Freedom From Anxiety (Matthew 6:25-34)
Love in the Face of Loss (2 Corinthians 8.1-5)
A Bigger Story (Acts 8:1-4)
If It Dies, It Bears Much Fruit (John 12:12-26)
Key Idea: Death comes before new life for King Jesus and His followers 1. A Different Kind of King (What do you expect?) Two demands that we can wrongfully make of Jesus A. He must serve my mission B. He must follow my schedule 2. A Different Kind of Glory (How do you expect?) A. Die […]
The Unexplainable Life (John 12:1-11)
Are there aspects of your life that are unexplainable to an unbeliever, and only really make sense if you understand faith in Christ? Key Idea: Knowing the worth of Christ leads to an unexplainable life of worship. The worship of Christ makes no sense TO the world.The world can’t make sense of our worship, so […]
What is Our Response to Christ? (John 11:45-57)
Theme of John: To awaken and advance faith by revealing and raising up Christ Is your heart hard or humble towards Christ? Is Jesus a threat to your kingdom or the ruler of your kingdom? Will you trust in your perspective or in God’s perspective of your life?
A Love That Waits (John 11:1-44) Part 2
1. We should believe in Christ because of his POWER 2. We should believe in Christ because of his LOVE Key Idea: We should trust Christ because his love is a rescuing love Three truths about Christ’s love to encourage our faith: A. Christ’s love in our suffering is seen in what he hates B. […]
The Resurrection Rewrites our Story (John 11:1-44)
1.We should believe in Christ because of his POWER Key Idea: The purpose is to grow our faith by seeing the glory of Christ, as manifest in the power of resurrection. Practical truth: Trust Christ because he is powerful A. Belief is more than faith in ideas; it is faith in a Person Practical Application: […]
Growing Through Knowing (John 10:22-42)
We often have trouble having faith in Jesus because we barely know the Jesus we are supposed to have faith in. Key Idea – We must believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. Key Practical Idea – We grow our faith through knowing Jesus, the object of our faith I. He has […]
Better Together (Ephesians 2:11-22)
Key Idea – Community is necessary because in it, we exalt and proclaim Christ better together than if we were apart. Community is God’s intention in the Cross Do people know me, and do I know others? Community is God’s context for our Growth A. Christ-likeness is the Purpose for Community B. Community is Necessary […]
