Rev. Venida continues our series, Rethinking Atonement, with reflections on suffering and sanctification.

Did you know that penal substitutionary atonement is not the original theory of atonement? Kai Ngu provides a historical overview of different theories of atonement as well as guiding principles for reconstructing a model of atonement.

Rev. Venida culminates the Higher Love sermon series with a re-membering and re-centering of our core calling as followers of Jesus — to love God, our neighbor, and ourselves. Grounded in 1 Corinthians 13, this message shares practical tools for living with love as our guiding mantra in every season of life.

I entered the room and immediately felt the temperature drop. Then came the fake excitement and hellos. The awkward hugs and the uncomfortable banter. Once a place I felt so welcome, now a place of confusion and pain.

Nytasha Obasi as she explores breaking up within a community, when you still have to see each other.