04.12.26: Pilgrims of Hope: New Creation in a Locked Room

About this episode

Rev. Brooks Gignilliat explores the theme of faith and new creation in the context of the locked room where the disciples hid after Jesus' resurrection.

What if the locked room where the disciples hid was the garden where God was breathing life back into the world? On the second Sunday of Easter, Rev. Brooks Gignilliat reads John 20:19–31 against the opening pages of Genesis — and finds Jesus, on the first day of the week, breathing on his disciples the way God once breathed on Adam. Thomas wants to grasp; he wants the facts in his own hands. But faith isn't grasping — it's letting go long enough to say, "My Lord and my God." The point was never the answers. The point is the relationship.#PilgrimsOfHope #DoubtingThomas #John20 #NewCreation #BreathOfLife #SecondSundayOfEaster #EasterSeason #FromFearToFaith #MyLordAndMyGod #SacredPilgrimage #PCCAtlanta #PeachtreeChristianChurch #SermonSeries #RevBrooksGignilliat

People in this episode

Host: Rev. Brooks Gignilliat

Topics covered

• faith
• Easter
• new creation
• relationship with God
• doubt
• hope

Keywords

• Pilgrims of Hope
• Doubting Thomas
• New Creation
• Breath of Life
• Second Sunday of Easter
• From Fear to Faith
• My Lord and My God

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: John 20:19–31, Genesis

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