We are told to have gratitude. But where does it come from? Isaiah says that God waits for a time to show grace to us, and when that time comes we experience an abundance. God's abundance makes us grateful for God's grace. And that grace must be shown to others as we sit around our tables during Thanksgiving.
We live in a time defined by division, violence, and hatred. Isaiah presents a vision of a kingdom marked by peace. Christians should consider how a high view of the Holy Spirit and a commitment to the knowledge of God equips us for work in this kingdom.
Thousands of children in Shelby County are in foster care. The people of God have a mandate to care for the fatherless. In this message, Bob interviews Mark Ottinger of Memphis Family Connection Center about White Station's involvement with the most vulnerable among us.
God's judgment can be harsh. But God's jugment is not the final word. In this message, Bob reminds us that even though God destroys one vineyard, there is always another one to come.
One of the fundamental claims about God in the Bible is that God is holy. That holiness should shape the church into God's image through the work of God's Holy Spirit. This message considers God's revelation to Isaiah as a way of proclaiming and being transformed by God's radical holiness.
Churches often refer to people within it as members. But sometimes church membership is not entirely different than having a health club membership, where people come, pay, and receive certain benefits and privileges. But this is not what God imagines for the church. Instead, the Bible envisions partners in a global mission. In this message, Bob makes the suggestion that we should refer to one another as partners in the Gospel rather than just members of the church.
We do not need the best envoriment or the ideal situation to be commited to our community of faith. Even when we feel disconnection, we must be commited.
The Bible describes God as being imparital. We are called to imitate God's impartiality in the way that we treat one another. Sometimes we are called to go beyond that so that we can serve those at a disadvantage, such as widows and orphans.
Jesus says we should be rich toward God. It's so easy to let everyone else (and even ourselves) make decisions about our money before we've given to God. In this messsage we consider what it means to be generous and how we can be rich toward God.
Steve Cloer, a new professor at HST, shares his testimony of why he and his family moved to Memphis. The testimony revolves a theological vision of the church as God’s primary instrument to bring healing and redemption to a broken world and a hope that through HST, 500 churches over the next ten years could be strengthened to be churches on mission with God.