The focus of the book of 1 John is on love, but John really helps to redefine what love is – both God’s love for us and our love for him and others. He takes love out of the “define it how you want it, touchy feely stuff” to something much more tangible. Join us [...]
What’s on your wish list this year? Can you buy it in a store? Is it merry and bright? Or is it something more? We find ourselves often waiting and wishing for the next big thing. The prophet Isaiah long ago foretold that to us a child is born, to us a son is given. [...]
In his book, The Next Christians, Gabe Lyons proclaims the central mission of this emerging generation of Christians who find themselves in a decidedly post-Christian culture. They are called to be Restorers. They are called to join with God in mission to deal with the destructiveness of sin and restore the world to that which [...]
Doubt is often the “dirty little secret” that Christians don’t want to talk about or admit that they deal with. So what is doubt? Is it something to be “demonized” or is it something to be embraced? According to Scripture, it is neither. Doubt is the soil out of which faith grows. If we ignore [...]
Waiti…everybody hates it. Whether it’s traffic on the beltway, a long line at the grocery store, or the fulfillment of a promise, waiting feels like life has been put on hold. It keeps us from getting to the next big thing. But waiting is a part of God’s design. God can do amazing things while we wait.
Honesty. Compassion. Loyalty. Gratitude. Are these virtues still important? Have they been rejected or just forgotten? How can they become more integrated into our lives? Join us this weekend as we begin a new series and learn what we can do to restore these Forgotten Virtues.
Instead of getting angry about things that don’t matter, what if we started getting angry about the things that do matter—the things that make God angry? And what if we not only got angry about the things that make God angry, but we did something about it? Join us this week as we start a new 3 week series called Angry.
HTML5 opens all kinds of opportunities including the ability to play videos natively without using Adobe Flash. This is particularly helpful since iPhones and iPads do not play videos encoded using Flash. Projekktor is an open source HTML5 video player that is compatible with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Chrome. It has a number of [...]
Overloaded? Maxed out? Our culture encourages us to live as if we have no margin. So we fill up our schedules and empty our bank accounts. We spend all that we have and acquire as much as we can, all in an effort to make the most out of life. Join us for a new three-week series “Margin,” as we learn to create margin and live the life God intended for us.
Is money ever a topic of conversation in your house? Does it feel like you ought to be able to do more with what you make? Is debt mounting up? (Money represents so many things in our culture – success, independence, self-reliance, power, control.) This weekend we start a new series titled, “Finding Financial Freedom.” In this 4-week series we will explore some of the root issues behind our view of money and provides practical tools that enable us to enjoy more fully the resources that God has entrusted to our care.