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TALKING POINTS / WALKING POINTS Dig deeper into the message during the sermon, in your personal Bible study, or with your family or Community Group in application-driven discussion. COMMUNITY GROUP LEADER’S GUIDE SERMON SUMMARY Mark 2:23 – 3:6 Today’s text records two incidents regarding the Sabbath. Modeled after the creation week, Jews were to work on…
This message helps us gain more insight into Jesus’ true identity by examining his healing of a paralyzed man. From this story we discover that the healing Jesus offers us involves the healing of the body and the soul.
Join us as we seek to answer the questions, “Who is this man named Jesus?”
In examining an Old Testament prophecy, we learn three things about Jesus and our world and us…
SERMON SUMMARY The Christian life is meant to be one of progress and growth. 2 Peter 3:18 says: “Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” How can we know if we are making real spiritual progress, and not merely deceiving ourselves with spiritual activity? You are growing as a…
The beautiful story of Jesus’ birth found in Matthew leads us to the amazing fact that God Almighty became a human and dwelt among us, earning the name Immanuel, or “God with us”. To fully understand this name, we must grapple with both the humanity and the deity of Jesus.
Even Jesus’ birth evoked violent opposition and that opposition resulted in horrible tragedy. By studying this story we will learn three lessons: (1) Jesus’ entrance into the world evokes opposition, (2) God works in unexpected ways, and (3) the whole Bible is really about Jesus!
We all know the amazing story of the wisemen who followed a star that led them to Jesus’ birthplace, Bethlehem. By looking at these magi’s lives, we will learn about the nature of God’s will, and how we should seek to find it and respond to it.
SERMON SUMMARY Matthew 1:18-25 Today we’re exploring the true meaning of Christmas through the perspective of Jesus’ earthly father, Joseph, and his heavenly Father, God. When Joseph found out that Mary was pregnant out of wedlock (v. 19), he displayed a remarkable balance between graciousness and allegiance to God’s moral law. If Joseph is going…
By looking at several women in Jesus’ family tree, we see three gifts that God gave that first Christmas…
