Books of the Bible

Joseph’s story is filled with extreme highs and lows, but through it all, he experiences God's faithfulness in ways that challenge us to consider: Can we forgive those who hurt us, even when we have the power to make them pay?

When temptation strikes in the form of Potiphar’s wife, Joseph faces a choice that many would have found impossible to resist. Yet, his response is nothing short of remarkable. Dive into the story of Joseph's resilience and learn how his unwavering faith in God leads him through temptation, betrayal, and hardship.

What would it really mean to accept Jesus?

The entire Old Testament is God calling humanity back to Himself, helping us remember who He is and who we are supposed to be, and giving us the ability to choose life instead of death - to choose wholeness, instead of brokenness. It all leads to the moment we find in Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Acts - the climax of the story, the coming of our Rescuer - Jesus.

We can live with and without power and have godly conduct at the same time.

Change must happen. Christians can't turn a blind eye. They must participate in God's mission to redeem this world.

How often have we heard people say things – with a level of certainty – about what they think Jesus’ said, which He never said?

Today were going to focus on a part of the Easter story we don't often talk about found in the gospel of Luke - a story about average people encountering the resurrected Jesus. A story about what God is up to in our world. A story that shows us how to live as followers of Jesus. Are you part of the story?

We all have a desire for justice, so why did Jesus have to pay such a high price?

Jesus’ life wasn’t just a turning point in history. It’s been the turning point in many lives as well. And it's not just His life, but as we’ll see in this series, it's His death and resurrection. And it's all good news! In fact, it’s the best news possible!

Jesus’ arrival means that peace can be achieved between God and humankind. Peace comes through Jesus. We are both recipients & providers of peace.

Zechariah’s story is a reminder that God hears our prayers and is at work in ways that are beyond what we can often imagine, even if it exceeds our life on earth.

Mary responded in faith to the angelic messages given to her. She responded thoughtfully, gradually, in amazement and wonder, and willing to surrender.

When you embrace Jesus as Comforter, it changes everything.

We live as a voice of peace in this world, as we recognize more than anyone the source of hostility (sin) and have the solution

Jesus can life be breathed into us, and we experience a spiritual resurrection. Only then may we truly live a life of freedom, joy, and love.

God chooses and pursues individuals for His offer of salvation, which is fulfilled through Jesus Christ.

In a world where we often encounter "bad", how can we find joy?

Society puts so much emphasis on social status and recognition, but as Christians we are called to live a more humble life.

What is joy vs happiness? And what practices can we add to our lives to give us joy?

In the parable of the bridesmaids, Jesus is telling His follower that they need to be prepared and ready.

What does it mean to do mercy?

Prodigal derives from Latin as “wasteful, to drive forth or away’ to waste, squander. It is one who spends or gives lavishly and foolishly - one who has returned after an absence. The story of the prodigal son is a picture of God's love for his children.

Parables have the unique ability to transcend space and time. You see, in Jesus’ stories, you don’t just encounter characters, you are a character. You’re not just reading “a” story, it’s “your” story. A parable takes something abstract and makes it concrete.

Your character determines the quality of your life. Your character is no better than how you treat others.

God’s wisdom holistically transforms you. You are changed by God’s gift of wisdom.

As we dive deeper into Proverbs, we're going to see how it points us towards a fuller relationship with God and how we may take steps towards Him. Without Him, we fall to folly.

What is the purpose of Proverbs in the Bible? How can the information found in this Book of the Bible help us live a life of wisdom?

How has Jesus revealed Himself to you?

Why do we celebrate Easter?

Jesus intercedes for the church and His intercession is a promise.

Jesus is God and we know God through Jesus and Jesus alone.

Jesus’ love is persistent, even with full knowledge of betrayal.

Discipleship is walking with one another toward Jesus and God acts within healthy discipleship. But what does discipleship look like? It can take many forms - small groups, teaching and preaching, and even individual relationships.

Have you had a mountaintop experience and then your world came crashing down?

Get back to your first love, back to basics. Remember your identify and stand firm in faith.

Zarephath, which means "to melt/smelt" or "crucible", was a place for further refinement for Elijah in preparation of his public ministry.

God will provide. We need only trust in Him.

Does your relationship with Jesus Christ wither due to an overloaded schedule?

Kids bring joy all year long including in the Christmas story. But in a world full of darkness and difficulty, we need more than a baby in a manger.

As we look beyond a simple reading of the events surrounding Jesus’ birth, we see there was much more than a peaceful nativity scenes and serene Hallmark cards.

God uses common people to do uncommon things.

How we worship matters. So, how do we worship?

The Easter story is a story of hope, but we are going to focus on three men who were hoping for change.

Christians tend to resist the God that we say we trust. We have all been guilty of it at one point or another in our lives.

Whatever your situation is, my invitation today is to trust in God for the bigger picture. Whatever happens, remember how powerful God is.

The pull of this world, with all its opportunities, responsibilities and promises, is so strong and insidious, only lives, hearts, minds and imaginations, formed by Jesus will prevail in this life and the next

Jesus is the true king, and don’t drift away from him, hold tight. But that leads us to a logical question - ok, if I’m not going to drift, I’ll hold tight to Jesus. But how?

The pull of this world is so strong and insidious, we will drift if we are not rooted in Jesus.

We are surrounded by cultural realities and pressures, local, nationally, and globally, that tend to draw us away from trusting in Jesus. How do we resist the pull of the world around us to focus on Jesus?

Jesus was determined to give people more than what they or anyone else was asking for. He has done more than heal them, He has given them New Life.

Jesus found in the 5th chapter of the Gospel of Mark and these moments were Jesus met 3 very different and very needy people who, once they meet Jesus, are all given what they can only be described as New Life.

Mark shows us that Jesus’ intension was singular, whether a person was a Jew or a Gentile: to bring freedom to those who are under oppression. Jesus is someone who desires to see everyone living freely and peacefully with dignity and purpose and he will take on the forces of hell to see that this gets done.

Jesus taught and modeled what it’s like to love, as God intended us to love. As He did this, He also taught His closest followers everything they needed to carry on His message, after He was gone – often using questions to create teachable moments.

Like instruction manuals, Jesus’ interactions with His disciples can serve as a manual of sorts – putting it all out there, so they’d know what to do.

We all have the tendency to look at someone in a judgmental way without ever knowing their story. Which brings us to another question Jesus asks that gives someone a chance to move out of one way of living and into another – closer to the heart of Jesus.