Joy in Sorrow (John 16:16-24)
Key idea: We find a persevering and powerful joy when we see life in light of Christ and his gospel Four aspects of true joy to encourage our faith and increase our joy True joy recognizes the world’s counterfeits True joy is rooted in the Gospel True joy sees the bigger story Believe that suffering […]
I Love to Tell the Story (Ephesians 2:1-10)
1. Chapter 1 – The Real Problem: Spiritual Death a. Totally corrupted by sin b. Seduced by the world’s values c. Enslaved to the rule of Satan d. Destined for judgment 2. Chapter 2 – The Divine Solution: the Gospel a. We have a hero who loves us b. We have a hero who forgives […]
Episode 62: GARDENING PHASE!
“There are a billion ways to start digging deeper roots into God’s Word, and you don’t have to do all of them, but are you doing any of them? My guess is that this is not news to you. One more Truths for Troubled Times video to remind you to be in the Word. But […]
Episode 43: What is the Church? A Worshiping Community
“There is a healthy discontentment that we should feel about the way things are. We should long to be together. We should long to be with our church family. A family that has to spend a long time apart from one another should never feel like that’s normal or healthy. But more than we should […]
Episode 30: Impatience and Frustration
“As much as we are waiting for many things to happen, the one thing we should be waiting on the most is God. Waiting for other things that we think will give us stability and safety will always lead to impatience and unrest. But waiting on God, trusting in his story, his priorities will always […]
Jesus Changes the New Normal (1 Peter 1:13-21)
The Response of Suffering Sojourners (1 Peter 1:13-21)
A Thrill of Hope (Matthew 1:1-17)
Key Idea: Three ways the Christmas story provides real hope Hope for outsiders cultural outsiders social outsiders Hope for sinners Hope for sufferers The faithfulness of God’s plan The fullness of God’s plan
Marriage and Conflict Q&A
Learning from the Master: Lessons from Jesus on Faithful Evangelism (John 8:21-30)
Three fundamental components of faithful evangelism Faithful evangelism identifies the real problem Faithful evangelism identifies the real solution Jesus’ death Jesus’ resurrection Faithful evangelism asks for a real response
