Thanks for Grace, Hands Off my Money!

Today I want to do three things with you. Read scripture and have you think through, is what God said true? Ask, why do we give? What is the deal with giving? What does it look like when we don’t give? 10 “Bring to the storehouse a full tenth of what you earn so there will be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD All-Powerful. “I will open the windows of heaven for you . . . Read More »

Living For Eternity In A World Screaming Enjoy Today

So we have kind of gone right after it to start 2015 haven’t we?  We didn’t jump in to the typical launch the New Year series.  We didn’t jump into the Be-attitudes, or even a series on Grace…no, we have jumped head first into a sermon series on Money!  The one thing that no one wants to talk about.  I have to tell you the more we have engaged this series, and the more I have studied this . . . Read More »

When Grace Dethrones Greed

Real Quickly, 5 things about money. We offer the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace course. Why? Because financial freedom is a step towards spiritual freedom. Financial chaos does not lead to spiritual peace. To choose to stay in financial chaos is choosing to stay in spiritual bondage. We are walking through the “Give to Caesar” series. Why? Because the number #1 thing that competes for God’s love in our lives, is money. This series is about the condition of . . . Read More »

Gods at War

Do you know what it means when someone says, ‘There is an elephant in the room?’ It means that there is something that everyone knows about, but no one has the courage to talk about it. When you are the room with an elephant, that thing no one talks about, everyone feels weird. The kind of weird like watching your parents kiss weird. When you were a kid, your parents read you the story that had the following . . . Read More »