Summary

In this sermon we look at the subject of repentance in particular. IN a haze of so many voices telling us what we should be focusing on spiritually, the New Testament call to discipleship has one, namely repentance. Repentance is the Goal of all Gospel witness. But repentance is not a singular decision or experience as often portrayed. Rather, repentance is the act of reorienting our life and values toward the will of our creator. It is a constant and continuous practice of abandoning our independence for service to Christ as Lord. In the story of John the baptist in Luke 3, it is instructive however to see whom his audience is. His audience is Godʼs people. John begins by not calling the gentiles and unbelievers of the world to repentance first, but to Godʼs people. John begins by evangelizing the church first. In this we learn how the Gospel is always for the church as a people who are sojourning in the city of man. It is then our calling as Godʼs people to practice daily repentance as individuals and a community so we can be co-participants in Godʼs redemption of the world.

About the Speaker

Pastor Todd Murphy | Lead Pastor

Todd came to the faith at the age of 19 after growing up in the skateboarding indie-punk culture of the 80’s. He lives with his beautiful wife Christine and six healthy boys, Judah, Anson, Keegan, Aiden, Cailan, and Rowan in a suburb of Providence. Todd is an accomplished Bible teacher with an BA in Biblical studies and MA in Hebrew Bible studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He has also taught biblical studies for the department of Philosophy and Religion at Western Kentucky University, and is the author of the Pocket Dictionary for the Study of Biblical Hebrew (InterVarsity Press, 2003). When not writing, preaching or teaching, he can often be found playing Xbox with his sons or surfing with Judah. Once in a while you might even still catch him skateboarding.