You were not created for yourself. You were also not created to be by yourself. The purpose behind your existence, along with every other human being in history, is for you to know and be known by both God and others. Relationality forms the very essence of what it means to be created in the image of the Triune God. Indeed, to even truly be is to be in relationship.
Better Together is a sermon series that explores the value of Christian community by looking beneath the surface at the most fundamental human relationships from a biblical perspective. What is the meaning of marriage and family? What is the value of friendship? Why is it important to belong to a local Christian fellowship? The answers to these questions will provide clarity and motivation to both think and live rightly in a dark and confusing time.
Series Playlist
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Marriage
Aug 1, 2021 • 40:55
Honoring Christ as preeminent in all things means honoring marriage by rightly defining it, keeping holy for it, and looking to where it points. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Better Together Scripture: Hebrews 13:4
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Family
Aug 8, 2021 • 47:35
The purpose and goal of earthly families is to point beyond themselves to the divine family that Jesus has come to invite and make a way for us into. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Better Together Scripture: Matthew 12:46-50
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Friendship
Aug 15, 2021 • 46:26
The all-powerful God of the universe desires friendship you. Everyone else in your life might let you down, but there is One who is a true friend who has covenantally bound himself to you, who will forever stick closer than a brother. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Better Together Scripture: Proverbs 18:24
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Partnership
Aug 22, 2021 • 48:03
Jesus calls his people to work out what he has begun and will complete–persevering as co-partners to spread, defend, and confirm the truth of the Gospel. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Better Together Scripture: Philippians 1:3-7
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Discipleship
Aug 29, 2021 • 42:58
Speaker: Aaron Meservey Series: Better Together Scripture: Hebrews 10:23-25
In 2004, the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series in 86 years. While the players on the field and management of the team were the central heroes, the narrative around the event was nearly always captured within a narrative about the city itself: its the woes and disappointments, the 86 year drought, and the breaking of the “curse”. Yes, the players were lauded as heroes, but their stories were folded into the ongoing saga of the city itself.
So you have decided to follow Jesus. Great! But what does that really mean for a Christian in 2021? Our world seems to be spinning out of control as 2020 has left us broken from our normal patterns and grasping for control. In order to move forward, we need to look back to when the church was first established.
In Acts 1, the final command of Jesus to his disciples prior to his ascension was for them to “go and wait.” Those are hardly words one would expect from a great leader with global aspirations for those committed to his movement. Yet that is exactly how Jesus ended his earthly ministry, and on this side of history we can clearly see the things he had in mind for his disciples.
Reverend Nate Williamson was born and raised in Morgantown, West Virginia. He received his bachelors degree from Asbury University in Media Communications. He also holds a Masters of Divinity from Wesley Biblical Seminary. He is an ordained elder in the EMC. Pastor Nate was a youth pastor for seven years at Elizabeth City Evangelical Methodist Church, North Carolina before returning to West Virginia as the associate pastor at Kingdom EMC from 2009 to 2012. He became senior pastor at Covenant EMC in December, 2012. He is the son of Dr. Edward and Loretta Williamson who founded Covenant EMC and Covenant Christian School. He is married to Leah Williamson and is the father of five children: Emma, Samantha, Ava, Hannah, and Judah. He has a passion for the study of Scripture, the reality of the new life through Christ, and getting people to see things from an eternal perspective.
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