The Bible App is completely free, with no advertising and no in-app purchases. Get the app

Echo.Church

Unconditional Love, Uncompromising Faith | WONDERFULLY MADE (Pt.5) | Filipe Santos

📺 LIVE ONLINE SERVICES each Sunday at 8:30am | 10:00am | 11:30am PT ◾️ Have you ever felt torn between what you want and what you think God wants for you? Maybe you’re confident about what you think God says about sexuality and gender, or perhaps you’re grappling with reshaping your beliefs because of someone you care about. ◾️ Some people are solid on their beliefs but struggle to show love, while others are all about love but seem to switch beliefs often. But there’s a third way to navigate this. ◾️ Join us today as we conclude one of our most reflective series Wonderfully Made. Together, let’s learn from the Bible and Jesus how we personify God to the world and bring healing to a broken culture by embracing grace and truth at the same time. ✅ Check-in to let us support you in your journey. If you’re new here, you’ll also receive a free digital gift card! https://echo.church/checkin → ✋ Decided to follow Jesus? We’d love to guide you in the next steps in your faith journey! https://echo.church/yes → 💌 If this message encourages you, SHARE IT with a friend! LIKE & subscribe so you don’t miss our latest videos. → 🙏🏽Need Prayer? TEXT our Prayer Line: (408) 716-1675 Thanks for joining us! ====================

Locations & Times

Echo.Church | North San Jose Campus

1180 Murphy Ave, San Jose, CA 95131, USA

Sunday 8:30 AM

Sunday 10:00 AM

Sunday 11:30 AM

Sunday 4:00 PM

Sunday 5:30 PM

👋🏽 We are so glad that you have chosen to join us for this series and a journey through what can be very personal, confusing, and challenging topics.

Here at Echo, we are an incredibly diverse community, which we celebrate and love here. Because of this we have lots of different opinions, so in order to have a respectful environment, here are some reminders:

1. We don’t have to all agree, in order to show love and respect. We welcome diverse thoughts, but we do not welcome disrespect or hatred. We can walk in harmony, even with variations of belief.

2. We are a community centered on Jesus and His teachings - This means we are not here to debate or argue, but instead humbly explore what it means to know and live like Jesus.

3. Our goal is to create bridges, not build walls - Here, we acknowledge we are all broken, all need grace, all loved and valued by God. This means we see all people as equal in value - even those who disagree.

So, again, throughout this series, regardless of who you are attracted to… whether you are gay, straight, Christian, atheist, confident about your identity, questioning your identity, living in freedom or feeling stuck in sin… YOU ARE LOVED HERE.

Exodus 33:18 NLT

Exodus 34:6 NLT

1. "unfailing love" [HESED]: grace, mercy, lovingkindness, goodness.

2. “faithfulness” [EMETH]: truth, firmness, faithfulness.

💡 Transformation Happens Best When GRACE AND TRUTH Are Held Together.

💡 Transformation Happens Best When GRACE AND TRUTH Are Held Together.

💡 True Transformation Happens When We Live With UNCONTIONAL LOVE And UNCOMPROMISING FAITH.

💡 Transformation Happens Best When GRACE AND TRUTH Are Held Together.

💡 Transformation Happens Best When GRACE AND TRUTH Are Held Together.

💡 People Who Were NOTHING LIKE Jesus LOVED BEING WITH Jesus.

Ephesians 4:15 NLT

|| “Jesus does not have a prejudice against any human being, but if he did, it would be against judgmental, homophobic, religious people. We need to destroy homophobia.”

“If the church is ever going to solve this "issue," it needs to stop seeing it as an "issue." Homosexuality is not an issue to be solved, it's about people that need to love and be loved.”
~Preston Sprinkle, People to Be Loved: Why Homosexuality Is Not Just an Issue

💡 There's A Way To Lovingly ACCEPT People, But Not AFFIRM All Human Choices As Truth.

|| “Unless we learn how to accept others without affirming everyone, we have lost the art of conversation, because we’re suppressing our honest opinions. We can accept and affirm people without agreeing with and affirming all of their desires or beliefs or accepting their actions."
~David Bennett, A War of Loves

💡 Grace And Truth Are Best Displayed Through PROXIMITY, Not From A Distance.

💡 A RADICALLY BIBLICAL COMMUNITY Pursues TRUTH With Humility And Lavishes GRACE On Everyone Who Fails

❔ What do you sense God asking you to do with today's message?

🎶 Worship Songs 🎶
Praise You Anywhere - by Brandon Lake
Worthy Of It All - by CeCe Winans
Been So Good - by Elevation Worship

💝 Wonderfully Made: Unconditional Love, Uncompromising Faith 💝

Watch the video message on-demand on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At2XmiFeqMg

🌟 DEEP DIVE 🌟

Head to our 🎙️Table Talks Podcast 🎙️ on our YouTube Channel to dive in deeper into today's message with Pastor Filipe.

https://www.youtube.com/echochurch

📚 Resources 📚

Click on the link below for resources that can help you grow in your understanding of the human body, gender, and sexuality, while providing a biblical lens through which to view these complex topics. 👇🏽

https://www.echo.church/wonderfully-made/resources

SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

Missed a previous message? Stay up to date with Echo.Church by subscribing on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/echochurch

Giving - Echo.Church

Online giving is a safe and easy way to support the ministries of Echo.Church.

https://echo.church/give

About Echo.Church

We are a Christian church who desires to be a community defined by our love for God and for people. Whether you are curious about God, exploring Christianity, or wanting to mature in your existing relationship with God, we invite you to attend one of our practical teaching series on the weekend. Feel free to bring your friends with you!

If you would like to find out more about Echo.Church and our story, please check us out at: http://www.echo.church