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RAW is a sermon series that explores the longing for a faith that can honestly engage both our messy, still-forming inner world and the complex, often painful world we actually live in, a world where there are rarely easy answers, only hard questions that require courage, humility, and trust. This series is not about teaching people what to think, as if faith were a product on a Christian conveyor belt—mass-producing polished, pre-packaged believers who all sound the same. Instead, RAW is about forming thoughtful, resilient disciples who know how to follow Jesus; how to wrestle, question, lament, hope, and seek God faithfully, even when life feels raw and unresolved. God is not threatened by our honesty. The Psalms show us that real faith is not neat or fragile, but alive, dynamic, and resilient, a faith that can bend, stretch, and even grow stronger through struggle. RAW invites us into a genuine, unfiltered relationship with God, pursuing a faith that is real and enduring, not perfect and easily shattered.

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BELOW are links to each of the week’s Google Slides Rondel used in the sermon (both public slides and the slides used as notes for the sermon) and a video of the sermon [WATCH]. To access any extra study notes and resources, click on [STUDY]. Once on that page, click on the different document tabs in the left sidebar to access the study notes, background information, and resources for this sermon series.