Sermon: A New Creation Sent (April 12, 2026)

Sermon: A New Creation Sent (April 12, 2026)

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April 13, 2026 · 27 min · Season 4 · Episode 33

About this episode

This episode discusses the transformative power of love in the Christian faith, drawing from biblical texts and reflections.

Scripture Text: Exodus 3:1-15 and 2 Corinthians 5:14-6:1 Bryan Buck Quotes for Reflection Ed Welch, When People Are Big and God is Small In the biblical sense, what we fear shows our allegiances. It shows where we put our trust. It shows who is big in our lives. N.T. Wright, 2 Corinthians The gospel is not just a mechanism for getting people saved. It is the announcement of a love that has changed the world, a love that therefore takes the people who find themselves loved like this and sends them off to live and work in a totally new way. The energy to get up and go on as a Christian, as one who works for the gospel, therefore, comes not from a cold sense of duty, not from a fear of being punished if you don’t do your bit, but from the warm-hearted response of love to the love which has reached out, reached down, and reached you. It may, of course, make you do things in ways that surprise or even shock other people. The gospels are full of that sort of thing; so is the story of Paul’s life. But, as he now goes on to say, if a new world has come to birth, you wouldn’t expect it to look exactly like the old one, would you? Charles Hodge, 2 Corinthians What constitutes a Christian…

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Hosts: Oaks Parish, Bryan Buck

Topics covered

  • Christianity
  • Love
  • New Creation
  • Faith
  • Gospel

Keywords

  • Christianity
  • Gospel
  • Love
  • Faith
  • New Creation

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: When People Are Big and God is Small, 2 Corinthians

Places: Exodus

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