Sunday, October 11, 2026
Scriptures: Luke 24
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In the fourth sermon of our current series Learning to Listen, Jeremy shows how learning to listen to scripture requires us to move past simply quoting the bible at one another and embrace conversation. Looking at the disciples on the road to Emmaus, Jeremy shows how our human assumptions can blind us to the living presence of Jesus right beside us. Scriptural wisdom—like contrasting directives in Proverbs—invites us into nuanced, relational discernment. Jeremy explains how scripture is animated by God’s breath (theopneustos), inviting us into an ongoing, unfinished dialogue with a living God.
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Community is shaped by the conversations we share.
These questions are just a tool to help you meaningfully engage with the themes of this week's teaching.
Connect: When you open the Bible, does it feel more like reading instructions or joining a conversation? Why?Share: Jeremy looks at the disciples on the road to Emmaus whose expectation of who Jesus was supposed to be kept them from recognizing him walking right beside them. Have you ever had an experience where your assumptions or past expectations blinded you to something good or surprising happening right in front of you? What helped you finally see it clearly?
Reflect: Jeremy used Proverbs 26:4–5, which tells us both not to answer a fool according to his folly and to answer a fool according to his folly. How do you react when you encounter contradicting passages like these in the Bible? What role does wisdom play in our reading and engaging with scripture?
Engage: Consider this quote from Jeremy:
"The problem is that when we treat the Bible as a static, codified manual of eternal rules... we risk flattening it into a weapon to win debates rather than an entry point into dialogue with a living God. If Scripture is 'God-breathed,' it means it is animated by the same breath that brought dust to life in Genesis and dry bones to life in Ezekiel. It is meant to keep moving, unfurling, and reframing how we see the world."
How does viewing Scripture as an active, "God-breathed" conversation rather than a static rulebook change the way you read and apply it in your everyday life? Where might you be tempted to use your beliefs to "win an argument" rather than listen?
Take away: What is one thing that you're taking with you into your week, either from the sermon or our conversation?
Benediction Based on the Sermon
God of Wisdom,
Help us, as we walk beside one another,
to let the story reveal itself to us,
rather than stifle it with our ego.
Let us see and hear you clearly as you walk beside us,
inviting us into conversation with the living God and with our neighbours.
Continue to push us into new understanding, new reflections, and new honesty,
as we pursue a life of wisdom, love, and faith.
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Worship Songs
Curated by Alycia F.
Brooke Ligertwood - Looking
Commons Worship - Face to Face
Bryan and Katie Torwalt - Nothing is Holding Me Back
Mission House - Good God
Liturgy
Written by Jarrod Kokot
Loving God,
We breathe in the autumn air, and are reminded—by the changing of the seasons—the beauty of your exemplary life and death. And how rich a bounty that comes at the end of some things.
In our partaking of the fruit of field and vine,
we think of you and the great feast you’re preparing for us,
that we might learn to embrace all the hospitality and loving friendship that you extend to us,
and in turn, extend it to those around us this season.
We give you thanks for it, and for all the ways you provide for us.
In Jesus’ name we pray,
Amen.