ECC Stamford Messages

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

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

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 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 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

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

Isaiah predicts how Jesus willingly and silently goes to his death, how others oppress and imprison him, but ultimately, how "it was the will of the Lord to crush him."

Isaiah predicts how Jesus willingly and silently goes to his death, how others oppress and imprison him, but ultimately, how "it was the will of the Lord to crush him."

We finally dive deep into the climatic middle stanza of the climatic Servant Songall about the substitutiionary Suffering Servant. We talk about who we are; what the Servant actually, specificaly did; and how it connects to God and his gospel.

We dive into the second staza of the famous Isaiah 53 Servant Song, and we see incredible details concerning the Servant's life and how he externally appeared to others

We dive into the second staza of the famous Isaiah 53 Servant Song, and we see incredible details concerning the Servant's life and how he externally appeared to others

We begin the famous final Servant Song, focusing in on the first stanzaIsaiah 52:13-15where God introduces the Song and gives a sweeping overview of what the Servant will do

We cover the third Servant Song, where we get to see the internal thoughts of this servant, as he curageously trusts God in the midst of suffering

We look at the "epilogue" to the second Servant Song, where provision and flourishing is promised for all of God's peoplepeople from all overin the Servant

We look at the "epilogue" to the second Servant Song, where provision and flourishing is promised for all of God's peoplepeople from all overin the Servant

We look at the second Servant Song, where the servant speaks to us, and he tells us how God says he is "Israel, in whom I will be glorified" and that he is made "a light for the nations."

We look at the first Servant Song in Isaiah 41:1-9, seeing who this servant is, how he'll do what he's called to do, and what the Lord Creator God then says to him

We look at the first Servant Song in Isaiah 41:1-9, seeing who this servant is, how he'll do what he's called to do, and what the Lord Creator God then says to him

We begin our series on the Servant Songs by emphasizing how important this concept of Jesus being "God's servant" was to the early Christians. Then, we sweep through Isaiah 40 & 41 to set the stage for the historical significance of God's chosen servant coming to fulfill God's gospel plan.

We begin our series on the Servant Songs by emphasizing how important this concept of Jesus being "God's servant" was to the early Christians. Then, we sweep through Isaiah 40 & 41 to set the stage for the historical significance of God's chosen servant coming to fulfill God's gospel plan.

Before entering Jerusalem, Jesus serves and heals two more blind men. We talk about what happened with them, and in what ways their healing connects to us today.

James and John, through their mom, ask to be second in importance in Jesus's kingdom. Jesus responds by teaching about true greatness, which must always be through serving others. (Sorry for some audio issues with the recording!)

For the third and last time prior to entering the very city of Jerusalem, Jesus takes aside his disciples and tells them what will soon happen to him. We look at what he decides to say, and what it reveals about the person of Jesus himself.