Against the Grain – Week 2
A Stunning Love: Who do you love most in your life? Family and friends tend to top that list, and as well they should! Now, think of the people who brought the most hurt into your life. Do they fall on that same list of people you love, or is there some other list somewhere? […]
Against the Grain – Week 1
Jesus Redefines the Win: We’re kicking off a new series this Sunday, Against the Grain! When Jesus gave a sermon that was not on a mount (it was actually a flat riverbed!) He gave some pretty radical news. What you (the world) defines as success, or winning, is not how success is measured in the […]
Good Sayings Gone Bad – Week 5
It Matters What You Believe: We all believe something. No matter which term you prefer to use, everyone holds fast to some faith in some thing for some reason. Ask a lot of people what their thoughts are and you’ll most likely hear them preface or conclude their opinion with, “Well as long as you’re […]
Good Sayings Gone Bad – Week 4
Money is Not the Root of All Evil: Money is the root of all evil. It has a good ring to it, and if we’re honest, a lot of evil things happen because people want money. Is it actually money’s fault though? What is the good saying underneath of this bad one? Join us this […]
Good Sayings Gone Bad – Week 3
God Helps Those Who Help Themselves: God helps those who help themselves. Even though that phrase doesn’t appear in the Bible, studies show that over 80% of people are still led to believe that it’s in there. Is the idea true though? Scripture says that we are to work out our salvation with fear and […]
Good Sayings Gone Bad – Week 2
Dangerous Advice: Just follow your heart. We love to toss that phrase around and encourage our friends as they make difficult decisions. But have you ever stopped to consider where the desires and passions of your heart come from? If Scripture tells us that the heart is wicked and deceitful, is that really the compass […]
Good Sayings Gone Bad – Week 1
God Will Give You More than You can Handle: We’ve all been there – you have a moment or season, or maybe you are in the midst of them now, where you have felt hurt, discouraged, overwhelmed and in over your head. And, inevitably, someone with good intentions will say to us, “Don’t worry, God […]
Aha Moments – Week 12
Fruitful Surrender: As we close out our summer series on Jesus’ parables, we’re faced with a sobering choice. In light of Christ’s sovereignty over all things, we get to choose whether or not we will flourish or wither away. We can choose to be broken and built up, or we can choose a route that […]
Aha Moments – Week 11
Faithful, Foes, Fakers: As follows of Christ, we are living in a very interesting time. We live life hopefully knowing that Christ has defeated the enemy, but we wait for His glorious return. The question we have to answer is – what does God call us to do during this interim season?
Aha Moments – Week 10
Saved by Jesus not self!: Join us this week in Luke 18 as we dive into the parable of the tax collector and the pharisee. It can be easy for any of us to fall into the trap of thinking we are safe because of what we do. We read our bibles, we give to […]
Aha Moments – Week 9
Don’t Give Up Praying!: What keeps you motivated to pray even when it seems like God is silent? Some of us give up eventually, exhausted and discouraged, but still some of us keep going day after day. Why do those people stick with it? How can we stay motivated when our prayers seem pointless?
Aha Moments – Week 8
The Rich Man and Lazarus: As we’ve seen throughout our parables series so far, these aren’t stories that only tell us more about the nature of our God. They primarily serve to help us check our own hearts. The story of the Rich Man and Lazarus from Luke 16 is another one of those stories. […]
