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Greed leads to grief, but generosity leads to joy. us today as Zach W. Lambert talks about how we can break the toxic cycles of acquisition and consumption by looking for ways to be generous! 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: God and Money: How We Discovered True Riches at Harvard Business School by John Cortines and Greg Baumer My Year of No Shopping by Ann Patchett - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/15/opinion/sunday/shopping-consumerism.html  Generosity: What Are We Missing? by Steve Atkinson 

Committing ourselves to the work of Jesus does not come without cost. us today as Zach W. Lambert talks about how we can cultivate a resilient faith especially when following Jesus gets hard! 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: Running with Horses: Reflections of an Accidental Politician by Allan Boesak Comion: A Reflection on the Christian Life by Henri Nouwen Are we still calling ourselves Christians? By Sarah Bessey - https://sarahbessey.substack.com/p/are-we-still-calling-ourselves-christians 

Jesus didn't say, "Here is the truth, come believe it."  He said, "I am the truth, come follow me." us today as we continue in our series on Kingdom Community where Zach W. Lambert will be exploring the question, "How can people who call themselves Christians behave in such radically different ways?” by looking at the book of James. 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: The Letter of James by Scot McKnight James, Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible by Martha L. Moore-Keish Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning

us as Lindsay Contreras kicks off the last series in our Year of Discovering God’s Kingdom. It’s called Kingdom Community and it’s all about how should live inside of the communities of faith Jesus is shaping among us. We will be walking through the very practical book of James and today Lindsay is talking about the power of our words. We are here and live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.

Happy Easter! us today as Zach W. Lambert talks about how we can choose hope through Jesus even when things feel fragile all around us. We are here and live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect. Resources Referenced: Disturbing the Peace by Václav Havel Love's Braided Dance: Hope in a Time of Crisis by Norman Wirzba Romans by Douglas J. Moo

us today as Dr. David Gushee explores the power and political dynamics behind the crucifixion of Jesus, and what that means for us today. We are here and live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.

Jesus never let someone else’s hate keep him from leading with love and neither should we. ** us this Sunday as Zach W. Lambert talks about following Jesus, even when it’s difficult. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect. Resources Referenced: Gospel Medicine by Barbara Brown Taylor Won’t You Be My Neighbor documentary Protest at Midnight by Peter Storey

Absolutely nothing compares to the joy that comes from making our home in the love of God through loving one another. us this Sunday as Zach W. Lambert talks about connecting with God and each other. We are here and live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect. Resources Referenced: https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2025/executive-summary/  Irresistible by Andy Stanley Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans

Jesus is not like any other king in history because we have the opportunity to commune with him. This week we are exploring what it looks like to abide with Christ. If Jesus is the vine, and we are the branches, what kind of fruit are we supposed to be producing? us this Sunday as our Executive Pastor, Lindsay Contreras, kicks off our next series in our Year of Discovering God's Kingdom - Communing with the King. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.

What so many religious leaders then and even now don’t realize is that the table doesn’t belong to them. It doesn’t belong to any of us. The table belongs to Jesus and he has made it abundantly clear who gets to sit with him - absolutely anyone who wants to. us as Zach W. Lambert teaches about how we practice radical inclusion! We are here and live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect. Resources Referenced: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/24/opinion/jesus-christ-christmas-incarnation.html  Son of Mine by Malcolm Smith The Autobiography of a Black Activist, Feminist, Lawyer, Priest and Poet by Pauli Murray The Whole Language by Greg Boyle Together by Stan Copeland

There is no life in greed. There’s no life in the toxic cycle of accumulation and consumption, but there is abundant life in generosity. ** us as Zach W. Lambert teaches about how we can become people who look for ways to be generous! We are here and live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect. Resources Referenced: Free: Spending Your Time and Money on What Matters Most by Mark Scandrette Bible Project Generosity - https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/generosity/ Jesus and Money by Ben Witherington III Faith and Wealth by Justo Gonzalez

This morning we are kicking off a 3-part series exploring three Kingdom virtues: justice, generosity and inclusion. us as Zach W. Lambert teaches about how we can follow Jesus into justice work with so much injustice all around us. We are here and live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect. Resources Referenced: "The Church and Prejudice” by Frederick Douglass https://rachelheldevans.com/blog/christ-has-no-body  https://www.npr.org/2023/08/05/1192374014/russell-moore-on-altar-call-for-evangelical-america 

We are so excited to learn from writer, podcaster, and storyteller Erin Moon today! Erin will be preaching about the redemption offered to all people through Jesus—even those we least expect. We are here and live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.

Restore mobilizes volunteers and funding to work with organizations who are already doing an amazing job helping people in need in our community and around the world. us today as Zach W. Lambert talks about how Christians are at their best when partnering to do good in the world and we highlight some of our community partnerships! We are here and live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go towww.restoreaustin.org/connect.

Calling yourself a Christian is not the same thing as following Jesus. Almost every day we see clips of pastors and politicians using the name of Jesus to justify opposing ideologies. How do we decipher who is right? How do we know we are following Jesus? us today as Zach W. Lambert concludes our Sermon on the Mount series talking about the narrow Way of Jesus! 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: Love Matters More by Jared Byas All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca Donner Strange Glory by Charles Marsh The Collected Sermons of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Isabel Best

Many of us have a complicated relationship with prayer, but did you know that Jesus pauses to teach us how to pray during the Sermon on the Mount? us today as Zach W. Lambert continues our Sermon on the Mount series talking about prayer! 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: https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/lords-prayer/ How to Pray by C.S Lewis Common Prayer by Shane Claiborne and Enuma Okoro Talking with God by Adam Weber Black Liturgies by Cole Arthur Riley

Following Jesus is not about perfect adherence to moral code or publicly performing religious acts, it’s about practicing authentic faith. ** us today as Zach W. Lambert continues our Sermon on the Mount series! If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect. Resources Referenced: “Done in Secret” podcast from BEMA Discipleship - https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/97  Bible Project video - https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/warnings-about-religious-practices/  The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021 film and 2000 documentary) Matthew Commentary by Anna Case-Winters

Did you know that Jesus walks people through a process of deconstruction and reconstruction right in the middle of his most famous sermon? us today as Zach W. Lambert continues our Sermon on the Mount series! We are here and live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect. Resources Referenced: Matthew (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament | ZECNT) by Grant R. Osborne Dorothy Day

What does it really look like to follow Jesus? Thankfully, we don’t have to guess! This question is both answered and demonstrated by Jesus himself throughout the Bible—especially in something that has come to be known as The Sermon on the Mount. us today as Zach W. Lambert kicks off our new teaching series by talking about The Beatitudes! Resources Referenced: The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey The Doors of the Sea by David Bentley Hart The Gospel of Luke Commentary by Joel Green Contagious Holiness by Craig Blomberg If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect.

Welcome to the third week of Advent at Restore! If you aren’t familiar with Advent, it is simply a spiritual season of preparation entered into in the weeks leading up to Christmas. us today as Zach W. Lambert talks about what it looks like to choose joy! If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect. Resources Referenced: The Bible Project - thebibleproject.com Kirsten Powers article Start by Jon Acuff