The angel announced the birth of Jesus as “good news of great JOY for all people!” Join us today as Lindsay Contreras continues our Advent series by talking about how we can experience the joy of Jesus this time of year, even when the holidays are complicated.
We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.
Pursuing peace is courageous working for the flourishing for all people, no matter the cost. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert continues our Advent series by talking about how Jesus came to bring peace on earth and how we can be a part of that mission!
We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.
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The message of Christmas is that you are never alone. Jesus came for the world, but he is also came for you. Emmanuel is God with us, always. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert kicks off our Advent series by talking about how Jesus is our Emmanuel!
We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.
Faithfulness to God looks like embodying redemptive presence—joining God in the work of restoring the world through acting justly, loving mercy, and walking humbly with the Holy Spirit. Join us today as Kelsie Rogers preaches through God’s famous command in Micah to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly!
We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.
Resources Referenced:
Darley & Pittman (2003): The psychology of compensatory and retributive justice. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 7(4), 324–336.
Joshua Greene (2001)—Harvard University: An fMRI investigation of emotional engagement in moral judgmentBunde, J., & Suls, J. (2006).
Anger, hostility, and coronary heart disease: An integrative review. Psychological Bulletin, 132(2), 269–300.
The Bible Project: Micah
Worthington, E. L., Jr., & Scherer, M. (2004)—“Stanford Forgiveness Project”—Forgiveness is an emotion-focused coping strategy that can reduce anger and promote emotional healing.
University of Northern British Columbia—“What is Restorative Justice?” (https://www.unbc.ca/restorative-relations-and-student-supports/what-is-restorative-justice)
Worship without justice is offensive to God. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert teaches from the book of Amos about God’s desire that all spirituality is accompanied by justice work.
We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.
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Justice is a central theme throughout the Biblical story—talked about hundreds of times throughout both the Old and New Testaments. Isaiah 30:18 says, “The Lord is a God of justice.” But it’s vital for us to remember that all healthy justice work is rooted in God’s love for us and for our neighbors. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert kicks off our new message series: God of Justice!
We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.
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God is our good shepherd who knows us by name and pursues us with love. Join us this morning as Zach W. Lambert walks us through David’s story!
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Sometimes faith means obeying God instead of the people in power. Sometimes following Jesus means saying no to kings, governments, or systems that tell us to look away while someone suffers. Join us this morning as Zach W. Lambert walks us through Rahab’s story!
We are here live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.
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Have you ever been hard at work and God uses an unusual situation to get your attention? Moses, one of the most recognized figures in the Old Testament has a testimony of how God sees you and will meet you right where you are. Join us this morning as Dr. Kan’Dace Brock walks us through Moses’ story!
We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.
God sees it all and God is with us through it all. This Sunday we are kicking off our next series in our Year of God With Us - The God Who Sees. Join us this morning as Zach W. Lambert walks us through Hagar's story and how we can see that God sees us in our joy and sorrow, our pain and our triumphs, our everyday and our extraordinary.
We are here live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.
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How can we worship God when everything is going wrong? How can we trust God when things are so broken? These questions asked by the Israelites in Babylonian exile are the same ones we are asking today as we try to follow God in the midst of brokenness. Join us this morning as Zach W. Lambert talks about how we can follow God when things are difficult. We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.
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This morning, guest preacher Dr. Dan Lowery will be guiding us through understanding The Law in the Old Testament. What is God's Law, and how should we think about it? What good is it for us today? And, how does God's Law show us that God is with us?
We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.
The Israelites were tempted to repeats the same methods of empire even after leaving Egypt and we face the same temptations today, but we cannot use the tools of empire in the service of Jesus. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert preaches about how we can leave empire behind and pursue the way of Jesus instead.
We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.
From the very beginning, God's intention has always been for deep connection with us. From before we existed, to when God created us, to how God cares for us when we make mistakes - we have a God who prioritizes intimacy with him. Join us today as Lindsay Contreras leads us through recognizing God's desire for closeness as we walk through Genesis 1-3.
We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.
There are times in our lives when it feels like God is calling us to step out in faith and leave something behind. God calling us into something new isn’t only true for us today, it has been part of our faith tradition since the very beginning. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert preaches about God’s call on Abram to leave behind the only place he’d ever known and follow God on a new adventure—and what that means for us.
We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.
This Sunday Zach W. Lambert will be kicking off our Year of God With Us!
From beginning to end, Scripture is the story of a God who draws near. But, for many of us today, that can feel hard to believe. With so many hard things in this world and in our lives, it's easy to wonder: Where is God?
This year, we want to honor that question—not with easy answers but with a journey to notice God's presence again. We'll also explore how God is working in our lives and in our world, and how we can join God in that work.
We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.
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This Sunday Zach W. Lambert will be closing out Summer Mixtape 2025 by preaching about how we can read the Bible in ways that lead to healing and wholeness, based on his first book Better Ways to Read the Bible.
We are here live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.
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Better Ways to Read the Bible by Zach Lambert
The Bible Tells Me So by Pete Enns"Marginalized People
Liberating Perspectives: A Womanist Approach to Biblical Interpretation.” by Kelly Brown Douglas
Inspired by Rachel Held Evans
We're so excited to welcome back Sally Gary as our final guest speaker during our Summer Mixtape! She will be preaching the story of Nicodemus' encounter with Jesus and how we are called to courageously follow Christ no matter what comes our way.
We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.
Join us today as Dr. Jared Stacy talks about how followers of Jesus can tell the truth in a time of disreality. He’ll dive into what scripture says about how the church can be an agent of truth and reconciliation in a time when conspiracy theories run rampant.
We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.
Join us today as our pastoral staff panel answers your burning questions about faith, God, scripture, and Christian culture.
Although we are only gathering today at 10am, we usually livestream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.