The fourth character in our study of “The Baddest People in the Bible” is Judas Iscariot. Have you ever wondered what drove Judas to betray Jesus? Spoiler Alert: it wasn’t just about 30 pieces of silver. Judas’ motivation ran much deeper. Uncovering his motive will reveal a profoundly important life lesson for each of us.
The next character in our study of “The Baddest People in the Bible” is Satan himself. We’ll begin by wrestling with whether thoughtful 21st century people of faith believe in Satan and, if so, why? Then we’ll explore what powerful lessons we can learn from Satan’s profoundly negative example.
Last we launched a new sermon series called “The Baddest People in the Bible,” recognizing that we can learn a lot from the mistakes of others. There’s nothing like a powerful negative example to cause us to say, “I don’t want to be like that!” The Bible character we study this week will surprise you […]
We often learn the most from our own mistakes and the mistakes of others. There’s nothing like a powerful negative example to cause us to say, “I don’t want to be like that!” So this week we begin a new sermon series called “The Baddest People in the Bible.” The cast of ghouls we study […]
Easter is not just about what happens to us when we die. It’s about how we live! This Sunday we’ll study John 20:19-25, which is one of the most overlooked, yet important resurrection stories in the Bible. Embedded within it is the secret for how to live with resurrection power. Join us for Easter, as […]
This Sunday, Palm Sunday, we will compare and contrast the different ways people responded when Jesus offered of himself as King on that fateful day when he rode into Jerusalem. In the process, we’ll hold a mirror up to ourselves and consider how we are responding to that same offer in our lives today. On […]
Last week we began a deep dive into Jesus’ most famous prayer – The Lord’s Prayer. In that prayer, Jesus identifies THE FOUR MOST IMPORTANT THINGS we can ever pray. Do you know what they are? This week we’ll study two of those four critical prayers. If you want to make the most of life, […]
Prayer is puzzling subject. How does it work? Am I doing it right? What should I say? Why are some prayers answered and not others? Over the next three weeks, we’re going to do a deep dive into Jesus’ most famous prayer – The Lord’s Prayer – to see what we can learn from it. […]
This week we conclude our sermon series about “New Life In Christ,” i.e., being born again. Our focus in this last installment will be on the afterlife and how being born again affects that. If you’ve ever wondered what will heaven really be like? Or, how could a loving God create a place like hell? […]
The New Testament says that when we are “born again” (i.e., spiritually awakened), we receive an amazing, incredible, miraculous gift called “the Holy Spirit.” What does that mean? And what new possibilities does that open up in my life? This will be the fourth of five installments in our sermon series on “New Life in […]
In our sermon series on “New Life in Christ,” we’ve talked about what Jesus meant when he said “you must be born again” and we’ve talked about the role that grace and faith play in that spiritual birthing process. Now this Sunday we’re ready to discuss what comes next. Once I’ve been spiritually reborn, what […]
This week we continue our Sermon series called “New Life in Christ.” Last week we began by exploring what it means to be “born again.” We saw that Jesus was talking about the necessity of a spiritual awakening within each of us. This week we’ll dig deeper by studying a key New Testament passage that […]
