Quest Sermons & Talks

Ephesians 2:11-22

John 4:1-9

During Week 2 of the series on Faith and Race: "Who's at the Table?", Pastor Eugene preaches on the importance of cross cultural friendships. It's not enough to sit next to each at church but what does it mean to share stories, do life together, bless one another, eat with one another, etc. He preaches from John 4 and the amazing and incredulous story of Jesus' engagement and friendship with the Samaritan woman.

Matthew 4:1-11

As we enter the Lenten season, Pastor Eugene preaches from Matthew 4:1-11. Lent is the 40 day period (not including Sundays) between Ash Wednesday and Holy Saturday that has traditionally been a time of preparation for those who were preparing for baptism and later expanded to include the larger Christian community. It marks a time of prayer, penance, repentance, humility, self-denial, and soul searching but Pastor Eugene preaches that if we're not careful, Lent - like other Christian rituals - can become empty or routine and simply about us if we don't understand it's purpose and meaning. The purpose of Lent is for us to model after Christ. Simply, to be more like Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:17-21

As Quest embarks on the theme of "Reconciliation" for the year, Pastor Eugene preaches from 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 and explains the critical importance of a clear understanding of reconciliation for the Church and for Christians. A clear understanding helps for a cornerstone for our worldview and how we then choose to live our lives, engage in ministry, and serve a broken world. While we live in a broken world and we, ourselves, are broken 'eikons', we bear the image of God and must remind ourselves and the larger world...to whom we belong.