This four-week series will look at how various classic hymns convey the truth of Scripture to us. And by doing so, we will see that both the truth and different musical modes of expressing that truth are still relevant to our faith today.
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 four-week adaptation of Taylor Johnson’s book, In the Altogether, explores why vulnerability is essential for the believer. Vulnerability is a path toward overcoming shame, finding hope, and experiencing grace and community through Jesus. Based on In the Altogether: Trusting God with All We Hide From the World by Taylor Johnson. Copyright (c) 2019 by Taylor…
This four-week adult series explores how biblical teachings can guide our media interaction. Screens are a part of daily life and they influence how we see the world—both positively and negatively. The biblical precepts that teach us about community, loving our neighbor, obedience, and communicating the gospel help us allow our faith to intersect with…
Family life for Christians functions differently than family life for nonreligious families or families of other faiths. The Christian family is more than the nuclear family of husband, wife, children; and it’s more than just marriage, singleness and parenting. Rather, it is a combination of the biological and spiritual family that creates the church, the…
This four-week series guide considers the place of friendship within a life of faith. Starting with messages that define healthy friendships as selfless and diverse, this guide then moves to discuss the role of friendship in evangelism and ends with a message describing and inviting listeners into an intimate friendship with God through faith in…
This three-week series helps teens engage in a missional focus at home, in their neighborhoods, in a larger region, and around the world. It will help teens practice seeing missions as part of their everyday calling as Christians and provide some practical starting places to do so.
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.
We live in a world of ongoing conflict and unrest. All around us are signs of the reality that so many live in a state of fear—or worse, hopelessness. Many centuries ago, John, the author of Revelation, penned a letter to seven churches. In it, he reminded them that Jesus’s death and resurrection had brought…
This four-week series will explore the hope that we have in the season of Advent. It will be broken down into the two main emphases: first, the anticipation of the first coming when all of the hope that was prophesied in the Old Testament found flesh in the person of Jesus Christ, and second, the…
This four-week Christmas (or Advent) series celebrates the ways in which faith in Jesus Christ allows us to see and experience the world in wonderful and unique ways. With texts from the New and Old Testaments, we’ll recognize that the gifts of faith—trust, joy, determination, and commitment—came to us through the birth of our Savior.
Jesus’s birth is a powerful display of God’s faithfulness to bring peace, hope, healing, and life to a lost and dying world. This four-week series explores the Christmas story by examining the relationship between the book of Isaiah and the purpose and work of Christ in the New Testament. Because of Jesus, we can experience…
This four-week series examines the many stories surrounding the narrative of Jesus’s birth, as well as our call to worship him and love others. By understanding the Father’s generous heart in offering Jesus to us, we can celebrate the joy of the season by giving back to God and to those around us. This series…
This four-week Christmas series walks through the angelic messages foretelling how Jesus’s birth would fulfill God’s promise of hope to the entire world. “The King Has Come” explores the powerful and transformative truth of the incarnation of Jesus as well as the faithfulness of God toward us in all of his promises
This four-week series tells the Christmas story through a topical lens. Jesus’s birth was the catalyst for the believer to find hope in difficult times, true belonging, peace, and eternal heart change through a right relationship with God. Each week, a popular Christmas song will be used as an illustration of the passage and the…
Sometimes, it’s difficult to enjoy Christmas when we’re too busy to stop and savor the holiday. This sermon series takes congregations back to the foundation of the Christmas story, revealing the joy and celebration it brings to all those who place their faith in Christ. Christmas changes everything. God has come to us in the…
This four-week series examines the nativity story and how we should view our priorities during the Christmas season. Through understanding the context and characters, we will see the importance of prioritizing others, adjusting our list of priorities, and rethinking our time. We’ll also be reminded that the Christian virtues presented in the Christmas season should…
Advent is a time of preparation for an encounter with the God who came in the flesh. In a similar way, liturgy builds toward and prepares the congregation for the proclamation of the Word. As we prepare for Christmas, we eagerly celebrate the coming king, while looking forward to his soon return. This four-week Advent…
Advent is a time of preparation for an encounter with the God who came in the flesh. In a similar way, liturgy builds toward and prepares the congregation for the proclamation of the Word. As we prepare for Christmas, we eagerly celebrate the coming king, while looking forward to His soon return. This four-week Advent…
Family life for Christians functions differently than family life for nonreligious families or families of other faiths. The Christian family is more than the nuclear family of husband, wife, children; and it’s more than just marriage, singleness and parenting. Rather, it is a combination of the biological and spiritual family that creates the church, the…
This four-week series for youth students looks at different aspects of God’s love for us, using the imagery of Scripture. First, the love God shows us as our Father; next as the love toward the bride of Christ (the church), then the friendship love we have with Jesus, and finally the nearly indescribable divine love…
This four-week series looks at different aspects of God’s love for us, using the imagery of Scripture. First, the love God shows us as our Father; next as the love toward the bride of Christ (the church), then the friendship love we have with Jesus, and finally the nearly indescribable divine love of God.
This four-week series examines the theme of hope. Through understanding the biblical and theological context of hope, we can see its relationship to faith, its place in human suffering, and ultimately, its focus not on circumstances but in God.
This four-week series examines the theme of faith. Through understanding the biblical and theological context of the word, we can see faith is trust that is linked to hope. Faith isn’t blind but is based upon evidence and produces action to live faithfully before God.
This three-week series examines the themes of faith, hope, and love. In 1 Corinthians 13:13, the apostle Paul boils down Christianity to these three concepts. Faith, hope, and love should guide our relationship with God and our relationships with others. This “back-to-basics” series will help congregants remember and apply these guiding principles to their everyday…
This four-week series is designed to help you gain vision for the coming year. However, this isn’t a church vision statement but, rather, a vision for spiritual growth. Make 2020 a year when you are focused on Jesus, making him the center of your life. This series will look at key passages in both the…
This three-week series examines the significance of being a good steward of the resources God provides to us, and of the willingness to give him our best. We follow Christ’s example when we use our money to serve God, rather than serving our money.
News flash: you are not the center of the universe, and that’s good news! The world is not about us. Rather, we are a part of a bigger story—God’s story. This four-week series explores how Jesus deserves his place at the center of the believer’s life, how the believer can get over themselves and put…
For those who long to be transformed by the gospel but aren’t sure how, this four-week series based on the book Finding Holy in the Suburbs: Living Faithfully in the Land of Too Much by Ashley Hales helps adults connect the dots between their faith and our consumer-driven, individualistic culture, while also giving congregants small…
News flash: you are not the center of the universe, and that’s good news! The world is not about us. Rather, we are a part of a bigger story—God’s story. This four-week series explores how Jesus deserves his place at the center of the believer’s life, how the believer can cultivate humility, utilize their God-given…
This four-week series is designed to help you gain vision for the coming year. However, this isn’t a church vision statement but, rather, a vision for spiritual growth. Make 2020 a year when you are focused on Jesus, making him the center of your life. This series will look at key passages in both the…
This four-week series provides insight into what it means to be thankful and how this leads to praise and gratefulness to the object of our faith, Jesus Christ. When believers practice thanks to their Creator, it does something for the soul that cannot be explained otherwise.
This five-week series, based on the book The Hospitable Leader: Create Environments Where People and Dreams Flourish by Terry A. Smith, examines what made Jesus the most successful leader in the history of the world. By detailing his ministry, “The Hospitable Leader” shows us how a large part of Jesus’ work was fulfilled in the…
This four-week sermon series shows God’s great love and relentless pursuit of sinful people. From renegade cities to rebellious prophets, nobody is beyond God’s reach.
This five-week sermon series touches on sin and redemption as found in the book of Ezra. The events found in this book bring to light failure, forgetting what’s important, and sin that separated the Jewish people from God. Despite becoming exiles, God reclaims His people and redeems their lives according to His promises. This grace…
This one-week series examines the baptism of Jesus, emphasizing how we must follow the Lord in baptism as an outward demonstration of our inward transformation.
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