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Our world chases wealth, status, and fleeting pleasures — but is there more to life? The Book of Ecclesiastes confronts this brutal reality head-on, declaring that everything under the sun is temporary and ultimately meaningless. So why is such an unsettling book part of the Bible? And what deeper message does God want to reveal through its mystery and wisdom?…
Many people are afraid to talk about spiritual warfare, assuming the conversation will lead them into the realm of demon possession and poltergeist exorcisms. However, Jesus shows us that spiritual warfare is far more common and subtle, targeting our souls with stealthy temptations designed to draw us away from God. In this message, we will uncover the strategies the devil uses and identify six poisoned darts Satan fires at the souls of Christ followers.…
The devil’s not dead…yet! Which means that we have a real enemy that God commands us to be prepared for. To prepare ourselves, we need to understand who the devil is, the impact of his fall on the world, and the role of demons. However, even as we stay vigilant, we must always remember that we are not fighting for victory, but from a victory that has already been secured through the cross!…
Have you ever been embarrassed by a verse in the Bible? There is a category of verses labeled as ‘atheist makers’ – on the surface they appear ridiculous, offensive, draconian, and illogical. In this message, we’ll use three such verses as case-studies in an attempt to learn skills for interpreting the Bible.…
Sanctification is God’s will for every believer. The word itself can seem complicated and overwhelming but it simply means separation from sin and dedication to God. Yet a closer look at scripture reveals 3 stages of sanctification that show God’s plan and our role in being sanctified. Sanctification is us becoming who God has called us to be, and it is our primary call as Christians! Paul tells us in 1 Thessalonians 4:3a 'For this is the will of God, your sanctification!…' Let's explore and discover God’s truth for us!…
Scientists are projecting that they will have brought the woolly mammoth back to life after having been extinct for 4000 by 2028! Aside from being a remarkable accomplishment, this provides a compelling example of what the Bible calls ‘re-birth’, ‘being born again’, or ‘regeneration’! In this message, we will explore what God says about regeneration.…
In the beginning God’s intention for humanity was that we enjoy him forever. However, endowed with free will we read in the book of Genesis that Adam and Eve sinned, which brought about a break in fellowship with God. Redemption is the story of God's loving response to humanity's sin by sending his son to forgive us and call us back into a relationship with him. Join us as we go on this journey of understanding what it means to be redeemed!…
**This message is best enjoyed on video. Watch at: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpIyPrUXljw Join us this weekend as we screen a documentary about one of our former Swazi kids! Thokozani (TK) grew up in Eswatini and had God-given dreams for the future that he gave up as he reached adulthood. TK gives a real insight into how it’s not that kids can’t dream in Africa, but it’s the raw reality of their environment that keeps them from achieving those dreams. When that dream slowly dies, they start to settle for harmful opportunities which lead to being influenced by the world. It also highlights how God redeemed him from that place and is using him now.…
Most people have this idea that catechism is Catholic, boring and irrelevant, however the truth couldn’t be more shocking! In this message we will discover the history behind catechism, the power of the idea as it appears in the New Testament and no less than six potent reasons why journeying through catechism is worthy of our next 52 weeks!…
If you stand so close to a mural painted on the side of the building, all you see are some colorful smudges and brush strokes that are hard to discern. However, if you step back (way back) you begin to see the bigger picture. In this message, we’ll join Paul in a prison cell, being persecuted for his faith. We’ll listen to his advice for those facing intense cultural pressure and our step back in time will help give us a clearer picture of the dynamics at play in our world today!…
While we may find ourselves deeply connected to our world and culture, when we give our lives to Jesus it's like we’re living in this space between the world and the Kingdom of God, and that space is called exile. In this message, we dive into the time of the Babylonian exile and will learn from the remarkable resilience of Daniel and his friends as they lived and thrived in a culture that was against them.…
Most Christians can feel the ground shifting beneath their feet. They can sense an unsettledness in the air and a stirring on the horizon but lack the courage to talk about what they are feeling or the words to describe what they are seeing. In this message we will join Paul in Athens in Acts 17, observing how he responded to a culture that was opposed to him and His God. We will also go on a deep-dive adventure to observe the four tectonic plates that are shifting in culture.…
Vision is often wispy, grainy pictures that flash through our minds and are easily lost. However, God instructs us to write-down-the-vision so that those who hold it may run with it! But this doesn’t mean visions are easy to catch or manage! People who see or hear a vision are often side-swiped and feel the crunch of what we’re calling ‘vision collision’! In this message, we study how visions work and roll out the final four strategic moves we intend to take in the coming year to turn the vision into reality!…
Admittedly, as a church, we haven’t done a great job of mapping a path for people who want to journey closer to Christ. That changes this year! In Part 2 of our Vision Weekend, we review the strategy rolled out last weekend and move on to focus on how it is that we will ‘make disciples of Jesus’ (Matt. 28:19). Our answer is a strategy we’re simply calling “Next”!…
People aren’t limited by their abilities but by their lack of vision! Yet, when God projects a compelling vision before His people and His people commit themselves to that vision, the limits are lifted and the impossible becomes reality! In this message, we will take time to reflect, confess, study, and allow our hearts to be ignited by the vision God is projecting on our hearts and upon our church!…
There is nothing quite like gathering all of our Worship Communities together in one place to worship outdoors! The park offers us some unique opportunities to connect, worship, picnic, and go public with our faith! This year was no exception and we took a few minutes to simply focus on the wonder of Jesus and the lengths He went to make a way for us to the Father!…
Have you struggled with unanswered prayers? Have you felt like God is silent? In this message, we will hear about the journey of 2 people who struggled with God's apparent silence, as well as some reasons why our prayers might not be answered, and what our response can be.
Peter and John could feel the tension. The culture had turned on them! They were outnumbered and heavily opposed. So, what do they pray for? Protection? Victory? Vindication? A rescue? No! They pray for boldness! This message examines what leads to one of the most inspiring prayers in the Bible, found in Acts chapter 4, and a recipe for boldness!…
Do you ever wonder what God’s plan and purpose is for your life? This week we’ll break down Jesus’ prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane and how despite the agonizing anticipation of carrying the cross, he still asked for God’s will to be done in his life. Jesus warned us that faithfully following God’s will isn’t easy... But when our prayer lives become dependent on the Holy Spirit to strengthen us, we begin to more accurately and passionately follow His will.…
Prayer is essential in the life of every believer, however, so often we find prayer to be a struggle! Today we will discover two tools we can use to fuel our prayer life found in the unconventional prayer of Agur!
Have you ever been called by God and wondered if you had what it took to do what He was asking you to do? God called Gideon to step out of his comfort zone and gather an army to defeat the Midianites. After much doubt and deliberation, Gideon said yes to God. At some point or another, God calls all of us to take a step of faith into the unknown. It is often scary, but it is through prayer that we find ourselves growing more and more confident in doing what God has asked of us.…
Do you ever look at contemporary art that is worth millions of dollars and think “I don’t get it”? It’s interesting how what some consider masterpieces leave others bewildered, much like the most famous prayer in the Bible: The Lord’s Prayer. However, hidden within it lies a profound message that causes our hearts to answer questions that have the potential to lead us into greater conversation with God and reveals the masterpiece it really is.…
A simple 4-word prayer that we can choose to pray either with a passive, one day in the future sentiment or an active, heaven invading earth activistic earnestness. Together we explore just what picture is painted for us in the last words of our Bible found in Revelation 22 and how a powerful prayer emerges for us should we have the courage to embrace it!…
Do you feel weak these days? Do you doubt God’s love? Are you missing life & power in your day-to-day experiences? The Apostle Paul guides us through a prayer that he prayed for a group of people in the 1st century who were most likely experiencing these very things. Listen to what he prayed for them. It’s a prayer that we should regularly pray today.…
Two words to describe Elijah would be ‘Effective Pray-er’! Wow! This guy had a track record of praying fiery, bold prayers that seemed to move heaven to act on earth! So, what made Elijah’s prayers so effective? Well, this message digs into Elijah’s life from 1 Kings 17-19 to reveal seven ways to make prayer effective!…
Of the 222 prayers recorded in the Bible, Peter’s 15-word prayer, recorded in Matthew 14, was the one that excited me the least! However, what it lacks in length, poise, grandeur, and nobility it makes up for in raw passion, authenticity, and results! There is a lot to learn from this little prayer, especially if you happen to be experiencing a storm of your own right now!…
Unmet desires and unanswered prayers can bring a significant amount of pain to our lives, yet Hannah’s life in 1 Samuel demonstrates a way to express our pain to God, be persistent in our requests, and stay faithful in our promises. Along the way, we might just find that not only our future changes but our own lives are transformed.…
Prayer should be the lifeline of every Christian, nevertheless, in life there are conflicts that occur that affect our prayer life, making prayer a struggle! We will explore the details in Jonah’s life that made him struggle to pray and the relentless pursuit of God for his prayers to find out why prayer is so valuable within our daily lives!…
This message takes one of the most overused, confused, misused, and abused words: ‘love’, explores its origins, its place in our current culture, and the reason human love is so limited. It then examines the unique properties and power of a different kind of love: agape!
If relationship phrases like ‘synthetic-relationships’, ‘a knife-in-the-back-of-our-own-selfishness’, ‘out-honouring-others’, and ‘taking-a-relational-laxative’ are unfamiliar to you, then this message from 2 Peter 1:6, Romans 12:10 and 1 Peter 1:22 may be just what you need!
As we attempt to understand the 5th element in Peter’s ‘formula for godly living’, we quickly realize that this idea of ‘godliness’ is somewhat nebulous, antiquated, and difficult to define! In this message, we take on the challenge of defining and taking a firm grip on what it means to be godly as we continue our study in 2 Peter 1:5-9!…
Most of us would define ‘perseverance’ as ‘enduring the unpleasant’ with a side of ‘putting up with the painful’. However, as you’re about to discover in this message from 2 Peter 1:6, God’s definition of perseverance is so much more than simply grinning and bearing it! With stories and examples of perseverance, this message will take you from Japan to your laundry room, over to Barcelona and right back to your own heart!…
To grasp the value and role “self-control” plays within our everyday lives we need to have a clear picture of what God desires for us. This weekend we will dive deeper into 2 Peter 1:3-4 to create a formula to help us understand God’s plan and our role in it! With the formula, we will also have a better understanding of our need to develop self-control.…
If you were to sit down to test your knowledge of God, how well do you think you would do? Many of us would panic thinking, I can’t recite the books of the Bible or name the attributes of God or explain ‘the abomination of desolation’! But that is not the kind of ‘knowledge’ God is calling us to! This message, based on 2 Peter 1:6, explores what ‘knowledge’ means and the difference knowledge of God makes in our lives!…
In 2 Peter 1, the apostle Peter lets us know that floating and bobbing in our faith will only lead to us being carried away by the currents of culture, so he provided us with a formula! It’s a formula for following. A formula for a godly life. However, before we can actually learn the formula, we need to lay a foundation. Join us as we do a deep dive into 2 Peter 1:5-9 for the next seven weeks!…
This weekend our middle school and high school students took over leading the service! Leading everything from tech, to worship, to preaching, they explore how to cultivate hearts of thankfulness for who God is, how he works in our lives, and challenge us to make praises to him known to our world.
Are you a ‘royal watcher’? Do you enjoy watching ‘The Crown’ and catching up on the latest news of the King, princes, princesses, dukes, and duchesses? Well, this message visits the coronation of King Charles, Queen Elizabeth, and most importantly, Jesus Christ. It asks the question: what is the significance of the Palm Sunday coronation and what are we to learn from it?…
One of the proven ways to conduct a thorough investigation is by challenging the problem with the 6-W’s: who, what, where, when, why & how? In this teaching, we will investigate the meaning, function, and significance of ‘surrendering to God’ with the 6-W method, resulting in what will prove to be a better understanding of what surrender actually means!…
The Bible contains some rather in-your-face verses about what it takes to be a true follower of Jesus Christ and not just a fan! In this message, we’ll study one of those passages found in James 2:19-20! It’s a shocking passage that talks about ‘demon-faith’ and ‘Christian-atheists’! This all leads us to a dive into what it means to truly surrender to God!…
We often think ‘God doesn’t want fans! He wants followers!’ and yet our passage for this message, Hebrews 12:1-3 lets us know God loves fans! God has lined up all sorts of fans!...but you might be shocked at who they are cheering for! In this message, we will study three proofs that God isn’t calling you to be a fan!…
Many Christians approach their faith as something that is appealing, comfortable, and convenient! However, those are the marks of a fan, not a follower. As we launch a new series we are calling Not A Fan, we take a look at the characteristics of a fan and the words Jesus spoke to the enthusiastic crowds that showed what he was really looking for.…
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