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The Parable of the Dishonest Manager
Luke 16:1–13 | This week we will begin a 6-week journey into the parables of Jesus by digging into the Parable of the Dishonest Manager found in Luke 16:1-13. This parable may be one that you have read several times and yet still don’t fully grasp. But when we are finished, it is our prayer that the way we view the money and possessions that God has entrusted to us will be forever and eternally changed.
Luke 16:1–13 | This week we will begin a 6-week journey into the parables of Jesus by digging into the Parable of the Dishonest Manager found in Luke 16:1-13. This parable may be one that you have read several times and yet still don’t fully grasp. But when we are finished, it is our prayer that the way we view the money and possessions that God has entrusted to us will be forever and eternally changed.
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Finding Contentment In An Upgrade Culture
Ecclesiastes 5:10–20 | There was a day where you didn’t get something new until the last one was broken? I know, I know, it sounds crazy but it’s true. You didn’t wait in line for a new phone while holding a perfectly good phone. You didn’t buy a new computer until, well, the one you currently had couldn’t even turn on anymore. But this is a way of the past. Welcome to the upgrade culture. And while there are many blessings of constant improvement and upgrades, what if we live life in a constant upgrade way? I argue it breeds deep discontentment. In this last week of Ecclesiastes we look at the blessing of accepting the lot in life to which God has assigned us. It doesn’t mean we can’t long, and yearn, and strive, but it does mean that instead of constantly focusing on what we don’t have, we live with a peaceful thankfulness for what we do. So, we set out to be free from the tyranny of always being after new and bigger and better and bolder and different and instead seek to heed what Solomon has to say about the joy to be found in what God has entrusted to us right now.
Ecclesiastes 5:10–20 | There was a day where you didn’t get something new until the last one was broken? I know, I know, it sounds crazy but it’s true. You didn’t wait in line for a new phone while holding a perfectly good phone. You didn’t buy a new computer until, well, the one you currently had couldn’t even turn on anymore. But this is a way of the past. Welcome to the upgrade culture.
And while there are many blessings of constant improvement and upgrades, what if we live life in a constant upgrade way? I argue it breeds deep discontentment. In this last week of Ecclesiastes we look at the blessing of accepting the lot in life to which God has assigned us. It doesn’t mean we can’t long, and yearn, and strive, but it does mean that instead of constantly focusing on what we don’t have, we live with a peaceful thankfulness for what we do.
So, we set out to be free from the tyranny of always being after new and bigger and better and bolder and different and instead seek to heed what Solomon has to say about the joy to be found in what God has entrusted to us right now.
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Life Together: The Blessing of Relationships
Ecclesiastes 4:7–12 | The best mentors and coaches in my life say this often, “Remember, love people.” People are a gift from God. Relationships are a gift from God. Companionship is a gift from God. This week we continue fleeing from seeking ultimate meaning in riches, work, and pleasure and we look back to the simple things God gives us to enjoy in this life lived in the fear of Him. You know one of His greatest gifts to us? Other people. Let’s talk this week of a life lived in the enjoyment of the companionship He has brought to us.
Ecclesiastes 4:7–12 | The best mentors and coaches in my life say this often, “Remember, love people.” People are a gift from God. Relationships are a gift from God. Companionship is a gift from God.
This week we continue fleeing from seeking ultimate meaning in riches, work, and pleasure and we look back to the simple things God gives us to enjoy in this life lived in the fear of Him.
You know one of His greatest gifts to us? Other people.
Let’s talk this week of a life lived in the enjoyment of the companionship He has brought to us.
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The Beauty In A Day
Ecclesiastes 2:24–26 | The Lord has filled our days with beautiful things to enjoy. And when we are freed from the pursuit of finding meaning for our life apart from God, we are freed to enjoy the beauty in a day that He gives us. This week we are going to let Ecclesiastes instruct us to slow down and enjoy the beauty in each day God has given us. This really could be a game-changer for how we take in the scenery of our life each day.
Ecclesiastes 2:24–26 | The Lord has filled our days with beautiful things to enjoy. And when we are freed from the pursuit of finding meaning for our life apart from God, we are freed to enjoy the beauty in a day that He gives us.
This week we are going to let Ecclesiastes instruct us to slow down and enjoy the beauty in each day God has given us.
This really could be a game-changer for how we take in the scenery of our life each day.
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Meaningless, Meaningless, All Is Meaningless
Ecclesiastes 1:1-2:26 | Ever read Ecclesiastes?
Next question: Ever read Ecclesiastes and been encouraged after?
This Sunday, as we regather as a church, we begin a four-week series in Ecclesiastes called "What Matters." It seems on the surface that Ecclesiastes' message is nothing matters. But Ecclesiastes is actually a gift from God to teach us what DOES matter and to not look for ultimate meaning for our lives in non-ultimate things.
Hasn't the COVID season been one of stripping away some of the things that we thought really really mattered? Hasn't it revealed how quickly some things we thought to be ultimate and untouchable were really pretty fleeting and fragile?
Let's regather this month and learn together from God's word what actually really matters.
Ecclesiastes 1:1-2:26 | Ever read Ecclesiastes?
Next question: Ever read Ecclesiastes and been encouraged after?
This Sunday, as we regather as a church, we begin a four-week series in Ecclesiastes called "What Matters." It seems on the surface that Ecclesiastes' message is nothing matters. But Ecclesiastes is actually a gift from God to teach us what DOES matter and to not look for ultimate meaning for our lives in non-ultimate things.
Hasn't the COVID season been one of stripping away some of the things that we thought really really mattered? Hasn't it revealed how quickly some things we thought to be ultimate and untouchable were really pretty fleeting and fragile?
Let's regather this month and learn together from God's word what actually really matters.
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Spiritual Leaders, Humility, and Being Watchful
1 Peter 5 | We close out our series in 1 Peter this week with an important look at 3 crucial topics: spiritual leaders in the church, humility in all of us, and living watchful with the devil on the prowl. I think we would all readily agree that these are three areas of life we want to hear what God has to say.
1 Peter 5 | We close out our series in 1 Peter this week with an important look at 3 crucial topics: spiritual leaders in the church, humility in all of us, and living watchful with the devil on the prowl.
I think we would all readily agree that these are three areas of life we want to hear what God has to say.
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Entrusting Our Souls While Doing Good
1 Peter 4:12-19 | Peter has spent a lot of ink equipping these Christians for suffering and encouraging them in the midst of suffering. And this week, we get a goldmine for practical equipping for seasons of suffering. We will focus in on 1 Peter 4:19 and together we will be equipped for any suffering we are in now or will be in one day. You won’t want to miss what God has for us from His word this week!
1 Peter 4:12-19 | Peter has spent a lot of ink equipping these Christians for suffering and encouraging them in the midst of suffering. And this week, we get a goldmine for practical equipping for seasons of suffering.
We will focus in on 1 Peter 4:19 and together we will be equipped for any suffering we are in now or will be in one day. You won’t want to miss what God has for us from His word this week!
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Just Passing Through
1 Peter 4:1-11 | We are told again and again to remember that this world is not our home. It’s hard when the world shouts so many messages to make this world our home.
So what do we do?
In this week’s passage, we get some help to know how to live in this world as we pass through to the next. Tune in Sunday for 3 Characteristics of the Christian Traveler.
Let’s be equipped to live “just passing through...”
1 Peter 4:1-11 | We are told again and again to remember that this world is not our home. It’s hard when the world shouts so many messages to make this world our home.
So what do we do?
In this week’s passage, we get some help to know how to live in this world as we pass through to the next. Tune in Sunday for 3 Characteristics of the Christian Traveler.
Let’s be equipped to live “just passing through...”
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Faith Under Fire
1 Peter 3:8-18 | You will come under fire for your faith at some point. It’s not a matter of if, but when and how often.
You’ll take an unpopular, biblical stand and people won’t like it.
Some of your family may mock you for becoming a “Bible-thumping, Jesus person.”
Some people simply won't like you because of your faith.
You may even travel to parts of the world where you are at a higher risk solely because of being a Christian.
We will, if following Christ, come under fire for our faith.
So...are you ready for it? Do you know how to respond when your faith is under fire?
In this message, we look at four Godly responses when our faith is under fire. Don’t miss this time of equipping from God’s word.
1 Peter 3:8-18 | You will come under fire for your faith at some point. It’s not a matter of if, but when and how often.
You’ll take an unpopular, biblical stand and people won’t like it.
Some of your family may mock you for becoming a “Bible-thumping, Jesus person.”
Some people simply won't like you because of your faith.
You may even travel to parts of the world where you are at a higher risk solely because of being a Christian.
We will, if following Christ, come under fire for our faith.
So...are you ready for it? Do you know how to respond when your faith is under fire?
In this message, we look at four Godly responses when our faith is under fire. Don’t miss this time of equipping from God’s word.
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A Word To Husbands + Wives
1 Peter 3:1-7 | God invented marriage. He said it was supposed to be really good. And yet not enough of His people would describe their marriage as "really good." So let’s have Him change that. Let’s get after pursuing the marriage He has called us to. And that happens as husbands, empowered by the Holy Spirit, heed the commands God has called them to. And it happens as wives, empowered by the Holy Spirit, heed the commands God has called them to. This week, God has a word for husbands and wives. Let’s see what He has to say. P.S. Not a husband or wife? Thinking of tuning in elsewhere this week? There is rich stuff in this passage for every man and woman. You don’t want to miss it!
1 Peter 3:1-7 | God invented marriage. He said it was supposed to be really good. And yet not enough of His people would describe their marriage as "really good."
So let’s have Him change that. Let’s get after pursuing the marriage He has called us to. And that happens as husbands, empowered by the Holy Spirit, heed the commands God has called them to. And it happens as wives, empowered by the Holy Spirit, heed the commands God has called them to.
This week, God has a word for husbands and wives. Let’s see what He has to say.
P.S. Not a husband or wife? Thinking of tuning in elsewhere this week? There is rich stuff in this passage for every man and woman. You don’t want to miss it!
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How to Live As A Believer
1 Peter 2:11-25 | Have you ever been in a situation where you felt abnormal - like you’re the odd one out? Maybe it’s when you were in-line at a coffee shop and didn’t understand the specifics of each drink. Maybe it was when you were traveling and it seemed like everyone else understood the language and customs. Or perhaps it was when you saw many people making poor choices and you decided to stand up for what was right.
Last week, Pastor Brock showed us from 1 Peter “who we are + what we do” as believers. This week, Peter is going to take that same idea of “who we are” and apply it to living in a world that doesn’t yet believe. As believers, we’re going to be the odd ones out. When you come to Christ, you become part of His family, a citizen of heaven - and citizens of heaven have very different priorities.
So how should we live as believers in an unbelieving world? How should we interact with people, with our government, and with our employers? Find out this week as we continue our series in 1 Peter, Grace + Peace.
1 Peter 2:11-25 | Have you ever been in a situation where you felt abnormal - like you’re the odd one out? Maybe it’s when you were in-line at a coffee shop and didn’t understand the specifics of each drink. Maybe it was when you were traveling and it seemed like everyone else understood the language and customs. Or perhaps it was when you saw many people making poor choices and you decided to stand up for what was right.
Last week, Pastor Brock showed us from 1 Peter “who we are + what we do” as believers. This week, Peter is going to take that same idea of “who we are” and apply it to living in a world that doesn’t yet believe. As believers, we’re going to be the odd ones out. When you come to Christ, you become part of His family, a citizen of heaven - and citizens of heaven have very different priorities.
So how should we live as believers in an unbelieving world? How should we interact with people, with our government, and with our employers? Find out this week as we continue our series in 1 Peter, Grace + Peace.
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Who We Are + What We Do
1 Peter 2:4-10 | A good team meeting has 3 parts to it:1) it includes and focuses on the whole team2) it reminds us who we are3) it reminds us what we are doing or trying to accomplish. In this message, we'll get a great team meeting. We'll look at this beautiful passage of 1 Peter which does all three of these things. The beauty and bigness and grandeur of the church is experienced when we see who WE are together and what WE are called to do together.
1 Peter 2:4-10 | A good team meeting has 3 parts to it:
1) it includes and focuses on the whole team
2) it reminds us who we are
3) it reminds us what we are doing or trying to accomplish
In this message, we'll get a great team meeting. We'll look at this beautiful passage of 1 Peter which does all three of these things. The beauty and bigness and grandeur of the church is experienced when we see who WE are together and what WE are called to do together.
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Loves + Longings
1 Peter 1:22-2:10 | Everyone loves and everyone longs. We all love people and things and we all have longing for somewhere or something. The Christian, like all people, has loves and longings, but these are shaped by God.
Ultimately we love and long for Him, and this love and longing for Him makes us love and long for some other things as well.
What are these other things? Let's find out together.
1 Peter 1:22-2:10 | Everyone loves and everyone longs. We all love people and things and we all have longing for somewhere or something. The Christian, like all people, has loves and longings, but these are shaped by God.
Ultimately we love and long for Him, and this love and longing for Him makes us love and long for some other things as well.
What are these other things? Let's find out together.
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Dropping Rocks of Regret
2 Corinthians 7:10 | So we are in this series on 1 Peter... I was ready to preach the next section of 1 Peter... But God said to preach something else.
Rarely have we interrupted a series to preach something else, but when the Spirit says, "preach this," you preach it. So we will interrupt our 1 Peter series for this message God has led us to this week.
2 Corinthians 7:10 | So we are in this series on 1 Peter... I was ready to preach the next section of 1 Peter... But God said to preach something else.
Rarely have we interrupted a series to preach something else, but when the Spirit says, "preach this," you preach it. So we will interrupt our 1 Peter series for this message God has led us to this week.
Hope + Holiness
1 Peter 1:13-21 | After Peter's rich start to a rich letter, he gets into some practicals.
How should God's grace lavished on us impact and influence the life of the child of God? We'll find in this passage that someone who understands the inheritance waiting for them when Christ is revealed will have some practical handles on a life of hope and holiness.
So...looking for hope? Longing for growth in holiness? We'll look at the answer to these things this week.
1 Peter 1:13-21 | After Peter's rich start to a rich letter, he gets into some practicals.
How should God's grace lavished on us impact and influence the life of the child of God? We'll find in this passage that someone who understands the inheritance waiting for them when Christ is revealed will have some practical handles on a life of hope and holiness.
So...looking for hope? Longing for growth in holiness? We'll look at the answer to these things this week.
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May Grace + Peace Be Multiplied
1 Peter 1:1-12 | Peace. It's elusive. Especially when life is hard.
We start our study in Peter's letter to a group of believers spread across areas that make up modern-day Turkey. Six verses into the letter we find out that these believers are being grieved by various trials. They are feeling the effects of living for the kingdom in a world that isn't always friendly to that. Peter writes to them, reminding them of who they are, where their citizenship ultimately resides, and most of all, he reminds them again and again how good they have it because of the grace lavished on them by God.
See, when we have a big view of God's grace, we get a big dose of His peace. When we remember all we have been given by Him, it puts our hearts at rest even through grievous trials.
Edmund Clowney calls 1 Peter "a traveler's guide for the Christian pilgrim." Let's open this guide together to see how we live with a big view of God's grace and experience a big dose of His peace in this life as we journey toward the life to come
1 Peter 1:1-12 | Peace. It's elusive. Especially when life is hard.
We start our study in Peter's letter to a group of believers spread across areas that make up modern-day Turkey. Six verses into the letter we find out that these believers are being grieved by various trials. They are feeling the effects of living for the kingdom in a world that isn't always friendly to that. Peter writes to them, reminding them of who they are, where their citizenship ultimately resides, and most of all, he reminds them again and again how good they have it because of the grace lavished on them by God.
See, when we have a big view of God's grace, we get a big dose of His peace. When we remember all we have been given by Him, it puts our hearts at rest even through grievous trials.
Edmund Clowney calls 1 Peter "a traveler's guide for the Christian pilgrim." Let's open this guide together to see how we live with a big view of God's grace and experience a big dose of His peace in this life as we journey toward the life to come.
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Easter Sunday 2020
1 Corinthians 15:1-22 | RESURRECTION SUNDAY IS HERE! What more needs to be said? Our resurrection hope is in a resurrected Christ.
The change in venue this Easter doesn't change the reality of our worship of a resurrected Savior! Let's get our hearts ready for great worship of a great Savior. Happy Easter!
1 Corinthians 15:1-22 | RESURRECTION SUNDAY IS HERE! What more needs to be said? Our resurrection hope is in a resurrected Christ.
The change in venue this Easter doesn't change the reality of our worship of a resurrected Savior! Let's get our hearts ready for great worship of a great Savior. Happy Easter!
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The Savior We Need
John 12:1-50 | So many thoughts, opinions, ideas, reactions to the name Jesus. So many people have thoughts on who they want Jesus to be, but Jesus is ultimately the Savior we need Him to be.
The Palm Sunday crowds on the Jerusalem streets had a certain messiah they wanted riding in on a donkey, but Jesus knew the Messiah they needed. We can learn from these Palm Sunday crowds. Who is the savior we need? Have we in any way fallen prey to making Jesus into a savior we might at times want, but not the one we need and who He claimed to be?
Let's explore this together. Gather in your living room or with your small group for Palm Sunday worship this weekend.
John 12:1-50 | So many thoughts, opinions, ideas, reactions to the name Jesus. So many people have thoughts on who they want Jesus to be, but Jesus is ultimately the Savior we need Him to be.
The Palm Sunday crowds on the Jerusalem streets had a certain messiah they wanted riding in on a donkey, but Jesus knew the Messiah they needed. We can learn from these Palm Sunday crowds. Who is the savior we need? Have we in any way fallen prey to making Jesus into a savior we might at times want, but not the one we need and who He claimed to be?
Let's explore this together. Gather in your living room or with your small group for Palm Sunday worship this weekend.
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The Generations Must Know
Deuteronomy 6:4–25 | Every family is different. We all grew up with different traditions and different norms. Our childhoods taught us what was normal, what was expected of us, and even what to believe. We’re doing the same for our children. We’re teaching them by what we say and by what they observe in us. So what are they learning?
It is the responsibility of every generation of believers to pass their faith along to the next generation. This isn’t limited to parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles. This is a responsibility that each of us have as followers of Christ. It’s a call to all believers in our church. So how do we help the next generation (either by age or by maturity), become like Christ?
This week we are going to see Moses instruct the people of Israel - and we’re going to listen.
Deuteronomy 6:4–25 | Every family is different. We all grew up with different traditions and different norms. Our childhoods taught us what was normal, what was expected of us, and even what to believe. We’re doing the same for our children. We’re teaching them by what we say and by what they observe in us. So what are they learning?
It is the responsibility of every generation of believers to pass their faith along to the next generation. This isn’t limited to parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles. This is a responsibility that each of us have as followers of Christ. It’s a call to all believers in our church. So how do we help the next generation (either by age or by maturity), become like Christ?
This week we are going to see Moses instruct the people of Israel - and we’re going to listen.
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REDEEMED
Ruth 4:1–22 | We all love a good redemption story. The book that takes us on a journey from hopelessness and pain to hope and triumph. The movie that paints such a vivid picture of evil winning only to watch a redeeming conqueror flip the script.
The best redemption stories are the ones in real life, and of the real-life redemption stories, Ruth is at the top of the charts. From devastation in chapter 1 to full redemption in chapter 4... tune in to see the story completed this Sunday.
As we walk through this together, let’s be reminded that our God takes devastation and turns it into triumph. He takes the impossible to save and shows He’s mighty to save. Let’s worship together even though we can't physically meet together and watch God fully redeem what looked unredeemable.
Ruth 4:1–22 | We all love a good redemption story. The book that takes us on a journey from hopelessness and pain to hope and triumph. The movie that paints such a vivid picture of evil winning only to watch a redeeming conqueror flip the script.
The best redemption stories are the ones in real life, and of the real-life redemption stories, Ruth is at the top of the charts. From devastation in chapter 1 to full redemption in chapter 4... tune in to see the story completed this Sunday.
As we walk through this together, let’s be reminded that our God takes devastation and turns it into triumph. He takes the impossible to save and shows He’s mighty to save. Let’s worship together even though we can't physically meet together and watch God fully redeem what looked unredeemable.
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