The Grove Church / Dallas, Texas

I think the perfect way to wrap up and punctuate our series on Exodus, is to invite you into a conversation with me and my friend, Rabbi Asher Knight. I loved our conversation about the story of Exod…

"If you build it, he will come." The classic line from the movie, Field of Dreams, steals the idea from the book of Exodus. In the final chapters of Exodus, God gives an exhaustive list of instructio…

This week, God has given the Israelites the Ten Commandments. They were a radical leap forward in human ethics at the time they were given. Today, we tend to look at them as trite or antiquated, but …

So far in this sermon series, we have journeyed with the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt. This week, we meet them in the wilderness, where they have been wandering for 45 days. They are hungry, ou…

What do you do when you don't know the way out? How do you move forward when you feel stuck? What once worked isn't working now. You are out of ideas, out of energy, and out of hope. If this place fe…

Questions can uncover the truth in ways thoughts and ideas can't. This Sunday, we will look at one of the most important questions ever asked to help us discover something worth building our life on.…

Have you had enough? Are you over all of this - the social distancing, the uncertainty, the anxiety that comes from not having answers? It's exhausting. And when we get exhausted, we are in danger of…

Has it all felt like a waste? The last two months, all of your plans, the way you thought this spring would go, all wasted. What if this isn't a waste, but instead, it's a launching pad for something…

In Hollywood, suspense is the key ingredient to success. No one wants to watch a movie where they know exactly what will happen. In real life, though, suspense can feel disorienting. When we don't kn…

This week we start a new series on Exodus. Maybe it's been a while since you've read this story in your Bible, but it's the perfect story for us right now. Exodus is the story of God drawing his peop…

These are unusual and stressful times. Many people have lost hope. How does the story of Easter relate to us today? 

Have you ever felt the storm coming? How do you react? Do you respond to the storms of life in fear? Jesus felt fear, too. How can Jesus's reaction to His fear during Holy Week teach us to respond?

When times are difficult, when things aren't going your way, what do you do? Where do you put your trust? Is your trust conditional? Oftentimes, we allow ourselves to think, "Only if [the thing I wan…

We are in a new, strange reality these days. As we adjust to this new normal, how do we navigate it? How do we respond to the uncertainty as people of faith? Let's take a look at what scripture says …

While spending Sunday morning in our homes instead of being together at The Grove is not ideal, I am confident it is the wisest choice. I hope you find this sermon encouraging. During uncertain times…

Few passages in scripture are more famous than the Beatitudes. The Beatitudes are the list Jesus gives of, “Blessed are...” They are also among the most misunderstood. Let's set the record straight o…

Throughout the gospels, Jesus talks about the Kingdom of God more than anything else. We find the concept of this kingdom in the beginning of scripture and at the end of scripture. We think we know w…