mirtolooi. TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Acts 10Acts 10 records a kind of conversion story, but not in the way you expect. Peter, who was an apostle and the leader of the church, experiences a kind of conversion whe...

Given by Rev. Andrew Field.TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Acts 6:1-7As we saw last week, the first Christians were committed to serving their city in word and deed ministry. In Acts 6, God invites his people to serve one another practically...

Given by Rev. Bijan Mirtolooi. TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Acts 3:1-16 While Peter and John were making their way to the temple to pray, they encountered a man with tremendous physical need. Instead of offering a smile and wal...

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Jeremiah 29:4-14  For the people of God, “exile” is their current but not their ultimate status. While they are to seek the shalom of their cities (be it Babylon or NYC), they must not forget that their “citizen...

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Jeremiah 29:1-9 God tells his people in Babylon to seek the shalom of their city (29v7). One of our values at RWS is pursuing and promoting a flourishing city. This sermon explores not only what shalom is, but s...

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Jeremiah 29:1-9 An “exile” is someone who’s been displaced from their homeland, having undergone an experience of disruption/disorientation. The theme of “exile” runs throughout the Bible. The apostle Peter desc...

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | John 1:19-28 What does it mean to live in light of Christmas? Christians, like John the Baptist, are called to use their “voice” to proclaim the “Word”. Jesus must increase, we must decrease.

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | John 1:14-18  In our polarized and polarizing society, people who live with both grace and truth are rare and beautiful. As FD Bruner points out, at Christmas, we celebrate the incarnation of deep grace and...

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | John 1:14  In Eugene Peterson’s The Message, he paraphrased this verse by saying, “The word became flesh and moved into the neighborhood.” The more the message of Christmas grabs our hearts and changes our ...

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | John 1:6-13  The Advent season is a remarkable promise: Jesus was born of Mary so that all who receive him can be born of God—can become part of God’s family. This sermon can explore the reality of what the new ...

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | John 1:1-5 Christ’s incarnation reminds us that what Jesus did for us what he now calls us — in his power — to do for others: move towards brokenness with good news of grace and healing. Jesus, the Word, didn’t ...