Proverbs
Francis Bacon once said, "Money is a good servant, but a bad master." Proverbs teaches us to live skillfully with money as a good servant.
Proverbs: Real Wisdom for Anger
Proverbs 19:11: Real Wisdom for Anger
Anger is a part of life in the fallen world, both internally and externally. Proverbs offers wisdom on how to respond skillfully to anger in ourselves and others.
Proverbs: Real Wisdom for Parenting
Proverbs 1:8-9; 4:1-9
The book of Proverbs offers instructions for all who want to learn skillful living, but it also points us to one context in particular where this learning takes place: the family. The family is so important to God that He offers real wisdom for parenting.
Proverbs: Three Virtues of Disagreement
Proverbs 25:15
When disagreements arise, we tend to dig in, give in, or gloss over them. Proverbs offers real wisdom for disagreements so that we can demonstrate virtues instead.
Proverbs: Real Wisdom for Life
Proverbs 1:1-9, 20-22, 29-33
There are life hacks for everything. The book of Proverbs offers us real wisdom - not just to hack life, but to live life. This Sunday, we begin at the beginning because life is worth living.
You Follow Me!
John 21:20-25
As John's Gospel comes to an end, Jesus once more gives a call to follow him. And when we do, the world cannot contain all that would be written about what he desires to do. Don't miss out on the adventure!
A Reframed Story
John 21:1-19
John the Baptist is in prison and asks Jesus, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” When life is hard, what questions do you ask? What signs do you see? What hope do you find?
When in Doubt, Pay Attention!
John 20:24-29
What do you do with your questions and doubts about the Christian faith? In Thomas's encounter with Jesus, we learn three things to pay attention to. When in doubt, pay attention!
Onward & Upward: God Prays to God
John 17:1–26
Christ's prayer in Gethsemane demonstrates that God is sovereign, He does not fail, and that you are one with, in, and for Him.
Onward & Upward: Overcomer
John 16:25–33
Jesus speaks his final words to his disciples, and what he says calls us all to put into action what we believe about him. Only then can we know peace.
Global Outreach Sunday: The Way Up Is Out
Acts 11:19-30
Your fullness of life and the work of God in the world will only be achieved by being missional.
Onward & Upward: Sorrow Into Joy
John 16:16–24
Jesus offers his disciples and us a profound new understanding of the relationship between joy and sorrow. The joy He offers goes to the core of who we are, and no one can take it away.
Onward & Upward: To Our Advantage
John 16:4–15
It is to our advantage that Jesus goes away so He can send His Holy Spirit. It is also to the world's advantage that the Holy Spirit comes, because only then can the world finally stop being "the world."
Onward & Upward: Bearing Fruit
John 15:1–25
This Sunday, we celebrate the testimonies of those who have surrendered their lives to Christ. In the waters of baptism, they are declaring, "He abides in me, and I abide in Him." Glorious!
Onward & Upward: Another Helper
John 14:15–31
Compared to Jesus's disciples in the Upper Room we are better off by far. They sat with him; we are indwelt by him. His Spirit leads us onward and upward.
Onward & Upward: The Way, The Truth, The Life
John 14:1–14
If you want to know what God is like, how God treats sinners, how God responds to suffering, then look at Jesus!
Onward & Upward: Responding to Glory
John 13:31–35
Jesus gives his disciples a new commandment, new because of his glory. How we respond to this glory-filled command makes all the difference in the world.
Onward & Upward: To the End
John 13:1–20
Those who have surrendered to Christ have as their Lord a Master who does the work of a slave. You must let Him wash you, even when doing so subverts all of your clever presuppositions.
Onward & Upward: Extravagant Love
John 12:1–8
As opposition grows following Jesus's climactic miracle of raising Lazarus, the one Jesus loved, Mary pours out extravagant love at the feet of Jesus. How do we respond to such love?
Onward & Upward: Seeing Glory
John 11:1–53
As the cross is quickly approaching, Jesus is touching lives and preparing them for what is coming next. His purposes of bringing glory to God and to himself, the Son of God, move the Jewish leaders to kill Jesus...but God's plan, God's timing.