We’ve all had nagging questions about God that have challenged our faith. Some of these questions are so difficult to deal with that many choose to reject God altogether. Even Christ’s followers can struggle with doubts that keep them ineffective in sharing their faith! This important series will give you both the courage to ask the tough questions of God and the confidence to believe that He’s big enough to answer all of them!
STAND-ALONE MESSAGE. In the face of ongoing persecution and even execution, the early church believed that prayer unlocked a power that overruled even their most intimidating opponent. Prayer was a first impulse, not a last resort. In response, God did incredible miracles! With Acts 12 as a backdrop, what would happen if we began to pray like the early church did?
STAND-ALONE MESSAGE. A "primer" for our upcoming The God Questions message series.
The root of the word discipline is disciple. Disciple means devoted follower. How does the way we parent our kids enable or disable their growth in Christian discipleship? Is it possible to be self-disciplined, to deny ourselves and live a more self-controlled life? How do these practices converge to make us more devoted Christ-followers? Listen as we attempt to answer these questions!
We look at Biblical principles that encourage strong, healthy relationships with others while discovering Godly wisdom and advice on dealing successfully with difficult people in our lives.
What if simply walking over and saying hello to someone could make a difference in their life forever? Effectively sharing your faith is not about methods and strategies, it’s about taking a genuine interest in others. All you need is a heart in tune with the Holy Spirit and a willingness to step outside your “comfort zone” and into another person’s life. This series, based on Bill Hybel’s book, brings personal evangelism into the 21st century.
It’s said that character is measured by how we act when no one’s looking. By observing the life of Joseph in the Old Testament, we discover how God uses the circumstances of life to build and test our character.
prod•i•gal – adjective.
1. recklessly extravagant. 2. lavishly abundant. 3. having spent everything.
One son kept the rules religiously. One son broke them all. One father loved them both beyond anything they could ever imagine. The gospel is not about religion or morality but something else entirely. Join us as we look at one of Jesus’ best-known parables, uncovering an unexpected message of hope and salvation. Be prepared to rediscover the heart of Christianity!
STAND-ALONE MESSAGE. If you've ever been in a situation where God has called you to do something that seemed overwhelming, intimidating or frightening, you probably found yourself struggling with God or even disobeying Him altogether. Learn how to confront God's call for your life as Pastor Dan looks at the call of Old Testament judge Gideon.
STAND-ALONE MESSAGE. We all can admit that it's important to learn how to listen, but often we have to listen to learn! Explore how to learn what God wants to teach us by listening to His voice!
Giving is not only good for the church, but it is essential for your walk with Christ and furthering your relationship with him as well as gaining spiritual maturity.
Every year it seems that so many people make New Year’s resolutions to lose weight and get healthy. As a living organism, the Body of Christ needs to be healthy and stay in shape too! Join us as we explore how the Church "gets in shape".
STAND-ALONE MESSAGE. If you want to hit a target, you have to aim before you shoot. For many churches, the focus is either on multiple targets and goals for ministry (which diffuses the focus and confuses the people), or they take their eyes off the target completely. In this message, Pastor Dan talks about the target the church needs to be aiming at: making disciples. Includes the reason we make disciples, the command to make disciples, the promise of help in making disciples, and the four common problems that make disciplemaking difficult.
Every year, people talk about what they want for Christmas. Yet, even if they get what they want, they still long for what they don’t have, searching for that elusive hard-to-define thing that always seems to be just out of reach. Could they be missing out on what’s really important? This series looks at the things we really need!
One of the basic claims we have as Christ-followers is that God desires a relationship with us. We even base our salvation on it! Yet healthy relationships need healthy communication if they are to grow and thrive. This series explores how to “make contact” with God as He intends us to.
If you knew you only had one month to live, what would you do to make what’s left of your life really matter? In this series, we discover fresh strategies for overcoming the habits that mire us in mediocrity. We’ll examine how to live passionately, love completely, learn humbly, and leave boldly to create a legacy that endures for generations after we’re gone.
STAND-ALONE MESSAGE. Most Christ-followers want to do the right thing. They try so hard to have Christian marriages and to raise Christian kids to have Christian friendships. Too often, however, so much of the work we do was never part of our relational job description! As we interact with our spouse, children or other important relationships in our lives, we find ourselves focusing on wrong behavior, and then we set out to control that behavior by pressuring them to change it. It's a bigger problem than many of us realize. This message is about empowering our relationships with the mindbending grace of God and learning to identify the simple difference between God’s job and ours in relationships.
It wasn’t easy to follow Christ in the first century, and it’s not easy today. Yet God hasn’t left us to run the race and fight the battle on our own. He’s given us each other! In this series, we see why the Church—a local community of believers—is essential to our spiritual well-being.
God’s power is unlocked as we seek Him in prayer! This series will help you learn how as we explore this key spiritual habit for every Christ-follower.
Romans 7 is one of the most challenging chapters in the Bible! Here we see how the plan of salvation has created a three-way collision course involving our sin, God’s law, and His grace. Join us on the front lines as we enlist in this fascinating and encouraging series.
