Ekklesia Church at Raleigh

Ekklesia Church at Raleigh

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Season 2026

Fruit of the Spirit: Part 5 – Joy

It often seems like we live in a joyless society. Even in the church, Joy often seems to be in short supply. Why is this and what is the way forward? And, most importantly, what does this have to do with Taylor Swift?

Fruit of the Spirit: Part 4 – Love, the Rebuilt Word

We think we’re fluent in love — we’ve been studying it in every movie and love song our whole lives. But in Part 4 of our Galatians series, we see that the love Paul lists first isn’t the love that comes easy. It’s agape: love aimed at the people outside our circle, the ones who can't pay us back.

Fruit of the Spirit: Part 3 – Why Fruit?

In our last week of background sermons before delving into the individual “fruits” of the spirit, we ask the question, “Why fruit?” Why, with the world of metaphors at his fingertips, did Paul use Fruit as his chosen image for the spiritual life?

Fruit of the Spirit: Part 2 – Two Soils

What if true freedom isn't about escaping obligations, but leaning into them? In Two Soils (part two of our series), we look at ancient purity codes, Pixar’s Monsters, Inc., and why a freedom that isolates you isn't freedom at all.

Fruit of the Spirit: Part 1 – The Thing Behind the Thing

This Sunday we begin a new series on the fruit of the spirit. But before we discuss the fruit, we need to discuss the letter that Paul wrote them in. What is the letter to the Galatians about? And what does it have to say to us today?

Summer on the Mount: Part 14 – Put Skin On It

The Sermon on the Mount isn't just a collection of beautiful words to admire—it's a life to embody. In the final episode of our summer series, we look at the true source of Jesus’ authority and explore how ordinary, everyday acts of goodness move us from admiring God's Kingdom to actually living it out. Featuring a special guest conversation with Kathy of The Bridge International.

Summer on the Mount: Part 13 – Shaky Foundations

For many of us, the faith of our past failed to last because it was built upon the unstable foundations of easy answers or cynical criticism. But is there a better foundation upon which we can reconstruct our faith in a way that will endure the storms of life? By reflecting on Jesus’s parable of the two builders, Pastor Greg invites us to ponder that very question as we consider the type of faith that we’re building for ourselves as well as for future generations.

Summer on the Mount: Part 12 – Not everyone who says "Lord, Lord."

As Jesus concludes his sermon on the mount, he tells us that not everyone who says "Lord Lord," will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but only those who do the will of his father in heaven. This is a challenging text, particularly in a culture that highly values what we think and say. How can this text inspire us to prioritize our incarnational self over our conscious self?

Summer on the Mount: Part 11 – By Their Fruit

What if the people who look most like sheep are sometimes the ones we should be watching most carefully? Jesus warns about false prophets who come in sheep’s clothing—and then gives us a surprisingly simple test: look at the fruit. But that test doesn’t just belong to “them.” It belongs to us, too. What is our faith actually producing? What is growing in our lives, our churches, and the people who follow us? And can a generous theology become its own kind of sheep’s clothing if it never leads to transformation?

Summer on the Mount: Part 10 – The Narrow Road to Life

This Sunday, we move into the conclusion of the sermon on the mount. Jesus uses the images of gates and roads to make the choice before us apparent. In our world, what does it mean to enter the narrow gate and walk the narrow road?

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