{"id":6907,"date":"2021-09-30T16:02:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T20:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/?p=6907"},"modified":"2025-10-29T11:36:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:36:06","slug":"almost-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/sermon-series\/09\/30\/almost-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"One of the most helpful ways of understanding the Christian life is by viewing it as a journey. From cover to cover, the Bible is filled with this sort of imagery: Abraham stepping out in faith by leaving the land of his fathers; his descendants wandering through the wilderness of Sinai; Israel experiencing captivity and exile. The New Testament builds off of these Old Testament themes and refers to Christians as pilgrims traveling through a foreign land. The Christian life as journey provides a tangible and relatable rubric for grasping the life of faith. <\/p>\n

We are on our way somewhere, but we’re not there yet. Thus we find ourselves caught in between the overlapping of ages, when God has called us out of the world while still remaining in the world. Heaven has broken into history and taken residence in our hearts, but our feet still trod through a broken and hostile world. We’re almost home, but not yet home, and God cares as much about the process as he does the goal.<\/p>\n

Almost Home is a sermon series from the book of Hebrews that examines our present journey with an eye toward our future destination. How do we walk today in light of what lies ahead? From where does our strength come, or our power, or encouragement, or correction? And who will we be as present-day sojourners whose destiny is to become one-day settlers?<\/p>\n

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Series Playlist<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\"Elizabeth\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tElizabeth City EMC Podcast\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t
Already, but Not Yet<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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