03|2020
This has been a crazy week with the COVID-19 virus impacting so many different aspects of our society. All this week we have been prayerfully asking God for wisdom regarding the best way for our church to continue to love God, each other, and our neighbors. With many policies being implemented by the school district… Read more »
11|2019
December 1st marks the beginning of Advent. Advent (taken from the Latin for “arrival,” or “coming”) is the annual time in the church calendar where we look back to the first coming of Christ on Christmas and forward to the second coming of Christ when He fully consummates His Kingdom. As a church we are… Read more »
10|2019
We desire to be a place where we can gather to encounter the person of Jesus through the transforming study of His Word, and to that end the vast majority of our sermons are verse-by-verse studies through whole books of the Bible. Last Sunday we began a seven week study of the book of 2 Timothy, and… Read more »
05|2019
We desire to be a place where we can gather to encounter the person of Jesus through the transforming study of His Word, and to that end the vast majority of our sermons are verse-by-verse studies through whole books of the Bible. On May 19th we will begin a seven week study of the book… Read more »
03|2018
This past Sunday we discussed the controversial topic of whether or not a Christian can lose their salvation. This topic has been controversial enough in the history of the church that I thought it may be helpful to reiterate some thoughts on the subject here. First, however, whenever we discuss an issue that godly Christians… Read more »
01|2018
As we continue in our study of the book of Hebrews over the next 20+ weeks, we want to provide some additional resources to make sure that we get the most out of our time in this amazing book. Our ultimate authority should always be the written Word of God, the Bible, but secondary literature can… Read more »
11|2017
Last Sunday we wrapped up our series on the 5 Solas of the Reformation with a message on Soli Deo Gloria (Glory to God alone). This powerful concept answers the question of the ultimate purpose for each of our lives, but it is a message our sinful flesh wars against. One of the ways we battle our tendency… Read more »
10|2017
Last week we kicked off our study on the doctrines of the Reformation with the topic of Sola Scriptura, or Scripture Alone. We saw that as humans we all appeal to an ultimate authority for our understanding of what truth is, therefore our task is to make sure we are appealing to the correct authority!… Read more »
07|2017
After yesterday’s sermon on giving it might be helpful to share a few additional resources on finances and generosity. Joby Martin, Multiply Resources (video from an Acts 29 conference, his jokes are better than anything you’ll hear at mD:F…). The Treasure Principle, by Randy Alcorn (A short, easy read with a good theology of generosity). Crown… Read more »
06|2017
For the second week of our summer teaching series, focusing on “why we do what we do” as Christians, we spent some time studying the importance of prayer. Throughout this series we hope to engage the practice we talk about on Sunday morning throughout the week. So, this second week we are encouraging everyone to… Read more »
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