Mosaic Boston

Summary: Psalm 34:8 says: "Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!" There is a seeing and tasting that is infinitely deeper than physical. Tasting God, who is supremely beautiful to the heart and exquisitely sweet to the soul, precedes seeing God. The only true way to master our harmful desires is to counter them with healthful desires. How can we learn to crave that which is best for us? Through the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and by the power of the Holy Spirit, God can recalibrate your taste buds, physical and spiritual. Only when this happens, can we talk about "tasting God." Audio Transcript: You're listening to Audio for Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit MosaicBoston.com. Heavenly Father, we pray that you send us the Holy Spirit to show us what the Holy Spirit desires and, Holy Spirit, you desire to vivify in us and liven in us, resurrect in us affections for God. And why

Summary: How do we wrestle with the realities and complexities of our family situations today? How do we properly sort through the blessedness and the brokenness? Is it worth it to dig up all the dirt in order to move forward? How do we identify and interact with our biological families and the world given that Scripture tells us that when we're united to God through Christ we become a member of a new family? Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit MosaicBoston.com. Man, it's hard to get up here and preach after Caleb and Pastor Shane pray, basically do a full sermon. Good morning. My name is Andy. I'm one of the pastors here at Mosaic. If you're new to Mosaic, we're thrilled to have you here. In our bulletins, we have a connection card. We want to get to know you. We went to live in community with you and let you know about what we ha

Audio Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com. Good morning. Welcome to Mosaic Church. My name is Jan, I'm one of the pastors here at Mosaic. And if you're new or if you're visiting, we're so glad you're here, welcome. We'd love to connect with you if you'd like to connect with us. We do that through the connection card and the worship guide. If you'd like to fill it out legibly, you can either toss in the offering basket after or redeem it at the welcome center for a gift. We also have an app and you can download at the app store or Google Play, and there's a connection card in there as well. Quick announcement for members and people becoming members. If you'd been notified that you are becoming a member today, we have a members meeting from 1:00 to 3:00 PM. With that said, would you please pray with me over the preachi

Summary: The question we’re going to wrestle with this week is, “why is trust something that needs to be built at all?” Why is trust so hard to gain, and so easy to lose? More importantly, how can we master the art of not just creating the perception of trust, but actually being stable, reliable, trustworthy and likable people ourselves? How can we, as follower of Jesus, become the kind of people that others like to be with, and want to be like? Audio Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit MosaicBoston.com. Good morning and welcome again to Mosaic. It's good to see you and if you're new, welcome. So glad you're here. My name is Shane. I'm one of the pastors here at Mosaic and we'd love to connect you. The way we do that officially is through that little Connection Card in your worship guide. We'd love it if you could fill that out fo

Audio Transcript: You're listening to audio from Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com. Heavenly Father, we thank you that are a god who loves us so much that you gave your son, Jesus Christ, for us. Jesus, we thank you that you were the most goal oriented person who has ever lived. You came with the goal to save us, to transform us, to redeem us from our sins. We thank you for your substitutionary atonement on the cross in our place, bearing the wrath of god for the wickedness and the sin that each one of us commits, sins of omission, sins of commission. We thank you for that, Jesus. We thank you for the gospel, that by grace through faith, your righteousness is transferred to us. We thank you for that. We thank you Holy Spirit, that you have come and you empower us when we ask for strength, when we ask for a filling, you come and you lead, you guide, you infuse u

Summary: Why are words as powerful as they are? What is it about a turn of a phrase that can make us laugh or cry? Why can some words start families and other words spark wars? Words have the power to create life and inflict death. Words are immaterial, yet contain the power to create and shape material reality. Perhaps this begins to scratch the surface of why Jesus is the Word. Audio Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com. Good morning, welcome to Mosaic Church. My name is Jan, I’m one of the pastors here at Mosaic, and if you're new or if you're visiting, welcome, we're so glad you're here, we'd love to connect with you. If you'd like to connect with us, we do that officially through the connection card in the worship guide. If you fill it out legibly, you can toss it in the offering basket afterwards, or redeem it

Summary: Though we shirk our responsibility to live God-honoring lives, Jesus takes responsibility for us. Our sin wasn't His fault, but He took responsibility. Once we receive His free gift of grace, Jesus entrusts us with the responsibility to use our time, talent, and treasure to love God and people. Transcript: You're listening to audio from Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com. Heavenly Father, we thank you, that you, the great God of the universe, created us. We thank you for the gift of life. And we thank you, Lord, that you did not leave us in our sinful state we shirked our responsibility of obeying you, of living in a manner worthy of the God who gave us life. Often we live as if we gave ourselves life, as if we sustain our life and we do not. You sustain us every single second of every single day. And we thank you, Lord, that you did not leave us in our

Summary: In Matthew 10:16, Jesus said, "Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves." Jesus often mixed metaphors to describe the nuanced profundity of the Truth. Jesus calls Christians to live like sheep who follow the Good Shepherd, which in turn, makes us a special sort of sheep. Sheep are proverbially stupid, yet Jesus calls us to be wise as serpents. Christians are to develop a dove-like innocence, and snake-like intelligence. What kind of sheep is this? We are to be sheep like Jesus, the Lamb of God, who is also the Lion of Judah. Jesus is a Lion-like Lamb, and by worshipping Him, we begin to resemble Him, because as G.K. Beale writes, "What people revere, they resemble, either for ruin or restoration." Worshipping Jesus is the key to becoming like Jesus, the Lion-like Lamb. Transcript: You're listening to audio for Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churche

Summary: The God of the Universe, literally kneels to wash the filthy crud off his disciples' feet. This is one of the most shocking and scandalous texts in all of Scripture. Then Jesus says, "If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet." At the end of that scene, Jesus says in John 13:34-35 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” We are called to love one another humbly, selflessly, practically, in such a way, that our tangible love serves as one of the most powerful apologetics for a watching world that desperately longs for the same love. Audio Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit Mosaicboston.com. Good mo

Summary Several years ago the executive leadership team of Chick-fil-a had worked for quite some time on how to keep up with the competitive challenge created in their industry by Boston Chicken (later known as Boston Market). After a period of intense research and market studies, a group of young visionary leaders with big ideas and bright strategies found themselves in a committee room of frenzied debate over how to get bigger faster! At the height of the dialogue, Truett Cathy the founder of Chick-fil-a began to pound on the table, which was very uncharacteristic of this admirable leader. When every eye in the room turned to him, he exclaimed that he was sick and tired of all this talk about getting bigger. Then he said: “Gentlemen, I am sick and tired of hearing you talk about us getting bigger! What we need to be talking about is getting BETTER! If we get better our customers will demand we get bigger!” Join us tomorrow for our annual vision sermon. We don't serve chicken sandwiches, so what do we n

Summary: The new clarity with which I was able to see the world when I got my glasses was very similar to how my life was changed when I became a Christian. I was overwhelmed with the things that I saw, some really ugly and some really beautiful, amazed by the change it brought to my life and was given an exciting vision for a mission for the glory of God’s kingdom. Join me tomorrow as we celebrate my ordination as a Pastor and address the question “How do you see?” Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston, and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry please visit mosaicboston.com. Good morning. Welcome to Mosaic. My name is Andy. I thought Pastor Jan was going to be up here a second ago. Sorry for the delay. We had my ordination service, actually, last service. I wasn't sure if we were going to walk through it again, but you can call me pastor now. I've been pastoral resident at Mosaic since la

Summary: What if the solution to death was not to escape it, but to face and defeat it? The claim of Christianity is that someone has done just that, and done so for us. Many of us grew up imagining we would spend eternity as disembodied souls, but the true hope of Scriptures is something far deeper and more satisfying. This weekend we will conclude our series “Prodigal Church” by looking at 1 Corinthians 15 where Paul lays out a vision of Christian hope for the future, that fills us with courage and strength for today. Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com Right now, before we begin with the sermon, would you please join me in prayer? Jesus, we thank you for being our Lord and our Savior. That you are both merciful and powerful. You have the desire to save, and you have the ability to save, and to save completely. An

Summary: "Let’s suppose that a kite could come to life and develop its own personality. On the one hand, it would feel the exhilaration that comes from the surges of wind that direct it through the sky. On the other hand, it would almost immediately take notice of something annoying. The tugging of the string at its center; a feeling of constraint; resistance. And soon the kite begins to think to itself, “If only I could detach, then I could really fly.” - (Beautiful Eulogy, "The String That Ties Us") As we know with kites, if there is no string, it cannot fly for very long. In the same way, driving without a seat belt is inherently dangerous. God has given us instructions around the way to practically use the spiritual gifts He has blessed us with. At times, these instructions can seem to hinder us, or might even seem trivial, but they are given to us to allow His Church to flourish. Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, lea

Summary: Why does it seem so easy to love "humanity in general" and so hard to love "people in particular" (especially roommates)? How does loving particular people convince us that God truly loves us? Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit Mosaicboston.com. Hello, welcome to Mosaic Church. My name is Jan, one of the pastors here at Mosaic. If you're new or if you're visiting, welcome to Mosaic, we're so glad you're here. We'd love to connect with you either in person afterwards, or through the connection card in the worship guide. If you fill it out legibly, you can either toss it into the offering basket afterwards, or redeem it at the Welcome Center for a gift that we have lovingly prepared for you. With that said, would you please pray with me over the preaching of God's holy word? Heavenly Father, we thank you that you are God of

Summary: We're created in the image of the Trinity, One God, Three Persons, bound by love in perfect harmony. Thus, we're created to bond, to God and to people. The cross of Christ binds us vertically with God, Who fills our hearts with love for real people, creating the meaningful horizontal binds we all need. Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you would like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com. Good morning. Welcome to Mosaic Church, my name in Jan. I am one of the pastors here at Mosaic. I've got the pleasure to serve, and if you're new, welcome. We're so glad you're here. We'd love to connect with you if you would like to connect. We do that initially personally. We'd love to meet you personally, and officially we do it through the connection card in the worship guide. If you fill it out legibly, then you can either redeem it at the welcome center for a gif

Summary: The greatest gifts in life are people you love and people who love you. You can have a big, beautiful house, but if you live there alone, there's an ache in your soul. The best trips are with friends. The best pictures from those trips aren't selfies. As we study 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, we see that God not only saves us, but gives us gifts to enrich the people in our life: wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, miracles, prophecy, discernment, words. The greatest people use their gifts to point us to the greatest Person. Transcript: This media has been available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check you more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and her neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com. Good morning. Welcome to Mosaic Church, my name is Jan, I'm one of the pastors here at Mosaic. And if you're new, or you're visiting, we're so glad you're here and we'd love to connect. First of all, congratulations on being here, congratulations. And by the power

Summary: The Apostle Paul connects some practices in the early church to the timeless principle of Headship. Headship in the home and in the church is a call to reflect God the Father's headship over God the Son, and ultimately Jesus Christ's loving sacrificial headship over His bride the Church. In a fallen and sin filled world men too often grasp at authority to serve themselves at the expense of others. In the Kingdom of God, however, Jesus shows us that authority is to be used to serve others, even at the expense of one's self. Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com. Good morning, and welcome again to Mosaic. It's great to see you this morning. If you're new, my name is Shane. I'm one of the pastors here and we'd love to connect you. The way we do that officially is with that little connection guide in your worship

Summary: If there’s one thing that Christians can take away from Lindsey Jacobellis, it is to not be overconfident. We have one shot at living the Christian life and we can’t ruin it by being reckless with our freedom. Lindsey at least took home the silver medal. Second place for us is eternal condemnation. Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and her neighborhood churches or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com. Well, good morning Mosaic. My name is Andy Hoot. I am the pastoral resident here at Mosaic. Pastor Jan is on a much-deserved vacation and Pastor Shane is here, but they're giving me a swing today at preaching. If you didn't hear that there's a little sports reference there. Last week, we had a heavy emphasis on sports in the sermon. I got to just ask for forgiveness, I was just pumped up from Pastor Jan’s sermon and just had heard that in my mind all week. Get ready for a few mo

Summary: In 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, Holy Scripture compares the Christian life to a runner running, an athlete training, and a fighter fighting. It's easy to read the text with a performance-based-mindset and say, great, if this is how I need to succeed in my Christian life, I'll do whatever it takes to earn my salvation. But Jesus offers us rest and a race. There's a way to run restfully and joyfully. Since Jesus ran his race to the cross with joy, now we can run our race with joy as well. Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry please visit MosaicBoston.com. Good morning, welcome to Mosaic church my name is Jan. I'm one of the pastors here at Mosaic along with Shane Sikkema. And if you're new or if you're visiting welcome. We're so glad you're here. And if you'd like to connect with us we'd like to connect with you, no pressure. We do that official

Summary: To say we have a problem with entitlement in our culture is the understatement of the century. You're special, I'm special, everyone's special. This entitlement ethos has crept into American churches. We're taught that everything is a good gift from God. Once we have it good, however, we expect to maintain the goodness status quo. Now the gift morphs from grace to entitlement. We expect the same level of grace on a daily basis. God teaches us: don't fight for your right to be served; fight for your right to serve. Transcript: You're listening to audio from Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston in our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com Heavenly Father, we confess that every single one of us struggles with pride. We are proud people, and we ask for grace to grow in humility. Lord we struggle with entitlement. We struggle with expecting people to serve us. We struggle with expecting you to serve us, t