This Sunday is Palm Sunday! On the day when we celebrate Jesus riding into Jerusalem as King, it's worth considering...what are kings for anyway? Or, what is government for? We'll consider what kind of authority that God gives to governments and what our role should be in politics as Christ's church.
This series is based loosely on the book, Authority by Jonathan Leeman.
Did you know that the Lord gives specific guidance in his word for authority at work? A good boss or a bad one can make or break your experience at work. So, what makes a good boss? And how can we steward whatever authority in our workplace that we have justly and fairly for God's glory?
This series is based loosely on the book, Authority by Jonathan Leeman.
It can be common to view the church like one of many other non-profit organizations trying to do good in our world. However, Scripture makes clear that the church is wholly different. It's a powerful institution given spiritual authority as an embassy of God's heavenly kingdom. This Sunday we'll consider what kind of authority the church has, and why every Christian should submit to one.
This series is based loosely on the book, Authority by Jonathan Leeman.
What kind of authority does the Lord give to parents? What is the goal of parental authority and what are its limits? How does parental authority change over time? We'll continue to apply God's word on the topic of authority to our everyday lives so we can better understand and follow God's good design for our flourishing!
This series is based loosely on the book, Authority by Jonathan Leeman.
After three weeks of theological foundation on the topic of authority, we'll spend the rest of the series considering all of the diverse offices God bestows with authority in Scripture. This Sunday, we'll consider the husband's authority in marriage—what it means, and doesn't mean.
This series is based loosely on the book, Authority by Jonathan Leeman.
God's original design for authority is good, but it's so often abused. So how do we exercise our authority justly in the midst of a fallen world where so many are oppressed? This great royal Psalm from David and Solomon will give us practical instruction, and real hope!
This series is based loosely on the book, Authority by Jonathan Leeman.
Last week we saw that authority is God's good gift for human flourishing. However, many of us have experienced authority gone bad. Does God's word have anything to say about when authority is abused? How do we avoid misusing the authority the Lord has given us? This Sunday is week 2 of our 6-week series about authority.
This series is based loosely on the book, Authority by Jonathan Leeman.
We live in an anti-authority age. Many have seen power that is misused or abused, which has led to a skeptical attitude toward leadership. This Sunday, we begin a 6-week sermon series on the topic of authority. We'll see that good authority is a gift from God for our flourishing.
This series is based loosely on the book, Authority by Jonathan Leeman.
This sermon draws from Mark Dever’s 2022 sermon, "Only Use Authority in the Fear of God."
It's a new year in Boston. Thousands of people have moved into the city with plans for their education, career, and future. It's likely you also moved to Boston at some point with a plan. But what about God's plan? Have you ever wondered—or worried—about God's plan for your life? We being a new sermon series in Ephesians this Sunday. We'll see the "mystery" of God's plan for us revealed, and why it should bring us incredible joy.
This Sunday we welcome back Pastor Ron Bouthillette. Pastor Ron served for many years as Senior Pastor of The Bridge Community Church in Milford, New Hampshire. He is currently Associate Executive Minister of The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts (TABCOM) and is a former member of Ruggles from back in the 1970s!
The 10 commandments cover some pretty important topics: worship and idolatry, killing and stealing, adultery and lying. But why does God uses one of the "big ten" to tell us to listen to Mom and Dad? Of course it seems good to do that, but why is it such a big deal? We'll explore this on Sunday as we dive back into our How Free People Live sermon series.
Boston is a diverse city of nearly 700,000 people from various nations, backgrounds, and experiences. And yet at the core, all of us are searching for the same things for our lives: purpose, identity, happiness, and hope. As we conclude our sermon series on the doctrine of Scripture, we'll see that these deep desires we all have, we cannot ultimately discover by ourselves. They can only be found in God, who reveals himself to us in his Word.
*This sermon series is drawn from Taking God at His Word by Kevin DeYoung.
Who has the final word in your life? Whether we realize it or not, we all give someone or something the greatest authority—our parents, our culture, our community, our feelings, the government, peer-reviewed journals, opinion polls, impressions, or a holy book. As we continue in our sermon series on the doctrine of Scripture, we'll see why the final word in our lives should be, well, God's.
*This sermon series is drawn from Taking God at His Word by Kevin DeYoung.
People say that if you want to avoid controversy and conflict then you shouldn't talk about religion or politics. Well, Jesus does both in this Sunday's passage. In these eight little verses, we'll see how we as Christians should view government, how we should engage in politics, and how the kingdom of God relates to the state.
