This is the second sermon in The Unexpected Savior teaching series.

We love a good underdog story – the team from the small school on the wrong side of the tracks wins the state championship, the shy girl is crowned prom queen, the mild-mannered guy saves the town.

But when it comes to God’s rescue plan for the world, people didn’t want an underdog. They wanted a warrior. God’s people had been waiting for centuries for the promised Messiah. What they expected was a military leader who would overthrow Rome, restore Israel’s former glory, and rule from David’s throne in Jerusalem.

But the Son of God showed up as a baby, born to an unmarried teenager in a cave used for farm animals.

Everything about Jesus defied expectations. His family’s past had some scandal. His first worshipers were blue-collar shepherds and pagan astronomers. The kingdom He announced had no army, no borders, and no throne. Every time He spoke, Jesus challenged what people thought they knew about God.

In the Christmas story, we discover that God’s greatest rescue mission didn’t look anything like people’s expectations, and how that’s the most hopeful truth of Christmas. Because if God can work through unexpected beginnings, messy families, unlikely worshipers, and an upside-down kingdom, then He can work through our unexpected, messy, unlikely lives too.

See you this Sunday at 10:30am - we’re located at 1001 Hoffner Avenue, Orlando, FL 32809.

Not sure what to expect? Visit gogenerationschurch.com/new for more info.

This is the first message in The Unexpected Savior teaching series.

We love a good underdog story – the team from the small school on the wrong side of the tracks wins the state championship, the shy girl is crowned prom queen, the mild-mannered guy saves the town.

But when it comes to God’s rescue plan for the world, people didn’t want an underdog. They wanted a warrior. God’s people had been waiting for centuries for the promised Messiah. What they expected was a military leader who would overthrow Rome, restore Israel’s former glory, and rule from David’s throne in Jerusalem.

But the Son of God showed up as a baby, born to an unmarried teenager in a cave used for farm animals.

Everything about Jesus defied expectations. His family’s past had some scandal. His first worshipers were blue-collar shepherds and pagan astronomers. The kingdom He announced had no army, no borders, and no throne. Every time He spoke, Jesus challenged what people thought they knew about God.

In the Christmas story, we discover that God’s greatest rescue mission didn’t look anything like people’s expectations, and how that’s the most hopeful truth of Christmas. Because if God can work through unexpected beginnings, messy families, unlikely worshipers, and an upside-down kingdom, then He can work through our unexpected, messy, unlikely lives too.

See you this Sunday at 10:30am - we’re located at 1001 Hoffner Avenue, Orlando, FL 32809.

Not sure what to expect? Visit gogenerationschurch.com/new for more info.

This is the sixth and final sermon in the Exiles + Nomads teaching series.

If you’ve ever felt caught between where you are and where you’re supposed to be—welcome. You’re not alone, and you’re not lost.

Maybe you feel like a stranger in your own life. Like you don’t quite fit in your neighborhood, your stage of life, or even your own skin. You’re somewhere between hope and giving up, and you’re not sure which direction you’re heading.

Here’s what might surprise you: two thousand years ago, a fisherman-turned-apostle named Peter wrote a letter to people who felt exactly like you do right now.

The book of 1 Peter opens with this: “To those chosen, living as exiles dispersed abroad...” (1 Peter 1:1)

Exiles. Scattered. Displaced.

Sound familiar?

That’s why we’re spending the next few weeks in Peter’s first letter – because what he wrote then is exactly what you need to hear today. We’re going verse by verse through 1 Peter to discover something that will change how you see your life: what if the displacement you feel isn’t a problem to fix, but a purpose to fulfill?

Join us as we uncover what it means to live with unshakeable hope when everything around you feels uncertain. You’ll discover that being an exile doesn’t mean you’re lost.

It means you’re sent.

See you this Sunday at 10:30am - we’re located at 1001 Hoffner Avenue, Orlando, FL 32809.