Tonight we’ll be wrapping up our Ephesians series, “Blueprints,” by diving into Chapter 6. In this chapter, Paul makes it clear that believers are in a spiritual battle—but he also gives us the strategy for how to stand strong in it. He reminds us to know and live out the truth: that even in the middle of our battles, we already have victory in Christ.
Read MoreThis week’s teaching compares living according to the flesh to living according to the Spirit. We’ll walk through what the process of sanctification entails and how the Holy Spirit works through a believer to say no to sinful desires.
Read MoreAs we turn the corner to the back half of the book of Ephesians by entering in to chapter 4, 5, & 6 our focus changes. In the first three chapters our attention is upon the spiritual blessing be have in Christ. But starting in chapter 4 our focus shift towards instructions towards right Christian living. Within tonight’s message Paul will show us the things we do are “because of” the love he has shown to us, not “for” or to earn his love and acceptance.
Read MoreAs we launch a new series we’ll be covering the reality of sin’s infection of human nature and the world around us. Looking at Paul’s progression in Romans 7-8, we’ll uncover the problem that’s before us, and the solution we have in Christ.
Read MoreWhat makes Jesus... different? Different from other religions, different from other ways of life, different than just doing your own thing? During this teaching, we will discover that the grace of God for us while we were sinners is different than anything else have experienced! During this teaching, students will be given the opportunity to respond to God’s grace by committing to following Jesus with their life.
Read MoreWe are off this week, Sunday October 12 as we will be returning from a weekend retreat with many of our students. We resume next Sunday the 19th with a new teaching series titled Transformed which will look at how God changes us and makes our heart more like his. This is a part of our overall yearly focus to become more like Jesus every day!
Read MoreAs we begin a new series walking through the letter of Ephesians, we discover that Paul wrote to a specific group of people in a specific time; and while these people lived 2000 years ago in a whole different part of the world, we can relate to their experience. Students will be reminded that the love of God displayed in Jesus gives them a more secure identity and stable footing than any feelings of being new, experiencing change, and living under pressure.
Read MoreThis week we are finishing our devoted series by returning to Acts 2:42 and focusing on the Disciples’ devotion to the Apostles’ teachings. The Apostles’ teachings focused on Jesus’ instructions for the church and are also a testament to his life death and resurrection. In this teaching we will focus on how devotion to Scripture can be an agent of transformation in our life.
Read MoreAs we conclude our series on the first half of Acts, we are going to look at the interaction between Peter and Cornelius. Once Jesus came onto the scene, the Jewish understanding of who was invited into God’s family needed to expand. God was inviting Peter to see that the message of Christ was not meant to be guarded but rather meant to be shared!
Read MoreJesus provides us with an outline for how He sees the world and leads him to defeat everyday worries. This process is prayer. A life interwoven and covered with prayer that views life beyond everyday trivial worry and into a life that seeks first the Kingdom and God’s righteousness!
Read MoreAt Lifeline tonight we are going to talk about the interaction Saul has with Jesus on the road to Damascus. Saul was fully against Jesus and his followers, persecuting them and hunting them down. On the road to Damascus Jesus met him, and despite what he had done Jesus invited him to be a part of his family and to become an important part of the early church family. We want students to see how if that was true for Saul, then it’s true for them. That God wants to meet them, despite their past or what they’ve done.
Read MoreWe begin a new series titled “Devoted” and we will be focusing on fellowship. We will talk about how the early church practiced fellowship and have an opportunity to engage in it as a group in real time as we eat a meal and enjoy conversation!
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