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The Passover: A Feast to Remember Feb 15, 2026

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In The Feast series, this sermon explores Passover as one of Scripture’s central meals of remembrance, rooted in Exodus 12–14 and echoed through the biblical story from Genesis to Revelation. Israel’s rescue begins with a people oppressed in Egypt, Pharaoh’s refusal to release them, and God’s decisive deliverance—yet Exodus interrupts the action with detailed meal instructions. That “cookbook in the middle” isn’t a distraction but a theological strategy: the meal is how future generations enter the story, not merely hear about it. Passover forms identity through embodied memory—bread, lamb, bitter herbs, and readiness to depart—so salvation is remembered as our story, not someone else’s history.

The sermon then shows how Passover points to Jesus and the church’s practices of communion and baptism. Jesus chooses Passover week to give himself, filling the symbols with new meaning: the lamb, the blood, the deliverance, and the passing over. Drawing on passages like John 1:29 and 1 Corinthians 5:7, the sermon frames Jesus as the true Passover lamb whose death confronts oppression and whose resurrection opens a way through death itself. Like Israel passing through the waters, and like believers going under the waters in baptism, the gospel announces that God makes a way where there was no way—bringing his people from slavery to freedom, and ultimately from death to life.

Redemption Promised Feb 09, 2026

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Nicholas welcomes the church and frames the day’s message within DSBC’s “Feast through the Bible” series by zooming in on Exodus 6:1–13. He reminds the congregation that God sees, hears, and is concerned about the suffering of his people (Exod. 3:7–8), and he connects Israel’s slavery in Egypt to the believer’s experience of hardship, spiritual oppression, and discouragement.

Nicholas highlights a hard truth from Exodus: sometimes, after God gives a promise and calls us forward, circumstances can get worse before deliverance comes (Exod. 5). Yet God answers Moses with assurance—“now you will see what I will do”—and repeats his covenant commitment to redeem, free, and bring his people into a good land (Exod. 6). He then points to Jesus as the greater Deliverer, whose death and resurrection secure victory over sin and death (1 Cor. 15:57), encouraging the church to hold onto God’s promise-keeping power even when life feels like it’s moving from bad to worse.

The Plague of Hunger Feb 02, 2026

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In this message from The Feast series, Caleb traces the story from Genesis to Exodus, showing how God’s ordered, abundant feast in Eden contrasts sharply with Pharaoh’s chaotic domination in Egypt.

When humans distrust God’s provision, they grasp, control, and oppress—and Pharaoh becomes the embodiment of that disorder, leveraging fear and violence to hoard power. The plagues, then, are not random acts of rage but a dramatic “wake-up call,” an undoing of creation that exposes what life looks like when God’s order is rejected. Through humor and a vivid object lesson with the kids, Caleb highlights a deeper truth: chaos can replicate chaos, but only God restores order. Ultimately, he points to Jesus as the true and final reordering of creation—the One who enters into our disorder, suffers under oppressive power, and rises to restore us to the feast.

The Feast in the Garden Jan 26, 2026

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In this opening message of The Feast series, Pastor Caleb invites the church to see eating not as a mundane activity but as a theological act—a daily ritual of dependence that reminds us we are sustained by God’s generous provision.

Tracing the theme of feasting from Genesis to Jesus, he shows how our origin story begins not in scarcity but in a garden banquet prepared by a hospitable King who commands humanity to “eat” and enjoy his abundance.

Sin, however, introduces the anxiety of scarcity—the fear that God will not provide—which leads us to grasp, hoard, and exclude. Yet the story does not end there. Throughout Scripture, God calls us back to the table, ultimately providing not only food but himself. In Jesus, the Bread of Life, God answers our deepest fear with radical generosity, inviting us again to trust, to share, and to live as people shaped by abundance rather than anxiety.

Mary's Song and the Fall of Empires Dec 21, 2025

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In Luke 1:39–56, Mary’s courageous journey to Elizabeth becomes a picture of refuge—two vulnerable women finding safety in God’s promise when the future still feels terrifying. Mary’s song (the Magnificat) reveals a God who sees the lowly, scatters the proud, satisfies the hungry, and flips the script on how power works in the world. Advent invites us to name our longings honestly and worship in the confusing middle, trusting that God is at work even when we can’t yet see the outcome.

Be Not Afraid: Refuge in the Upside-Down Kingdom Dec 14, 2025

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In Luke 1:26–38, the angel Gabriel announces that God has seen the suffering of his people and that the long-awaited kingdom is arriving—not through domination, but through a teenage girl in an overlooked town. Mary’s courageous “yes” reveals that God’s rescue will not mirror the violence of empire, but will come through humility, incarnation, and ultimately the cross. Advent invites us to move from “How long, O Lord?” to “May it be so with me,” trusting that God’s way of restoration is better than our instincts for power.

Refuge in the Wilderness: Jesus, Exodus, and the Bread of Life Dec 07, 2025

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In week two of Advent, we explore how God provides refuge when life feels scary, uncertain, or out of control—through the surprising detail that the Christmas story includes a midnight escape to Egypt. Matthew tells Jesus’ early life with “Exodus breadcrumbs,” echoing Israel’s story of oppression, deliverance, and God’s daily provision in the wilderness. The sermon invites us to stop only praying “get me out,” and instead learn to look for Jesus as the bread of life—God’s presence, power, and peace with us in the middle of the wilderness.

Seeking Refuge (Clint and Bikonzi) Nov 30, 2025

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Special guests Clint and Bikonzi explore the idea of refugia—small, protected pockets where life survives and then spreads in the aftermath of devastation. Bikonzi, a Congolese refugee, shares how God worked in his life, and how Scripture calls the church to become those pockets of refuge, people who welcome the stranger, practice embodied mercy, and let God’s light move through “small, hidden acts” into a hurting world.

A Wise Life Nov 23, 2025

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A Fruitful Life Nov 16, 2025

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