Repairing Relationships / 1 Cor. 13
This week we are going to look at the love chapter: 1 Corinthians 13. Most people assume this chapter was written for weddings or valentines day. But it was’t. This chapter was written to show you how to deal with difficult people. And tell us what our greatest need is. The greatest need you…
Read MoreRomans 7 / The Divided Mind
If you are going to experience the transforming power of the gospel, then you have to know how sin seeks to bind and break you. Sin wants to break you. Break your relationship with God and others. Break you internally and externally. This week we will look at Romans 7. Here we will find one…
Read MorePsalm 51 / Real Repentance
As we continue our series on experiencing the transforming power of the gospel, we will be looking at one of the most famous prayers in the Bible: Psalm 51. Psalm 51 is the central place in the Bible to learn about what genuine repentance is. In this passage, we will see that there is a…
Read MoreWhat is wrong with the world?
In 1905 The Daily News, a popular paper out of London, was running a series of articles where they asked eminent writers and thinkers of the day what was wrong with the world. Each week they would print the responses. When G.K. Chesterton was asked, he responded as follows: “Dear Sirs, [What’s wrong with the…
Read MoreOur Soul’s Assassin
Genesis 3:1-7 When Sin entered the world, it caused a series of broken relationships: our relationship with God, ourselves, others, and our world were all fractured. Now, life in the world, in us, and with others is not what it was meant to be. But the glory and story of the gospel is that God…
Read MoreDiscouraging words and a nail pierced hand
Isaiah 49:13-16 and John 20:24-31 In Isaiah 49:13, God calls all creation to celebrate and sing for joy because His servant is about to accomplish salvation. And that salvation is set to go to the ends of the earth (49:6). But in 49:14, Israel responds: The Lord has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me. …
Read MoreCreated in Love / Called with a Purpose
Jeremiah 1 and Acts 1 In the first chapter of Jeremiah, God speaks to a young Jeremiah (probably around 13 years old at that time) and reveals to him the eternal Love and plan that gave him life, and gives his life ultimate meaning. God’s words to Jeremiah are meant to give him his calling…
Read MoreTruly Known and Fully Loved?
Psalm 139 One of the deepest desires we all have is to be truly known and fully loved. We can’t be loved unless we are known — but if we are truly known, can we still be fully loved? Love without knowledge is shallow and superficial. Knowledge without love is a painful type of rejection.…
Read MoreWhy are you here?
Isaiah 43:1-7 Historian Carl Truman says: Today, there is perhaps no more pressing a topic than identity. Whether we are speaking about race, ethnicity, or sexuality and how they shape political discourse, or about our own personal sense of self and how that informs our day-to-day lives, the question of identity is omnipresent, all-pervasive, and deeply…
Read MoreA Call to the Weary / Matthew 11:28-30
Several years ago the World Health Organization labeled sleep deprivation as “an epidemic” in the developed world. They estimate that 2/3 of the developed world is chronically sleep deprived. The effects: routinely sleeping less than 7 hours a night demolishes your immune system, more than doubling your risk of cancer, exponentially increasing your risk of…
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