Feb 21, 2021
The Problem with Looking Out for Number One
By: Troy Burns
Series: Real Faith in the Real World
For this week's installment in our series through James, Troy shares the biblical truth that our conflicts take place when our self-interests become our number one priority. This means that to resolve conflicts, we must repent of our sinful selfishness and humble ourselves before God and others.
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- Feb 21, 2021The Problem with Looking Out for Number One
Feb 21, 2021The Problem with Looking Out for Number OneBy: Troy BurnsSeries: Real Faith in the Real WorldFor this week's installment in our series through James, Troy shares the biblical truth that our conflicts take place when our self-interests become our number one priority. This means that to resolve conflicts, we must repent of our sinful selfishness and humble ourselves before God and others.
- Jan 31, 2021A Working Faith is a Faith That Works
Jan 31, 2021A Working Faith is a Faith That WorksBy: Troy BurnsSeries: Real Faith in the Real WorldAs Troy points out from this week's Bible passage (James 2:14-26), there are things we believe in intellectually, in our minds, and there are things we believe in emotionally, that stir our hearts, but unless we demonstrate those beliefs through our actions, we don’t actually believe.
- Jan 17, 2021It’s Not What You Know, It’s What You Do
Jan 17, 2021It’s Not What You Know, It’s What You DoBy: Troy BurnsSeries: Real Faith in the Real WorldContinuing in our series through James, Real Faith in the Real World, Troy reminds us that although the Bible is foundational and critically important in our lives, it’s not enough merely to read it or hear it or even know everything it says. We have to put our faith into practice and actually do what the Bible tells us.
- Dec 27, 2020Please Come In (and Good Riddance)
Dec 27, 2020Please Come In (and Good Riddance)By: Troy BurnsSeries: StandaloneTo help us close out a challenging year and look ahead to a new, hopefully better one, Troy encourages us to ask ourselves the following question: What if the things you’ve experienced up to this point—the good, the bad, the ugly, and the beautiful—were all meant to lead you to exactly where you find yourself now?
- Dec 20, 2020Nothing I Wouldn’t Do Myself
Dec 20, 2020Nothing I Wouldn’t Do MyselfBy: Troy BurnsSeries: StandaloneFor this year's Christmas message, Troy reminds us of what we celebrate this time of the year: God became flesh and was born as a baby to fulfill His purpose of one day dying for us. His cradle was in the shadow of a cross and everything He did was for the sake of others.
- Dec 13, 2020Finding Meaning in Suffering
Dec 13, 2020Finding Meaning in SufferingBy: Troy BurnsSeries: Hanging On To HopeTo conclude our short series, Hanging on to Hope, Troy encourages us not to waste our pain but to find meaning in it. The question we should ask when God allows us to go through hard times is not why, but who? In God's mind, pain has two intended recipients: us and someone else. If we choose not to take what we’ve experienced and find some way of using it to help other people, we miss a large part of why God allowed us to suffer in the first place.
- Dec 1, 2020I’m Broken Like You (I Feel Your Pain)
Dec 1, 2020I’m Broken Like You (I Feel Your Pain)By: Troy BurnsSeries: Hanging On To HopeContinuing in our series, Hanging On To Hope, Bud shares one of the key reasons why we go through difficult experiences: our wounds give us power to feel another person’s pain. God allows us to be broken by trials to help us gain credibility with other broken people, and to help them persevere through challenging times.
- Nov 22, 2020Thank You (No Matter What)
Nov 22, 2020Thank You (No Matter What)By: Troy BurnsSeries: StandaloneThrough a Thanksgiving-related message, Troy reminds us of the importance of keeping our sense of gratitude in any and all of our life situations. The foundation of a thankful heart lies in who God is, not in our circumstances, because they always change, but God never changes. Our circumstances are not always good, but God is always good.
- Nov 15, 2020The Miracle of Sticking With It
Nov 15, 2020The Miracle of Sticking With ItBy: Troy BurnsSeries: Hanging On To HopeContinuing in our series, Hanging on to Hope, Troy shares what it means to live in such a way that our lives would not make sense if God did not exist. Specifically, when God gives us the miraculous strength to "stick with it" in the midst of incredible hardship, our example can have a profound, lasting impact on someone else.
- Nov 9, 2020Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Nov 9, 2020Between a Rock and a Hard PlaceBy: Troy BurnsSeries: Hanging On To HopeTroy begins a new series this morning, entitled, Hanging On to Hope, that will take us through the rest of the year, with the exception of a few holiday-themed messages. Our prayer is for God to use this series to give all of us some encouragement as we close out a very difficult year. In this opening message, for those of us who feel stuck between a rock and a hard place, we can trust God to pull us up, to help us stand on the rock, and to show us that the rock is Jesus.