The Blog
Pastoral writing on faith, doubt, culture, and everyday life with Jesus, from the pastors and leaders of Christchurch Miami.
Sermon Blog Made in His Image: Your Worth Is Received, Not Achieved
James Drake opens Genesis 1 and 2, the pinnacle of creation. You bear the image of God, which means your worth is received, not achieved, before you have done a single thing.
Sermon Blog Before There Was Light: When You Don't Know What's Next
James Drake put his finger on a feeling a lot of us carry quietly: not knowing what's next. Genesis 1:2 says God is already at work before anything takes shape.
Science & Creation How Should Christians Read Genesis 1?
Why I believe Genesis describes real history, and why Christians can talk about the six days, the age of the earth and science with humility.
Sermon Blog It All Begins with God: Genesis 1 and the Creator Who Sustains You
We launched Foundations in Genesis 1. God is God and we're not, and the same God who created everything is the God who sustains your life today.
History Ten Things We Should Have Learned Since September 11, 2001
Twenty-five years on, Pastor Kent Keller presents Jim Tonkowich's article on what the September 11 attacks should have taught the church — in full.
Sermon Blog Jesus Plus Nothing: The Math I Keep Doing on My Own Salvation
Kent Keller said Sunday that it's not Jesus plus works — it's just Jesus. I've spent years quietly doing the other math. Here's what happens when you stop.
Family A Tribute to My Father
Fifty years ago today, Kent Keller's father died at 55. A B-17 pilot, a POW, a Kansas farm boy — and the four things he left behind.
Sermon Blog Greater Than All: What Colossians 1:15–20 Says About Who Jesus Really Is
Who is Jesus, really? Colossians 1:15-20 gives Paul's answer — Christ is above everything, sufficient for everything, and the center of everything.
Labor Day
Kent Keller on why Christians have reason to celebrate Labor Day: work as a holy calling, Luther on clean floors, and the reformers who changed the workplace.
Sermon Blog The Ministry of Staying
Job's friends got it exactly right for seven days. Then one of them opened his mouth. There is a kind of help that requires no words at all — and most of us are bad at it.
History The Bible Behind "I Have a Dream": Reflections at 63 Years
Sermon Blog Greater Than Ourselves: The Place You Didn't Choose
Paul wrote Colossians from a prison cell, and he never once prayed to get out. What he prayed for instead changes how you look at the life you are actually living.