Bible Text: 2 Samuel 7:1-17 | Preacher: Reed Jolley | Series: The Stories We Live By
We all have trust problems. Some of us trust too much; others have a hard time trusting anyone at all. How do you trust a God you can’t see when everything around you looks like he hasn’t kept his promises?
Bible Text: 2 Samuel 6 | Preacher: Kyle Wells | Series: The Stories We Live By
Is there a right and wrong way to worship God? If God looks at the heart, shouldn’t good intentions be enough?
Bible Text: 2 Samuel 23:13–17 | Preacher: Kyle Wells | Series: The Stories We Live By
Introverted or extroverted, we all crave community–a group of people who will never let us down and always let us in. This Sunday we continue our sermon series on First and Second Samuel.
Bible Text: Luke 18:1-8 | Preacher: Paul Kim | Series: Guest Preacher
We just celebrated the triumph of life over death accomplished by Jesus’ resurrection at Easter. Yet we don’t have to look very far to see that death still operates in the world. How do we reconcile this contradiction and what do we do? This Sunday we look to a story Jesus told about justice.
Bible Text: Romans 4:16–25 | Preacher: Kyle Wells | Series: Easter Sunday
Bad news. The more we look around the world, the more there is reason to doubt that anything good will happen. Yet, the resurrection of Jesus tells us that hope is rooted not in what we see around us, but in the God who sees us, and who brings salvation through his miraculous power.
Bible Text: 1 Samuel 25 | Preacher: Joshua Burdette | Series: The Stories We Live By
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. It’s the Golden Rule, but it’s much easier to follow when you’re starting with a blank slate. What do we do when we’ve already been mistreated? Do we repay evil with evil; violence with violence? How do we de-escalate a situation when tensions are high and it seems like everyone is armed to the teeth? This Sunday we look at the story of a peacemaker named Abigail.
Bible Text: 1 Samuel 24:1–22 | Preacher: Johnathan Keenan | Series: The Stories We Live By
It’s hard to wait. It’s especially hard to wait when things are out of your control and you don’t know when the waiting will be over. Waiting tends to bring out our anger and even hatred for those things that make us wait. How can we take seriously the pain of waiting without losing our patience?
Bible Text: Luke 17:11-19 | Preacher: Eddy García Solís | Series: Guest Preacher
After dealing with severe quarantine restrictions all we want is to get back to normality. But at times, we take this well-intended desire to such an extreme that it ends up affecting our gratitude and how we worship. This Sunday we look and learn from one leper who ran to Jesus’ feet to worship him in thankfulness after being healed by him instead of rushing to return to normality.
Bible Text: 1 Samuel 18:1-5, 19:4-6, 20:40-42 | Preacher: Kyle Wells | Series: The Stories We Live By
We’ve all seen the headlines: loneliness is on the rise; communities are fragmented; adult friendship is harder than ever. Most of us have felt those headlines personally and deeply. We know the pain of isolation and the unrequited desire for companionship. Many of us give up on friendships and pour ourselves into work and busyness instead. Is there a better way?
Bible Text: 1 Samuel 17 | Preacher: Kyle Wells | Series: The Stories We Live By
Many of the problems we face are simply beyond us. I suppose this is the reason we love hero stories. It is also why we live in fear. We relate to the need to have someone who can fight our battles and rescue us from danger. But, unfortunately, in the real world such heroes do not exist. Even when we initially think we have found a savior, we are often left dissolution when they turn out to have clay feet. But the Bible tells us that God’s people don’t have to live in fear.