Are You Losing Hope?

Good morning, everyone.  Welcome to Easter.  Today is the greatest day of the year, and we get to talk about why.  I don’t know what you think about Jesus, God, Church, religion, and all of that stuff.  I don’t know if you grew up in church or if church is new to you.  I don’t know where you are spiritually.  So, today, I wanted to start with something that is really important to get us all on the same page.  I’m going to read it for you from the Bible.  When I read it fo

Why Do We Struggle To Experience Overwhelming Victory?

Today is a very special day in our faith.  It is Palm Sunday, which marks the start of Holy Week.  Today is the day Jesus triumphantly enters Jerusalem to people celebrating and worshiping Him.  They cheered, “Hosanna, son of David, blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” They laid down palm leaves in reverence to Him.  It’s an epic and joyful moment that leads into the heaviest and hardest week of Jesus’ life as those same people cheering for Him on this day wi

God Math - Less Is More Vs Human Math - More is More

You know, we have been walking through this Real Faith Disrupts conversation for a while now, and I’m wondering how you are doing as week after week, we press in on the concept of real faith and its impact on our lives.  This is challenging but important because Christianity is about how we live our lives, which means life change.  We move from what we always have done and step into a new way of living.  But we can say it: Life changes, and living opposite the world can b

If Someone Takes Unfair Advantage Of You

Today we start with scripture.  Before I read it for you, I want to give you context.  The author of this letter, Hebrews, is writing to the Jewish Christians experiencing persecution.  Life for them is very hard.  There are people in their community going out of their way to persecute them.  Imagine getting a letter that says the following: 

Hebrews 12:14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. NIV

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How Do You View Serving?

Welcome back to our winter conversation called ‘Real Faith Disrupts.’  We are walking you through 12 essential questions about our faith and have hit some critical topics so far.  We want you to see that we aren’t just talking about what these things are; the focus has been on what they mean to you personally and how they impact your life.  Why is that important?  Well, it’s because real faith leads to life change.  When God is the priority in our lives, and Jesus is both

Do You See This World As A Temporary Home or Final Destination?

We hope this series we are in is making you think through what it means to live out Christianity.  It’s a very practical series that walks us through specific areas of our lives.  If there is faith, real faith, it will disrupt our lives.  That’s why we are in a series that asks the question, ‘Has your faith disrupted your life?’ 

Let’s read what Jesus’ brother James wrote.

James 1:17 So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and use

How Do You View People?

Welcome back to our winter conversation called ‘Real Faith Disrupts.’  We are walking you through 12 essential questions about our faith. So far, we have discussed The Bible, Grace, Worship, and Success, and last week, we talked about The Church.  We aren’t just talking about what these things are but focusing on what they mean to you and how they impact your life.  Why is that important?  Well, it’s because real faith leads to life change; it disrupts what was so that we

How Do You View The Church?

Welcome back to our winter conversation called ‘Real Faith Disrupts.’  We are walking you through 12 essential questions about our faith. So far, we have discussed The Bible, Grace, Worship, and Success, focusing on what these things mean to you and how they impact your life.  Why is that important?  Well, it’s because real faith leads to life change; it disrupts what was so that we can experience what could be, which is what I like to refer to as our best lives possible,

How Do You View Success?

When my daughter was in High School, she wanted to go to college.  So, in her Junior and Senior years, we did college tours.  We visited state schools and private schools, in-state schools and out-of-state schools.  When she graduated High School, she left for college.  She took the risk and went to college.  She moved out.  She took courses.  She made new friends.  You could say her desire to go to college radically changed her life.

I want you to keep that in mind when I

Has Your Faith Disrupted Your Choices?

Welcome back to our winter conversation called ‘Real Faith Disrupts.’  We are walking you through 12 essential questions about our faith. These are 12 questions we should all be asking.  So far, we have talked about The Bible, God’s Grace, and Worship, focusing on what these things mean to you and how these things are affecting your life.  Why is that important?  Well, it’s because real faith leads to life change; it disrupts what was so that we can experience what could

What Is Your Greatest Act of Worship?

Last year my daughter got married.  It was a great day.  She went to Planet Fitness and met a High School friend, and they began to talk.  Very quickly, they fell in love, and I got the phone call asking if we could meet for permission to marry her.  She got married, moved out of my house, and started a new life with her husband.  Now she and her husband are taking on life together.  They work on the house, they clean up the yard, they go on vacation, and they deal with t

Has God's Grace Changed You?

How are you doing with the series we are in?  It’s pretty aggressive.  It’s called ‘Real Faith Disrupts.’  The scripture we keep turning to is from Jesus’ brother James. 

James 1:17 So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless… 19 You say you have faith, for you believe that there is one God. Good for you! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble in terror. 20 How foolish! Can’t you see that faith without good deeds

What Is The Bible To You?

Last week, Ken kicked off our first series of the New Year.  We are calling this first conversation Real Faith Disrupts, and in some ways, this will be challenging for us to step into, and I will tell you why.  As Christians, we know and would tell others that our lives are forever changed as we experience the gift of salvation through Jesus.  God’s love floods our hearts, minds, and souls.  But here’s the challenge: we celebrate this, we sing about it in worship songs, a

Who Owns You?

Welcome to the new year.  Not sure if you have any New Year’s resolutions.  If you have made some, I’d be curious to know what they are.  As we kick off this new year, we wanted to kick off a new series called ‘Real Faith Disrupts’.  The foundational scripture we want to use in this series is from James.  I shared it with you last week. 

James 1:17 So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless… 19 You say you have faith, fo

The Gift of The Holy Spirit

Today ends our series called ‘All I Want for Christmas’.

I want you to think about the gifts that Jesus came to give us.  Hope, Peace, Joy, Grace, Salvation, and the Holy Spirit.  I want you to think through this question, ‘Why did Jesus come to give me these gifts?’  There are two answers.  The first answer is that Jesus wants you to experience each gift.  These gifts can be a reality in our lives and they can transform how we live if we are focused on Jesus and pursue Hi