This is the Season of Epiphany so let's have one!

1. WHAT child IS this?
2. WHY include this odd incident?
3. HOW might it affect you? WHAT child?

Luke 1.1-4; Acts 1.1-3

How are relationships clarified by the Gospel? That's the focus of Peter's words in this compendium or summary of all OUR relationships… What does the Gospel say to exiled believers about our relating to God…to ourselves, to one another…and to the outside world? The UPWARD, the INWARD and the OUTWARD relationships.

Speaker: Dr. John Stevenson

Scripture: Ezekiel 10:4; Ezekiel 10:18-19

This is a passage about leadership and the exercise of authority; it's about leading people and about our need to be directed and guided and how we can never really be free till we're lead and directed by a Shepherd. The points today are a little odd:

1) Many Shepherds 2) One Shepherd 3) Many Shepherds

Bible Text: Daniel 3:13-30

Sermon By TJ Campo

Rev, Brad Schmidt, Guest Preacher from CityChurch Ft. Lauderdale, continues our series: In Lonely Exile Here|Mourning & Thriving in Babylon

How can believers be grieved by and distinct from the injustice and selfishness in the world AND yet also be simultaneously beneficial and involved BOTH mourning AND thriving in Babylon.

Today, we set the tone for living in this tension, this love/hate relationship. ONE text calls us to totally identify with Babylon and the OTHER is an expression of disgust and disdain for Babylon.

So let 's look at:

1. The Essential Tension of Exile
2. Keys for Staying at the Center of the Tension