Church: Paul and Reaching the World

In preparation for this sermon, take a moment to read the following statements and evaluate on a scale of 1-10 to what extent you and your family would agree with them: Our work is meaningful and significant. ...

Church: Tragedy, Trial, Triumph

This week, almost all of us heard the news that Buddy was in the hospital to undergo emergency, potentially life-threatening surgery. And we were shocked; perhaps we were even shaken. How could something lik...

Church: Red Light Green Light

What if you were summoned to be part of something so astonishing it was going to restore Earth–not just the planet–but people? What if you knew this movement was not only a good movement, it was a God movement...

Jesus: Easter Sunday (The 5:15)

The Resurrection of Jesus is the great rift of human history. Every moment before that event led up to that event. Just as Jesus proclaimed as He rode into Jerusalem, if the people did not praise Him, “the ston...

Jesus: The Most Triumphal Entry

Imagine for a moment you are walking with Jesus into Jerusalem. You have followed Him for three years–you love Him; you believe in Him. But you fear you are walking into into an ambush. Yet, deep in your hear...

Jesus: The One and Only (The 5:15)

One man stepped from eternity into time and changed it forever. He was before time and beyond time. The statements that He made about Himself could never be made of anyone else. Jesus asked His disciples, “Who ...

Exile: Living in the Bucket of Babylon (The 5:15)

Beside the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept as we thought of Jerusalem. We put away our harps. For our captors demanded a song from us. Our tormentors insisted, “Sing us one of those songs of Jerusalem!” But ...

Fractured Kingdom: Prodigal Israel (The 5:15)

Life is not a series of chances; life is a series of choices. We serve a God that is more than fair, and even more than just; He is unimaginably gracious. One of those graces is that even in his Omnipotent p...

Fractured Kingdom: Elijah and Elisha

Elisha the prophet lived during a time of upheaval and challenge in Israel, but his relationship with God impacted the course of the entire war with Syria. Consistently, we see him respond to his circumstances ...