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Sunday, March 22, 2026 Dan Kent draws our attention to the words "my people" in Revelation 18:4. When we enter relationship with the Father through Jesus, we are also entering into a collective which is traditionally called the Church. Dan identifies two obstacles to loving the church. The first is hypocrisy. The second obstacle to loving the church is diversity that results in division. Dan provides some ways to address these two obstacles in a direct way. However, there is more going on beneath the surface. Dan then guides us to think deeper about what is driving these obstacles. More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/learning-to-love-the-church/ BOOKS: https://bit.ly/3KSJAnp YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AuthorDanKent SURPRISING GOD PODCAST: https://spoti.fi/3LVxImd WEBSITE: https://thatdankent.com FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/393PwwD INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/3PikL8b  HAIKU: https://bit.ly/3yn0dFq

Sunday, February 22, 2026 In this sermon, Dan Kent traces his own love for the Bible from his first encounter with the Book of Ecclesiastes, all the way up to the end of Revelation. He traces the theme of futility and meaninglessness in the scripture, and shows how God rescues us from life's absurdities. If you listen to this sermon, you might feel liberation from bondages you didn't even know were immobilizing you. More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/love-trusts/ BOOKS: https://bit.ly/3KSJAnp YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AuthorDanKent SURPRISING GOD PODCAST: https://spoti.fi/3LVxImd WEBSITE: https://thatdankent.com FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/393PwwD INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/3PikL8b  HAIKU: https://bit.ly/3yn0dFq

Sunday, December 28, 2025 This first sermon in the "Love Does" series highlights the action of trust. Dan Kent explores the way that God trusts, the call to be trustworthy in our relationship with God and how to grow in our trust of one another. This challenge to the worldly pattern of distrust invites us to manifest love in concrete and practical ways. More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/love-trusts/ BOOKS: https://bit.ly/3KSJAnp YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AuthorDanKent SURPRISING GOD PODCAST: https://spoti.fi/3LVxImd WEBSITE: https://thatdankent.com FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/393PwwD INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/3PikL8b  HAIKU: https://bit.ly/3yn0dFq

Sunday December 7, 2025 In this sermon, Dan Kent opens up the meaning of the prophesy from Hosea 11:1 about Jesus being called out of Egypt. He shows the unique way this verse was fulfilled in Matthew 2:13-15. He also focuses on God's delight in his people, and how that delight uniquely fulfills us. More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/the-delight-of-the-lord/ BOOKS: https://bit.ly/3KSJAnp YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AuthorDanKent SURPRISING GOD PODCAST: https://spoti.fi/3LVxImd WEBSITE: https://thatdankent.com FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/393PwwD INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/3PikL8b  HAIKU: https://bit.ly/3yn0dFq

November 9, 2025  This sermon on the first of two beasts in Revelation 13 addresses what it means to trust God's faithfulness in tough times and the reality of hardship. Dan Kent contrasts this with a sanitized God, who, many assume, cannot deal with the world's evil or the spiritual warfare that is being waged. More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/be-alert-and-sober-minded/ BOOKS: https://bit.ly/3KSJAnp YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AuthorDanKent SURPRISING GOD PODCAST: https://spoti.fi/3LVxImd WEBSITE: https://thatdankent.com FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/393PwwD INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/3PikL8b  HAIKU: https://bit.ly/3yn0dFq

September 28, 2025  Dan Kent introduces the problem of pride and how it is rooted in hierarchical systems where we measure ourselves against others. We are unable to love others when we are constantly evaluating them and ourselves. We must opt out of this system and learn to see all as equals, all equally loved. More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/love-is-not-proud/ BOOKS: https://bit.ly/3KSJAnp YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AuthorDanKent SURPRISING GOD PODCAST: https://spoti.fi/3LVxImd WEBSITE: https://thatdankent.com FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/393PwwD INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/3PikL8b  HAIKU: https://bit.ly/3yn0dFq

August 31, 2025 In this closeout sermon for the Testify! series, Dan Kent surveys the key points of Revelation 10 and 11 and highlights how the testimony of the church is crucial to what God is doing in the world. He then challenges us to practice the call to Testify! More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/provoking-the-beast/ BOOKS: https://bit.ly/3KSJAnp YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AuthorDanKent SURPRISING GOD PODCAST: https://spoti.fi/3LVxImd WEBSITE: https://thatdankent.com FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/393PwwD INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/3PikL8b  HAIKU: https://bit.ly/3yn0dFq

July 21, 2025 God calls us to the way of generosity and Dan Kent shows how this call is much larger than a set of rules for how we use our money. It's about recognizing the story of the world versus the story of God. More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/the-way-of-generosity/ BOOKS: https://bit.ly/3KSJAnp YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AuthorDanKent SURPRISING GOD PODCAST: https://spoti.fi/3LVxImd WEBSITE: https://thatdankent.com FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/393PwwD INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/3PikL8b  HAIKU: https://bit.ly/3yn0dFq

July 1, 2025 In this sermon, Dan Kent challenges us to enter into the way of empathy, which he says is crucial to our ability to connect with others by sharing in their feelings. It is a way exemplified by Jesus as he entered into the common human condition so that he might know what we experience from the inside. More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/the-way-of-empathy/ BOOKS: https://bit.ly/3KSJAnp YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AuthorDanKent SURPRISING GOD PODCAST: https://spoti.fi/3LVxImd WEBSITE: https://thatdankent.com FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/393PwwD INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/3PikL8b  HAIKU: https://bit.ly/3yn0dFq

June 10, 2025 Our world surrounds us with despair and darkness, and we long for a place of hope. Dan ties this reality into Revelation 8 and 9, where the trumpet judgments bring destruction to the earth. He looks for and finds hope in the midst of the destruction, showing us how we can find hope even at the crescendo of chaos. More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/crescendo-of-hope/ BOOKS: https://bit.ly/3KSJAnp YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AuthorDanKent SURPRISING GOD PODCAST: https://spoti.fi/3LVxImd WEBSITE: https://thatdankent.com FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/393PwwD INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/3PikL8b  HAIKU: https://bit.ly/3yn0dFq

May 7, 2025 This sermon by Dan Kent helps us understand the meaning of repentance and why it is so crucial to our walk with Jesus. In it, we discover how we misunderstand what repentance is and see how repentance is a path to true freedom. More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/light-chasers/ BOOKS: https://bit.ly/3KSJAnp YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AuthorDanKent SURPRISING GOD PODCAST: https://spoti.fi/3LVxImd WEBSITE: https://thatdankent.com FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/393PwwD INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/3PikL8b  HAIKU: https://bit.ly/3yn0dFq

March 25, 2025 We need spiritual disciplines which will shape us so that we can live in love toward ourselves. Fasting is such a discipline because it detoxes our dependence upon food and other pleasures, enabling us to receive what is actually fulfilling and whole. More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/inner-exodus/ BOOKS: https://bit.ly/3KSJAnp YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AuthorDanKent SURPRISING GOD PODCAST: https://spoti.fi/3LVxImd WEBSITE: https://thatdankent.com FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/393PwwD INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/3PikL8b  HAIKU: https://bit.ly/3yn0dFq

February 10, 2025 In this sermon, Dan Kent helps us understand the meaning of the proclamation "salvation belongs to our God." While we might assume salvation is about personal sin and guilt, Dan demonstrates that it is much more extensive than that. He shows us that salvation is centered around God's work to establish the rightful King of all creation. More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/salvation-belongs-to-our-god/ BOOKS: https://bit.ly/3KSJAnp YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AuthorDanKent SURPRISING GOD PODCAST: https://spoti.fi/3LVxImd WEBSITE: https://thatdankent.com FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/393PwwD INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/3PikL8b  HAIKU: https://bit.ly/3yn0dFq

December 8, 2024 This sermon examines the story of Anna when she met the child Jesus in the temple. Dan Kent highlights how she waited for the Messiah for decades and the importance of waiting on God to act in our lives and release his gifts through us.   More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/waiting-with-anna/ BOOKS: https://bit.ly/3KSJAnp YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AuthorDanKent SURPRISING GOD PODCAST: https://spoti.fi/3LVxImd WEBSITE: https://thatdankent.com FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/393PwwD INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/3PikL8b  HAIKU: https://bit.ly/3yn0dFq

November 25, 2024 At the start of the Book of Revelation the angel tells John: "Do not be afraid." Then the angel proceeds to affront John with a terrifying series of visions. How could John NOT be afraid? What's going on here? Dan talks about how having different objectives at our centers makes us more or less vulnerable to fear.   More Resources: https://whchurch.org/sermon/crowns-not-crutches/ BOOKS: https://bit.ly/3KSJAnp YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AuthorDanKent SURPRISING GOD PODCAST: https://spoti.fi/3LVxImd WEBSITE: https://thatdankent.com FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/393PwwD INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/3PikL8b  HAIKU: https://bit.ly/3yn0dFq