1 Samuel 7:3-17
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Have you missed him? It's been a while since we've seen Samuel in the book that bears his name. Since the last time we saw Samuel, Israel has gone from bad to worse, and we might be left wondering whether there's any hope for God's rebellious, foolish people. We hope you'll join us this Sunday as we learn about Israel's hope, and ours.
Philippians 4:8-9
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In recent years, the human brain has been compared to a super computer, with some estimates of the brain's processing power coming in at 1 exaFLOP (I'll let you look up what that means if you want). Yet more often than not our minds feel like a mess of confusion, error, and sinful thoughts. Join us this Sunday to hear what the Bible has to say about our minds and how we ought to use them.
Philippians 3:12-16
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"Cheer up! You are worse than you think!" Nobody's perfect. But deep down we all want to be. We shrivel up at the thought of our failures, weep over our worst moments, and beat ourselves up for our inability to change. Yet even in our ongoing sin, God has a comfort and a calling for us. Join us this Sunday as we learn from Paul what it means to press on in the midst of our imperfection.
Philippians 2:5-8
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It's one thing to know we're called to humility. It's another thing to actually live that out. Join us this Sunday as we see how Jesus serves as our perfect example and motivation for living a life of humility before God.
Philippians is known as Paul's joy letter. We've seen that the source of Paul's joy as he waits in prison is knowing and being known by Jesus, and he finds so much joy in this that he can say "To live is Christ; to die is gain." But now as we transition into v. 2, we read that something is lacking in Paul's joy. Join us this week as we learn what that something is and how our joy is made complete.
Philippians 1:12-14
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For each of us who are living in the good news of Jesus, we now have a call from God to share this same good news with others. But what about when our lives are marked by pain and trials? Join us this Sunday as we see how the gospel is always advancing, even when we are weighed down by chains.
Luke 9:57-62
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New Years is a time when we set our sights on the year ahead and what we want this coming year to look like. We set our priorities and make our resolutions. Jesus tells us we should all have the same start to our list: to follow Him.
John 15:12-17
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It's the greatest commandment and the first of the fruits of the Spirit. According to the Beatles, it's "all you need," and according to the apostle Paul, it's the "more excellent way." Love. Join us this Sunday as we celebrate the fact that at Christmas love came down.
Daniel 11:1-45
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You don't have to watch the news for long before you witness the fact that "the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain." How can we as God's people navigate this "raging of the nations"? Join us this Sunday to learn about our God who stands above the chaotic flow of history and controls kings and kingdoms.
Daniel 8:1-27
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God "does not promise that his people will never suffer but that no suffering will ever eradicate his people; he does not promise that we will never die for the kingdom of God but that the kingdom of God will never die." Come this week to find out what the Persian Empire, Alexander the Great, and some guy named Antiochus IV can teach us about living through opposition to God and His people.
Daniel 4:1-37
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Two weeks ago, we were introduced to King Nebuchadnezzar. We have watched this proud man wrestle with dreams, set up idolatrous statues, and experience humbling before his own fiery furnace. Daniel 4 brings us to the end of Nebuchadnezzar's story and once again, he is faced with a dream from God. Come this week as we learn from Nebuchadnezzar's story about the grace of God that is found in both His humbling and exalting us.
