Ekklesia Church at Raleigh

Summer on the Mount: Part 1 – God's Biggest, Tiniest Dreams

Ordinary Time begins the Sunday after Pentecost. It's the longest season on the church calendar — and the quietest. In this opening sermon of Summer on the Mount, the case is made that the Beatitudes are exactly the right text for ordinary time: a portrait of the slow, Spirit-shaped work of learning to see the world the way Jesus sees it.

Pentecost Sunday

This Sunday is Pentecost, the day we celebrate the giving of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2. With violent winds and tongues of fire, this is a wild story, but the bigger question is, “What does the Spirit do in our lives now that we have it?”

Resurrection Appearances – Part Six – But Some Doubted

Matthew includes a strange detail in the final story of his Gospel. The eleven are standing on the mountain, looking at the risen Jesus — and he writes "but some doubted." This message explores what it means that the Great Commission was given to a group that still contained doubt — and why that might be the best news you've heard all week.

Resurrection Appearances – Part Five – Peter

In the gospel of John’s final resurrection appearance, Jesus has a conversation with Peter on the shore of the sea of Galilee. What can we learn from this intimate exchange, as Jesus speaks into Peter’s shame and failure?

Resurrection Appearances – Part Four – Stay in the Room

We’ve called him Doubting Thomas for 2,000 years. But what if we’ve had him wrong the whole time? What if his doubt wasn’t a failure… but something deeply faithful?