The Advent Promise Delayed
The key to sustaining faith and resisting doubt, discouragement, and disobedience is to regularly remember and recount God’s Story of Promise.
Exodus 1:11-14
The Advent Promise Given
In the midst of the wreckage of the Fall, God gave a promise that Jesus would come to redeem and rescue us.
Genesis 3:15
Shaping A Contented Soul
We are called to shape our souls by putting away greed, embracing contentment, and finding our deepest joy and satisfaction in God.
Hebrews 13:5-6
Christian Moral Formation
Christian moral formation is the lifelong process of putting off sins, putting on Christlike virtues and being renewed so our thoughts and desires are like Christ.
Ephesians 4:20-24
Enjoying God
The fruit of the God-centered Gospel is deep, abiding joy in the lives of believers.
Romans 5:1-5
Series Outline for Sola/Alone
This 5-week series focuses on the five pivotal ideas of the Protestant Reformation. Grace alone, Faith alone, Scripture alone, Christ alone, Glory to God alone. These ideas lie at the heart of the true Christian faith and are as foundational today as they were 500 years ago.
Soli Deo Gloria – Glory To God Alone
Scripture teaches we are saved on account of God’s grace alone, through the work of Christ alone, which is accessed by faith alone, so that the glory for our salvation might be to God alone.
Romans 3:27-31
Sola Fide – Justified by Faith Alone
The Gospel tells us we are accepted before God because of Christ’s righteousness and atoning work alone, apart from any works or merits of our own, and that His righteousness is received by faith alone, apart from any efforts on our part.
Romans 5:1-2
Sola Gratia – Saved Because of Grace Alone
Sin has corrupted humans so thoroughly that we can only be saved because of grace – God’s undeserved merciful kindness and favor – alone.
Ephesians 2:8-10
Sola Scriptura – The Ultimate Authority of Scripture Alone
Scripture alone is the ultimate source of truth and the final authority for the beliefs and practice of Christians and the Church.
Matthew 15:1-9
Series Outline for Spiritual Warfare
This 10 week series focuses on Spiritual Warfare and its many aspects. It teaches us what the Bible says about engaging in Spiritual Warfare.
Enduring To Victory
Spiritual warfare is a lifelong battle, and we must draw strength from Jesus so that we do not grow weary but endure until final victory.
Hebrews 12:1-3
Our Enemies – The World, the Flesh, the Devil
Our enemies in spiritual warfare are Satan, the fallen world, and our sinful nature, and we must resist their attacks and overcome them.
Ephesians 2:1-3; 1 Timothy 6:12
The Weapons of Spiritual Warfare
We must learn to use the weapons of God’s Word, prayer, worship, and fellowship to demolish Satan’s strongholds in us and others.
2 Corinthians 10:3-6
The Battleground of Spiritual Warfare: Strongholds
Spiritual strongholds are entrenched habits of thought, emotions, speech, and actions Satan uses to keep us from experiencing freedom in Christ.
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
Engaging in Spiritual Warfare
Our strategy in spiritual warfare is to draw near to God, be alert for the attacks of Satan, and stand against, resist, and attack his works.
Ephesians 6:10-20; 1 Peter 5:6-9; James 4:7-10
Equipped for Spiritual Warfare
Through Christ and the Gospel God has equipped us with everything we need for spiritual warfare as we draw our strength from Him.
Ephesians 6:10–20
Understanding Spiritual Warfare
Spiritual warfare is Satan’s ongoing war against God, His purposes, and His people, and every Christian and church is part of this warfare.
Ephesians 6:10-20
True Freedom
True freedom – the ability to live as God created us – is found only in Christ.
John 8:31-36
A Holy Ambition
Christians are called to holy ambition – not for fleeting fame but for praise of God for a quiet life of honest work and loving others.
1 Thessalonians 4:9-12
A Holy Sexuality
A Christian must be holy in their sexual conduct, avoiding all sexual activity other than a man and woman within marriage.
1 Thessalonians 4:1-8
A Holy Community of Love
The church is to be a community overflowing with love, growing in holiness, as it waits for the return of Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 3:11-13
A Holy Joy
Holy joy is found in the growing faith of those we love, even in the midst of persecution and suffering.
1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:10
A Holy Response to the Word of God
God’s holy people receive the Gospel as the Word of God rather than a human teaching, but those who reject it remain under God’s wrath.
1 Thessalonians 2:3-16
A Holy Ministry
Holy ministry flows from proper motives, is conducted in a Christlike manner, and endures difficulty until the Gospel bears fruit.
1 Thessalonians 2:1-12