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Disorientation – Psalm 3

When our vision is unclear, we have this incredible propensity to walk in circles, to perpetuate cycles of selfishness, to pass the time without making significant progress in holiness and wholeness. And it is not a matter of sudden turns. It is the result of…

Justin BaileyJune 3, 2018

Old Testament OT Narrative Ruth Sermons

Redemption – Ruth 3

Although the Bible is a grand story of how God brings healing to all of creation, it is also grounded in the gritty particularities of real times and places, and in the lives of real people. God does not bring antiseptic salvation separated from the…

Justin BaileyMay 20, 2017

Favorite Sermons Old Testament OT Narrative Ruth Sermons

Bitterness and Blessing – Ruth 1

The story of Ruth is a story of return, reversal, and renewal, of blessing that comes through bitterness, of unexpected kindness and unreserved loyalty. It teaches us that even in the times of emptiness, when prayers seem to fall lifeless to the ground, when it…

Justin BaileyMay 6, 2017

Gospel of Luke New Testament Old Testament OT Poetry Sermons

If Someone Dies, Will They Live Again? – Job 14, Luke 24

The anguish in the question is real. In modern times we are prone to look at earlier eras and think, you know those pre-modern people could believe anything. But the reality and finality of death has always haunted human consciousness. Preached in Memorial Park in…

Justin BaileyApril 16, 2017

Deadly Sins OT Poetry Proverbs Sermons Topical

Deadly Sins: Sloth – Proverbs 24, 2 Peter 1

Sloth is not fundamentally about being lazy with our work, but about being lazy with our love. Scripture speaks a powerful word to our struggle with sloth. It shows us that although we so often withdraw from the demands of love, God’s promises evoke our…

Justin BaileyMarch 26, 2017

Jonah Old Testament Sermons

When Prayer Prevents Piety – Jonah 2

Everyone agrees that Jonah rebels in chapter one. But the question is when Jonah repents. Some think that Jonah begins to repent in chapter one, when he has the sailors throw him into the sea. Others think that Jonah repents in chapter two, when he…

Justin BaileyNovember 14, 2016

1 Samuel OT Narrative Sermons

“All that is Gold does not Glitter” – 1 Samuel 16

The hope of the Church is not in our own ingenuity or power, but in the Spirit’s empowering presence. This means that God often forges diamonds from rough situations, and that those the world least expects to excel are often the ones most powerfully commissioned…

Justin BaileyMay 15, 2016

1 Samuel OT Narrative Sermons

Bigger, Faster, Stronger – 1 Samuel 14

In a world obsessed with becoming bigger, faster, and stronger, could it be that God is actually looking for people who are willing to remain smaller, slower, and weaker, so that his greatness could be more clearly seen? Preached at Grace Pasadena in Pasadena, CA…

Justin BaileyApril 24, 2016

1 Samuel OT Narrative Sermons

“The Weight of Glory” – 1 Samuel 4

New beginnings often mean facing up to some painful realities about the way that things have been. Weeds and thorns must be exposed and cleared away before new life that has been planted can begin to grow. The new and shocking thing that God promised…

Justin BaileyApril 13, 2016

Favorite Sermons Jonah Old Testament OT Narrative

Passivity and Participation – Jonah 1

Familiarity doesn’t just breed contempt; familiarity can breed passivity. And we can become so familiar with cherished biblical narratives that we are inoculated against their power. When this happens, we lose our spiritual fitness and begin to suffer from a condition we might call spiritual…

Justin BaileyJanuary 3, 2016

Old Testament

Disorientation – Psalm 3

Redemption – Ruth 3

Bitterness and Blessing – Ruth 1

If Someone Dies, Will They Live Again? – Job 14, Luke 24

Deadly Sins: Sloth – Proverbs 24, 2 Peter 1

When Prayer Prevents Piety – Jonah 2

“All that is Gold does not Glitter” – 1 Samuel 16

Bigger, Faster, Stronger – 1 Samuel 14

“The Weight of Glory” – 1 Samuel 4

Passivity and Participation – Jonah 1

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