This four-week series for teenagers examines Christian discipleship through the lens of romance, love, and dating. Rather than prescribing a set way to date, it will emphasize character traits, issues around sexuality and attraction, and how we can live as Christians in a “sexually liberated” world.
This stand-alone message emphasizes that we can trust God’s promise that everyone who believes in Jesus will have eternal life.
This one-week, end-of-the-year series leads us to reflect on all that God has done over the last twelve months. We will remember God’s work in our community, as well as how we have responded to him in baptism, discipleship, and more.
Returning to God in worship can be challenging. The weight of having been absent and the struggle to make sure it is done right is palpable. When the Hebrew people returned from exile, they had to relearn how to worship God as he expected. This five-week series will take passages from the postexilic period that…
This four-week series will look at different characters in the Christmas story to see how the birth of Jesus was good news of great joy for all of them, whether an elderly couple like Zechariah and Elizabeth, a poor young couple like Joseph and Mary, the marginalized shepherds, or even cosmic beings (angels).
This four-week series looks at the theme of hospitality through Scripture. Through biblical exposition and practical tips, children will be able to experience and live out the hospitality of God.
The body of Christ, the church, must be diligent in recognizing false teachers and doctrine while trusting the Scriptures and recognizing true ministers of the Word. By learning to recognize false teachers, Christians will also be able to identify those who teach truth and by living into that truth they can grow in the grace…
This four-week series for children, grounded in the book of 2 Peter, focuses on holding on to what is true and setting aside what is false. As members of the body of Christ, the church, we must learn how to distinguish false teachers and teachings from those who correctly teach what the Bible says. When…
This four-week series looks at some of the more bizarre passages in the Bible—the ones that make us think, “What on earth?” Along the way, we’ll see how even the strangest parts of the Bible reveal God’s nature to us and encourage and strengthen our faith.
This four-week series will focus on how the arrival of Jesus answers our deepest longings in life: our longing for Jesus to come anew into our lives (hope); his arrival in Bethlehem answering our longing for God to move in our lives (joy); our longing for a Savior (peace); and finally, the return of Jesus…
This four-week series challenges listeners to rise to the occasion of growing up to fit the crown God has for them as godly, virtuous adults. We can become godly adults by building a solid foundation as we learn to prioritize what God cares about, get our focus off of ourselves as we practice caring for…
Do Christians have nonnegotiable beliefs, and if so, what are they? This eight-week series looks at eight key topics in evangelical theology that all Christians agree about. Our faith will be challenged as we ask ourselves, “When it comes to my beliefs, what is important and why?”
This four-week series takes the “anything goes” culture and the need for fame and followership and flips them on their heads, calling us to make humility, purpose, meaning, and integrity the real goals. Being famous isn’t a bad thing, but we need to be sure our foundations are strong, our priorities biblical, and our source…
We are living between two advents: the incarnation and the second coming of Jesus. This Advent series explores how we should live in this “in-between.” How do we live in light of Jesus’s ministry while waiting for his expected return?
When nativity scenes are set up at Christmastime, Jesus is always at the center of the picture. The nativity was the scene that ushered in the promises of God for salvation and the presence of God to live among us. This four-week series will focus on the characters of Zechariah and Elizabeth, Mary, Joseph, and…
Envisioning the first Christmas without the benefit of hindsight, this series presents snapshots of those who were near to the events surrounding Jesus’s birth: his parents, the shepherds, and Simeon, and Anna. Jesus’s coming is a welcome invitation to everyone—the poor, unknown, rich, men, and women. To those who recognize him as he comes, he…
Psalm 139 is well-known devotionally. Psalm 139:14—“I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made”—is emblazoned on T-shirts, coffee mugs, and social media memes. The psalm’s conventional usage can conceal its deeply important statements on the nature and goodness of God. This four-week series will explore these statements, with particular attention to four of…
Psalm 139 is well-known devotionally. Psalm 139:14—“I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made”—is emblazoned on T-shirts, coffee mugs, and social media memes. The psalm’s conventional usage can conceal its deeply important statements on the nature and goodness of God. This four-week series will explore these statements, with particular attention to four of…
This five-week series directs us to hope in the face of extraordinary adversity. In the book of Lamentations, we find the admission of sin, the need for repentance, the value of lament, and the reality of hope, all resting on the foundation of faith in the righteousness of God. Through in-depth study and reflection from…
This six-week sermon series tackles the theme of reconciliation and how we become a new creation in God. While 2 Corinthians is one of Paul’s more difficult writings to outline it becomes simply profound when we use the theme of reconciliation as a lens through which to view the letter. The call of God both…
In this four-week series we will gain an understanding of what it means to live with an eternal perspective—that is, to let the vision of what eternity with God means shape our lives: our time, our possessions, and our relationships in the here and now.
This one-week series uses the parable of the prodigal son to show teenagers how all humans rebel against God—either against his law or against his grace. By examining our own hearts and seeing how we are most tempted to rebel, we can learn how we can join our Father’s party, instead of running away or…
The Bible is filled with passages that can be used to encourage, correct, and challenge. However, we often struggle to give context to these passages, and that leads us to confuse the message. It’s not enough to place a verse on a coffee mug if we don’t understand it or let it affect our lives!…
This six-week series explores the life and ministry of Peter. Through analyzing Peter’s background, we can see that Peter was an “unlikely disciple” by religious standards. However, through exploring the highs and lows of Peter’s life, we see that the sanctification of a leader in the early church paints a relatable portrait for contemporary readers.
A sense of God’s absence is felt by most Christians at some time in their lives of faith. Known as “the dark night of the soul”—a phrase borrowed from the poem of the same name by John of the Cross—this experience is both a crisis of faith and an opportunity for faith to flourish. This…
The year 2020 has not treated us well. It’s been a terrible year; what do we have to be thankful for? This four-week series explores what we as Christians can be grateful for, even in hard circumstances, pointing to the hope we have in Christ while acknowledging the real and hard things we have experienced.
This four-week series, based on The Liturgy of Politics by Kaitlyn Schiess, explores the way Christian worship shapes the holistic lives of the people of God. While we are all shaped by the political forces in our lives, we are also powerfully shaped by the habits and practices of the church. The church has powerful…
We are living between two advents: the incarnation and the second coming of Jesus. This Advent series explores how we should live in this “in-between.” How do we live in light of Jesus’s ministry while waiting for his expected return?
This four-week series explores the lives of four lesser-known characters in the Bible, outlining how these everyday saints further extended God’s work in the world. Many of us might not be well-known or extraordinarily gifted, but we can still be used by God. How can we be faithful to those around us: our children, coworkers,…
Making history is a big goal for any student. We encourage our young people to set out to change the world for the better—but what does that look like? It seems like a momentous task for someone who is still learning how to write a résumé, do laundry, and not burn dinner. This four-week youth…
Words have history, and it is important to understand that history in order to better understand the word itself. And that is true of the word Christian. What is a Christian, and what does it mean to be one in the twenty-first century? This four-week series will look at the first use of the word…
Envisioning the first Christmas without the benefit of hindsight, this series presents snapshots of those who were near to the events surrounding Jesus’s birth: his parents, the shepherds, and Simeon, and Anna. Jesus’s birth is a welcome invitation to everyone—the poor, unknown, rich, men, and women. To those who recognize him as he comes, he…
This four-week series looks at the Christmas story from the songs sung in the Gospels before, during, and after Jesus’s birth. These songs reveal the songwriters’ heart for the Messiah, the hope of the world; they will warm your heart, stir your soul, and challenge your worship.
This four-week series looks at the Christmas story from the songs sung in the Gospels before, during, and after Jesus’s birth. These songs reveal the songwriters’ heart for the Messiah, the hope of the world; they will warm your heart, stir your soul, and challenge your worship.
Envisioning the first Christmas without the benefit of hindsight, this series presents snapshots of those who were near to the events surrounding Jesus’s birth: his parents, the shepherds, and Simeon, and Anna. Jesus’s birth is a welcome invitation to everyone—the poor, unknown, rich, men, and women. To those who recognize him as he comes, he…
This Bible book sermon series is a ten-week overview of the major stories and themes in the first book of the Pentateuch, Genesis. This is the story of God creating and bringing order and function into the earth, the rebellion of humanity against divine authority, and God’s unfolding plan to restore creation and humankind to…
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