Do you ever wonder why God blesses people who don’t deserve his blessing? Do you ever envy others? Do you ever experience doubt in your Christian faith? In Psalm 73, we meet a man named Asaph who had these same struggles. Through his experience we learn how to deal with our own doubts.
To parents, few things are more important than passing along a “sticky faith” to their children. This type of faith has staying power and is strong enough to be passed down through the generations. In this message, we talk about a style of parenting that is highly relational through which parents can share a “sticky faith”.
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 Seek to love, serve and obey God just to give him pleasure, just because he is worthy. TAKE ONE…
We live in a culture where belief in God is widely ridiculed. Despite that cultural pressure, many people profess their faith in God. What causes people to move from skepticism and become seekers?
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.
We live in a culture where belief in God is widely ridiculed. Despite that cultural pressure, many people profess their faith in God. What causes people to move from skepticism and become seekers?
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…
SERMON SUMMARY Philippians 4:13 Last week we discussed how our awe of God should be greater than our awe of our past mistakes or our present or future challenges. This week, we will see how Moses lived the rest of his life according to a New Testament principle that we briefly touched on last week.…
SERMON SUMMARY Hebrews 11:23–27 APPLICATION / CHALLENGE Today we are beginning a new series on an individual who has impacted all of us—Moses. He hand-delivered the Ten Commandments, wrote the first five books of the Bible, and emancipated the Jewish people from slavery! Despite all that he accomplished, Moses was far from perfect. He had…
Faith & Work: An Uneasy Alliance – Work: A Rich Mission Field – 8 of 8 SERMON SUMMARY One of the most fruitful mission fields is the workplace. We spend a lot of time there; we have friends there, many of whom are not Christians. Think about it…we get paid to spend time alongside men…
