ECC Stamford Messages

We conclude our series on the psalms by looking at a final psalm about suffering, faith, deliveranceand how Jesus amazingly fulfills it all

We look at the only psalm of Moses, seeing what Moses said as he neared his death, and how it still applies to us today

We look at the central verse of the central psalm of the Psalms to see what Old Testament Israel's disobedience ultimately consited of, and why we need to so prioritize listening to God.

We look at the most famous psalm in our current cultural setting, the two metaphors employed in it, and how it leads us to Jesus.

Our brother in Christ and member here at ECC, CJ Grimbilas, teaches and applies God's word from James 1, calling us to trust Christ and remain steadfast, even with joy, in the midst of our trials and tribulations

Psalm 89 is unique in all the Psalms as it begins so high, goes so low, and yet never resolves. We talk about how this psalm and pattern applies to us in our sufferings

What does it mean that God is majestic? How should we consider his majesty being "in all the earth"? How does it relate to us?

We dive deep into what "hallelujah" truly means and looks like in our lives Apologies for the poor audio recording

How does God's bignesslike him being all-powerful, all-knowing, everywhere, and morerelate to you and me personally as we're in a "relationship" with him? David in Psalm 139 answers for us with 3 ways God's bigness relates to each of us in Christ

We finally in our series on the Psalms look at a psalm directly about singingasking why, when, and how we sing

We look at a "psalm of wisdom" which teaches us the blessedness available in the free forgiveness of God. But also, it warns against deciding to try to decieve yourself and/or God concerning your sin

The very first psalm acts as a sort of cover letter to the whole book of Psalms. We see why, and how it shows us the two ways we can choose to live

After looking at a psalm of lamentin the midst of sufferinglast time, we now look at a psalm of thanksgivingafter being delivered from suffering.It shows us how we should think, pray, and act as those in a relationship with God after we've been helped by God

We open our series seeing an honest crying out to God in suffering, especially looking at how profound the psalmist's "deep calls to deep" phrase is.

We look only at one woe, Jesus's "whitewashed tomb" denouncement. We talk about why it's a summary of all his woes. Plus we ask, "If this is the religion worthy of a 'woe' from Jesus, what is the opposite and what's the remedy to being like this ourselves?"

We listen to Jesus continue in his seven woes toward the religious leaders of his day. He warns us more about religious hypocrisy

Jesus protects his flock now by giving three opening "woe to you" statements

With only a few days before he knows he's going to die, Jesus turns to the crowds and his disciples to seriously warn themand usabout bogus religous leaders and pride, even in the name of God

With only a few days before he knows he's going to die, Jesus turns to the crowds and his disciples to seriously warn themand usabout bogus religous leaders and pride, even in the name of God

Jesus finally turns to ask them a series of questions, leaving them and us astonished concerning who he truly is. Plus, he shows us somehting important about how we must engage in theology well and read our Bibles well

After spending a week on the "first" and "great" commandment, we see what Jesus meant by the "second" which is "like" it

After spending a week on the "first" and "great" commandment, we see what Jesus meant by the "second" which is "like" it

Jesus is asked the massive question: "Which is the great commandment?" He responds by quoting Deueteronomy 6:5. We consider each word in the command, how it actually applies, and how Jesus calls it the "great" and "first" commandment

We see Jesus questioned again, but this time about a hot theological debate of thier day. Jesus's answer, once again, makes the crowd marvel

We see Jesus questioned again, but this time about a hot theological debate of thier day. Jesus's answer, once again, makes the crowd marvel

We dive deep into the astonishing teaching from Jesus about politics, government, God, and our place in it all

For our special Easter service, we consider why Jesus rose, what it means for us and our world, and how it impacts our daily lives

We look at how terrible and tragic, and yet beautiful and helpful, was Jesus's death on the cross

From our Matthew series we know that the "hosannas" on Palm Sunday were severly tainted with wrong motives. This morning, we build on that by going back to the original psalm the crowd was quotingPsalm 118seeing what it mean originally, how they took it, and how their lesson connects to us still today.

Jesus compares the kingdom of God to a feast that the King of the kingdom throws for him, the Son

Jesus tells "another parable" where he summarizes the whole Old Testament, climaxing in his coming. Will individuals accept him as the Son and the Stoneand enter into the kingdom and the new people of Godor reject him?

Our brother in Christ and member here at ECC, Wesley Patrick, teaches and applies God's word from Romans 5, calling us to rejoice because of Christ's gospel

After overturning the temple, Jesus curses a fig tree, is questioned on his authority, and gives us the Parable of Two Sons

Jesus enters into the temple and overturns the table, ultimately overturning the temple itself and showing us how true worship centers now on him

We pick up where we left off last fall in Matthew, going verse by verse, looking at Jesus finally entering the city of JerusalemJerusalem, where he's told us over and over he will bekilled

We pick up where we left off last fall in Matthew, going verse by verse, looking at Jesus finally entering the city of JerusalemJerusalem, where he's told us over and over he will bekilled

We look at a famous story from Elisha's life, seeing what it teaches us and why it especially can help us pray more in the year ahead

What truly are the "Scriptures"? How does knowing what the book truly is help us want to read our Bibles more?

We conclude our series seeing where everything is ultimately goingin our series, in the Bible, but also for our lives in Christ.

We see the climax of where the whole Old Testament storywith humanity kicked out of the Garden, to the tabernacle and temple, to God leaving the templeto where it was all heading: Jesus, tabernacling among us,the glory of the Lord, full of grace and truth, with lifeagain in his name

We zoom forward to see a major reason Jesus cameto have God tear the temple curtain and have it that God's dwelling in a temple was definitively over

We continue in our series by seeing where the Old Covenant eventually led to, how God left the temple, but also how he promised an even greater, more comprehensive return (Apologies for the poor video and audio due to technical difficulties)

After driving his own beloved humanity out of his presence, God gives Moses instructions about how he will come dwell in the midst of those he's chosen and rescued. We look at what God says, the tabernacle instructions, and yet what the people God was drawing near to were still like

We begin our new series all the way back at the beginning in Genesis. In our series, we will be tracing the theme of God's presence, talking about it theologically and also the implications of it existentially, for our daily lives. We begin by seeing how and why we were created from Genesis 2, and what theologically and existentially went wrong in history in Genesis 3.

We look at Psalm 95, seeing two big and broad reason we cangenuinely feel thankful to God, plus a warning concerning this topic.

We look at Psalm 95, seeing two big and broad reason we cangenuinely feel thankful to God, plus a warning concerning this topic.

We conclude our Servant Songs series by looking at how Peter, who walked closely with the Servant, applied the Servant Songs to churches just like us

What can we learn about evangelism from one of the most detailed conversion stories in the New Testament? We turn to Acts 8 and look at Philip, the Ethiopian man who came to Jesus, and how God used one of the Servant Songs

We look at another famous "me" passage in Isaiah, where it's implied the Servant is speaking once again. Then we see how Jesus plainly identifies himself with the "me" in Luke 4, and what it all means for us.

We finally conclude the famous Isaiah 53. We see how the servant definitively lives on, what he accomplishes for others, and how he still livessatisfiedand makes intercession for transgressors