Mosaic Boston

There’s this great passage in the book of Ecclesiastes where King Solomon talks about the many benefits of deep friendship and authentic community. He says: “though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” His point is that we’ll all face hardships in life, but they’re much easier to overcome with good friends by your side. We are exponentially stronger together. We see the strength of this unity in the book of Acts. Their hearts are as one. Does conflict arise? Of course! However, by the grace of God and the power of the Holy Spirit, they deal with the conflict head on, with love, peace, and grace. Today, we’re continuing to look at Acts 6:1-7, and my prayer is for us to learn to deal with conflict well. Obviously, the big idea isn’t to just deal with the conflict and move on. The point is to love deeper and to grow tighter with the people God has sent into our lives, so we become like a “threefold [maybe even more!] cord not quickly broke

I love our church. I love our church because I love the people in our church. Mosaic Church been blessed with some incredible people. Yes, the people at Mosaic are really good looking, brilliant, loving, caring, selfless, interesting, etc. (I could go on and on, but you would get a big head… and that’s a sin). Though we are a diverse bunch, one of the most strikingly consistent traits exhibited by the people at Mosaic: we are truly happy. Have you ever noticed this? We’ve got some really happy people! As we continue our study in the book of Acts, the text this week describes the life of the early church. In verse 46, we learn that they were people with “glad hearts”; they were happy. What made them so happy?

Today's sermon is based on the first sermon in the book of Acts, preached by the Apostle Peter. At the end of the sermon, it says the crowd was “cut to the heart.” Literally, the Greek word means they were stabbed, as with a sharp object. I believe the imagery used is that of a surgeon, doing a heart transplant. As they heard of God’s blazing holiness, and their grave sin, and God’s unconditional love, God pierced their inner being, removed the cold heart of stone and replaced it with a heart on fire for Jesus.

Have you ever been away from home for a really, really long time? Have you ever felt homesick? That’s the worst, isn’t it? As great as they are, the places you’ve visited, and the people you’ve met just never quite feel like home. What’s the remedy for that lingering feeling? Coming home, of course! Now, do you remember that feeling? The feeling of coming home? There’s nothing quite like it. With a huge sigh of relief, you drops your bags, kick off your shoes, and you feel like you can finally rest. The feeling of coming home is infinitely better if you’ve got someone at home who loves you and misses you. Scripture tells us that repentance feels like coming home. At Mosaic Boston, we also believe that church should feel like coming home. Today, as we conclude the Series in the Parables, we will study Luke 15 where God is a Father and He rejoices when His children come home. He stands arms wide open, and says, “Welcome home my dear child. I’ve been waiting.” We learn that home isn’t just where the heart is; h

Today, we continue our study of Jesus’ parables with one of His most demanding and provocative: the parable of the Good Samaritan. The big idea is that Jesus, the ultimate Good Samaritan has showed us the greatest mercy when we were in the most dire need, and the deeper we are moved by His mercy, the more merciful we become, even to those seemingly least deserving, like James E. Holmes. May we be a people of Micah 6:8, who “do justice, and love kindness, and walk humbly with our God.