This four-week series explores the truth that Paul told his protégé Timothy. Through understanding Timothy’s faithful heritage, conviction of doctrinal truth, scriptural integrity, and willingness to go against worldliness, Paul reveals how Timothy is strong and faithful to God.
This two-week series brings better understanding for Christians about what it means to be a disciple of Christ, delving into both the primary and secondary callings of Christians as disciples.
This two-week series brings better understanding for Christians about what it means to be a disciple of Christ, delving into both the primary and secondary callings of Christians as disciples.
This four-week youth series considers the reality of belonging to God and others. When we realize that we belong to God and to other believers, we discover God-given gifts and purpose that help the church and the world around us.
This series looks at the Shema in Deuteronomy 6 and unpacks the call to God’s people then and today to honor God and love him with all our heart, soul, and strength.
This three-week series helps us foster a greater sense of gratitude in our lives. Sometimes we miss the point of the Thanksgiving season. This series challenges us to slow down and teaches (or reminds) us how to simply be thankful.
The holiday season is a time for celebrating with family and friends, but it is also a time that can cause anxiety and dread as we prepare for conversations about divisive issues. This four-week series will explore the way Scripture addresses conflict, divisive issues, and the hope of the gospel to bring reconciliation and healing…
This series looks at the Shema in Deuteronomy 6 and unpacks the call to God’s people then and today to honor God and love him with all our heart, soul, and strength.
This Christmas sermon centers on the birth of Christ as the fulfillment of God’s plan of salvation for the whole world. Inspired by Simeon’s words of praise in Luke 2:29–32 after he meets the newborn Messiah, we celebrate that Jesus is “a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel”…
This Christmas sermon centers on the birth of Christ as the fulfillment of God’s plan of salvation for the whole world. Inspired by Simeon’s words of praise in Luke 2:29–32 after he meets the newborn Messiah, we celebrate that Jesus is “a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel”…
This four-week Advent series looks at the struggle we can face when we wait. As we consider the ways Simeon, Elizabeth, and Mary dealt with loss, fear, disappointment, and waiting on God, we will see the strength and hope God gives to those who wait.
This sermon looks at one of the most quoted verses in the book of Jeremiah: Jeremiah 29:11. We take this verse out of context when we believe that God will allow only good things to happen to us. Looking at it in context reveals that it is a promise of delayed relief to those deep…
This four-week series examines the topics of sexuality, marriage, and relational discourse through the lens of the Old Testament book of The Song of Solomon (or “Song of Songs”). Marriage has become flippant in our culture. This series, however, discusses the sacredness and power that a marriage covenant should take. Over the next month, your…
This two-week series looks at two of Jonah’s main actions: running from God and responding to God’s call. We will consider these two actions in light of the cross to see how they can shape our faith today.
The story of Jesus and Nicodemus in John 3 is critical to understanding the foundational statement that Jesus is only way to eternal life. In a world full of hopelessness, the little verse found in John 3:16 still brings hope and life.
The Bible doesn’t give us definitive answers for every decision we face in life or turn-by-turn directions for our proverbial journeys. You won’t find a verse about where to go to school, whether or not to take a job, or where you should retire. But the Bible does give us wisdom for how to make…
This one-week series explores the incarnation of Jesus through analyzing the first portions of John’s Gospel. God is not a force, principle, therapeutic genie, or good vibe. God is shown fully in the incarnation of Jesus. Real God, real history, real human being, real redemption.
This four-week series looks at the gifts God has given us. We will see that God is the perfect gift-giver. As we cultivate gratitude in our lives, we’ll remember his gifts, and see that it is better to give than receive.
This three-week sermon series explores the reasons we might accumulate excess things, entrapping thoughts, and erroneous themes in life and how to ruthlessly eliminate the extras so we can make space for freedom in Christ.
This 5-week sermon series through Leviticus examines with modern-day practicality the holiness of God, the Old Testament sacrificial system, and the Law of Moses, detailing how these instructions apply to Christians today. By considering the Law’s demand for holy living and the rigorous requirements for Israel to remain untainted by sin, this series lays a…
As we see more and more people “cancelled” in the public forum, it can be challenging for believers to know how to respond to the rise of public scrutiny and condemnation. This four-week series brings up questions about how we handle such scrutiny, how we deal with false teaching in the church, the biblical model…
As we see more and more people “cancelled” in the public forum, it can be challenging for believers to know how to respond to the rise of public scrutiny and condemnation. This four-week series brings up questions about how we handle such scrutiny, how we deal with false teaching in the church, the biblical model…
The afterlife is mysterious, and it can lead us to ask some interesting questions: What is the resurrection? Will we be just nebulous spiritual blobs in the afterlife? Do I need to earn rewards to build my heavenly mansion? Is heaven going to be boring? What will we do there? This three-week series for youth…
This is a four-week youth series for imperfect Christians. Have you ever felt like you are riding the “spiritual struggle bus”? Feelings of spiritual inadequacy can make us fearful of God but not in the healthy way. This series explores how knowing the loving, gracious God of Scripture can overcome our constant feelings of guilt…
This is a four-week youth series for imperfect Christians. Have you ever felt like you are riding the “spiritual struggle bus”? Feelings of spiritual inadequacy can make us fearful of God but not in the healthy way. This series explores how knowing the loving, gracious God of Scripture can overcome our constant feelings of guilt…
This six-week series takes a closer look at the Sunday school stories we are most familiar with, either from teaching them or being taught them when we were little. As we move in for a closer examination of these stories, we will see how they fit into God’s overall story in the Bible and how…
There are times when our spiritual lives don’t feel very vibrant or fruitful, and we sometimes call these “dry seasons.” This four-week youth series is about how to navigate these dry seasons and cultivate your spiritual life even when you might feel alone, disconnected, or out of sorts. These seasons are inevitable and challenging, so…
This five-week series explores the dysfunctional family dynamics in Genesis. We see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob’s families carry forward dysfunctional traits of broken humanity across the generations. While we look honestly at that reality, we also see that God in his goodness chose them. How can we apply their stories to the dysfunction in our…
We want to live so God can use us—but how? Is kingdom living the same in adolescence as it is in retirement? In this six-week series, we’ll see how the gospel informs the different stages of our lives: birth to death, adolescence to retirement, marriage and singleness in adulthood to parenthood. Through the lens of…
With the quick tap of a finger we can access an endless stream of addictive information―sports scores, breaking news, political opinions, streaming TV, the latest Instagram posts, and much more. Accessing information has never been easier―but acquiring wisdom is increasingly difficult. This six-week series, based on the book The Wisdom Pyramid by Brett McCracken, challenges us to increase our intake of…
This three-week series helps adults engage in a missional focus at home, in their neighborhoods, in a larger region, and around the world. It will help congregation members practice seeing missions as part of their everyday calling as Christians and provide some practical starting places to do so.
This eight-week sermon series looks at one of the largest sections of teaching by Jesus: the Sermon on the Mount. Specifically, it examines the Beatitudes, exploring how Jesus provides us with instructions for living in the kingdom of God that are just as relevant today as they were two thousand years ago.
This three-week series helps adults engage in a missional focus at home, in their neighborhoods, in a larger region, and around the world. It will help congregation members practice seeing missions as part of their everyday calling as Christians and provide some practical starting places to do so.
This four-week youth series explores barriers to prayer like busyness and guilt, how to pray, and the struggle of doubt. By understanding what the Bible says about prayer, we can learn the priority of prayer and the love of God, and we can trust in God when prayer seems like it isn’t working.