Being content means being peaceful and happy with the way things are. Being content with what one has and being generous toward others can make someone stand out. And it’s what God calls us to as Christians. This three-week children’s series looks at Philippians 4 to learn how generosity and contentment work together and to…
Many people want a fresh start at the beginning of the year. This series explains the gospel’s power to bring us hope, renewed strength, and contentment, even in difficult times.
This stand-alone message for Easter Sunday focuses on the hymn of Christ’s supremacy over all creation, found in Colossians 1. It shows the resurrection as God’s work of new creation and kingdom come. Jesus rose again in a physical body—for real! The resurrection changes everything. It invites us into God’s ongoing work of new creation—here…
We don’t make it through life without some mess-ups—and kids know this as well as anybody. This five-week series explores how Christians can “fail forward” in life. Through understanding how God makes us holy, the need to admit it when we mess up, and why it’s important to forgive other believers, we can learn and…
This stand-alone message guides us into starting the new year right with twenty-one days of fasting and prayer. The message will focus on the biblical importance of these spiritual disciplines.
The Minor Prophets weren’t exactly known for their cheery messages. These short Old Testament books are a faithfully delivered call to repentance to Israel and to the nations. Their call to abandon worshipping idols, embrace God’s heart of mercy, rejoice in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and anticipate God’s coming judgment and kingdom still…
When you ask someone what they think about the church, be prepared for any response. What they say may inspire feelings of anger, sadness, joy, or hope, depending on what they have experienced in their interactions with believers. This four-week series for children explores four congregational values that should define our relationships with those inside…
This four-week series explores how Christians can use spiritual disciplines on their own terms. By understanding the biblical purposes of Bible study, prayer, and giving we can mature as believers and serve God, not because of what we get out of it but because we love him.
This four-week series explores the lives of four people who had profound, life-changing encounters with Jesus. We will connect their stories to people we know in our own congregations and other modern-day individuals who have had similar experiences.
Throughout the Bible, births often herald great hope and expectations and are the result of great faith in God. Many births are a foreshadowing of the greatest birth of all, the birth of Jesus Christ.
In this five-week children’s series we will look at the ways people misunderstood the things Jesus was doing. Often, people thought that Jesus was doing something wrong and pointed it out; but he always had an explanation. He wanted others to understand who he is, the things he believes are important, and the real reason…
This four-week series for children explores the lives of a few unlikely people whom God used to do amazing things. Through the stories of David, Rahab, John Mark, and Gideon, we will see that God uses the small, the outsider, those behind the scenes, and the timid to do amazing things in the world.
In this eight-week series, we examine the seven signs John describes in his gospel, along with the resurrection, which is the ultimate sign of Christ’s victory and divinity. These signs give us a window into how God is at work in the world through Jesus, and what it means for our faith and salvation.
Paul’s letter to the Galatian church is perhaps one of the most important letters for the church. This five-week series will look at its importance and theological relevance for our faith and life today. Specifically, we will look at the sweeping vision of grace that Paul lays out in this letter.
The book of Psalms is a hymnbook for exiles. In this series we look at four psalms of David and how they shape the way we talk, confess, lament, and sing praise to God. Regardless of our circumstance, we can approach God with the same raw honesty, humility, and joy that David expressed in his…
This four-week youth series helps students deal with the issues of social injustice they see in the world today by helping them better understand God’s justice and the believer’s response to injustice. Changing the world begins in our own hearts and through the transformative love of God for both the oppressed and the oppressor.
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 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 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.
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…
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