Dave Lomas and others share encouragements, insights, and meditations on how to respond as followers of Jesus to our current moment. (On Sundays, we post the teaching portion from our online Sunday services, which can be viewed in their entirety at realitysf.com starting at 10:30AM PST.)
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Dave Lomas teaches from Matthew 5:27-30 on our misshapen desires around sex and the hope we have in Christ to reform us. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3ZlvNkmReality SF
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Dave Lomas teaches from 2 Peter 1:3-4 on the redemptive possibilities of power when reordered in Christ’s love. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3ZjC4NwReality SF
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Dave Lomas taught from Matthew 6:19-34 on what is required of us, as followers of Jesus, to become generous. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3X5Ds3zReality SF
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Dave Lomas teaches on the power and persuasion of Mammon. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3X8NQYqReality SF
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Dave Lomas teaches from John 4:1-18 on desire and how it is only satisfied when met in Christ’s descending love. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3AylKxZReality SF
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Sergio Gomes taught from 1 Peter 5:8-14 on Peter’s final encouragement toward vigilance in our faith, and the source of strength a Christ-centered community can offer us. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3LYQDOCReality SF
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Mike Gleim taught from 1 Peter 5:1-7 on humility as the primary trait of a Christ-formed life and the nature and symptoms of its opposing force, pride. Slides available at https://bit.ly/4dwSciwReality SF
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Dale Gustafson taught from 1 Peter 4:12-19 on our response to suffering and the promise of God’s presence through the difficulty. Slides available at https://bit.ly/4cXWnUpReality SF
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Ruthie Kim teaches from 1 Peter 4:1-11 on what it means to fully and faithfully pursue God's will in our lives. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3xYHySDReality SF
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Sergio Gomes teaches from 1 Peter 3:13-22 on the opportunity, cost, and hope of doing good as followers of Christ. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3Y5N5S0Reality SF
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Sergio Gomes teaches from 1 Peter 3:8-16 on how the unmerited favor of God informs our identity and actions as followers of Christ. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3S1g8CdReality SF
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Mike Gleim teaches from 1 Peter 2:21-25 on the principle, practice, and power of suffering in our journey of following Christ. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3ROYMZ3Reality SF
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Ruthie Kim teaches from 1 Peter 2:11-17 on the impacts of displaced desires in our lives and the transformation possible in Christ. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3zff0EBReality SF
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Kevin Cooke teaches from 1 Peter 2:4-10 on followers of Christ as living stones and the journey of transformation as Jesus builds His church. Slides available at https://bit.ly/4cftItsReality SF
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In our series Becoming Who You Are, Tim Chaddick teaches from 1 Peter on the importance of maturity as a follower of Christ and that growth is necessary, possible, and worth it. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3VpJD1EReality SF
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In our series Becoming Who You Are, Mike Gleim teaches from 1 Peter 1:17-21 on the challenges for followers of Christ to live as resident aliens and be compelling witnesses for Jesus. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3V6gvwaReality SF
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In our series Becoming Who You Are, Mike Gleim teaches from 1 Peter 1:10-16 on what it means to be set apart by God and how holiness grows in us as followers of Jesus. Slides are available at https://bit.ly/3KkfwTSReality SF
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In our series Becoming Who You Are, Ruthie Kim teaches from 1 Peter 1:3-9 on the significance of the stories we tell ourselves in the midst of suffering. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3Kt3gRnReality SF
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In our series Becoming Who You Are, Dave Lomas teaches from 1 Peter 2:21-25 on the calling of followers of Jesus to pattern our lives after the cruciformity of Christ. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3QK4rPBReality SF
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In our series Becoming Who You Are, Dave Lomas teaches from 1 Peter on the power of trials to refine us and point us to a greater hope in Christ and His Kingdom. Slides available at https://bit.ly/44ucN3AReality SF
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In our series Becoming Who You Are, Dave Lomas teaches from 1 Peter on the subtle, undermining nature of Peter’s letter to the early church on household codes. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3UDGxb6Reality SF
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In our series Becoming Who You Are, Jessica Gracewski teaches from 1 Peter 1:1 on the life of Peter, the apostle, and his journey of self-discovery in Christ. Slides available at https://bit.ly/4aKBgE3Reality SF
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In our series Becoming Who You Are, Dave Lomas teaches from 1 Peter 1:1-3 on the countercultural nature and social implications of our relocation into the Kingdom of God. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3vUVbRKReality SF
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Dr. David Bennett teaches from Ezekiel 47 on what it means to be baptized into the Spirit, and the significance it has on us as followers of Jesus. Slides available at https://bit.ly/43UtchEReality SF
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Dave Lomas teaches from 1 Peter 1:3-9 on how the resurrection ushers in God’s future hope into our present reality. Slides available at https://bit.ly/4ahkgoGReality SF
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Dave Lomas, Dr. David Bennett, and Jessica Gracewski discuss the difficulties of teaching on identity, and the limitations of language on claiming our identity, especially in regards to sexuality.Reality SF
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In our series Losing Self, Knowing Self, Dr. David Bennett teaches from Matthew 21:1-11 on how our lenses, laws, and loves can obstruct the work of Jesus to reorient our fallen identities. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3IOxGwmReality SF
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Dave Lomas, Dr. David Bennett, and Melissa Weinisch discuss the story of Jacob, and the embodied of experiences of wrestling through our identity with God.Reality SF
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In our series Losing Self, Knowing Self, Melissa Weinisch teaches from Genesis 32:24-31 on the story of Jacob unlocking his identity by posturing and surrendering himself to God. Slides available at https://bit.ly/43lXQ30Reality SF
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Dave Lomas, Jessica Gracewski, and Mike Gleim discuss the recent response from our church to our current teaching series, and how greater vulnerability and obedience to God leads to greater knowledge of ourselves.Reality SF
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In our series Losing Self, Knowing Self, Dave Lomas teaches from Matthew 16:24-25 on the impact of misaligned identity formation and our access to selfhood through a relationship with Christ. Slides available at https://bit.ly/49PjYVWReality SF
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Dave Lomas, Jessica Gracewski, and Mike Gleim discuss the traditional and modern self, maturity in Christ, and the implications of tech on identity. The ending prayer meditation is from "Habits of the Household" by Justin Whitmel Earley: https://bit.ly/3IrJTH7Reality SF
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In our series Losing Self, Knowing Self, Dave Lomas teaches from Luke 15:11-32 on the journey of losing and finding ourselves in God’s love. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3V2mofjReality SF
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Dave Lomas, Jessica Gracewski, and Melissa Weinisch discuss the Divine Call, looking inward, and the role of community in identity formation. If you have questions or comments that you would like discussed in an upcoming episode, email us at hello@realitysf.com.Reality SF
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In our series Losing Self, Knowing Self, Dave Lomas teaches from Matthew 16:24-25 on the significance of the imago Dei in the Christian identity journey. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3UUInorReality SF
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The Still Processing series has returned to create more space to discuss our Sunday teaching series, “Losing Self, Knowing Self.” We hope this series helps clarify, assist, and provide more context for these deeper theological conversations. This week, Dave Lomas, Jessica Gracewski, and Mike Gleim discuss identity formation, the Cultural Imaginary,…
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In our series Losing Self, Knowing Self, Dave Lomas teaches from Ephesians 4:17-24 on the Christian identity and the complexities of modern identity formation. Slides available at https://bit.ly/49D6FHJReality SF
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In our series The Vision Is Love, Jessica Gracewski teaches from passages in the New Testament on being a people that embodies God’s love through consecration. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3OG45c1Reality SF
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In our series The Vision Is Love, Dave Lomas teaches from Ephesians 4 on the role of the church to be a visible display of God’s covenantal love. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3HMxD3CReality SF
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In our series The Vision Is Love, Mike Gleim teaches from John 15 on a complex love that creates community, a subversive love that follows Jesus, and a world of love that seeks renewal. Slides available at https://bit.ly/494D8GMReality SF
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In our series The Vision Is Love, Dave Lomas teaches from 1 John 4 on the crucial connection between the love of God and the love of our neighbor. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3tUQeYbReality SF
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In our series The Vision Is Love, Dave Lomas teaches from John 1:18 on the perfect example of love made known to us through the Trinity. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3vEP57zReality SF
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In our series The Vision Is Love, Dave Lomas teaches from 1 John 4 on the characteristics of God’s love and the importance of orienting our lives around the embodied love of Jesus. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3NVPUinReality SF
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Jessica Gracewski teaches from Luke 24:13-35 on the confrontation and comfort Jesus brings the disciples on the road to Emmaus. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3vhwheiReality SF
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Eugene Cho teaches from Luke 1:5-7, 11-18 on the care and peace Zechariah and Elizabeth experienced from God amidst cultural chaos and deep personal pain. Slides available at https://bit.ly/484aRzGReality SF
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Ruthie Kim teaches from Isaiah 9:1-7 on how in the dark times of life, God finds us, is with us, and is at work in us. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3GDIWKZReality SF
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Tim Chaddick teaches from Matthew 1:1,17-23 on the genealogy of Jesus as evidence of real history, raw honesty, and remarkable hope. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3R5tGLGReality SF
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Sergio Gomes teaches from Genesis 18:1-15 on the fulfilled promise and restored hope Sarah experiences after a strange encounter with God. Slides available at https://bit.ly/47xXNCnReality SF
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Al Abdulla teaches from Luke 19:1-10 on the story of Zacchaeus and how forming a secure, loving attachment with Jesus reframes our identity. Slides available at https://bit.ly/47qtSfoReality SF
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Mike Gleim teaches from 1 John 3:1-3 on acceptance, identity, and hope as resources available to us as followers of Jesus. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3QRlIa5Reality SF
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