Staring down the sobering possibility of the approach of his own death in a prison in Rome, the apostle Paul declares that for him, “to live is Christ, and to die is gain." Widely known and recited, this statement presents Christians with great comfort but confronts them first with a hard challenge. Death is only gain for those who love Christ and spend their lives for Him.
In order to begin to view and understand death with a biblical lens, we must first cut through what our culture says about it. Matt Williams traces death back to its root cause, the Fall, and contrasts our culture's aversion to this subject with a biblical understanding of it as both groaning and glory.
Bill White concludes our series with some practical advice and a framework for disciplining older children in ways that will help equip them with the maturity they need to engage the world on their own.
Matt continues our series with a challenge to pursue a genuine humility in our children by creating opportunities which are nearly impossible that help lead them to an authentic confidence in their ability.
Relationships between husbands and wives, children and their parents, are bursting with hot-button issues. Family has all the marks of a cultural crisis. Within that fog of questions and confusion regarding family, light can indeed cut through. Far from the picture of a distantly removed god, scripture presents a loving Creator who speaks directly into the nooks and crannies of our every-day life. This May’s series Parenting by Design will peer into how God personally and strategically designs p...
Relationships between husbands and wives, children and their parents, are bursting with hot-button issues. Family has all the marks of a cultural crisis. Within that fog of questions and confusion regarding family, light can indeed cut through. Far from the picture of a distantly removed god, scripture presents a loving Creator who speaks directly into the nooks and crannies of our every-day life. This May’s series Parenting by Design will peer into how God personally and strategically designs p...
Matt finishes our Forever series by talking about where our hope lies and how our cravings in this world reflect those hopes.
Matt Williams gives a glimpse of what "forever" will be like based on images in chapters 20-22 of Revelation. In those chapters, we see three big ideas about the "New Heavens and New Earth" or the final eternal destination for Christians.
Bill White continues our "Forever" series talking about Heaven and what Paradise will be like.
Matt Williams continues the teaching of the Forever series by discussing the light and dark side of eternity. Matt gives several ideas regarding our perception of the world now and the reality of the world that is coming.
It does not take one long in this life to discover that the world is full of disappointments, trials, suffering, and pain. Though we perpetually work and hunger for more and we chase our dreams at a dead run to a point of exhaustion, there is always something else for which we long and hope. The Forever series will walk us through what it looks like to have an eternal perspective while we are here on earth.
Sometimes it's easier to think of Jesus as Divine rather than human. Wrapping up our series on "The Arrival", Bill shares how Jesus had to be 100% God and 100% man in order to identify with us and suffer for us.
At His birth, Jesus is the rightful king and is therefore a threat to king Herod. Continuing in "The Arrival" series, Matt shares how we can be threatened by Jesus' legitimate kingship over us.
If God is sovereign, why is life often frustrating and difficult? Bill White addresses this idea in his teaching in The Arrival series on Joseph.
As we begin this four part series during advent, Ryan Donell, our pastor to high school students, talks about Anna who had been waiting for the arrival of the Messiah her entire life. In this sermon, we find out who Anna is, why she was waiting, and if the wait was worth it.
