Would you surrender a right you’re entitled to if it meant someone else would be able to experience the Gospel? The Apostle Paul sets a high bar for how Christians should think about the things we choose to do or not do, always encouraging us to think about the good of others and the good of the Gospel before we consider what benefit we might receive. It’s a call to selfless service.
What does it look like to put others’ needs before our own preferences? Christianity affords a wide variety of freedom, but that freedom comes with a responsibility to think of the people around us first. If something we choose to do will cause someone else to struggle, we’re called to give up that freedom for their good. Following the model of Jesus, we can love and serve others by limiting our own freedom for the cause of the gospel.
Is it better to be married or single? While marriage can often be held up in the church as a goal for everyone to attain, the Apostle Paul reminds the church that remaining single has great advantages in the Christian life. Singleness can be seen as a gift from God, allowing time and attention to be focused on building His Kingdom and growing deeper in a relationship with Christ. And married or single, Paul encourages us all to keep our focus off of the distractions of the world, and instead focus on the eternity to come.
God designed marriage to be a lifelong commitment, and yet the reality of our broken world means marriages all-too-often are broken apart. What does the Bible say about marriages that end? Does God allow for divorce in certain circumstances? What about remarriage? In the midst of brokenness, we can learn many things about God’s purpose in marriage and understand how seriously He views the commitments we make to one another.
God designed our sexuality to be expressed within a lifelong, committed marriage relationship between a man and a woman for the purposes of procreation, partnership, pleasure, purity and remembering the union of Christ and the church. As our world drifts further away from God’s design for sex, we’re called to be different - to follow God’s design and direction for our bodies and relationships.
All sin is destructive, but sexual sin is particularly damaging. It’s for this reason that God puts very specific guardrails around sexuality. As followers of Jesus, honoring God includes resisting the temptation toward sexual sin, running to Jesus, and leaning on his strength to find freedom. The first step is bringing sin into the light and experiencing the forgiveness and transformation only a faith in Jesus can bring.
Conflict is an inevitable part of life in this broken world. When conflict arises between followers of Jesus, the way we resolve that conflict says a lot about whether or not we follow the example of love to which Jesus calls us. The world tempts us to always want to ‘win’ when conflict appears, but the Apostle Paul reminds us that our first priority is to love one another well, always eager to maintain unity within the church family as we serve as witnesses to a lost world.
God takes the integrity of His church seriously. When we encounter someone in sin within the church family, our responsibility is to call it out in love, praying always for repentance and restoration. But our first look should always be inward, asking the Holy Spirit to reveal those areas in which we struggle. With encouragement from our brothers and sisters in Christ, we walk with humility to worship and honor Jesus Christ through whom we receive the gift of grace and freedom from sin.
The Gospel is an amazing message of hope to share with the world, and the responsibility to share it rests on every follower of Jesus. While the gospel message can sometimes be met with pushback or even persecution from the world, ultimately it’s only God who will judge our faithfulness in the task. We put all our faith and trust in Jesus, the only one who can save.
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1 Corinthians is a letter written by the Apostle Paul to a church in the country of Greece called Corinth. It's full of both encouragement and loving correction as Paul reminds the church of who they are in Christ, the importance of love and unity, and a warning not to stray into the immoral practices of the culture around them. His encouragement and direction proves completely true and relevant to the American church in 2025 as we also strive to follow Jesus well in the midst of a culture that's drifting further from God's truth.
The book of Romans is life-changing, filled from start to finish with the good news of the gospel: that Jesus Christ came to pay the price for our sin so we can have a new life in him. Explore the concepts of sin and salvation, judgement and mercy, law and gospel, and other core concepts for the Christian life.
What happens after we die? This question leads to many more about heaven, hell, eternity and our souls. The Bible will be our guide as we learn what God has in store for us after our life on this earth comes to an end, and the incredible hope we have for eternity in Jesus Christ.
We often chase after 'happiness' in our lives by pursuing hobbies, money, relationships, and success. But what happens when things don't go our way? How can we have joy during hard times or when the world around us is anything but joyful?
In a polarized world of opposite opinions on nearly every issue or current event, how do we make sense of it all? When we're confronted with a cultural issue or event, how would God have us respond? How does God want us to see the world? How does the Bible answer the fundamental questions of where we came from, why we're here, and what's right and wrong?
At Christmas we remember that God is the giver of the ultimate gift. This season is the perfect time to receive the gift of salvation in Jesus Christ and learn how to live it out each day.
When we understand that Jesus Christ is the ideal Lord and Savior, our relationship with Him will lead us toward the ideal perspective on every aspect of life including work, relationships, marriage, family and more.
Jesus taught in parables to paint a vivid picture of what the Kingdom of God was like, and how He wants us to live. In a world desperately searching for answers to the problems of suffering, injustice and inequality, Jesus provides the way to a transformed heart and a brand new life of hope.
Join us each week as we walk verse by verse through the most famous sermon Jesus ever gave: the Sermon on the Mount. The things we learn together will help us to Live Different - and live better - at work, at home, at school, and with our families.
Christmas represents the fulfillment of God's plan for salvation since the beginning of time. There is no greater reveal in history than the arrival of Jesus Christ - the hope of the world.
Where did we come from? Why are we here? Why is the world the way that it is? Sometimes to understand the big picture, we have to go back to the beginning. Genesis provides big answers to big questions as it tells the story of who God is and His plan for the world.
