We the Church – Week 3
Defenders of Sound Doctrine: Why is it important to know what’s true? Is it even important? How do you even know that what you profess is true? If you’re sitting here scratching your head already, you’re in good company! While it seems like the idea of truth has only recently been relativized, the reality is […]
We the Church – Week 2
Elders: Elders – we’ve probably heard the term before, have heard pastors talk about our church elders, but for most of us we’re left wondering, “What do elders actually do? Why are they so important?” We’re glad you asked! Pastor Joe Valenti is teaching this week and has some encouraging words straight out of Titus […]
We the Church – Week 1
We the Church Are…: With all the conversation these past few months of what makes something “essential” we’ve heard more and more frequently people question just how essential churches are. The short answer is yes, but maybe not for reasons you were thinking! A church is not a building. A church is the people and […]
Poll-arized – Week 4
Racial Disunity: Racial disunity is not a modern issue. In fact, it’s been an issue even since the early 1st century church. As Lead Pastor Chad Allen will explore this Sunday, the Book of Acts shows us just how little humanity has changed over 2,000 years. Disunity was an issue even in Acts 6. Thankfully, […]
Poll-arized – Week 3
Biblical Sexuality: In our current culture, it seems like there are an infinite number of ways to embrace and find completeness as a person through human sexuality. When we distill the conversations down however, there really seem to be two main narratives being promoted. Either you are entitled to and should embrace every sexual desire […]
Poll-arized – Week 2
Our Care for the Poor: The more consistently we read Scripture, the more we see certain themes being repeated. This is not simply a matter of literary style – these recurring themes are one of the clearest pictures of God’s heart on display! A running motif from the very beginning of God’s relationship with His […]
Poll-arized – Week 1
Sanctity of Human Life: Life matters. That’s something just about any people group from any part of the world from any religion or worldview have in common. For some reason, religious or not, humanity has this awareness that we are something unique in the world. We are something other than the rest of the animal […]
Refresh – Week 4
Church Unified = Christ Glorified: When the church is unified, Christ is glorified. In the longest prayer of Jesus, known as His “High Priestly Prayer”, or perhaps the true “Lord’s Prayer”, Jesus prays for the oneness of believers. Why? So that the world will know that Jesus was sent by the Father. When the church […]
Refresh – Week 3
The Power of Loving Well: Love is patient, love is kind, love is…always concerned with being right? That isn’t how the rest of everyone’s favorite wedding verse goes! Regardless of your relationship status, the truth of this Scripture applies to each and every one of us. Jesus not only calls us to be loving, but […]
Refresh – Week 2
Trusting God Refreshes Us: Now possibly more than ever, we need stability. Every one of us has and is continuing to experience uncertain events, requirements for living life that change daily, and news streams that feed into every fear and worry we have. When everything around us is constantly in flux, where can we place […]
Refresh – Week 1
The Necessity of Lament: Looking back over the past five months is a daunting endeavor. We’ve been living on the edge of uncertainty for what feels like a lifetime! If you were to pause and think about your responses to each new unfolding event since March, how would you describe them? Most of us have […]
No Filter – Week 9
Jesus Divides: The no filter reality of Jesus’ teachings is that the Gospel message will divide people. It divides people in religiously different countries across the globe, and if lived out truly, will divide even in the midst of our quasi-Judeo-Christian culture of the United States. Dying to self and living a life in service […]
