As we come to the end of Exodus and the end of the School year, it is test time! It doesn’t seem this is the case anymore, but some of you might remember when you had to pass a test at the end of the year to see if you would move on to the…Af Trinity Church of Lake Nona

This week, we move into one of Exodus’s most infamous and sad stories: the story of the golden calf. Here, we are given a graphic portrayal of our fickleness and foolishness.We will use the imagery of a clown show to help us get to the heart of this passage. This is what sin does. It…Af Trinity Church of Lake Nona

Throughout history humans have constructed some amazing buildings: the Great Pyramids, the Parthenon, the Taj Mahal, the World Trade Center,but the most important structure ever built was the structure we will look at this week: the Tabernacle of God. This is the only building ever designed by God Himself and constructed according to His architectu…

Throughout history humans have constructed some amazing buildings: the Great Pyramids, the Parthenon, the Taj Mahal, the World Trade Center,but the most important structure ever built was the structure we will look at this week: the Tabernacle of God. This is the only building ever designed by God Himself and constructed according to His architectu…

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Spiritual but not religious? Now that we have finished our deep dive into the Ten Commandments, we are going to get back into the story of Exodus. My goal this week is to reorient you to the rest of the book and to introduce our key theme for the rest of April and May. We…Af Trinity Church of Lake Nona

This week, we will wrap up our series on the Ten Commandments. The final commandment focuses on one of the most serious soul conditions: coveting. This is a cancer of the soul and must be aggressively dealt with. However, it is very hard to detect and even harder to treat. Here is our outline: 1.…Af Trinity Church of Lake Nona

Is it possible to begin again? Can you come back after deep disappointment or overwhelming failure? Last week, we looked at Peter’s denial of Jesus. The last we saw of Peter, he was a broken man. This week, we will see how the resurrected Jesus restored Peter. In doing so, we will see how Jesus can…Af Trinity Church of Lake Nona

As we turn our attention to Holy Week, we will compare the trial of Jesus and the trial of Peter. Mark intentionally structures these two trial accounts as contrasting stories. Peter is on trial just like Jesus, and the key question is: does he have what it takes to be a faithful witness? And what we……

“Do not steal…” This week is a celebratory week in our church, as we celebrate baptism and new members! We will also continue our series on the 10 Commandments by looking at commandment eight: do not steal. Everyone knows stealing is wrong, so surely this commandment will not be as applicable as the others…right? Maybe……

“Do not commit adultry…” DEARELY beloved friends, we are gathered together here in the sight of God, and in the face of his congregation, to join together this man and this woman in holy matrimony, which is an honorable state, instituted of God in Paradise, in the time of manes innocence, …Af Trinity Church of Lake Nona

“Do not murder…” This is one of the shortest verses in the entire Bible. It is just two words in the Hebrew. And yet, the scope is nearly limitless. This week, we will open up this commandment by examining the first murder: Cain killing Abel. We will see that this is the second fall narrative, culminating……

“Honor your father and your mothers…” This week, we turn our attention to the fifth commandment. This command focuses on our view of authority. To many, this command seems so stuffy, so conservative, so oppressive. If you look at our hero’s and listen to our songs you would think that our real national anthems have the theme……

“Remember the Sabbath…” This week, we turn our attention to the fourth commandment. All of the commandments are important, but this one might be the most significant for our times. We live in an age where everyone feels rushed, overwhelmed, and busy. This command touches on our labor and our leisure. It is meant to……

You shall not take the Lord’s name in vain… When most people think about the third commandment, they primarily think of not cussing. This commandment touches on our words, but it is so much more. We will see this week that this commandment is more than the words we use…it focuses on who we are.…Af Trinity Church of Lake Nona

Recently famed director Martin Scorsese announced he is working on a new film about Jesus. Hollywood depictions of Jesus make me nervous. Sometimes, you get faithful attempts to depict Jesus, but other times, you get irreverent folly, like Will Ferrel’s prayer to “sweet Baby Jesus.” But the temptation and the danger of making a false……

Jay Heinrichs is one of the most successful marketers and salesmen in the world. His pathway into sales began with a disastrous Father’s Day gift and a shrewd salesman who taught him that image is everything. The second commandment is all about the power of images. And few things could be more relevant for us because……

Learning to share is hard. I knew this part of parenting would be a challenge. But over the past few years, as I have tried to learn this myself, and teach other small humans how to do it, there are some aspects of learning to share that I wasn’t ready for. For example, one of the troubles…Af Trinity Church of Lake Nona

I hope your new 2024 year is off to a great start! I am excited to get back into the book of Exodus, and we will begin this year by taking a deep dive into the 10 Commandments. Several years ago, when I was in youth ministry, one of our students had one of the…Af Trinity Church of Lake Nona

We will continue our focus on Joy and look at Philippians. And our theme this week will be the connection between peace and joy. Those are two words you hear every Christmas season, but how do they relate? How can you have them? To help us unpack this, we will think about the Goal of joy, and…Af Trinity Church of Lake Nona

When I was a kid, we used to sing a song: I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart! Where? Down in my heart! Where?Down in my heart! We don’t really sing that song much anymore. Maybe it is a little too silly? Or maybe we are a little…Af Trinity Church of Lake Nona

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with family, friends, and lots of really good food! This Sunday, we finished the first major section of Exodus and point forward to our Advent series on Joy. Fittingly, we arrive at the institution of the first Passover meal, which could be the original Thanksgiving meal. And central to……

Marketers tell us that the before and after photos are among the most powerful tools to motivate change and sell products. We love a dramatic before and after photo. And in Exodus 2 through 11, we see a dramatic before and after. We begin with an overconfident, impulsive Moses who dramatically acts and drastically fails, which leads to a……

As we journey through Exodus, we come to the Ten Plagues. The plagues run from the stomach-turning discomfort of spoiled water, to the cringe-inducing invasion of frogs to the exasperating annoyance of the lice and flies, to the economically damaging animal sickness, the personally debilitating pandemic of boils, to the environmentally disastrous h…

As we move through Exodus, we have come to the point where Moses must confront his fears. He claims he is afraid that neither the people nor Pharaoh will listen to him, and he will fail. But is that what he is really afraid of? Or is there something deeper? If I asked you: What are you…Af Trinity Church of Lake Nona

As we move into the final section of the introduction to Exodus, it might be helpful to get a basic map of where we are and where God wants us to go. There are two basic movements from 4:18-7:7. First, we have Moses’s arrival back in Egypt and his first encounter with Pharaoh (4:18-5:21). This…Af Trinity Church of Lake Nona

The character of Moses lives in the memory of both Jewish and Christian believers as a towering figure. He is remembered as a mighty leader, a great teacher, and a colossal man. But it is important to remember where he started. In chapters 3 and 4, we encounter a Moses who is deeply insecure, uncertain……

The stories in the early part of Exodus speak to us in our times of greatest and most urgent need. They speak to us when we are tempted to say: God has forsaken…God has forgotten…Why me? Why? Why now? This doesn’t make sense… Exodus 1-6 quietly reminds us that these feelings are not true. In fact,…Af Trinity Church of Lake Nona

As we continue in the book of Exodus, Moses is a fugitive on the run, a man of ambition whose life has descended into obscurity. As chapter three opens, he is leading his father-in-law’s flock through a desolate, rocky wilderness. And then, something happens. He sees something. Something unexpected…something he couldn’t anticipate, plan, or control…

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Last week we looked at the big picture of Exodus. This week, we dive into chapters 1 and 2. Chapters 1 and 2 are a remarkable story. It is a story that delights, showing how the weak and powerless defy the wicked.It is a story that horrifies, showing terrible suffering and portraying unspeakable evil.It is a story that……

This Sunday, we are kicking off a new study through the book of Exodus! Exodus is one of the most exciting, dramatic, and important books in the Bible and all of world literature. In it we are given answers to some of life’s most important questions:who God really is, who we really are, what we…Af Trinity Church of Lake Nona

Baptism Sunday is here! Baptism paints a beautiful picture of what God has done, through His Son, to make us right in His sight. It is a picture of our union with Christ, our cleansing from sin, and our adoption into the family of God.Af Trinity Church of Lake Nona

Have you ever wondered: Why do we give gifts on Christmas? Christmas is the only holiday we celebrate by giving gifts to others. We don’t do that on Halloween or Thanksgiving or the Fourth of July, or Labor Day. Why? We celebrate birthdays by being given gifts, but not giving them. The Hobbits had it right.……

Last week, we asked the question: How healthy is your heart? We saw that of all the opportunities and challenges you will face, of all of the conditions and circumstances you will expereince, the condition of your heart is the most important. Your heart is the center of your physical, emotional, intellectual, and moral activities. Everything……

Last week Cynthia and I received a letter from AARP. I am sure they had the wrong address…but they asked me an important question: How healthy is your heart? They let me know that heart disease is the leading cause of death for people over the age of 45 — and Americans spend, on average, 240…Af Trinity Church of Lake Nona

God has called his people to seek his face in worship, grow in his grace, and serve his people. One of the primary ways we seek his face and grow in his grace is through Jesus’ ministry of teaching. With school kicking off this week, it is a good time to remind ourselves how important…Af Trinity Church of Lake Nona

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Hearing Dale Peacock, Will Romualdo, and Dan Maloy preach these past 3 weeks has been such a blessing!This Sunday, we are excited to wrap up our Mission’s Month with Peter Willis preaching. “The Sustaining Power & Presence of Christ” based on Mark 4:35-41. I invite you to read over this passage to prepare your heart. In……

This Sunday we are excited to hear from Will Romualdo! Will, together with his wife Debora and son Nathan (6), are joining Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) next year. Tomorrow he will share with us the history of MAF, how and why it started, and the story of Nate Saint. He will also share their testimony of how God called……

We are asking the Lord to encourage and strengthen our hearts as we hear from our very own missionaries at Trinity about what God is doing and how He is advancing His gospel throughout the globe. This week, we welcome Dale Peacock! Dale works with Wycliffe Bible Translators, and he and his beautiful wife Miranda……

This Psalm will be our theme all of August, so this Sunday will be an appetizer for what is to come. Psalm 27 begins in fear and ends in betrayal, and in the middle, there is…beauty? Huh? How does David get here? Developmental psychologist Jerry Colonna says there arethree primal things every human needs: And in……

Truth: Our joy and value are not in our life performances but in the grace poured in us by Jesus Christ. Text: Philippians 3 Outline:Af Trinity Church of Lake Nona

Be Strengthened by Your Community of Faith.Truth: The Community of Faith is strengthened by Jesus’ headship as the church displays God’s glory and power. Ephesians 2:20-22 I. Community of faith of called people.II. Community of faith built on grace.III.Community of faith sent by Jesus.Af Trinity Church of Lake Nona

We are excited to introduce you to Edwardo Rivera. Edwardo is a church planting resident with the Orlando Church Planting Network. OCPN is a network of churches working together to saturate our city with healthy, Gospel-centered churches. For more about OCPN, click here. And he will be preaching for the next three weeks. He has served in the……

This week we are wrapping up our series on Ezra and Nehemiah. The story of Ezra and Nehemiah is epic, if it was adapted to a screenplay, the obvious place to end would be found in Nehemiah chapter 10. The camera would pan out as the entire community boldly promises: “We will not neglect the house of our……

The ancient Greeks had a saying: cabbage served twice is death. Leftover cabbage was hard to revive. But stale cabbage is not the only thing had to revive. Our souls can grow stale. Our prayers can stall out. Our spiritual vitality can decay. All of us, if we are honest, know the experience of lifelessness that can……

Nehemiah 8-10 tells us about one of the more remarkable times of revival in all of history. Throughout the long, dark days of exile, days of longing and languishing, Nehemiah’s ambition and Ezra’s calling is not simply to reconstruct the city’s defenses but to revitalize the spiritual community. And chapters 8-10 show how that revitalization can ha…

As we make our way through Ezra and Nehemiah, we are finally introduced to our title character: Ezra. This week we will meet Ezra, the man, and his mission. His pedigree is impressive, tracing all the way back to Aaron, the first High Priest. He is a skillful expert in the Bible and a first-rate…Af Trinity Church of Lake Nona

Life can be hard. Even the best life is filled with discouragement. Ezra 4 and Nehemiah 4 teach us how to battle discouragement, especially when it comes to those who are committed to doing good. Ezra 4 is about the discouragement that comes through persecution. It is persecution that is public and political. It chronicles……