Posts with the category “messages”

Psalm 23 - “He Restores My Soul”“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul…” (Ps. 23:1-3).Every Memorial D...  Read More

Psalm 23: “...I shall not want.” (What He Provides)“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” If David’s personal experience and testimony of God’s care is like that of a good shepherd, he then expr...  Read More

Why Does God Allow Evil and Suffering in the World? The problem of evil and suffering is a question that people have wrestled with in every generation. But compounding the theological problem is the r...  Read More

How Do I Deal with Church Hurt (Without Losing My Faith)?1 Cor. 1:10-13 (also 1 Cor. 3-6)In the New Testament, we see the beginnings of the early church. Paul, an apostle tasked with sharing the good ...  Read More

1. Is Jesus Really The Only Way to God?Romans 6:23; John 3:16Although this is presented as an intellectual question, it is primarily being asked at an emotional level - we wonder about friends and fam...  Read More

Life To The Full  |  Bible Reading Week 4If this is your first week on the plan, jump right in with our reading and reflection question. (Later on you can go back to the previous weeks for additional ...  Read More

Life To The Full  |  Bible Reading Week 3If this is your first week on the plan, jump right in with our reading and reflection question. (Later on you can go back to the previous weeks for additional ...  Read More

Life To The Full  |  Bible Reading Week 2If this is your first week on the plan, jump right in with our reading and reflection question. (Later on you can go back to the previous weeks for additional ...  Read More

Life To The Full  |  Bible Reading Week 1Our Bible reading plan is going through the gospel of John. Each week you’ll read 2 chapters of the gospel of John.  We encourage you to spend time with the re...  Read More

Dangerous Lies About Mental HealthMay is Mental Health Awareness Month, so we want to put a spotlight on an issue that is very prevalent in the world, that has been for a while, but has also seen an u...  Read More

Hearing God in Scripture“Beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the scriptures concerning himself.” - Luke 24:27“Christians read the Bible not as a docume...  Read More

 Name the wall:What does race have to do with the gospel? Everything! We see evidence of tensions around ethnicity (more on that in a moment)  in Galatians 2:11-21. Paul confronted Peter because he wa...  Read More

Historical Setting: King Herod ruled from 37 B.C. over the kingdom of Israel, assigned by Romans in 40 B.C. Ruled with power and might. He was intent on proving to the world that he was the Messianic ...  Read More

As we enter this advent season, our focus is usually fixed on Jesus and his arrival. And while we have great hope in this, we can often fail to recognize the journeys other characters in the nativity ...  Read More

When James is writing to the early church, he is writing to a church that has experienced immense suffering and persecution. The trials were endless, the oppression was severe and there was temptation...  Read More

Before time began, when there was nothing else, there was friendship. From all eternity, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (doctrine of the Trinity) were in community together – loving, serving, and de...  Read More