New Thing
December 28, 2024
God gives us new years, new moons, rainbows, and birthdays to remind us that we can be made new. There is often a gap between the change in our hearts and the change we see in the mirror. This message answers the question: How can the change inside of me come out of me?
You Are The Salt Of The Earth
December 14, 2024
This message shows how the church has immensely impacted the world since the first century.
Blessed Are The Peacemakers
November 30, 2024
Being a peacemaker is not being passive or pacifying others. It is acting as an agent of God to bring reconciliation to the world. This message describes how you can participate in that endeavor.
Blessed Are The Merciful
November 16, 2024
Grace is getting what we don’t deserve. Mercy is NOT getting what we do deserve. This message unpacks the strategy for becoming people of mercy.
Blessed Are Those Who Mourn
October 26, 2024
This beatitude is the repentance we practice for what we have done to God through our sins. Our mourning leads to repentance, which leads to life-change, and that is what brings our greatest joy in life.
Dealing with Disappointment
August 24, 2024
In Jeremiah 12:5, God tells the prophet, “If you’re worn out in this footrace with men, what makes you think you can race with horses?” To run with the horses, we need to learn how to deal with disappointment, and Jeremiah offers us a model in Jeremiah chapter 20.
Psalms: Can I be Honest with God?
June 1, 2024
Psalm 3, right after the introduction (Psalm 1-2), models for us how to complain to God without going to hell.
Psalms: How to Worship When You’re Ashamed
June 8, 2024
One of the most difficult emotions to talk about is shame. This is the emotion that most causes us to hide from God and from others. How can we worship when we’ve failed God?
Psalms: How to Worship When You’re Overwhelmed
June 22, 2024
Worship is central to the human experience. Perhaps that’s why God put this worship manual right in the middle of the Bible. He wants you to connect with him in worship.
How to Hear God Through Pain
May 4, 2024
Can you grow through what you’re going through? The difference is whether you have the ability to hear from God when he shouts through pain.
How to Hear God Through Pain
March 29, 2024
Through a visual tour of classic Christian Art, Mark Moore takes us on a visceral tour of the scene at the crucifixion, helping us feel the impact of Jesus’s sacrifice for our sins.
Jonah: Returning to Joppa
March 24, 2024
Seven Hundred years after Jonah ran the wrong direction, God sent Peter from Joppa to Caesarea to baptize the first non-Jewish convert, this time, going in the right direction.
Jonah: Jonah Goes to Ninevah
March 9, 2024
Jonah is the only missionary book in the Old Testament, and God’s messenger was NOT onboard. Are you onboard with God? Are you going in the right direction?
The End of All Things
February 4, 2024
Some of the most surprising information we have about Heaven and Hell comes from the authority of Jesus alone. If Satan can confuse us about the reality of Hell, then we won’t believe God has power, and we won’t believe God is just. We might even believe that God forgets things we did, leading us to perceive God as incompetent. If we don’t believe that heaven is beautiful and wonderful, we won’t have the hope we need.
Mortification
February 25, 2024
We are most free when we are most dead. Mark highlighted three practices and challenged us to take on one of them this week as a way of combatting the flesh: Fasting—Skip three meals one day this week. This is a sacrifice of pleasure. This counters the lust of the flesh. Generosity—give something away that is important to you. This is a sacrifice of material goods. This counters the lust of the eyes. (Story of the Pulpit Commentary) Service—Dedicate 3 hours of your week to offer a skill you have that you could use to Love the Ville in a tangible way this week. This is a sacrifice of time. This counters the boastful pride of life.