Apr 7, 2019
Can Love Bring Unity in Diversity?
In today's passage from 1 Corinthians, we find the early church struggling with feelings of both superiority and inferiority, based on individual gifts and abilities. This morning, Bud points out that although dealing with diversity has its challenges, it's actually a strength for us to have differences. And the key to making our differences a strength is love. The church needs everyone with their unique backgrounds and abilities if we are to reach the world for Jesus.
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  • Apr 7, 2019Can Love Bring Unity in Diversity?
    Apr 7, 2019
    Can Love Bring Unity in Diversity?
    In today's passage from 1 Corinthians, we find the early church struggling with feelings of both superiority and inferiority, based on individual gifts and abilities. This morning, Bud points out that although dealing with diversity has its challenges, it's actually a strength for us to have differences. And the key to making our differences a strength is love. The church needs everyone with their unique backgrounds and abilities if we are to reach the world for Jesus.
  • Mar 31, 2019Do You Deserve to Eat the Most Important Meal?
    Mar 31, 2019
    Do You Deserve to Eat the Most Important Meal?
    In today’s passage (1 Corinthians 11:17-34), we find the believers making the Lord’s Supper, a meal that was supposed to bring about and reflect unity, into something completely individualistic. With this in mind, Troy reminds us that when individuals in the church, who are just parts of the one body of Jesus Christ, decide to do their own thing, meet their own needs, and fulfill their own personal agendas, the church will be hurt and ineffective, and even die.
  • Mar 24, 2019Does God Give You More Than You Can Handle?
    Mar 24, 2019
    Does God Give You More Than You Can Handle?
    We’ve all had times when life was overwhelming and more than we could bear. The question is, “Does God Give You More Than You Can Handle?” The truth is: God never said He would not give you more than you can handle. 1 Corinthians 10:13 is often taken to mean that God will never give us more than we can bear. In reality, the verse teaches that God will not allow us to be tempted beyond what we can bear, and that when it comes to temptation and sin, we always have a choice: engage in sin or run from it.
  • Mar 3, 2019Should You Really Do Whatever You Want?
    Mar 3, 2019
    Should You Really Do Whatever You Want?
    Will you live like God's in charge, or like you're in charge? Should you really do whatever you want? Or should you do whatever God wants? These questions will be tackled in today's message from our series through 1 Corinthians. God bought us and paid the price for us, therefore He owns us; and this is a very good thing because no one could possibly love you more than God, or care about you more than God, or know what's best for you more than God.
  • Feb 24, 2019Do You Want to Win the Fight or Win the World?
    Feb 24, 2019
    Do You Want to Win the Fight or Win the World?
    Last week, we talked about living different from the world if we want to reach the world. This week, we see a practical application of this truth. In the context of lawsuits and legal battles (as recorded in 1 Corinthians chapter 6), we discover that we must live in such a way that we are trying to win the world, not to win the fight. We fight for relationship, not against relationship. Why? Because we show the world that we follow Jesus by loving each other.
  • Feb 17, 2019Can You Judge a Book by its Cover?
    Feb 17, 2019
    Can You Judge a Book by its Cover?
    Live different from the world if you want to reach the world. This means that within the church, sometimes we have to judge a book by its cover. Can we do this? Actually, yes, we can, if the book is judged in light of the book (the Bible) and if the cover is the life of someone who has committed to following the Bible.
  • Feb 10, 2019Is There Wisdom in Foolishness?
    Feb 10, 2019
    Is There Wisdom in Foolishness?
    Bud shares with us about the "foolishness" of God and the "wisdom" of men. What we often consider to be foolish is actually wisdom in the eyes of God. For us to live by faith and trust completely in God, we must grow in our ability to follow what God says, rather than just living by conventional "wisdom."
  • Feb 3, 2019Do You Really Have Everything You Need?
    Feb 3, 2019
    Do You Really Have Everything You Need?
    To kick off our new series, We Have Problems, God Has Solutions (which will take us through the book of 1 Corinthians), Troy acknowledges that many of us feel like we’re not good enough or strong enough. We often feel unworthy or unloved. But we need to understand that the negative things we believe about ourselves are lies from Satan. We could even say that those fears are lies that are told to us. None of us is that person who grace could never change. We don’t have to live like we’re not good enough, or strong enough, or smart enough, because we have a God who is all of those things.
  • Jan 27, 2019What Were You Born to Do?
    Jan 27, 2019
    What Were You Born to Do?
    We were all placed on this planet for a specific purpose. We were born to accomplish something, but it’s our choice as to whether or not we discover and carry out our purpose. But there’s also something every Christian was born again to do, and that’s good works. Specifically, and most importantly, we do good works so that others might be saved.
  • Jan 13, 2019Do You Believe That God Loves You?
    Jan 13, 2019
    Do You Believe That God Loves You?
    Continuing in our series, What Has God Done for You? Troy reminds us, and encourages us to believe wholeheartedly, that everything God does is motivated by His love for us and His desire to do what is best for us. Jesus paid our penalty and offers us salvation as a free gift of His grace, but it only applies to us if we have faith that Jesus really did this on our behalf. On a practical level, when we’re tempted, and struggling, and really wanting to do what we want to do, instead of what God says, will we still believe that God’s way is better?