This four-week youth series focuses on creation stewardship. As Christians, what is our theology on creation, how are we called to steward it, and what can we hope for in a renewed creation when Christ returns? Christianity has so much to say on this topic, but too often as the church we ignore it or are…
This four-week series looks at some of the lessons taught and the wisdom prescribed in the Bible through moments in a garden or living things found in a garden. The series will cover several ideas: life is dependent upon water; we can see God’s attentive nature while examining birds and flowers; Jesus was pressed in…
This three-week series helps us understand the important role of the preeminence of Christ in the poem of Colossians chapter 1. Through analyzing the theological explanation of Christ as the incarnation of God, the creator and sustainer of the world, and the reconciliation that came through his death and resurrection, we will grasp the powerful…
This three-week series helps us understand the important role of the preeminence of Christ in the poem of Colossians chapter 1. Through analyzing the theological explanation of Christ as the incarnation of God, the creator and sustainer of the world, and the reconciliation that came through his death and resurrection, we will grasp the powerful…
When people in our communities are suffering or come from communities that are marginalized, we must make sure the church is a place where they feel welcomed, seen, and supported. This series calls us to listen and respond to those whose experiences may be different from our own and challenges us to address injustice and…
We can be so familiar with the stories about Jesus in the Gospels that we miss (or skip right over) some of the strangest, most shocking, or surprisingly humorous things that Jesus says. This four-week series explores four of these kinds of statements from Jesus, revealing important truths in strange places and reminding us that…
This six-week series considers the armor of God. Each week focuses on a different piece of armor, reminding us that God has given them to us for our protection and blessing. They are not works to perform but promises to claim.
This four-week series explains the nature and purpose of the church. It details the origin of the church; the ordinances of the church; the roles, responsibilities, and gifts of the members of the church; and the overall mission of the church. The series is meant to assist local pastors as they share the vision for…
This four-week series explains the nature and purpose of the church. It details the origin of the church; the ordinances of the church; the roles, responsibilities, and gifts of the members of the church; and the overall mission of the church. The series is meant to assist local pastors as they share the vision for…
This six-week series considers the armor of God. Each week focuses on a different piece of armor, reminding us that God has given them to us for our protection and blessing. They are not works to perform but promises to claim.
This six-week series considers the armor of God. Each week focuses on a different piece of armor, reminding us that God has given them to us for our protection and blessing. They are not works to perform but promises to claim.
What does it take to turn a crowd into a mob? What provokes a public outcry? How does a riot happen? What can we learn from episodes in the Old and New Testaments when such outrage has taken place? This four-week series examines situations in the Bible that sound like they were ripped straight from the…
This two-week sermon set consists of one message for Mother’s Day and one for Father’s Day. Both messages are built around the promise of God in Psalm 119:90, that his faithfulness will endure from generation to generation.
This two-week sermon set consists of one message for Mother’s Day and one for Father’s Day. Both messages are built around the promise of God in Psalm 119:90, that his faithfulness will endure from generation to generation.
This two-week message set helps us understand the important role that mothers and fathers have in teaching their children the gospel. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are times we can celebrate parents and challenge them to be disciple makers in their homes. Through analyzing Psalm 78, we see that God wants parents to teach and…
This two-week message set helps us understand the important role that mothers and fathers have in teaching their children the gospel. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are times we can celebrate parents and challenge them to be disciple makers in their homes. Through analyzing Psalm 78, we see that God wants parents to teach and…
This two-week message set helps us understand the important role that mothers and fathers have in teaching their children the gospel. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are times we can celebrate parents and challenge them to be disciple makers in their homes. Through analyzing Psalm 78, we see that God wants parents to teach and…
This two-week message set helps us understand the important role that mothers and fathers have in teaching their children the gospel. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are times we can celebrate parents and challenge them to be disciple makers in their homes. Through analyzing Psalm 78, we see that God wants parents to teach and…
This series challenges us to stop keeping a tally of who owes us, what we think God owes us, and what we deserve. Instead, it invites us to choose to lose count: to lose count of offenses against us and forgive as Christ called us to; to lose count of what our “right hand” has…
Over and over again, the Bible describes God’s love as steadfast. This two-week series is about the fixed and unchanging love of God that pursues the lost and remains sure for the believer through every trial and temptation we face on our journey toward sanctification.
This sermon series spends three weeks reflecting on Psalm 46’s worshipful meditation on God as our refuge. The ESV places a pause (Selah) at the end of Psalm 46:1–3, 4–7, and 8–11, so each week we’ll spend time in one stanza of this worship song. This psalm inspired Martin Luther’s hymn “A Mighty Fortress Is…
This three-week series helps students answer questions about their purpose in life and shows them that true meaning and purpose ultimately come from a relationship with God. Each week we discuss someone who had a life-changing encounter with Jesus, which helped them see how they fit into God’s plan and purpose for the world.
This series helps us see the many ways the disciples were like you and me: imperfect. Throughout the Gospels, we see them misunderstand Jesus, vie for power and position, doubt, fear, and fail in many other ways. And yet Jesus uses these disciples to spread his message and build his church. This is great news…
This three-week series connects youth to the popular comeback of “same!” to the unity found in Paul’s words of Ephesians. The series reminds us that although we have different experiences and backgrounds, we can all be part of the unified body of Christ and find commonality among other believers.
When Jesus rose from the dead, he gathered the disciples and gave them a mission to go into the world and be his witnesses. This one-week message shows the disciples taking the message of Jesus’s resurrection into their community, in Acts 1–2.
This Pentecost Sunday sermon reminds us that God is faithful. We can see that faithfulness first through the prophets and then through Jesus. All through the Scriptures we see the same beautiful truth: that God is faithful to his promises.
This four-week adult series is well suited for preaching leading up to Easter. We’d all like to think we’re nothing like Judas the betrayer, who traded Jesus for thirty pieces of silver. An honest look at our hearts reveals, however, that we all have things we trade for Christ every day. Whether it’s comfort, power,…
This Pentecost Sunday sermon reminds us that God is faithful. We can see that faithfulness first through the prophets and then through Jesus. All through the Scriptures we see the same beautiful truth: that God is faithful to his promises.
This three-part series follows Jesus and his disciples after the resurrection. The good news of Jesus’s resurrection isn’t something that we celebrate just one Sunday a year. It is good news that needs to be shared all year. Once we’ve encountered the risen Savior, we are sent to share this message of hope to the…
The first chapter of Ephesians is full of rich language describing God, his redemptive work in the world, and the identity and vocation of his people. This four-week study looks at Paul’s words in that first chapter in order to explore what salvation means after saying yes to Jesus. It shows that our salvation is…
The good news of the resurrection was first experienced by a diverse group of eyewitnesses. These men and women saw that Jesus had risen, and then they quickly shared that news with others. This five-week series will look at five eyewitness accounts of the resurrection of Jesus in the New Testament.
The good news of the resurrection was first experienced by a diverse group of eyewitnesses. These men and women saw that Jesus had risen, and then they quickly shared that news with others. This five-week series will look at five eyewitness accounts of the resurrection of Jesus in the New Testament.
This four-week series looks at some of the lessons taught and the wisdom prescribed in the Bible through animal imagery. The series will cover the wisdom and innocence seen in serpents and doves, the unruly nature of a donkey, the foolishness of a dog returning to its vomit, and the hardworking nature of ants.
It is no exaggeration to say the current era has created a challenging and often uncertain time, for people all over the world. This two-week series focuses on the goodness and faithfulness of God and reminds us that we can be assured that God is taking care of us during times such as these.
This four-week youth series focuses on lesser-known characters in the Bible. The idea of being the “main character” has become sort of a meme these days, and it’s not uncommon to hear someone with a big personality jokingly diagnosed with “main character syndrome.” This series encourages youth to make Christ the center (or main character) of…
Scripture is filled with teaching about money: how to use it, the effect that it has on us, the problems it causes in our communities. Why does money have such a hold on us? How can it end up being so destructive in our relationships, our communities, and our relationship with God? How can we…