Sermon by Michael Bailey on January 21, 2024.
This week, we look at our first ghost in the series: Esau. As we will see, the Torah provides us with a cautionary tale - the danger in trading what you want most for what you think you want right now.
Timestamps:
4:15 - Our one-sentence summary of what the Bible is about
6:22 - How do we understand that the Bible is written by both God and man?
12:00 - How exactly does all of the Bible point us to Jesus?
21:00 - How do I get started when it comes to reading the Bible?
32:43 - What are good resources to get started reading the Bible?
Check out MidtownBiblicalLiteracy.com for videos, book recommendations, and Bible reading plans
Ghosts and Ancestors sermon series - Lexington | Downtown | Two Notch
Throughout the year, we want to know the concepts and passages you wrestle with. We'll answer some of these questions in podcast episodes throughout the year.
To submit your topic or question, text either "DOWNTOWN", “LEXINGTON”, OR “TWO NOTCH” followed by your topic to 855-855-0655.
Music by Levvy and Midtown Music
Sermon by Brandon Clements on January 14 2024.
How would you define "faith"? Church culture throws that word around a lot, but it's pivotal in understanding what the Torah and the rest of the Bible want to communicate to its audience. The Bible answers this by showing us the life of Abraham, "the man of faith," in the book of Genesis.
Timestamps:
1:20 - What makes this different from what we normally do? Why now?
4:20 - How will we be approaching Sundays this year?
9:20 - What can we expect regarding the supplemental resources for this year?
11:40 - With all these resources, where’s the best place to start?
14:20 - What are you most excited about for this year?
Check out MidtownBiblicalLiteracy.com for videos, book recommendations, and Bible reading plans
Ghosts and Ancestors sermon series - Lexington | Downtown | Two Notch
Throughout the year, we want to know the concepts and passages you wrestle with. We'll answer some of these questions in podcast episodes throughout the year.
To submit your topic or question, text either "DOWNTOWN", “LEXINGTON”, OR “TWO NOTCH” followed by your topic to 855-855-0655.
Music by Levvy and Midtown Music
Sermon by Brandon Clements on January 7, 2024.
It’s often said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
As we look at the first five books of Scripture, stories abound of those who trusted God and those who did not. Some, through faith, went on to be ancestors who blessed those after them. Others proved to be ghosts that haunt their lineage with heartache and pain.
As we learn to interpret the narratives in the Torah, both the negative and the positive, we’ll see how God works in the midst of it all and calls us into his story, inviting us to walk in the steps of our ancestors who came before us.
During our Embodied series, we had over 70 questions texted in. To cover these questions more fully, we’re releasing a handful of extra podcast episodes to further equip you.
Timestamps:
1:28 - How do you parent a child with gender identity questions or who experiences SSA?
16:58 - Are you living in sin if you don’t have sex as an older married couple?
19:44 - Why do people elevate sexual desires above all else? What desires should we have?
23:20 - Would you officiate a LGBTQIA+ wedding?
30:15 - How do we think through when churches deny a biblical sexual ethic?
37:13 - Are people who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community and saved Christians still a child of God?
41:18 - My workplace encourages using pronouns to introduce ourselves. As a Christian, how should I think about this?
46:44 - What do we mean when we refer to “culture”?
51:10 - If you were born to a single-parent does that mean you were born into sin and less worth saving?
BOOKS:
10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask (and Answer) about Christianity by Rebecca McLaughlin
The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith by Tim Keller
SERMONS:
“Incarnation/Agape” sermon by Midtown Fellowship Lexington | Downtown | Two Notch
“Theology of Sex” sermon series by Midtown Fellowship Lexington | Downtown | Two Notch
“Mountains, Molehills, and Which Ones to Die On” sermon by Midtown Fellowship Lexington | Downtown | Two Notch
“Q+A” sermon by Midtown Fellowship Lexington | Downtown | Two Notch
Music by Levvy and Midtown Music
During our Embodied series, we had over 70 questions texted in. To cover these questions more fully, we’re releasing a handful of extra podcast episodes to further equip you.
Timestamps:
0:27 - When did it become a sin in the Bible to have multiple wives?
6:42 - Why does Paul say it’s better to be single if God says it’s not good to be alone?
13:02 - Where’s the hope for Christian singles?
21:10 - Is God’s design for marriage intended to be for one man and one woman?
Music by Levvy and Midtown Music
During our Embodied series, we had over 70 questions texted in. To cover these questions more fully, we’re releasing a handful of extra podcast episodes to further equip you.
Timestamps:
4:40 - Does God have a gender?
10:05 - What does it look like for women to depend on men outside of marriage?
17:35 - How do we address the wage gap?
22:36 - What does the Bible have to say about those who are intersex?
25:58 - If someone is on their death bed and accepts Jesus as Lord and Savior does it make a difference? What if they don’t believe their sexuality was a sin worth repenting of?
During our Embodied series, we had over 70 questions texted in. To cover these questions more fully, we’re releasing a handful of extra podcast episodes to further equip you.
Disclaimer: Please use caution when listening as some of these questions cover heavier topics. To help, please view the timestamps below.
Timestamps:
1:51 - Does God care what I do with my body (how I eat, sleep, etc)?
13:09 - Do the gender/sex arguments fall apart if Adam and Eve are not historical?
16:43 - Is there any theological significance between being buried versus being cremated?
21:15 - What does the Bible say about miscarriage?
26:12 - How do I know my body matters after multiple rapes?
Unbreakable: What the Son of God Said about the Word of God by Andrew Wilson
Four Views on the Historical Adam by Denis Lamoureux, John Walton, John Collins, and William Barrick
“Christians and Their Dead” by Jeremiah Mutie, PhD, Southern California Seminary
Rid of My Disgrace: Hope and Healing for Victims of Sexual Assault by Justin and Lindsey Holcomb
Music by Levvy and Midtown Music
Advent is Latin for "adventus," meaning "arrival," where we celebrate the arrival of Jesus over 2,000 years ago with the global, historic Church. On Christmas Eve we close out the Advent season by singing and rejoicing together.
Sermon by Taylor Schombert on December 17, 2023.
Advent is Latin for "adventus," meaning "arrival," where we celebrate the arrival of Jesus over 2,000 years ago with the global, historic Church. For each week of the Advent season, we look at one thing Jesus has made possible for us through His birth. This week, we look at Love.
Sermon by Andrew Flowers on December 10, 2023.
Advent is Latin for "adventus," meaning "arrival," where we celebrate the arrival of Jesus over 2,000 years ago with the global, historic Church. For each week of the Advent season, we look at one thing Jesus has made possible for us through His birth. This week, we look at Joy.
Sermon by Brandon Clements on December 3, 2023.
Advent is Latin for "adventus," meaning "arrival," where we celebrate the arrival of Jesus over 2,000 years ago with the global, historic Church. For each week of the Advent season, we look at one thing Jesus has made possible for us through His birth. This week, we look at Peace.
Sermon by Michael Bailey on November 26, 2023.
Advent is Latin for "adventus," meaning "arrival," where we celebrate the arrival of Jesus over 2,000 years ago with the global, historic Church. For each week of the Advent season, we look at one thing Jesus has made possible for us through His birth. This week, we look at Hope.
Sermon by Brandon Clements on November 19, 2023.
This week, we celebrate what God is doing as we hear baptism stories in our church family.
Sermon by Brandon Clements on November 12, 2023.
In the final week of this series, we've chosen a few of the texts we've received throughout these seven weeks to discuss and answer from a biblical perspective.
Disclaimer for Parents:
During this series, we'll be talking about subjects like gender and sexuality. We will strive to make the sermons appropriate for preteens in the auditorium, but we realize this may bring up additional conversations. We wanted to let you know in advance so you aren't caught off guard or thrown into conversations you weren't prepared for.
Sermon by Michael Bailey on November 5, 2023.
Last week, we unpacked 1 Corinthians 15 and how the reality of bodily resurrection fills us with great strength, empathy, and hope. This week, we look at the embodiment of God in the incarnation of Jesus and how it helps us answer the question: “How do we faithfully navigate our particular cultural moment?”
Disclaimer for Parents:
During this series, we'll be talking about subjects like gender and sexuality. We will strive to make the sermons appropriate for preteens in the auditorium, but we realize this may bring up additional conversations. We wanted to let you know in advance so you aren't caught off guard or thrown into conversations you weren't prepared for.
The one sermon that may not be ideal for preteens is the Eros sermon on 10/15. On this Sunday, we will open space in Kidtown for preteens who want to serve the younger children.
BOOKS
PODCASTS
VIDEOS
Sermon by Brandon Clements on October 29, 2023.
Last week, we talked about Genesis 3 and how, because of the fall, we experience breakdown and pain at all levels, including in our bodies. In 1 Corinthians 15, we flash forward to look at the end of the story for our bodies, connecting how knowing the end of the story for our bodies shapes how we live here and now.
Disclaimer for Parents:
During this series, we'll be talking about subjects like gender and sexuality. We will strive to make the sermons appropriate for preteens in the auditorium, but we realize this may bring up additional conversations. We wanted to let you know in advance so you aren't caught off guard or thrown into conversations you weren't prepared for.
The one sermon that may not be ideal for preteens is the Eros sermon on 10/15. On this Sunday, we will open space in Kidtown for preteens who want to serve the younger children.
Sermon by Brandon Clements on October 22, 2023.
For the last few weeks, we’ve camped in Genesis 1-2 and painted this beautiful picture of God’s design, His intent for humanity, and what reality should look like. And yet, these ideals are not the reality of our lived existence. Genesis 3 goes on to tell us why that is.
Disclaimer for Parents:
During this series, we'll be talking about subjects like gender and sexuality. We will strive to make the sermons appropriate for preteens in the auditorium, but we realize this may bring up additional conversations. We wanted to let you know in advance so you aren't caught off guard or thrown into conversations you weren't prepared for.
The one sermon that may not be ideal for preteens is the Eros sermon on 10/15. On this Sunday, we will open space in Kidtown for preteens who want to serve the younger children.
Sermon by Michael Bailey on October 15, 2023.
So far, we looked at Genesis 1-2 and what it means to be embodied and gendered. Last week, we discussed joining those two genders in marriage. This week, we examine Genesis 2 further to discuss the sexual expression of embodied gendered humans inside a covenant union.
Disclaimer for Parents:
During this series, we'll be talking about subjects like gender and sexuality. We will strive to make the sermons appropriate for preteens in the auditorium, but we realize this may bring up additional conversations. We wanted to let you know in advance so you aren't caught off guard or thrown into conversations you weren't prepared for.
The one sermon that may not be ideal for preteens is the Eros sermon on 10/15. On this Sunday, we will open space in Kidtown for preteens who want to serve the younger children.
