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UnLearning: Joy

This Sunday, we continued our “UnLearning” series by discussing joy. What is joy? Is there a way to make space for joy that doesn’t just feel like toxic positivity or just another thing that we aren’t living up to? We apologize that the sound and video aren’t their usual quality this week. We experienced a power outage and had to go unplugged. The sermon begins at the 22:54 mark.

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UnLearning: Faith

Is faith primarily about holding a specific set of beliefs or doctrines? Is it about believing hard to believe things? Or is faith something more, something transformative? The sermon begins at the 33:30 mark.

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UnLearning: Despair

This week we continued our “UnLearning” series by talking about “Unlearning Despair.” We are living in a difficult and unprecedented moment in our lifetime. For many of us, there are days when the constant barrage of bad news just makes us want to give up on the possibility of things getting better. Is there a way to approach this moment hopefully, without pretending or bypassing? The sermon begins at the 35:39 mark.

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Unlearning: God's Wrath

Many people have inherited an understanding of God that can only be described as “wrathful.” In this teaching we discuss the roots of that idea, and offer an alternative understanding of how God deals with injustice and evil, while not becoming those very things in response. The good news: God is not full of wrath, but love. Sermon begins at the 38:18 mark.

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UnLearning: God and Country

This week in our “UnLearning” series we turn our focus to the relationship between God and country. With the troubling rise of Christian Nationalism in the US, this is such an important and timely conversation. The sermon begins at the 22:50 mark.

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Pride Sunday

It’s Pride weekend in Nashville which means it’s Pride Sunday at GracePointe! This year Lead Pastor Josh Scott is joined by two of GracePointe’s staff members, Music and Arts Director Ricky Braddy and Kids and Youth Director Tiffany Dowdy, to talk about their experience of being both queer and working in vocational ministry, and why celebrating Pride as a church community really matters. The conversation begins at the 39:19 mark.

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