Who or what is ultimately responsible for our success? It is rooted in our efforts, our intellect, our wisdom, or is it due to something else? Pastor Doug uses the next passage of Jacob’s life to answer this question.
Who or what is ultimately responsible for our success? It is rooted in our efforts, our intellect, our wisdom, or is it due to something else? Pastor Doug uses the next passage of Jacob’s life to answer this question.
TaLKING POINTS / WALKING POINTS View the sermon summary or dig deeper into the message during the sermon, in your personal Bible study, or with your family or Community Group in application-driven discussion. TAKE ONE STEP Each week, write down one doable concrete step of obedience, small or large, that you will put into practice…
Whether it’s a minor squabble between your children, or a major tragedy such as a fatal shooting, there’s a need to bring justice to our world—but how? Christians care deeply about issues of injustice and oppression, but get confused about how to be involved.
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…
SERMON SUMMARY The Bible has a lot to say about what we do with our appetites. And probably the most famous example comes from Genesis 25, the story of Jacob and Esau. While in their mother Rebekah’s womb, “the babies jostled each other within her.” There was a battle going on between Jacob and Esau…
Coming Soon! SERMON SUMMARY In part 1, we gained an understanding of what anger is and where it comes from in biblical terms. We learned that God is angry, and his anger is always righteous and pure. Likewise, Satan is angry; however, his anger is always destructive and hateful. We saw that anger is a…
SERMON SUMMARY Everybody deals with anger—and the Bible has a lot to say about it. It’s packed with stories, teachings and comments about anger. Many people are surprised to learn that God is—by far—the angriest person in the Bible. How can this be? Not only is God the angriest person in the Bible, he’s the…