But What About Christian Nationalism? - Acts 17:1-7

But What About Christian Nationalism? - Acts 17:1-7

Is America a Christian nation? On the weekend the country turned 250, Pastor Kent Keller takes the question head-on from Acts 17 — where the early Christians were dragged before the authorities for proclaiming "there is another king, Jesus." His answer is more careful, and more freeing, than either side expects. We can thank God for a nation profoundly shaped by Scripture — the Mayflower Compact, "a city upon a hill," the Declaration's four references to God — while remembering that the founders deliberately refused an official state church, because faith can never be forced. The gospel persuades; it never coerces. Underneath the whole debate is the confession the church has made for 2,000 years: we have no king but Jesus. Grateful citizens; faithful first to Christ. "We have no king but Jesus." — Preached at Christchurch Miami on July 5, 2026, America's 250th.

But What About Eternity? - Revelation 21:1-5

Do you ever think about eternity? Pastor Kent Keller closes our "But What About?" series with the biggest question of all. For Kent this is no abstract exercise — much of his work as a pastor is sitting with people in their final hours, and just two weeks ago he buried a lifelong friend. He preaches this knowing exactly where his friend is this morning. Preaching from Revelation 21, this message walks through three truths about what happens when we die: death is a reality but not a finality, a real enemy that Jesus has already defeated; heaven is a way station, not our final destination; and this earth will be perfected, not rejected — a new heaven and new earth where God comes down to dwell with His people and wipe away every tear. "Everybody lives forever. The only issue is one of location." — Preached at Christchurch Miami on June 28, 2026.

What About Manhood?

What does it mean to be a man? On Father's Day — preaching from his deployment in the Middle East — Pastor James Drake walks through David and Goliath and finds three men, but only one who understands true manhood: biblical masculinity is strength surrendered to God for His glory and the good of others. We're not David in this story; we're Israel, until our Champion steps forward. Jesus is the greater David. So run toward your giant — faith moves, fear hesitates.

What About Hypocrisy? - Luke 18:9-14

What about the hypocrites in the church — and what if one of them is you? When NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope, its mirror had been ground with breathtaking precision — against the wrong standard. It passed every test it gave itself, blind to its own blindness. In this message from our What About? series, Elder Rick Closius shows that this is exactly what hypocrisy and self-righteousness do to the human heart. Working through Jesus' parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector (Luke 18:9-14) and Paul's verdict in Romans 3, Rick exposes the trap of comparative righteousness — measuring ourselves against other people instead of the holiness of God — and then turns the mirror on himself: after 32 years as a deputy sheriff, "I'd become the very Pharisee." But the parable ends in mercy. The tax collector who could only cry, "God, be merciful to me, a sinner," went home justified — declared righteous as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Go home justified today — not because your mirror is flawless, but because your Savior is. 📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao9IBoGUi2Y [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao9IBoGUi2Y] 📖 Daily devotionals + study guide: https://app.christchurchmiami.org/2026-06-14-what-about-hypocrisy/resources/ [http://christchurchmiami.org/2026-06-14-what-about-hypocrisy/resources]

Is the Bible Really Reliable? - 2 Peter 1:16-18

Can a 2,000-year-old book really stand up to modern scrutiny — or is the Bible just a collection of "cleverly devised myths"? In this eighth sermon in our spring apologetics series What About?, Pastor Kent Keller takes on one of the hardest questions skeptics and Christians wrestle with: is the Bible actually reliable? Kent walks through the textual evidence — comparing New Testament manuscript count and copy-gap against ancient sources like Homer's Iliad and Caesar's Gallic Wars — then turns to the eyewitness testimony of Peter and John themselves. Peter wrote that the apostles "did not follow cleverly devised myths" but were eyewitnesses of Jesus' majesty on the Mount of Transfiguration. John, writing against early Gnostic heresy, insisted he saw Jesus' physical body with his own eyes. And hundreds of resurrection eyewitnesses still living when the gospels circulated were never refuted — not by the religious leaders who hated Jesus, not by the Roman soldiers who crucified Him, not by anyone. But Kent's sharpest challenge is to a culture where 68% of Americans read the Bible less than once a year: if you don't open it, it does you no good. Hebrews 4:12 calls God's Word "living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword" — but only if you read it. 📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AFSTsvUlgg [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AFSTsvUlgg] 📖 Read the blog: https://christchurchmiami.org/blog/2026/06/04/is-the-bible-really-reliable [https://christchurchmiami.org/blog/2026/06/04/is-the-bible-really-reliable]