Restoration Community Church

Pastor Chris Ansell of CityReach Church Swissvale addresses the intersection of our freedoms as believers of Jesus, and the call to love our neighbor. Looking at 1 Corinthians 8, we see that Paul explains when our freedoms conflict with caring for our neighbor, our love for our neighbor ought to win out every time. He uses some relevant issues of churches, masks, and schooling to help drive the point home.

Passage: 1 Corinthians 8

Pastor Chris Ansell of CityReach Church Swissvale closes out our sermon series, Squandering Grace: Radical Love and Human Selfishness. This week we look at the shortest book of the Old Testament, Obadiah. The prophet tracks the family feud between Esau and Jacob, and how that conflict continued generations later with their descendants.

Passage: Obadiah

Andy Moore, Campus Minister with the CCO in partnership with Bellefield Presbyterian Church, fills in as guest preacher at CityReach Church Swissvale. Andy looks at Paul's charge to a persecuted church, how those early believers could deal with the anxieties of that persecution. For us, that means that anxiety never has the last word, Christ does.

 

Passage: Philippians 4:1-9

Pastor Chris Ansell of CityReach Church Swissvale finishes our sermon series, Squandering Grace: Radical Love and Human Selfishness. This week we see the conclusion of the destruction of Nineveh. With brutal language, God gives a clear picture of their judgment. While they consider themselves strong, they will be made vulnerable.

 

Passage: Nahum 3

Pastor Chris Ansell of CityReach Church Swissvale continues the sermon series, Squandering Grace. The nation of Nineveh has not held fast to their repentance of their wickedness, but returned to their old ways of terror. In Nahum 2, God describes their future judgment and downfall at the hands of the Babylonians.

Passage: Nahum 2

Pastor Chris Ansell of CityReach Church Swissvale continues our sermon series, Squandering Grace. This week we look at the sequel to Jonah. It is about 150 years later, and Nineveh has returned to their wicked ways. God is patient, but his patience is about to run out. The prophet Nahum predicts the destruction of Assyria/Nineveh.

Passage: Nahum 1

Pastor Chris Ansell of CityReach Church Swissvale finishes preaching through the book of Jonah. In this text we see Jonah's negative response to God's compassion in light of Nineveh's repentance. Jonah sulks, still hoping the city will be destroyed. But God has something to show Jonah about his compassion towards his creation.

Passage: Jonah 4

Pastor Chris Ansell of CityReach Church Swissvale continues our sermon series, Squandering Grace: Radical Love and Human Selfishness. This week Jonah finally gets to his mission, sharing a message of God's upending to the wicked city of Nineveh. The passion of their response can encourage us to follow their lead in repentance, trusting in the compassion of our God.

Passage: Jonah 3

Pastor Chris Ansell of CityReach Church Swissvale kicks off the new sermon series, Squandering Grace: Radical Love and Human Selfishness. Jonah prays to God, thanking him for saving him from drowning. But in the midst of Jonah's prayer we see that even imperfect, selfish praise can be accepted by God.

Passage: Jonah 2

Pastor Chris Ansell of CityReach Church Swissvale kicks off the new sermon series, Squandering Grace: Radical Love and Human Selfishness. This week we encounter the prophet Jonah, after receiving a call from God to preach to his nation's mortal enemies, Jonah hightailed it out of there, attempting to flee from God. Jonah must come face to face with some of the inconsistencies in his service to Yahweh.

Passage: Jonah 1