A Growing Walk In Christ
Having received Jesus Christ as Lord, we are called to have a flourishing, growing walk with Him.
Colossians 2:6-7
Biblically Based, Christ Centered, Caring Community in Annapolis, MD
Having received Jesus Christ as Lord, we are called to have a flourishing, growing walk with Him.
Colossians 2:6-7
Jesus has been raised from the dead, and His people are to worship Him and, despite opposition, tell this good news to the world.
Matthew 28:1-20
Christ took our sins and gave us His righteousness so that it is just as if we had never sinned, and just as if we had kept the Law.
Leviticus 1:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21
God calls His people to be willing to pay the cost for a glorious ministry of fully presenting God’s Word about Jesus, as we teach and admonish one another so that each of us will become mature, wholehearted disciples of Jesus Christ.
Colossians 1:24-2:5
We were once alienated from God by our sin, but Christ has provided reconciliation for all who believe in Him through the Gospel.
Colossians 1:21-23
Christ is preeminent in and over everything – the present creation and everything it, and the new creation, which has already begun through His reconciling work.
Colossians 1:12-20
As Christians grow in their knowledge of God and His will, their lives are transformed so that they are pleasing to God.
Colossians 1:9-14
The Gospel of Christ has the power to grow and bear fruit in the lives of believers so that they are filled with faith, love, hope, and good works.
Colossians 1:1-8
As a local church BRCC is called to encourage each member to realize the calling they have been given in Christ, to encourage devotion to Christ and His call upon us, and to equip and encourage believers to fulfill their calling in Christ.
Romans 1:1-17
As we respond to the Gospel with faith, love, and hope in Christ, it produces a harvest of work and endurance for God and His kingdom as we look forward to Christ’s return.
1 Thessalonians 1:1-3
Human life begins at conception and we should treasure each life as a gift from God’s hand and a sign of His amazing work.
Psalm 139:13-16
What was the ministry of Jesus? What do we expect His ministry to us to be?
Luke 4:14-30
Psalm 119 is a song of praise about God’s boundless Word, which brings boundless blessings to those who love it.
Psalm 119:96
Note that the outline contains the eight Hebrew terms used for God’s Word in Psalm 119, and also a list of all of the verses where these words occur.
We should treasure God’s Word, delighting in this great gift God has given to us that we might know Him.
Job 23:12
This 4-week series was taught during the 2011 Advent season. It covers the four great themes of Advent – hope, peace, love, and joy – showing how each of these is found in Christ, and helping us to focus our thoughts on Him as we celebrate His coming to bring us salvation.
True joy is found in Christ, Who has come to save and restore us to God, the source of all true joy.
Luke 2:10-11
The love of God – which is the source of all love – has taken human form in Jesus, and we are called to believe in Him and love others as He did.
1 John 4:9-11
Christ is the Prince of Peace, who brings full peace – the blessed life that flows from the righteousness of God.
Isaiah 9:6-7
The hope that overcomes the despair and alienation caused by the fall is found in Christ, as we look to Him in faith.
Lamentations 3:19-26
This 11-week series looks at the growth of the early church in the book of Acts, giving an overview of the characteristics of a thriving, ever-growing Church. This not only helps us understand how the early church went from a small band of fearful disciples to a worldwide movement full of the Spirit’s power in a few short decades but also gives principles for growing thriving churches in our own day as well.
The book of Acts closes with a bold, unhindered proclamation of the Gospel – in spite of all the oppositions of Satan and the world – which guarantees a glorious thriving future for the Church and the kingdom of God.
Acts 28:30-31
God is on a mission to glorify the name of His Son, Jesus. There are times that God has chosen to use persecution to ensure that the gospel of His Son goes forth and that His Church thrives.
Acts 8:1-8
Luke describes the early church as thriving with continuous growth as it is strengthened by the Spirit through the means of grace to fulfill the Great Commission – even in the face of severe opposition.
Acts 6:7; 9:31; 12:24; 16:5; 19:20
A look at the outreach of the church to Gentiles.
Acts 10:30-35, 39-48a
NOTE: Due to a technical problem this teaching was not recorded.
As Paul learned on the road to Damascus, we thrive not through our own righteousness, but because we have a vital unity with Christ and His Church.
Acts 9:1-6