Well-Said Quotables
"…The point is that if we stay away from secular culture to protect ourselves from its temptations, we cannot live and witness in the real world. We can’t even understand it…"
Cornelius Plantinga
Engaging God’s World
Sermons & Addresses
The Spirit Prays for Us
In this season of Pentecost, we reflect on the work of the Holy Spirit in all that we do in our many callings. God calls, and by the power of the Spirit, we act. But what happens when we do … more
The Hope For Creation
As we celebrate New Creation in the light of Easter, we recognize that God’s redemptive and restorative work is not only at work in our lives and communities, but also within the the whole created world. Christians have often held … more
Two Sermons: Joy & Suffering
In his book Reflecting the Glory, N. T. Wright has this to say about the Christian life: “This is our vocation: to take up our cross, and be Jesus for the whole world, living with the joy and the sorrow … more
Is Work A Four Letter Word?
(Pastor Tom Nelson delivered this sermon September 14, 2008 to his congregation at Christ Community Church in Leawood, Kansas as part of his “The Curse of the Cubicle” series) Welcome to Christ Community where we take our faith seriously, but … more
By the Light of the Moon
A couple of years ago, we moved from the inner-city of Washington to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. There are at least two things I haven’t gotten used to yet, and hope I never will. Both are arresting. Both can … more
Covenant Seminary Commencement Address, 2008
In the spring of 2008, the Rev. Dr. John W. Yates II of The Falls Church in Falls Church, Virginia delivered the commencement address for Covenant Seminary in which he offered the graduating class his vision for a renewed community … more
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Vocation Is Mission Bundle
This fall, The Washington Institute, in partnership with The Falls Church, as well as New City Commons and Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, sponsored an on-going lecture and discussion series called Vocation Is Mission. Acknowledging The Washington Institute’s own assertion that vocation is … more
A Collection of Sermons on Vocation
Here at The Washington Institute, we are committed to sharing an understanding of the theology of work with the Church and with our society at large because we believe that faith shapes vocation which shapes culture. How then do pastors … more
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Vocation As Integral, Not Incidental
THE Q GATHERING Portland, OR 25 April 2011 Welcome to the West Coast! I grew up in this part of the world, in the Golden State, just to the south of Oregon. When I was 20 I dropped out of … more
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Hungry for God: Francis Schaeffer
Dr. Steve Garber speaks to The Falls Church about Francis Schaeffer in the stage of “adult”. The Rev. Dean Miller also speaks. Click here to listen to the audio message.
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