Stronger than Oak

11/3/2024 -

We’re in the time of year where each night gets a little longer than the one before. As we ramp up into the holiday season, we expect to feel joy, peace, and gratitude, but all too often we’re overcome by stress, frustration, and despair. In these times, only the reassuring words of Jesus can cut through the noise and the pain. We can always count on the Word of God, Jesus made flesh, and His promises over our lives. If Jesus said it, we can rely on it! Here are eight promises of Jesus Christ, rock-solid guarantees that we can trust in all situations.

How to Lose an Enemy in 10 Days

9/29/2024 -

Jesus tells his followers to do many hard things. But the hardest one of all might be when he commands us to “love our enemies” (Matthew 5:44). This is a counterintuitive instruction, and an ideal that seems nearly impossible. Yet this is not some pie-in-the-sky wishful thinking from Jesus. In fact, when Christians take the small, but important, steps to treat our enemies differently—we don’t just win the battles, but we actually lose the enemies!

ReGenesis

8/18/2024 -

Reclaiming Our Humanity in a High-Tech World Technology is always disruptive. Sometimes the disruptions are welcomed changes that make life safer and better; other times the changes leave us wondering if we were better off beforehand. Every generation has had to learn how to adapt when innovation changes their world, but these days, the rate of change and the level of advancement have disrupted nearly every part of what it means to be “human.” In this series, we’ll learn how to live in a changing world, while protecting the core of what makes us, us.

Reel Gospel 2

8/4/2024 -

Reel Gospel 2: Unexpected Truths in Movies The most important and best story ever told is this: the “Gospel” of Jesus Christ, the God who became human to save the whole world! And all of our best human stories contain echoes of this divine truth. In this series, we’ll see how some popular movies contain an unexpected facet of the Gospel, and how these fictional stories can reveal important truths about the love of God.

When Life Gives You Lemonade

6/30/2024 -

Life can be hard. Many of us have learned that when things are difficult, we have the power to take a bad situation and make the best of it—we can take life’s lemons and make them into lemonade. But what about when life gives you sweet lemonade itself? Why, even then, is it still so difficult to take in life’s sweet moments? In this series, we’ll help you live out of a deeper sense of gratitude by highlighting five simple steps you can take when life gives you lemonade.

Down to the Studs

5/19/2024 -

Christianity is built on the foundation and frame Jesus gave us. In this series, we will explore how some of our biggest spiritual questions can only be answered by returning to the studs of our faith; the core tenets established by God. As we do so, you’ll discover the enduring principles that shape lives of faith, in all times and seasons.

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