The Fear of the Lord

Proverbs 1:1-7, 20-30 “Proverbs shows us what a life looks like when it’s been put back together by God – by His good rule and authority.” -JR Vassar

Finish the Course

2 Timothy 4:6-8

“If You Hear His Voice”

Hebrews 3:7-15 “If you hear his [God’s] voice you become immediately accountable to what he asks”

The Fact of Christmas

1 John 4:14 “One thing that makes Christianity unique is that it is based on historically verifiable events.” JR Vassar

Understanding Islam: Befriending Muslims

UNDERSTANDING ISLAM | DECEMBER 12 Understanding Islam: Befriending Muslims: Every local church needs to equip every Christian to “Go and make disciples.” Scott Venable, Glocal Impact Pastor, Northwood Church

Love in Action

The Provoking Love of God

1 John 4:7-10 | CATC Advent Series 2017 “You are like a lost treasure that Jesus Christ has come for and it cost God everything just to bring you back into his possession.”

Ordering Our Loves

Ephesians 6:21-24 “What you love most is the most important thing about you because it determines how you live.” JR Vassar

Spiritual Warfare

Ephesians 6:10-20 “There are things we are up against that will not have pragmatic solutions because they have demonic origins.” -JR Vassar

Work as Worship

Ephesians 6:5-9 “Christian workers should be the hardest working, most reliable, most responsible, most dependable workers because they are working to please Jesus. And they should do their work with excellence.” – JR Vassar

The Jesus-Centered Home

Ephesians 6:1-4 “As you see the kind of father God is you can see the kind of parent you can become.” – JR Vassar

Marriage and Women

Ephesians 5:22-33

Marriage and Men

Ephesians 5:22-33

The Mystery of Marriage

Ephesians 5:22-33 “Marriage is a parable of Christ’s relationship with his people.” -JR Vassar

Filled with the Spirit

Ephesians 5:15-21 “God’s will isn’t something buried that you have to dig up. It is something revealed that you have to learn and live out.” -JR Vassar

Walk in the Light

Ephesians 5:7-14 “Counter the darkness with the truth of the Gospel – I belong to God, he is for me and not against me. He is for my good.” – JR Vassar

Going Global

Going Global: God’s heart for the World. God loves the world. What does this mean for us in a city of growing diversity? How do we understand the opportunities of globalization? Afshin Ziafat, Lead Pastor of Providence Church

Biblical Sexual Ethic

Ephesians 5:1-7 “We are not to do with our body what we don’t have the character, the courage and the commitment to do with our whole life.” -JR Vassar

Imitators of God

Ephesians 5:1-2 If my life is going to be an ongoing impression of God…I have to learn how to walk in love and ask what is the loving thing to do. – JR Vassar

Giving Grace

Ephesians 4:25-32 “What if my mantra were, ‘I refuse to withhold from others what God has so freely given to me.'” JR Vassar

What God Loves Most

JR Vassar

Truth and Anger

Ephesians 4:25-32 “We [the church] are called to give a comprehensive and compelling picture of Christ to the world.” -JR Vassar

Living Like Your New Self

Ephesians 4:17-24 “Becoming a Christian is not you trying harder, it’s you encountering Jesus and being made new.” JR Vassar

Growing and Going

Ephesians 4:7-16 “As each member of the church uses his gifts, we are giving the world a comprehensive and compelling picture of Christ.” -JR Vassar

A Worthy Walk

Ephesians 4:1-6 “Your Christianity is the truest, most defining and enduring reality about you.” – JR Vassar

Psalm 34

“God desires to give us life, not just good behavior.” -Pete Brooks

Psalm 13

Psalm 13 “God is worthy of praise, even on a bad day. He’s good because of who He is.” -Doug Logan

Psalm 42

Psalm 42 “When life bottoms out, real Christianity finally gets to go to work.” Jared C. Wilson

Psalm 133

“It is the Spirit of God who becomes the key element to experiencing unity.” – Gregg Simmons

Psalm 84

So we aren’t trying to find deliverance but strength in God. God did not say to Isaiah “fear not for there is nothing to fear.” He said, “Fear not for I am with you and I will strengthen you.”