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Pastoral writing on faith, doubt, culture, and everyday life with Jesus, from the pastors and leaders of Christchurch Miami.
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Apologetics The Lindsay Clancy Saga: Victims, Villains, and Virtue-signaling
Three children are dead and their mother killed them. Kent Keller on what Christians should make of the Lindsay Clancy case — sin, mental illness, justice and grace, all of them real at once.
Sermon Blog Why Am I So Angry at Someone Who Didn't Do Anything to Me?
Kent Keller put his finger on it in Genesis 4: Cain burned at a brother who'd done nothing wrong. If you're angry at someone who didn't do anything to you, that's worth a second look.
Sermon Blog When Everything Fell Apart: Grace Came Right Behind It
Genesis 3 is the day everything fell apart. Kent Keller walks through three questions from the Fall, and the grace God announced in the same breath as the curse.
Sermon Blog Too Ashamed to Face God? He's Already Coming to Find You
If you feel too ashamed to face God right now, Genesis 3 has news for you. Before Adam and Eve ever looked for God, He came looking for them.
Apologetics Earth in the Balance, Part 2
Pastor Kent looks at hurricane season through Genesis 6 — God's covenant with Noah that the seasons would keep a steady, predictable rhythm. Even storms, it turns out, serve a purpose.
Sermon Blog Feeling Alone? You Were Never Meant to Do Life by Yourself
A lot of us feel alone even when we're surrounded by people. James Drake preached Genesis 2 on Sunday, where God is the first one to say it is not good for us to be alone.
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.