Ekklesia Church at Raleigh

Ekklesia Church at Raleigh

by Ekklesia Church at Raleigh

Season 2025

The Ten Commandments - Part 7: Purity Culture, Smartphones, and the Seventh Commandment

Through personal stories, cultural critique, and a dose of humor, this message explores the seventh commandment: You shall not commit adultery. What might this ancient command teach us about sexuality, relationships, and what it means to be human?

The Ten Commandments - Part 6: You Shall Not Murder

This Sunday we take a look at the sixth commandment: "You shall not murder." On the surface this seems like a pretty easy one. But Jesus challenges us to look deeper into our hearts with this commandment. What is the deeper calling this commandment is pointing to?

The Ten Commandments - Part 5: The Fifth Commandment for Complicated Families

For some, keeping the Fifth Commandment — honoring their parents — is easy, and even joyful. For others, it is much more complicated. What does it to honor parents who have caused great harm? This honest exploration of the fifth commandment offers no easy answers, but suggests ways to move forward that honor truth and break cycles of harm.

The Ten Commandments: Part 4 - The Sabbath

This week in our series on the 10 commandments, we arrive at the sabbath command. Perhaps no other commandment is more difficult for us to discuss in our modern context, but that is also why it is so important. How can the sabbath help us rehumanize time and rehumanize ourselves in the process?

The Ten Commandments: Part 3 - Lunch Bags, Baseball Cards, and Carrying God's Name

What can a child's name on a lunch bag and the back of a baseball card teach us about not taking the Lord's name in vain? In this homily, we explore the deeper intent of the third commandment — how to "carry" God's name rightly.

The Ten Commandments: Part 2 - Images, Idols, and Jedi Knights (5/4/2025)

We're constantly surrounded by images—on social media, entertainment platforms, and news sources. But how often do we consider how these images are shaping us? In this sermon, Pastor Greg explores the deeper wisdom of the second commandment—not as a rule to follow, but as an invitation to recognize the image of God in one another.

The Ten Commandments: Part 1 - No Other Gods (4/27/2025)

Today we begin our new sermon series on the Ten Commandments with a discussion about "covenant" as well as the first commandment. Is having no other gods before God an ancient and irrelevant command? Or is it still as relevant as ever?

Seven Last Words: Part 7 - Easter Sunday! (4/20/2025)

What does it mean to 'proclaim Christ's death' on a day when we celebrate resurrection? This Easter message explores how the cross and empty tomb challenge us with what should — and should not — be resurrected in us.

Seven Last Words: Part 6 - It Is Finished (4/13/2025)

Jesus’s last words on the cross in the gospel of John are, “It is finished.” In Greek, this is just a single word: tetelestai. What can this word, along with a tree in New York City, teach us about the Gospel?

Seven Last Words: Part 5 - I Thirst (4/6/2025)

Jesus' words from the cross, "I thirst," fulfill a vengeful Psalm of David in an unexpected way, bringing humanity's storyline of violence and retaliation to an end. Through the cross, Christ forges a new path — one of reconciliation and healing. How can we step deeper into this new path?

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