The God Centered Church—Jesus, Not Money, Part 2
Even in the godliest of Christians there is something reprehensible. It is not our godliness that makes another ...
The God Centered Church—Jesus, Not Money, Part 1
Acts 3: The story of the lame man asking for money yet receiving healing from Peter is important ...
The God Centered Church—Biblical Church Growth, Part 2
Acts 2:42-47: Paul urges his readers to keep worship easy for outsiders to understand. Today, worship can be ...
The God Centered Church—Biblical Church Growth, Part 1
Acts 2:42-47: Having a biblical church is the real way to have church growth. Josh Moody talks about ...
The God Centered Church—Multicultural Outreach, Part 2
Acts 2:1-13: What is it that makes us put out the Spirit's fire? Perhaps is it sin? A ...
The God Centered Church—Multicultural Outreach, Part 1
Acts 2:1-13: Western Christianity often fails in communication with our culture today. When we say "God," they say ...
The God Centered Church—Apostolic Authority, Part 2
Acts 1:12-26: If you go into any school today, you will find difficulties with discipline because there is ...
The God Centered Church—Apostolic Authority, Part 1
Acts 1:12-26: Sometimes we expect God to interact with us like a GPS. We expect clear directions from ...
The God Centered Church—Empowered Witness, Part 2
Acts 1:1-11: Often people think of being empowered by the Spirit as like plugging into electricity. But really, ...
The God Centered Church—Empowered Witness, Part 1
Acts 1:1-11 We are asked to be missionaries in our own backyards, and yet we struggle to do ...
The Heavenly Places: Be Strong in the Lord, Part 2
The Apostle Paul says that we should stand against the schemes of the devil. This takes confidence and ...
The Heavenly Places: Be Strong in the Lord, Part 1
As the world gets more confused, and the media gets more convoluted, it is increasingly significant that we ...
The Heavenly Places: The Household, Part 2
The Master's master principle of leadership is service. Jesus' lordship must shape our daily lives, and his lordship ...
The Heavenly Places: The Household, Part 1
We are free. It's counterintuitive, but important. Our freedom is guaranteed by Jesus' lordship. Today we look to ...
The Heavenly Places: Wives and Husbands, Part 2
We continue to talk about marriage as it relates to the church. There are many issues revolving around ...
The Heavenly Places: Wives and Husbands, Part 1
The mystery of marriage is not only a social convention, but also about Christ and the church. Today ...
The Heavenly Places: Your Walk
In his letter to the Ephesians, the Apostle Paul has been saying that we have a position in ...
What Jesus Thinks about Religion #7, Part 2
The irony used by Jesus here is thick. The Laodiceans had a medical college that specialized in ophthalmology. ...
What Jesus Thinks about Religion #7, Part 1
This last letter in Revelation is the most potent and powerful. The lukewarm church at Laodicea parallels us ...
What Jesus Thinks about Religion #6, Part 2
Jesus is saying that this spiritual, principled commitment to the Word works, in practice. The church in Philadelphia ...
What Jesus Thinks about Religion #6, Part 1
The church in Philadelphia looked successful but was lacking beauty and meaning and higher connection. We need to ...