Denver Community Church

December 4, 2022: Go Back a Different Way - Michael Hidalgo

This week, we read in Matthew about what we commonly refer to as the story of the Magi, in which wise men, or kings, from the east see a star appear, and follow it to Bethlehem so that they might worship a newborn king. Their interaction with Herod in Jerusalem brings up the question, are we those more interested in questions and worship, or being right? And how might our worship leave us different than when we came?

November 26, 2022: Take Her Home - Michael Hidalgo

In our current context dreams are often seen as “weird” or “odd” or simply a complex web of thoughts our brains sort through at the end of the day - somehow deciding what to keep and what to delete. But the stories at the beginning of Matthew’s Gospel suggest a very different way of viewing and understanding dreams; to the extent that they are central the Christmas story. Somehow, this dream suggests that we may need to pay attention to more than what is in the tangible world.

November 20, 2022: You Were Expecting Me? - Amanda Lum

This week, in Luke chapter 7, we find John the Baptist in a moment of questioning. Imprisoned by Herod and facing death, the question arises: “Is Jesus indeed the Messiah? And if so, why doesn’t deliverance look the way I expected it might?”

November 11, 2022: A Tale of Two Crowds - Michael Hidalgo

This week we look at Luke 7:11-17 and engage how many of us find ourselves experiencing the death of something - a dream, a hope, a job, a relationship, a marriage a future. How often are we in the large crowd mourning? What would it be like to encounter another crowd with Jesus - one humming with life? It can feel cheap to promise life in the midst of death, but we must not forget even in the darkest moments there is something of a promise of resurrection.

November 6, 2022: Faith in the One Who Sees You

This week we find a Roman Centurion, someone who is about as far from being in Jesus' "in" group as you can possibly be, expressing his faith in Jesus.

October 30, 2022: Good News for Postmodern Humanity - Brian McLaren

Join us as we welcome guest speaker Brian McLaren, author of “Do I Stay Christian”, as we walk through a passage in Acts where we find Jesus’ apostles ushering in a different economy, a different politic, and a dangerously subversive picture of God’s Kingdom versus the culture of the day.

October 23, 2022: Living the Future in the Present - Michael Hidalgo

This week we look at the invitation as followers of Christ to live into a future where we may not know what is coming, but we know who is coming.

October 16, 2022: When You Can’t Go Back - Michael Hidalgo

Sometimes the past looks glorious from the present. This is especially the case when the present isn’t so great. We see this in the lives of the people of Israel after being freed from their captivity in Egypt. They live in inhospitable conditions, totally and completely dependent on daily food provisions, drinking water from the rock, with an eye on an unknown place and an unknown future. Who wouldn’t look back and want to go there, no matter how bad that may have been. But what happens when you can’t go back?

October 9, 2022: The World Is Always Ending - Jonathan Merritt

Jesus tells his disciples that the Temple system, the center of Jewish Religious life, will come to an end. Like all things made by human hands it will not last forever; there will be an ending. This is a truth woven into the fabric of life. But as we will learn together, endings are what gives birth to new life, to new beginnings. 

October 2, 2022: Good, Rotten, Foolish and Wise - Michael Hidalgo

As Jesus finishes His 'Sermon on the Plain', he concludes by calling to attention not so much what we believe, but how we live. In a world where many of us have placed such emphasis on faith vs. works, Jesus asks us to examine if how we live might actually be the greatest indication of what we truly believe.