Do you ever wonder, "who am I – really?" And, "How can I become my 'authentic' self?" God designed and created you. Entering into a relationship with him through Jesus reveals the glory of that design and shows you the way to live it.
We long to belong to something bigger than ourselves without losing ourselves. Understanding and employing spiritual gifts is one of the ways that happens. How? This passage shows us.
Do you ever struggle with doubt, discouragement, and despair about where this world is headed? Jesus’ answer is to point to a new world, and make us witnesses to that new world as well.
Jesus said the two greatest commandments are to love God and love our neighbor. One of the primary ways we love our neighbor is by serving them. But if we don’t know why we should serve our neighbor, it’s easy to do it for unhealthy reasons (like guilt or pride) or not do it at all. Join us for this four week series as we look at a better way: the way of love.
The stories we tell shape the lives we live. And the more significant that story, the more powerfully it shapes our life. In this parable, Jesus tells us the story of the whole world. Even more importantly, he tells us how he is the center of that story.
Jesus tells the parable of the Rich fool, gives us a warning, and a question.
In this parable, Jesus gives us a surprising picture of what it means to have a self, what it means for that self to be lost, and especially what it means for that self to be found!
There's a seed of superiority in each of us. Unaddressed, it will grow into an oak tree of hatred and destruction. In this parable, Jesus offers us a picture of how the kingdom of God plants a whole new life in us.
No matter what your picture of reality is, this famous passage presents challenges for all of us. But it also has surprises that invite you into a better, more beautiful version of the picture you already have.
What is the kingdom of God? Who is Jesus? It’s easy to think we already know. In this parable, Jesus gives us the key to understanding both the kingdom and himself.
When you face the hardest things in life, what do you need more than anything else? In the breathtaking conclusion of Romans 8, the apostle Paul shows us.
Sometimes, lives can feel like tiny boats floating without anchor in a great big sea. We know God‘s promises, but we are still waiting for their delivery. What would it mean to know that the Holy Spirit lives in you—inspiring, empowering, and praying on your behalf? While we wait, the Holy Spirit holds us steady—alive with and within everyone who belongs to Christ.
There’s an old saying: Religious people are so heavenly minded they’re no earthly good. It makes sense why people would say this. But what if it’s a false choice? What if the gospel offers us a hope that brings heaven and earth together?
As human beings, our access to love depends on feeling worthy of it. But that leads to a life of fear. What if we could find a way to live that’s less driven by fear? This week’s passage takes us right to the very heartbeat of God’s work in our life to heal our fear.
It’s often easier to name the pain of things we don’t want than to articulate the desires we do want. But what if that pain is pointing us to something we’re made for? Paul shows us that something and its connection to our pain in Romans 8:6-13.
What is the truly good life? Does it even exist? And if it does, how would we go about finding it? Romans 8:5-9 shows us a picture of what that looks like.
What is true spirituality? At the beginning of Romans 8, the apostle Paul begins to explore this question with two of humanity's biggest problems, and God's ultimate solution.
We all live with the experience of inner conflict. Paul shows us in this passage in Romans that unless we are set free from our deepest problem that inner conflict threatens to be the death of us. Join us as we learn about the war within.
Finding the intimacy and belonging we long for is challenging. True intimacy requires radical vulnerability, which is risky and terrifying. In this passage, Paul shows us what it looks like to find the intimacy we long for in Christ.
Slavery is a problematic topic in any culture, not least our own. But in this passage, the apostle Paul shows us the nature of our spiritual slavery and a freedom that goes beyond anything we could imagine.