Some people will look to Jesus, but try to approach Him as a peer, on their own terms. They pick and choose the teachings that they already agree with. This message looks at a group of people who chose to accept Jesus’ hard teachings and in so doing found life and hope that wouldn’t have otherwise been possible.
Frustration can easily turn into grumbling but when it does, it often poisons the good in our life and keeps us from seeing a way forward. This message looks at the help Jesus gives in breaking free of that negativity to the hope that He gives.
Even when we seem to have everything we need, there’s a longing that we feel. There’s a spiritual hunger that we often try to feed with more stuff or more accomplishments or more relationships. But the hunger remains. In this message, we look at Jesus’s teachings about this hunger and how it can be satisfied.
The storms of life often take us by surprise. We feel abandoned by God and struggle to make sense of what’s happening. This message looks at how God meets us in those storms and can change us through them if we respond to the help that He gives.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is unparalleled in human history. It’s an event so astounding that it has amazed people since the first century. It amazed Jesus’ followers but it shouldn’t have because he had told them repeatedly that it would happen. According to Jesus, there’s another resurrection coming and He’s told us in advance so we can prepare for this one and not be amazed when it happens.
“The Year of Living Biblically,” is a book that became a sitcom, chronicling one person’s attempt to follow the Bible as literally as possible. It seems to conclude that most people either don’t take the Bible very seriously or instead pick and choose the parts they want to obey. The Bible, itself, however doesn’t recommend any of these options. This message looks at how the various parts of the Bible fit together and how they’re intended to be applied.
Galatians 3:15-29 // [outline]
The Bible presents a radically new way to live - a life of faith, energized by God’s power. But old ways die hard and many Christians live more by self-effort than faith. This message looks at how to live the life God calls us with the power that He provides.
Jesus came that we might have new life. But many people don’t experience it. Even those who try to start a new life in Christ do it in old ways that short-circuit God’s blessings. This message looks at how to live Jesus’ new life and set aside old patterns that hold us back..
Galatians 2:15-21 // [outline]
The church has often been criticized for hypocrisy. But surely no one’s immune from having their life fall short of their words. This message looks at the help God gives to deal with our blind spots and resist hypocrisy.
The Bible claims to be the Word of God. But why should we trust its words more than any other book? This message looks at why we should take its claims to divine authority seriously.
Galatians 1:11-24 // [outline]
Medicine can be a poison if you tamper with the recipe. And unfortunately, many have sought to tamper with Jesus’ recipe for life and blessing. This message looks at the good news that Jesus came to bring and the counterfeits that religion has often posed.
