The New Testament authors paint the biggest enemies to who Jesus was and what he was trying to do as the Pharisees, ultra conservative religious people who memorized the Old Testament and kept all the moral rules, but used religion to mask thei
We continue our series in Matthew, by looking at an unusual passage that mentions an apocalypse and we examine how the word was used differently in the first century and how we need God's eyes to see what we are facing today.
We continue our series in Matthew and explore the concept of Hades and Hell, as we look at Jesus' strongly worded rebuke to the good religious cities that refused to repent and recognize him as King.
We continue our series in Matthew by looking at 11:7-19 where Jesus compares his generation to children who want to watch others play, but don't want to actively get involved. They want to see a prophet in the desert, but want to ignore his mes
Matthew 11:2-6, we continue our summer series in the book of Matthew, looking at how John the Baptist wrestled with Jesus and his expectations of what a Messiah should look like.
Each summer, we've been working through Matthew verse by verse and we've reached Matthew 11. We take some time to review, and set the stage for Matthew's agenda in the next few chapters, and his objective to get us all to wrestle with this ques
In the second message in our new series about the core values of our church, we talk about how Jesus was people driven, and how as a church we must be as well in order to reach a cynical culture.
Intercession is praying for other people, interceding heaven to come to their aid. We need people to put a hand on our shoulder and tell us that we are seen and loved.
Yes, you can ask pray to ask God for stuff, but sometimes you need to pray to remember who God is, and that above all he loves you. These prayers are the foundation that our spiritual lives are built on.
In our Feb 4 Sunday gathering, we finish our series entitled No other Gods, by talking about why Christianity provides unique tools to help people find meaning, satisfaction, identity, justice, and hope and our band leads us in worship.
What happens to the faithful follower of another religion who never hears about Jesus? Is there any hope for them in the day of judgment? We discuss Christianity's different answers to this question as our series nears the end.
We continue our series entitled No Other Gods, by discussing the ways Christianity has treated other faiths throughout history and how Jesus would want us to approach our neighbors, coworkers and friends of different faiths.
We cancelled our January 21 Sunday Gathering due to inclement weather. Alex takes a few minutes to nerd out about what the Bible has to say about snow.
Sometimes we create a Jesus who never existed, a Jesus who always agrees with us, who never challenges us -- recreating Jesus in our image is another form of idolatry.