Timberline Windsor | Fully Human: Who Am I? | Brent Cunningham
Series: Fully Human
May 24, 2026 | Brent Cunningham
This sermon is about how people often build their identity on unstable things like achievements, relationships, feelings, or other people’s opinions, which can leave them lost or insecure. Using ideas from sociologists and philosophers like Charles Horton Cooley and Charles Taylor, the message explains modern “expressive individualism,” where people try to define themselves completely on their own. The sermon warns against four “identity traps”: defining yourself by what you do, who accepts you, what you feel, or what others say about you. Through Bible passages like Book of Isaiah 43:1–7, Gospel of John 1:12, and First Epistle to the Corinthians 6:9–11, the sermon teaches that true identity comes from God, not from human approval or personal success. It emphasizes humility, referencing C. S. Lewis, and encourages people to see themselves as fully known, loved, and transformed by God rather than by the world’s standards.
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