This four-week series for youth and adults focuses on Romans 7:15: “For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.” Often, in life, we find ourselves wrestling with our sinful nature. How do we overcome temptation? These four weeks look…
This four-week series for youth and adults focuses on Romans 7:15: “For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.” Often, in life, we find ourselves wrestling with our sinful nature. How do we overcome temptation? These four weeks look…
This youth and adult series examines four tough topics that are often thought about (if not asked) by those inside and outside of the church. If Christians really love Jesus, why is there so much hurt in the church? How can we trust the Bible? What’s the relationship between faith and science? Is abortion wrong?…
This stand-alone message for Easter Sunday unpacks and drives home Jesus’s claim (and the evidence for it): “I am the resurrection and the life.”
This four-week series explores the importance of forgiveness in the life of the believer. God’s forgiveness is a merciful gift that influences the believer’s life and transforms how they deal with their own sin and that of others. God’s delicate balance of justice and forgiveness teaches the believer how to confess, repent, forgive, and restore…
Every generation needs to experience both a fresh revelation of Jesus Christ and the cost and joy being his disciple. This six-part series breaks down those needs, as seen in Paul’s letter to the saints at Colossae—and to saints everywhere.
This youth and adult series examines four tough topics that are often thought about (if not asked) by those inside and outside of the church. If Christians really love Jesus, why is there so much hurt in the church? How can we trust the Bible? What’s the relationship between faith and science? Is abortion wrong?…
This four-week series reveals the importance of clarifying freedom for the Christian life. While freedom can mean different things politically and culturally, true freedom ultimately comes through Christ. Jesus brings freedom from the bondage of sin, legalism, and the need to put our desires above others.
This four-week series studies the life of John the Baptist, from the moment of his birth’s announcement to his death. Along the way, we’ll consider what his life and ministry meant for the people of his time and what we can continue to learn from him.
In the Gospels, miracles were out of the ordinary events that revealed the power of God and the identity of Jesus. The greatest miracle of God is the forgiveness of sins. To demonstrate his authority to work this miracle, Jesus healed the sick and disabled, calmed the forces of nature, set people free from the…
Each week in this four-week series focuses on one type of soil described in the parable of the sower: the path, rocky soil, thorns, and good soil. Along the way, we will explore such questions as these: What does this parable teach us about the nature of our hearts? What does it tell us about…
This four-week series for adults looks at what freedom in Christ entails. Does this absolve us of any spiritual responsibilities? Jesus says his “burden is light,” but does this mean that a Christian life will always be an easy one? This shows us that true freedom moves us toward obedience and debunks an unchristian understanding…
This four-week series looks at Jesus’s parables of the kingdom of God in Matthew 13. Fresh insights help familiar illustrations like the sower, yeast being worked into dough, and the treasure found in a field come alive. Along the way, congregations will come to understand the reign of God better.
This stand-alone message for Easter Sunday unpacks and drives home Jesus’s claim (and the evidence for it): “I am the resurrection and the life.”
This stand-alone message for Easter Sunday unpacks and drives home Jesus’s claim (and the evidence for it): “I am the resurrection and the life.”
This stand-alone message for Good Friday proclaims the atoning work provided by Christ. Through several key New Testament passages, we see that Christ has defeated the dark powers of sin and death and has provided forgiveness and redemption.
This stand-alone message for Easter Sunday unpacks and drives home Jesus’s claim (and the evidence for it): “I am the resurrection and the life.”
This six-week series for the Sundays during the season of Lent (plus Ash Wednesday) takes congregations from a serious reflection on their mortality on Ash Wednesday toward a joyful vision of the New Heavens and the New Earth on the last Sunday of Lent. This pathway—from death to everlasting life—will bring the congregation to a…
The resurrection of Jesus is the realization of the plan God had for bringing final, ultimate hope for the world. All of life’s greatest questions can be answered in the resurrection.
This one-week message focuses on what the resurrection means for us today, and the hope it brings for everyone who believes. The grave is defeated!
As Christians, when we think about Easter we tend to focus on Jesus dying on the cross for our sin; however, the hope of the Gospel in found in Jesus being alive through his resurrection!
This six-week series for the Sundays during the season of Lent (plus Ash Wednesday) will encourage congregants to examine their hearts, their motivations, and their loves as they walk in repentance toward Resurrection Sunday. Lent reminds us that we are all broken and in need of a Savior who has overcome sin and death.
This six-week series for the Sundays during the season of Lent (plus Ash Wednesday) will encourage congregants to examine their hearts, their motivations, and their loves as they walk in repentance toward Resurrection Sunday. Lent reminds us that we are all broken and in need of a Savior who has overcome sin and death.
Social media is often criticized because users are tempted to condense complicated matters so much to the point that they become overly simplistic. We can do this with our faith, too. It’s tempting to answer big questions with cheap answers. This three-week series for youth looks at three main offenders: individualism, wealth and status, and…
In his first epistle, the apostle Peter encourages suffering believers that through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we have the confident assurance of a new life, allowing us to live boldly for the faith against all odds. Because our hope is a living hope, we can grow in individual and corporate holiness and find our…
This six-week series for the Sundays during the season of Lent (plus Ash Wednesday) will encourage congregants to examine their hearts, their motivations, and their loves as they walk in repentance toward Resurrection Sunday. Lent reminds us that we are all broken and in need of a Savior who has overcome sin and death.
The resurrection of Jesus is the realization of the plan God had for bringing final, ultimate hope for the world. All of life’s greatest questions can be answered in the resurrection.
This four-week series, based on the book The Final Days of Jesus by Andreas J. Köstenberger and Justin Taylor (with Alexander Stewart), will enlighten and deepen our understanding of Jesus’s final four days on earth (Thursday–Sunday). On this journey, our faith will be strengthened as we see biblical events come alive as if we’re one…
This stand-alone message for Easter Sunday unpacks and drives home Jesus’s claim (and the evidence for it): “I am the resurrection and the life.”
This five-week series focuses on the story of Joseph and the relevance it has for our lives today. As we learn to live as followers in the kingdom of God, we must overcome sinful attitudes and temptations, as well as forgive those who hurt us. Even though life sometimes offers us a twist we didn’t…
This five-week sermon series is designed to either be used over the course of five weeks, or through the last week of Lent—often referred to as Holy Week—on the church calendar. The church calendar invites us into a different sort of spirituality, one in which we sync our lives up with the rhythm of Jesus’s…
This six-week Lent sermon series exposes the rebellious nature of sin and helps you teach your people about the beautiful resolution offered in the hope of the gospel through a researched series guide. In our world it is common to minimize our own actions and, thus, minimize our responsibility in the problem. But the season…
God is God of all, and all must find salvation in God’s Son, Jesus Christ. It’s the essence of Paul’s message in the first eleven chapters of his letter to the church in Rome, and it is why we put our faith in Jesus Christ as Lord. Then, with Romans 12:1–2 comes a pivot point….
Discipleship is a lifelong journey, and it’s easy to get sidetracked and lose our sense of direction along the way. This four-week series will challenge believers to keep their gaze fixed on Jesus, the “X” on their discipleship map. As we take a closer look at what it means to follow him, to be united…
This four-week series covers areas in a teenager’s life and relationships that could potentially be toxic. The interesting thing about toxins is that that they spread. They don’t just affect one area but often seeps into other areas, poisoning everything they touch. When a person has toxins in his body, there are warning signs that…
As the New Year begins, this series will help churches take up the challenge of “21 Days of Fasting and Prayer.” Prayer and fasting—along with a whole array of spiritual disciplines—draw us closer to God. Time spent in undivided attention to God reminds us that God and only God is God. Christ alone saves. Only…
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