Acts 1-2 Sermon Notes

We need to refine our understanding of church in light.

Our understanding of church is being challenge.

Pandemic means we can’t do what’s familiar and comfortable.

Racial justice movement is calling us to do what’s unfamiliar and uncomfortable.

Times of challenge often serve as times of refinement.

The refiner’s fire is an often used image in the biblical story.

Seasons of refinement become foundational moments for God’s people.

This is a foundational moment for Redeemer.

God is not interested in Redeemer getting back to normal. God wants Redeemer to be renewed and refined by this turbulent season.