This six-week series for Ash Wednesday and the Sundays in Lent celebrates the power of the gospel by lifting up some of the key ways Jesus demonstrated his power during his lifetime. By healing, forgiving, raising a child from the dead, walking on water, and exorcising a demon, Jesus declares himself the Son of God…
We need to prepare for the inevitable trials of life before they come. This four-week series will help youth do that through deepening their faith, resting in the assurance of the Good Shepherd, and being part of a community of Christians to lean on when the going gets tough and stress levels rise.
This four-week series uses Scripture and scenes from blockbuster movies over the last few decades to remind us that we all play an important part in the story of God’s plan of salvation for the world. Whether through public demonstrations of our faith, or creating a place of belonging for the lost, we are called…
This four-week series explores the difficulties of change in the Christian life. Through understanding procrastination, sanctification, and the power of cultivating spiritual habits, we see the life-giving process of change in the Christian life.
This two-week series can be used together or as two independent messages. Both messages are meant to help the congregation move forward together in vision or on a mission to raise funds for the church.
Sometimes teens are scared to live, numbing themselves to life and to those around them. The world can be a scary and difficult place. Barriers to wholeness of life with God include shame, sin, fear, suffering, and distractions. Like Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, we hide from God, rather than bringing our…
Jesus began his ministry by calling men and women to follow him and be his disciples. Today, the invitation of Jesus remains the same: to follow him as his students and to embrace his life and teaching in every area of our lives.
Jesus began his ministry by calling men and women to follow him and be his disciples. Today, the invitation of Jesus remains the same: to follow him as his students and to embrace his life and teaching in every area of our lives.
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 for youth considers what is happening in the resurrection of Jesus and why it matters for us today. Focusing on four encounters with Jesus after his resurrection, “What Is Easter?” will help students see the personal implications for resurrection life.
This four-week series explores the difficulties of change in the Christian life. Through helping kids understand procrastination, sanctification, and the power of cultivating spiritual habits, we see the life-giving process of change in the Christian life.
This four-week series uses Scripture and popular children’s movies to help kids understand that they have a place in God’s story. By studying the ways God interacts with his people throughout history we learn that God is the main character in this great adventure, but we all have a part to play in his kingdom!
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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