Building Our Home | Peace by Piece - E1

About this episode

The episode discusses the journey of a church towards building a permanent home and the spiritual significance behind it.

We're Not Just Building a Building Ten years is a long time to wonder about something. For most of our church's life, the question of a permanent home has hovered in the background. And honestly, looking back, I think the timing matters. We needed all of this time, all of these years of being formed by Jesus together, before we were ready to take meaningful steps toward building something permanent. God has been building us peace by piece. Now we get to build with him. But before we talk about what we're building, we need to talk about why. We're Living the Same Story The books of Ezra and Nehemiah sit near the end of the Old Testament, and they tell a story that feels surprisingly familiar. Israel has spent years in exile, displaced from their homeland by the Babylonian empire. The temple, the place where God's presence dwelled among his people, has been destroyed. The city walls are rubble. But God makes a promise: they'll return. They'll rebuild. And God will come to dwell with his people again. That's not just their story. It's ours. Even here in our city, the simple and sacrificial way of Jesus runs directly against the grain of the self-centered, power-driven culture around…

People in this episode

Host: Trey Van Camp

Topics covered

• church building
• spiritual growth
• community
• faith
• scripture
• cultural engagement

Keywords

• church
• building
• community
• faith
• spirituality
• Jesus
• scripture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Israel, Babylonian empire

Books & works: Ezra, Nehemiah, 1 Corinthians

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