Good Shepherd Nashville

Romans 8:31 – 39 with Benjamin Walker
Suffering often feels like evidence of defeat. Through an exploration of Romans 8:31 – 39, Benjamin invites us to recognize that Christ achieved victory through the cross. God works alongside us to transform our brokenness into a reflection of His Son. We find true confidence in the Spirit's presence even in the midst of pain.

Romans 8 with Fr. Art Going
People often reduce the promise that God works for our good to a shallow platitude. Through an exploration of Romans 8:28, Fr. Art invites us into a profound partnership with God. We find hope in the reality that God enters our wreckage to work alongside us to bring about a glorious end.

Romans 8 with Mtr. Suzie Anderson
Suffering often appears to be proof of God's absence. Through Paul's insights into Romans 8, Mtr. Suzie invites us to see our groaning as evidence of the Spirit's transformative work. We are called to trust the Spirit who carries our burdens and intercedes for us when we lack the words to pray. This presence offers us a foundation for hope in the midst of our trials.

Romans 8:12 – 17 with Dcn. Derek.
God adjourns the court, lays down the gavel, and comes to embrace us as Father. Through Romans 8 and the Spirit's operative grace, this sermon invites us to live in the identity the Spirit gives, the ordinary birthright of everyone who cries Abba, Father. Faith is the only condition, and God completes what he begins in us.

Romans 8:1 – 11 with Fr. Art Going
Spiritual struggles often feel like signs of failure. Through Paul’s explanation of Romans 8, Fr. Art invites us to see these internal battles as the transformative work of the Holy Spirit. We find hope in the assurance that the Divine Resident is actively remaking us. We are called to live into the identity grace has already given us.

Romans 7:15-25 – Mtr. Suzie Anderson
We all wrestle with the gap between what we desire and what we do. This teaching explores Romans 7, showing that the law is a faithful guide, revealing sin's deceptive power rather than condemning our identity. Through Christ alone, we are rescued from that bondage and into a new life where we belong entirely to Him.

Romans 6:1 – 5 with Fr. Art.
Rowers move forward by facing backward, navigating by the puddles their last stroke left behind. Through Paul's words on baptism into Christ's death and Luther's daily refrain, "I am baptized," Fr. Art invites us to live in the fixed point already declared over us: that we belong, by water and the Spirit, to the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Romans 4 with Dcn. Derek.
What story are you living in? Through Abraham, who believed God's promise long before its fulfillment, Dcn. Derek invites us to commit ourselves first to God's person, trusting his character before we see the outcome, and to discover that maturity in the Christian life moves from the complexity of our questions into the simplicity of being befriended by God.

Romans 3:21 – 31 with Bp. Todd Hunter
What do you want? That is the deepest spiritual question the gospel asks of us. Through Paul's announcement that God justifies everyone who welcomes his action and enters into it, Bp. Todd invites us to receive Christ's redemption as the restoration of our whole lives, and to become cooperative friends and agents of God's renewing work.

John 7:37 – 39 with Fr. Art
Thirst is the only qualification. On Pentecost, Jesus's invitation in the temple courts becomes our own: come to him and drink. Through John 7 and the four ordinary means of grace described in Acts 2, Fr. Art invites us to keep drinking deeply of the Spirit and to discover that we go in thirsty and come away rivers, channels of life for the world.