University Christian Church

On Trinity Sunday, Jeremiah seeks to help us understand the relationship between Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—a relationship the church has been trying to comprehend for centuries. How might reckoning with the mystery of the Trinity deepen our discipleship? Listen in...

God moves when God's people come together. God moves when God's people wait. God moves when God's people surrender to the Spirit's movement. The Spirit's movement unites the unlikeliest of characters—living stones built-up together in God's house.

What's possible when we open ourselves to the leading of the Spirit as we engage the Scriptures? Anything! Everything. More than we can imagine. In today's sermon, Megan tells some stories, and shares what she's learning when it comes to engaging the Spirit in the reading of Scripture, and invites us to consider some practices we might explore to help us become better listeners.

Are there different kinds of truths? Are all facts truthful, all truths factual? How do you communicate truth that can only be seen through the eyes of the heart? In true Marty fashion, we ask questions, seeking to fill our toolbox with a few more tools for engaging the bible well.

Today, Marty invites us to consider how we posture ourselves towards the bible, suggesting that “asking better questions of the bible,” is one way we mature in our discipleship. Marty touches on many themes including: why it’s important to understand the bible as a singular, cohesive narrative; the differences between the bible’s distinct sections and why that matters in the work of interpretation; and what changes when Jesus enters the story.

In order to understand the bible well, apply the bible well, engage the bible well, and utilize the bible well, the bible must be (scary word) “interpreted.” In this second teaching in our, “How We Read the Bible” series, Jeremiah invites us to look closer at how we draw meaning from this collection of ancient voices—that which comes from the Spirit of God and the work of humans.

In this first of a six-part sermon series, Jeremiah invites us to explore how the bible came to be, and what difference the bible can make in our lives today as we learn to love it, absorb it, and allow it to form us.

Weird things happen in the Bible. Including in the story of Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. On Palm Sunday, we look closer at Luke 19 and the bizarre events that transpire at the beginning of Jesus’ passion.

A final reflection on Lamentations, guided by Marty Solomon. What needs to die in us? Who might we need to walk with in solidarity through suffering? What new perspective is God showing us? Can we embrace the dying and trust the new life to follow? Let us hope.