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This week Jeff Miller explores the book of Philemon from the perspective of Onesimus. The courage it took to go back to Philemon and read the letter Paul wrote. Will Philemon accept him as a brother or return Onesimus to work as a slave?

Who is Mosaic? What are our stories and what practices do we want to be defined by as a church? Stefan and Brooke's story - https://vimeo.com/286036943

Many times we try to find God in the extraordinary when He is waiting for us in the ordinary. How can we experience God's presence through the simple pleasures of life?

Philemon is a fascinating book. At only 335 words it speaks volumes about grace, reconciliation, humility, and ultimately how to handle power.

How do we experience God in the everyday ordinary moments of conflict? Whether interpersonal or with structures and systems God's presence inspires us not to avoid but to step into difficult situations and conversations.

What if God can use us to shape the trajectory of someone's life through an ordinary conversation over coffee or a meal? That's what happened to our Associate Pastor Bill Radtke. He and Curt share the message this week and Bill has an announcement about something new God is doing in him and his family.

Many times we try to find God in the extraordinary when He is waiting for us in the ordinary. How can we experience deep faith through embracing the interruptions in life?

Many times we try to find God in the extraordinary when He is waiting for us in the ordinary. How can we experience deep faith through embracing the interruptions in life?

Many times we try to find God in the extraordinary when He is waiting for us in the ordinary. How can we experience deep faith through embracing the interruptions in life?

Many times we try to find God in the extraordinary when He is waiting for us in the ordinary. How can we experience deep faith through embracing the sacred routine of rest?

In the final message of our Wisdom series Bill Radtke leads us through a main theme of the Book of Ecclesiastes. The Gift of God. What is it... Listen and see.

This Mother's Day message is brought to you by one of Mosaic wisest Momma's Karissa Bettendorf. Karissa introduces us to the book of Ecclesiastes. An often misunderstood book of the bible Karissa dives into how the book guides us to be wise in the areas of our life we cannot control.

This week our special guest speaker and Job expert Eric Smith from Pillar Seminary unpacks how Job's friends had correct theology misapplied. And how we can actually be wise (unlike Job's friends) and help those going through suffering.

This week our special guest speaker and Job expert Eric Smith from Pillar Seminary unpacks the wisdom in the book of Job. The Proverbial wisdom of "do good get good" gets thrown on it's head when Job does everything right but gets nothing but atrocities in return. The book of Job is necessary because we can all point to times in our life where we did all the right things but got nothing but bad results. What can we learn from a man who did everything right and then lost everything in return? What does Job demand of God? What does God tell Job about why he suffered? And what is Job's response to God in the end? Job is a heavy book. But it speaks right to the heart of living a life of wisdom and selflessness.

What is wisdom? When we think of the wisest person we know many of us wouldn't consider that person the richest, most intelligent, or most successful people we know. Then what is this elusive attritube? Why is it worth pursuing? How do we get it? The book of Proverbs describes wisdom as a skill we can attain. Like a craftsman learning a trade we can learn to be wise regardless of our circumstances. Proverbs also decribes wiisdom as being threaded into the fabric of the universe. Something we can tap into and use to create a good life. Mostly Proverbs puts up a mirror to our life and allows us to self reflect. Where are we wise and where are we foolish? Are you up for doing some challenging inner work with us as we explore this first book of wisdom?

The book of Proverbs is not meant to be read as a 365 day reading plan. It's meant to be read much more slowly and meditatively. Today's goal is to teach you how to read the book of Proverbs and allow it to hold up a mirror to your soul. We also set out to tackle themes in Proverbs like Fear of the Lord, Grace, and being rescued from the tyranny of the urgent.

In the tension of Good Friday and Easter, are we willing to let Jesus tend the garden of our hearts. Do we trust that Jesus is stronger than every chaotic power at work in our lives? And should the worst thing come, the worst thing is never the last thing. For more information please visit us online at www.mosaiclincoln.com

God is doing something in you and calling you to a unique path to walk. Something that is good, beautiful and true that you can bring into the world. Jesus death invites us to be set free from spending so much of our energy in oppositional ways and pulls us into invitational energy. To invite the world to see all that is good, beautiful, and true.

Jesus' final words in the book of John were "IT IS FINISHED." Finished? Do we end the story of Jesus on the cross uttering finished? What did Jesus finish? What is John trying to get us to see in his writings that Jesus finished? This week we dive into what Jesus finished on the cross and how he is bringing us into something new. Jesus didn't just die for people to go to heaven. It so much bigger and better than we could have ever hoped for or expected.

Why exactly did Jesus have to die? Why did God orchestrate things that way? Why blood? Did God kill Jesus instead of killing me? Many times we jump to conclusion about God or Jesus based on limited information. This week we address the hard to understand parts of the cross and how God is always on a mission to live among his people. This week we dive deep into the ancient practice of animal sacrifice, The Day of Atonement, the Tabernacle, and how it all points to amazing grace and fulfillment in the cross. ---- For further information see sources below. Dr. Eric Smith - "Jesus Prequel" book and Pillar Podcast (http://www.pillarseminary.org/podcast/2017/10/1/breaking-the-old-testament-with-the-new-abraham-isaac-and-the-atonement) N.T. Wright - "The Day the Revolution Began" The Bible Project - Animal Sacrifice (https://thebibleproject.com/blog/animal-sacrifice-really/) The Bible Project - Ransom Debt / Tabernacle Cleansing (https://thebibleproject.com/blog/old-rituals-new-re