"We are no longer in the position of saying, 'If we don't change, then this will happen.' No, we are in the position of saying, 'Because a change didn't take place this HAS happened.' We are in need of true redemption."
God's love is more radical than we can even comprehend. This week we see the type of love that God has through the love that Hosea shows to Gomer. Listen in and see how God responds when we rebel against Him.
"God will put you through things you would never elect to experience on your own to make you who you could never be without His help."
God's Testimony about who Jesus is reminds us that a Profession of Faith isn't an indicator of where someone is going to go after they die, it is a declaration of how they are going to live. Listen in and hear what God has to say on the witness stand.
Listen as Pastor Chris shares from 1 John 5:1-5 how the church has created a new model for victory over the world and how that new model actually replaces the living God with a god we have made in our own image.
A passionate love of God and of others should move us to live differently. Christ gave us a beautiful model when he washed the disciples feet. May we be a people who love passionately and live differently.
What is the Greatest Commandment? The answer to this question should change the trajectory for our lives. It should lead us to Love God and Others Passionately.
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me." - Matthew 28:18 "It is possible that those that proclaim the name of Christ in the U.S. have forgotten this verse or fail to comprehend what it means. Christ doesn't need your help in establishing His authority, He already has it. That's not the role that you've been called to!"
The question to Mary and Martha is just as applicable today as it was back then, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?"
The same question that Martha had to answer from Jesus is still the same one that we face today, "Do you believe this?"
No matter where you go or how old you get one thing remains constant, difficulty and hard circumstances are going to be present. The encouraging thing is that those circumstances are present to accomplish something in your life.
Temptation is something that all who belong to Christ must deal with. It is a great blessing to know that we don't deal with it alone, Christ is there to strengthen us.
Every year millions of people make a list of things they are resolving to do better for the coming year. But every year most, if not all, of those who started out determined to do better end up failing. Why? We end up breaking our resolutions because we have resolved to do the wrong thing. We have resolved to deal with the fruit from our problems instead of dealing with the root of our problems. In this sermon, Pastor Chris shares that there is one thing we can resolve to do over the coming year...
There is a desire burning in all of us. There is a common bond we all share. We've seen it in the recent events in Ferguson. We've seen it in the outbreak of the Ebola virus. We've seen it in the radical movements of ISIS. We see it on our streets and on our televisions. There is a burning desire in all of us to be a part of something bigger than ourselves, to contribute to something that will last much longer than we will. God made us this way so that we would be committed to His purposes and c...
The book of Acts is the story of God's people aflame for God's Work. May we, through our study of the Scriptures, become as passionate about the Gospel as the Apostles and people of God in the book of Acts.
What does it means to sin against God? How is our sin a personal attack on God? This week we examine the sin of David (2 Samuel 12) and analyze how his sin is an attack against the God of the universe.
7 insights from Ezekiel 36 on "What It Means to Be a Christian"
