1 Timothy 1:1-11 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - In the book of 1 Timothy, Paul helps us understand God’s design for the church. He addresses important themes like the church’s doctrine, its public worship, its formal officers, its social responsibilities, and its attitude toward material possessions. As John Calvin put it in his 1556 commentary, “this letter is highly relevant to our own times.” In a day when so many churches are tempted to get distracted, corrupted, or diluted, perhaps now...

- Speaker: David Doran Jr. - A disciple of Christ hears his invitation to prayer! Jesus lived as a human, endured human weakness, overcame temptation, impacted others and accomplished the Father’s will for His life through the power of the Spirit, in prayer. Jesus Christ has done the work to welcome us into HIs fellowship and strength experienced in prayer. The path for believers to endure human weakness, overcome temptation, impact others, and accomplish the Father’s will for their lives...

Ephesians 3:14-21 - Speaker: Jotham Manoranjan - In Ephesians 3:14-21 we witness Paul's overwhelming emotion to the magnificence of God's work. Paul prays in response to the great truths of the first few chapters of Ephesians and prompts us to reflect on how theology impacts our hearts, the motivations behind our prayers, and the focus of our concerns in prayer. The passage reminds us that understanding God's love goes beyond intellectual pursuit; it requires the transformative work of the...

Luke 2:1-22 - Speaker: Will Galkin - The sudden appearance of the angels in Luke 2:8-14 caused the shepherds to respond with fear. However, the angels brought the good news of great joy. They shared that God had sent humanity a means to fully reconcile with Him. After 400 years of no revelation, the people of God were tempted to wonder if God had forgotten them. Our text shows that God had not forgotten His people and that Jesus was the promised Messiah of the Old Testament. This good news...

Malachi 3:13-4:6 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - In our final section of the book of Malachi, the prophet addresses the cynical attitudes of the people. Israel is struggling with whether it’s worth serving God. When they look around, it seems as if the proud advance and evildoers face no consequences. So why fear the Lord? Why live for him? Well, the prophet corrects this flawed perspective and calls the people to consider the second coming when God will clearly distinguish between the wicked...

Malachi 3:6-12 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - Somewhere deep down inside each person is a reticence towards giving. We struggle with greed and consumption. And perhaps the Christmas season exposes that more than any other time of year. A holiday that was initially focused on giving, somehow turned into a season of getting. Well in Malachi 3, the people of Israel were clutching and grasping instead of giving and offering. They weren’t bringing the “full tithe” to the temple, and the Lord calls...

Malachi 2:17-3:5 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - The people of Israel in Malachi’s day were such hypocrites. While the priests failed to teach God’s word, and while the people failed to bring acceptable sacrifices to the temple, they had the audacity to call for God’s judgment on others. When God’s patience prevailed and his justice was delayed as a window of amnesty, the people accused God of not caring. “Where is the God of justice,” they asked in a snarky tone. Well, God is the judge of all...

Malachi 2:10-16 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - We are back in Malachi this week and we are picking up our study in chapter 2. The text addresses the difficult topic of divorce and intermarriage with unbelievers. While this book was written some 2,400 years ago, it still has great relevance for our culture today. God’s plan for marriage is that it would picture the covenant love that Christ has for the church. So, may God’s Word help us biblically address our problems in marriage and honest...

1 Corinthians 15:42-44 - Speaker: Ben Henderson - Glorification is often misunderstood. However, it is the great hope we have as believers, the physical resurrection of our bodies. With these, we will live with God forever in the New Heavens and the New Earth.

Genesis 1:26 - Speaker: Joe Skinner - Having established how God views sex and sexuality, we will take time to examine how that affects the way we understand ourselves primarily. What are the practical outflows of understanding our primary identity not through the lens of our sexuality, but rather, through the less of scripture --namely, made in God's image-- and how that affects the way we live out our sexuality.

James 4:1-10 - Speaker: Will Galkin - Double-minded people are unstable as they cannot go in different directions simultaneously. Something in their heart knows they are to pursue God, yet they find themselves drifting to find satisfaction elsewhere. This type of person sees people as mechanisms to get to their idols. However, since idols cannot satisfy the double-minded person, they become angry with those around them. This emptiness of the heart only causes the double-minded person to quest...

Philippians 3:10-14 - Speaker: Ben Henderson - Out of all the gospel concepts we've learned, sanctification can be the most frustrating. While propitiation and justification and redemption happen instantly, sanctification is an ongoing process. In this lesson, we learn that "Sanctification is the ongoing work of God to transform his people into greater Christlikeness.” We understand that sanctification is ongoing, transformative, and accomplished by the Holy Spirit with the Word of God as the...

Ezekiel 16:4-63 - Speaker: Alex Morrison - Our sexuality has a purpose beyond reproduction and pleasure. God designed sexuality to help us know him more deeply. This session unpacks how sex points us to God and how every person's sexuality, single or married, should lead them to finding satisfaction in God.

Ecclesiastes 7:1-14 - Speaker: Danny Brooks - Have you ever thought, “It would have been better if I had not been born?” You are not alone. Many of us have had those very thoughts. We wrestle with the hard circumstances and difficult experiences of life and wonder "Why?" Why me? Why this? Why now? What's the point of living if things are always going to be this hard? At the end of Ecclesiastes 7, the Preacher calls us to "Consider the work of God: who can make straight what he has made...

Mark 10:45 - Speaker: Josh Lankford - Join us as we discuss that aspect of the gospel that describes how God has purchased us back to himself, from slavery to sin, at the cost of Jesus' life through redemption.

- Speaker: Alex Morrison - Sexuality is a loaded term in our culture and we want to have a biblical perspective of what it means. God created humanity and therefore he created sexuality. This session is a discussion on God's thoughts on sexuality and builds a foundation for understanding God's thoughts about sex.

Ephesians 5:22-33 - Speaker: Jeremy Kimble - This weekend, we are thankful to have Jeremy and Rachel Kimble with us. Jeremy will be preaching on the topic of marriage from Ephesians 5. Pursuing a Biblical understanding of marriage isn’t just for married couples – it should be a pursuit for every Christian. Tim Keller says it this way: “The Bible begins with a wedding (of Adam and Eve) and ends in the book of Revelation with a wedding (of Christ and the church). Marriage is God’s idea…The...

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Malachi 2:1-9 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman -The priests of Israel had three major responsibilities. They were supposed to offer incense and prayers for the people. They were supposed to facilitate offerings and sacrifices. And finally, the priests were supposed to faithfully teach God’s truth. Well, in Malachi 1, we discovered how the spiritual leaders were failing to facilitate authentic worship. They condoned Israel’s wearisome attitude towards temple responsibilities and looked the other...

- Speaker: Joe Skinner - After reviewing where we came from, the next step is understanding our current cultural perception of sexuality. While we often times tend to focus on the way our sexuality comes out, the ethic and morality of it, today we will explore how there's actually a deeper issue for identity, to either form our own identity, or allow Christ to define who we are.

Romans 3:10-8:39 - Speaker: Ben Henderson - Justification is the work of God to declare sinful people not guilty but righteous instead by imputing the perfect righteousness of Christ to them. In this lesson, we learned about what Justification means using the Bible as the foundation. Then we talked about why our understanding of justification is so important, providing us with hope and peace.

Malachi 1:6-14 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - Have you ever found yourself just going through the motions when it comes to worshipping God? Maybe you read a passage of scripture in the morning simply because that’s your habit, but it’s become dry and boring. Perhaps you show up to church and it’s wearisome; you just try to endure for an hour and a half. I wonder if you’ve ever felt like your singing is even in a slump. Praise songs just don’t make the playlist these days. If you’ve ever...

Romans 8:15-17 - Speaker: Josh Lankford - Join us as we discuss that aspect of the gospel that describes how God has welcomed neglected and rebellious sinners into his loving family through adoption.