James 1:19-27
In today’s passage, James hits the bullseye with his pointed questions and commands. Ouch!
Living. Faith.: The Father's Firstfruits in a Suffering Society
James 1:1-18
We begin a series in James, a letter calling us to a living faith and to living our faith. Life is hard and we're often tempted to rely on things other than our generous Father to get us through. Let's let James guide us in living out what we believe.
Letting the Spirit and Scripture Do the Work
As followers of Jesus, we are "good-news-izers." We are to share with others the hope and forgiveness we have through Jesus. The trouble is, we don't always know how to do this well. This Sunday, we'll learn how to let the Holy Spirit and Scripture do the work when we join in the conversation.
Our Powerful Praxis
John 20:19-23
This Sunday is Vision Sunday where we look ahead to what God is calling us to be and do in the coming year, as well as celebrate all He has done in the previous year. God is calling us to live out a Trinity Way of Life. Crucial to this call is Our Powerful Praxis, where we walk in the Spirit, centered on Christ and sent into the world.
Holding Fast
2 Timothy 2:8-13
With all that's going on in life, we need to hold fast to the true Gospel, knowing that it is powerful in its working. The Apostle Paul writes this from a prison cell, so he knows what it means to rejoice in the 'unbound' Word!
Tomorrow Begins Today: Living the Blessing
Luke 24:50-53
As the resurrected Jesus physically leaves his disciples, He blesses them. The disciples, in turn, return to Jerusalem to continually bless God. When Tomorrow Begins Today, we adopt a posture of living the blessing with the whole of our lives.
Tomorrow Begins Today: Living as Witness of the Resurrection
Luke 24:44-49
Before heading out to demonstrate the love of Christ on Blessing Sunday, we first sit under His Word to equip us. He sends us out as witnesses to the resurrection, but what evidence would we point to if we were asked for "proof"?
Tomorrow Begins Today: Living with the Resurrected Jesus
Luke 24: 36-43
The resurrected Jesus appears to his disciples and they can't quite wrap their heads around this new reality! So He invites them to touch and see. This week we'll explore the sense, significance and substance of what it means to live life with the resurrected Jesus. He really does change everything!
Tomorrow Begins Today: Living the Book and the Table
Luke 24:13-35
We linger another week on the road to Emmaus. The resurrected Jesus shows himself to be the focus of the story of our lives, recognized as we live out the symbols of the story in our lives. Because of the resurrected Jesus, we are to live the Book and live the Table.
Tomorrow Begins Today: The Big Day and the Big Discussion
Luke 24:13-35
Feeling let down after Easter? Two travelers in Luke 24 discover the solution for this.
Generosity: The Heartbeat of Jesus - The Generous God
Luke 24:1-12
Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here; He is risen!0 The generous God gives a generous gift: the gift of the resurrection. And nothing is the same. Because of the resurrection, we have a new past, a new future and a new present. And all God's people say....
Generosity: The Heartbeat of Jesus - The End of Generosity
Luke 23: 44-56
Generosity: The Heartbeat of Jesus - The Generous King
Luke 19:28-44
As we draw closer to Easter, we celebrate the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem as King. He's a King beyond our categories bringing a peace beyond our hopes. What is our response to this coming King?
Generosity: The Heartbeat of Jesus - Generosity and Money
Luke 16:1-14
In the Parable of the Dishonest Manager, Jesus offers insight into our relationship with money that we never would have deduced on our own. Kingdom generosity calls us to take money that's not ours and invest it in true riches. Sounds like fun!
Generosity: The Heartbeat of Jesus - Generosity and Ministry
Luke 9:49 - 10:2
Jesus calls us to himself so that we can follow Him in his sent-ness. As followers of Jesus, we follow Him outside the four walls of the church as He sends us to the four corners of the world. He sends us to serve. He sends us so we can be generous in ministry.
Global Outreach Sunday - God Changing Tragedy into Triumph
Acts 11
In Acts, the believers faced challenging times, but again and again God used the tragedy of those challenges for His triumph. God used the persecution to spread the gospel all the way to Antioch. He is the same yesterday, today and forever, so we can trust He will do the same today.
Generosity: The Heartbeat of Jesus - Generosity and Hospitality
Luke 14:7-24
What do you think of when you hear the word “hospitality”? Fine linen tablecloth? Hours preparing a gourmet meal? Friends around the table? Kingdom Hospitality is far more radical than that. Jesus teaches us that generous hospitality is radically ordinary hospitality.
Generosity: The Heartbeat of Jesus - Generosity and Relationships
Luke 17:3-10
Generosity is more than just giving money. Generosity touches every area of life, even our relationships. Jesus teaches us that when He is the Master of our lives, relational generosity expresses itself in forgiveness.
Generosity: The Heartbeat of Jesus - Generosity and God's Kingdom
Luke 6:20-38
In the six weeks leading up to Easter we will be looking at Jesus' teaching on generosity as recorded in Luke's Gospel. Generosity is the heartbeat of Jesus, and the starting point for understanding generosity is the Kingdom Jesus announces. God's kingdom redefines generosity.
Wisdom for Living - Besides Being Wise
Ecclesiastes 12:8-14
In this final sermon of the series we hear the author's perspective on all that Qohelet has taught. The end of the matter; all has been heard. Much has been covered, but here we sum up in order that we might live wisely.