Mosaic Boston

Summary: Why does it seem so easy to love "humanity in general" and so hard to love "people in particular" (especially roommates)? How does loving particular people convince us that God truly loves us? Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit Mosaicboston.com. Hello, welcome to Mosaic Church. My name is Jan, one of the pastors here at Mosaic. If you're new or if you're visiting, welcome to Mosaic, we're so glad you're here. We'd love to connect with you either in person afterwards, or through the connection card in the worship guide. If you fill it out legibly, you can either toss it into the offering basket afterwards, or redeem it at the Welcome Center for a gift that we have lovingly prepared for you. With that said, would you please pray with me over the preaching of God's holy word? Heavenly Father, we thank you that you are God of

Summary: We're created in the image of the Trinity, One God, Three Persons, bound by love in perfect harmony. Thus, we're created to bond, to God and to people. The cross of Christ binds us vertically with God, Who fills our hearts with love for real people, creating the meaningful horizontal binds we all need. Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you would like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com. Good morning. Welcome to Mosaic Church, my name in Jan. I am one of the pastors here at Mosaic. I've got the pleasure to serve, and if you're new, welcome. We're so glad you're here. We'd love to connect with you if you would like to connect. We do that initially personally. We'd love to meet you personally, and officially we do it through the connection card in the worship guide. If you fill it out legibly, then you can either redeem it at the welcome center for a gif

Summary: The greatest gifts in life are people you love and people who love you. You can have a big, beautiful house, but if you live there alone, there's an ache in your soul. The best trips are with friends. The best pictures from those trips aren't selfies. As we study 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, we see that God not only saves us, but gives us gifts to enrich the people in our life: wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, miracles, prophecy, discernment, words. The greatest people use their gifts to point us to the greatest Person. Transcript: This media has been available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check you more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and her neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com. Good morning. Welcome to Mosaic Church, my name is Jan, I'm one of the pastors here at Mosaic. And if you're new, or you're visiting, we're so glad you're here and we'd love to connect. First of all, congratulations on being here, congratulations. And by the power

Summary: The Apostle Paul connects some practices in the early church to the timeless principle of Headship. Headship in the home and in the church is a call to reflect God the Father's headship over God the Son, and ultimately Jesus Christ's loving sacrificial headship over His bride the Church. In a fallen and sin filled world men too often grasp at authority to serve themselves at the expense of others. In the Kingdom of God, however, Jesus shows us that authority is to be used to serve others, even at the expense of one's self. Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com. Good morning, and welcome again to Mosaic. It's great to see you this morning. If you're new, my name is Shane. I'm one of the pastors here and we'd love to connect you. The way we do that officially is with that little connection guide in your worship

Summary: If there’s one thing that Christians can take away from Lindsey Jacobellis, it is to not be overconfident. We have one shot at living the Christian life and we can’t ruin it by being reckless with our freedom. Lindsey at least took home the silver medal. Second place for us is eternal condemnation. Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and her neighborhood churches or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com. Well, good morning Mosaic. My name is Andy Hoot. I am the pastoral resident here at Mosaic. Pastor Jan is on a much-deserved vacation and Pastor Shane is here, but they're giving me a swing today at preaching. If you didn't hear that there's a little sports reference there. Last week, we had a heavy emphasis on sports in the sermon. I got to just ask for forgiveness, I was just pumped up from Pastor Jan’s sermon and just had heard that in my mind all week. Get ready for a few mo

Summary: In 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, Holy Scripture compares the Christian life to a runner running, an athlete training, and a fighter fighting. It's easy to read the text with a performance-based-mindset and say, great, if this is how I need to succeed in my Christian life, I'll do whatever it takes to earn my salvation. But Jesus offers us rest and a race. There's a way to run restfully and joyfully. Since Jesus ran his race to the cross with joy, now we can run our race with joy as well. Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry please visit MosaicBoston.com. Good morning, welcome to Mosaic church my name is Jan. I'm one of the pastors here at Mosaic along with Shane Sikkema. And if you're new or if you're visiting welcome. We're so glad you're here. And if you'd like to connect with us we'd like to connect with you, no pressure. We do that official

Summary: To say we have a problem with entitlement in our culture is the understatement of the century. You're special, I'm special, everyone's special. This entitlement ethos has crept into American churches. We're taught that everything is a good gift from God. Once we have it good, however, we expect to maintain the goodness status quo. Now the gift morphs from grace to entitlement. We expect the same level of grace on a daily basis. God teaches us: don't fight for your right to be served; fight for your right to serve. Transcript: You're listening to audio from Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston in our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com Heavenly Father, we confess that every single one of us struggles with pride. We are proud people, and we ask for grace to grow in humility. Lord we struggle with entitlement. We struggle with expecting people to serve us. We struggle with expecting you to serve us, t

Summary: The most important piece of real estate in the totality of your life is the 18 inches between your mind and your heart. God knows us in such a way that we can't BUT love Him. His knowledge of us generates love in our hearts for Him. In turn, God calls us to know people in such a way, they can't but love us. Audio Transcript: You're listening to audio from Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit MosaicBoston.com. God, you are a great God, and you are a good father, and we thank you for that. For all the dads in the house, Lord, I pray that you strengthen their relationship with you today. By the power of the Holy Spirit, set their eyes on Jesus Christ, your son whom you gave sacrificially in order to redeem us and show us what it means to be a father. Draw their hearts closer to you, so that they understand, we understand, so the fathers understand who you are and what your he

Summary: We live in a world that tends to idolize both singleness and marriage, and at the same time treat them like a curse. Scripture is honest about the difficulty of life in a fallen world. Singleness and marriage both come with many challenges and difficulties, but Paul reminds us they are, nevertheless, both gifts from God. When properly used, each gift can point to Jesus and the Gospel in a unique way. Audio Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com. Good morning. Welcome to Mosaic Church. My name is Jan. I'm one of the pastors here along with Pastor Shane Sikkema, and if you're new or if you're visiting, I'm really glad you're here. We say that every week, but we mean it every week. We'd love to connect with you either in person after the service or if you would be so kind to fill out the connection card legibly an

Summary: We live in a world that tends to idolize both singleness and marriage, and at the same time treat them like a curse. Scripture is honest about the difficulty of life in a fallen world. Singleness and marriage both come with many challenges and difficulties, but Paul reminds us they are, nevertheless, both gifts from God. When properly used, each gift can point to Jesus and the Gospel in a unique way. Audio Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com. Good morning. Welcome to Mosaic Church. My name is Jan. I'm one of the pastors here along with Pastor Shane Sikkema, and if you're new or if you're visiting, I'm really glad you're here. We say that every week, but we mean it every week. We'd love to connect with you either in person after the service or if you would be so kind to fill out the connection card legibly a

Summary: Pride fuels lust, and lust kills love. Therefore God extends His Love to us through the Cross of Jesus Christ, by the Power of the Holy Spirit. His Love kills our lust and unleashes us to be the absolute best versions of ourselves. We in turn make our neighbors' lives better. Together, we make Boston better, and by extension, the World. Audio Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com. Good morning. Welcome to Mosaic Church. My name I Jan. I'm one of the pastors here with Pastor Shane. I'm so glad you're here. If you're visiting or if you're new, we'd love to connect with you. We do that officially through the connection card in the worship card. If you fill that legibly, you can either toss it into the offering basket after. But my recommendation is that you take it to the Welcome Center and exchange it for a gift

Summary: How long have you been a Christian? How would you rate your maturity as a Christian? Getting older and growing up should go hand in hand, but that’s not always the case. A child who is getting older but not showing signs of growth is a major cause for concern! Paul addresses another major problem in the Prodigal Church of Corinth, while calling them to repentance and a new identity in Christ. Audio Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you would like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com. Well, good morning, and welcome again to Mosaic. If you're new, my name is Shane. I'm one of the pastors here at Mosaic. And we're so glad to have you with us this morning. We'd love to connect with you. If you are interested in getting connected, one of the best first steps you can take is to fill out that little connection card in your worship guide. And you can either

Summary: Sin is a voracious, bloodthirsty, corroding force – never satisfied until it has parasitically sucked the life out of a person, family, community, or even a church. Therefore, the most hateful thing we can do is turn a blind eye to sin, in our own lives and in the lives our loved ones. In the church, we are called by God to humbly, lovingly, and graciously confront our brothers and sisters about their sin (and invite correction from them about our own), for we are our brother's and sister's keepers. Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com. Good morning. Welcome to Mosaic Church. My name is Jan, I'm one of the pastors her at Mosaic and if you're new or if you're visiting, and you'd like to connect with us, we'd love to connect with you. We do that officially through the connection card in the worship guide. If

Summary: As we continue our series, "Prodigal Church" through 1 Corinthians, we see that the startup church has become rife with division. The One has turned into the Many, as they begin to lose their trust in God, and start to place it in leaders. Competing cliques are threatening to tear the church apart. How does God help them heal? Audio Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston in her neighborhood, churches, or donate to this ministry. Please visit mosaicboston.com. Morning. Welcome to Mosaic Church. My name is Jan. I'm one of the pastors here at Mosaic and if you knew or if you're visiting, welcome. We're so glad you're here. We'd love to connect with you. We do that officially through the connection card and the worship guide. If you fill it out legibly and then toss it, either toss it into the offering basket after or redeem it at the welcome center out front for a gift. If you give us your card, we w

Summary: The church in Corinth was going through an identity crisis, comprised of people going through their own identity crises. We too live in a culture that obsesses over identity. Who am I? How do I fit in this world? "Identity" language is the heart language of our culture. We base our identity on our sexuality, politics, dietary preferences, work out routine. We want to be known for our education, career accomplishments, where we live, what we own. The Apostle Paul addressed the Corinthians with relevant lessons for us as well. Audio Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit Mosaicboston.com. Hello, welcome to Mosaic church. My name is Jan, I'm one of the pastors here at Mosaic. If you're new, if you're visiting, welcome. We're so glad you're here, and we'd love to connect with you if you'd like to connect with us. We do that offic

How we live on earth will affect our heavenly experience. The more we sacrificially serve our Lord Jesus Christ on earth, the greater our heavenly rewards will be. The essence of heavenly rewards is an experience of the pleasure of God in what we did for his glory while on earth. How do we store up heavenly rewards? Join guest preacher Dr. Andy Davis in studying Revelation 22:12.

If Jesus were to preach an Easter sermon, how would He preach it? If Jesus were trying to convince Bostonians in 2019 of the veracity of His historical and physical resurrection, what would He say? I think He would preach a sermon. That's what He did the very first Easter Sunday, when He met two skeptics on the road to Emmaus. He revealed Himself from the Holy Scriptures, by the Holy Spirit, before He revealed His Holy Self. He gave them objective truth for the mind, and then enforced it with subjective truth for the heart.

From time immemorial, Christians haven't just commemorated the death of Jesus Christ—they have actually celebrated it. That's strange, no? Why would you celebrate death? We celebrate the births of Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr. We certainly don't celebrate their assassinations. When your beloved leader is martyred, you don't celebrate their death, you mourn it. You grieve. You weep. You remember, yes, but definitely not celebrate. So what makes the death of Jesus Christ worth celebrating? Why will billions around the world be celebrating His death on Friday?

We're all tempted by the forbidden fruit. Often, it's not the fruit itself that irresistibly draws us, but the fact that it's forbidden. "Don't do this" is sometimes the only reason we're tempted to do. At the end of Matthew 21, Jesus tells the Parable of the Tenants. He reveals our innate suicidal enmity toward God, and graciously offers to save us from ourselves. He allows His destruction to save us from our self-destruction, thus providing the only means for our enmity toward God to be replaced with love.

The metaphor that comes closest to describing God's inexhaustible love for us is that of God as bridegroom. Only when we realize that God loves us with the most powerful spousal love can we begin to grasp the sinfulness of sin. Our sin doesn't just have moral or spiritual consequences, it has deeply personal consequences. Every time we stray from God, we commit spiritual adultery. We don't just break His commandments, we break His heart.