Jacob was a fascinating man with a messy life. God made promises to him. All Jacob had to do was to receive them by faith. But he could never quite bring himself to fully trust God. He was a schemer, a conniver, a rascal. But despite his struggles to trust God, God delivered on his promises. This is his story….
For the person of faith, suffering is a great mystery. How can God be good when good people suffer? The book of Job gives us a perspective on suffering that we find nowhere else. It answers the big question: Will man serve God for nothing? In other words, if God fails to bless, will we fail to serve and believe? Can we really trust God in the midst of what appears to be undeserved suffering?
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. APPLICATION / CHALLENGE Christmas is the perfect time to offer grace to others, while celebrating the grace that God has shown you.…
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. APPLICATION / CHALLENGE Like Mary, determine to be a person of great availability. Find a place to serve here at TCC. Learn…
In this message we will see that being religious and having a changed heart are not the same thing. We will learn this lesson by contrasting Naaman life with that of Elisha’s servant, a man named Gehazi. In Naaman we see the marks of a person who has met God, whereas with Gehazi we see the marks of someone who, despite being religious, has missed God.
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 this age of ubiquitous software and operating system updates, how can we think that the Bible is God’s final word on what we believe and how we live? Doesn’t it need an update, too?
SERMON SUMMARY John 4:46–54 We are in the midst of a series of messages from the book of John where we are trying to understand who Jesus is and why he came to earth. We are doing that by looking at what John calls the miraculous signs of Jesus. Jesus’ signs were symbols of who…
1 Peter – 1 Peter 1:13-21 – 3 of 18 SERMON SUMMARY How can Christians remain pure in an impure world? Some would say that we should withdraw from the world, lest it rub off on us. But Philippians 2:15 and John 17:14-15 offer a different tactic. Notice those words, “in the midst of a…
