Sermon Series

The Dance of Faith

Can we believe and not believe at the same time? Instead of imagining faith to be a static position of certainty, the scriptures portray it with far greater nuance. Our first series of the 2023-2024 ministry year and the overarching theme for the year will draw upon dance as a metaphor to explore this perspective of faith. As we do, we’ll find faith to be more dynamic than fixed, that there’s a movement to it—a dance of sorts between faith and doubt, devotion and ambivalence, strength and sorrow, love and loss.

Luke 22:31-34, 54-62
Peter’s famous denial of Christ is about more than threefold repitition: it is a progression of doubts that reveal how fragile our faith can be if we lack humility and vulnerability. In the same way, however, it becomes a progression toward the lasting source of faith: a living relationship with the resurrected Christ, who gives us strength when we have none.
September 3, 2023
Clint Wilson
Mark 9:14-32
Can we believe and not believe at the same time? That was the experience of a desperate father who brought his troubled son to Jesus for healing: “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief” (Mark 9:24). The more we look at the Bible, it turns out, the more we’ll see this man’s experience might have been the norm rather than the exception.
August 27, 2023
Leo Schuster
1 Kings 18:19-39
While people often talk about faith as though it were a fixed position of certainty, the Bible shows faith to be far more fluid. There’s a movement to it, a dance of sorts between belief and unbelief, devotion and spiritual dryness, strength and sorrow, love and loss.
August 20, 2023
Leo Schuster
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