Digging into the Book of James isn’t for the lighthearted. It condemns various sins, speaks about patient perseverance during trials...
Have you ever seen the movie Catch Me If You Can? It’s based on the real-life story of Frank Abagnale and is set in the early 1960s....
Have you ever listened to a song lyric and thought, “Well, that’s pretty stupid”? You find the music catchy, but that’s not what it’s...
The big idea of James Chapter 2 is hitching your faith to things that you’re trying to use to get somewhere, but it takes you in the...
James 31 Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly....
This series hasn’t been the “yay, you can do it!” type of sermon series. In fact, I’ve left a few Sundays thinking, wow, that seemed...
Every encounter we have with Jesus, every experience of the Holy Spirit is a collision of our faith when it meets our lived reality....
What do you dedicate yourself to? You have many options on what you choose to build your life on or out of. But they all begin with...
Have you ever heard of the show Fixer Upper? Chip and Joanna Gaines take the worst-looking house in a neighborhood and turn it into a...
Philippians 4 8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is...
We close out this sermon series talking about how building our lives off of what is told to us in Philippians 4:8 can become a...
When we look at the word generosity, sometimes we think, “uh, oh, that’s a loaded word.” But here’s the thing. You and I WANT to be...
Generosity might seem like an intimidating word to some, but it shouldn’t be because here’s the thing, You and I WANT to be generous...
“That’s the guy who got swallowed by a whale or a fish. What a cute story.” But it’s a real story – a story about the ways we live out...
Put yourself in Jonah’s shoes when he stood inside the whale. That’s where this sermon starts, Jonah in distress on the inside of that...
When we look at the story of Jonah and the big fish, we usually say, “what a story,” but in many ways, Jonah’s story is our story....
Our Running Sermon series concludes, and what a great time for the credits to roll. The music swells, pan shot of Jonah smiling, the...
Often when we come to the Christmas season and the story of Jesus’s arrival, we think of peace on earth and silent nights and eat a lot...
This is the season of giving and receiving gifts. There are going to be some wonderful surprises and some tremendous disappointments....
One of the most common themes of Christmas is gifts. Presents. Things we give and receive. But it’s also about exchanging what you...
One of the big themes of Christmas family gatherings is stories. “Remember when?” “Remember that time?” As kids and teenagers, we...
The title of this sermon is Already But Not Yet. The idea is that we are in this space in between being perfect in Jesus already and...
Have you ever played the game UNO? If you recall, the game is about getting rid of all 7 of your cards before anyone else. And when you...
Numerous authors wrote many different types of Psalms over long periods of time. So, it’s less like a “book” and more like a...
This sermon series is about the Psalms – the songbook or playlist of the ancient people. Knowing our location in life, in every way, is...
Anyone in the tri-state area knows the jingle 1-877-KARS-4-KIDS. No matter how long it’s been since you’ve heard it, you remember it...
Have you ever been afraid of something? We all have, but having a refuge or a place where we feel safe gives us confidence and allows...
Have you ever thought you knew what was best for someone? Whether it was as a parent, as a sibling, or as a friend. Sometimes we think...
Has your significant other ever shared a challenge they were having? Was your initial response to completely open up your heart and...
After learning how and what to lament, we need to understand the why. Matthew 5 4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be...
In our faith, there are 2 concepts of God, God beyond us or God with us. And we tend to gravitate toward one or the other, which leads...
How can we all come together regardless of where we are, how we feel, and what God is doing in our lives? Can we truly be unified?...
Zacchaeus called Jesus by name, and it, quite literally, changed everything. The reason it’s such a big deal is because Jesus calls...
We all want to be remembered in some way. Whether it’s by our friendship, generosity, accomplishments, or the lives we lived. We all...
A study done over 20 years determined that 70% of all families fight over their portion of an inheritance. It was done over an extended...
In today’s culture, rest is, at best, optional. Busyness is the new social status. Resting makes you lazy or unproductive. The busier...
Matthew 11:28-30 28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from...
George Müller was a missionary in the 1800s who also started and coordinated orphanages in England. He never asked for money, never...
Jesus calls each of us by name. But when it comes to Martha, the calling has a different purpose. Martha, Mary, and their brother...
The term more defines so much of our lives – in little ways when we were kids and always wanted more cookies to much more serious ways...
When our circumstances change, it tremendously impacts our confidence in God. It impacts our faith. Have you ever been on a flight...
Every Black Friday, we hear about the sales seekers and the lengths they’ll go to to get a coveted item or items at a discounted price....
When it comes to our lives, there are places where we are faced with the long way home, places where there is no shortcut. Whether...
Very often in our lives, we have small things that take on oversized significance. Think about the act of proposing. Someone gets down...
Sometimes in life, we don’t get what we asked for. We don’t get what we want but don’t want to be empty-handed, so we accept what’s...
When was the last time you went on a trip? No matter how relaxing, crazy, or life-changing it was, it’s safe to assume that we all long...
We love stories. Telling them, hearing them, and thinking about them. It’s why we have a favorite movie, book, or television series....
At one point or another, we all might want to be something we’re not. A nerd might want to be a jock, a jock might want to be a...
Many of us secretly love endings because we get to see how it all works out. Some of us might even fast-forward through a tv show or...
We often think about what will happen in the end. What do we have to be on the lookout for? Knowing what happens, in the end, is the...
We have the heart to want to pray, but often it’s ourselves who get in the way or fear that stops us from going to God. When we pray...
Whether we realize it or not, there’s a price tag to every decision we make (or don’t make) with our lives. We trade something – our...
We’ve all experienced a situation where something very little took on a life of its own, becoming so much bigger than it actually was....
Maybe you share a vacation with your extended family once a year, maybe you always spend this holiday there or another one somewhere...
There are moments when we all can’t handle it anymore and want to break down. Think of when you’re taking a longer trip and will be...
Numbers 20 1 In the first month the whole Israelite community arrived at the Desert of Zin, and they stayed at Kadesh. There...
Meltdown is when you lose control in some other way than surrendering to God, and in every meltdown situation, there’s an underlying...
In our faith, there are two concepts of God: God beyond us or God with us. We use His nearness to avoid His power or holiness, and we...
Reality and perspective are generally two different concepts. When our reality becomes bigger than our perspective, we see change. In...
We can all look back on our lives and point to examples of challenging situations, knowing that what we’re about to face may be a new...
From God’s perspective, so many people are lost and without help. They can’t find their way, and they’re headed to the edge of a...
One of the healthiest things we can do is check our assumptions. What are we assuming that we might not have even thought we were? Why...
What if the experience you had going to church or attending a small group is not a recharge but an actual power source, meaning when...
There are things in life that we struggle to do. And for some of us, that’s prayer. When the topic of prayer comes up, we feel guilty....
One part of prayer that has incredibly complicated feelings and experiences around it is the prayer for healing. Our beliefs and our...
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