A messages from the series “Core Values.” Our first core value is His Revelation. We value that God reveals Himself to every believer, with the understanding that God is the great initiator. But how do we hear the voice of God in our everyday lives? Come with us as we learn the ways that God makes Himself known to us and how we can know that it is He who is “speaking.”

A messages from the series “Core Values.” Just like an individual’s values determine who they are, a churches core values guide and direct everything it does. In the introduction to our Core Values sermon series, we hear from our elders who share what these values mean to them and what it looks like in the life of our church.

A messages from the series “Colossians: A Church Alive in Christ.” As we close out this sermon series, we look at what it means to have Christian fellowship. Through all the people listed in Paul’s closing of the letter, his friends and fellow laborers for the Gospel, we learn a vast amount about what it means to be believers together.

A messages from the series “Colossians: A Church Alive in Christ.” Today’s passage through the beginning of Colossians 4 talks of proclaiming your faith and letting your conversations be grace-filled and appealing. To show an example from Paul’s own life of this, we go to the book of Philemon. Here, in a picture of true discipleship, Paul stands in the gap between two people in a difficult relationship in an attempt to restore it, showing us what a grace-filled conversation looks like and how to look like Jesus when dealing with others.

A messages from the series “Colossians: A Church Alive in Christ.” In today’s passage, guest speaker Chris Brown, helps us understand that prayer nor sharing the Gospel are optional activities in the life of a growing Christian.

A messages from the series “Colossians: A Church Alive in Christ.” Todays passage touches on all areas of life: how you are to personally live life in the light of being a Jesus follower, how you are to behave in your relationships, and how you are to behave in your work life. And the one thing that binds them all is Jesus – we are to strive to know Jesus and to live life like Jesus.

A messages from the series “Colossians: A Church Alive in Christ.” We all fall prey to the lie that we are smarter, and somehow know better, than God regarding what our life should be like. We succumb to the falsehood that we get to decide what is right for our life, and sometimes for others’ lives as well. The truth is that right belongs only to God. Our job is to understand what we have been saved from, and live lives based on our true identity…chosen, holy and loved.

A messages from the series “Colossians: A Church Alive in Christ.” When we become a Christ follower a great exchange happens. God working in us helps us to change not only our way of living, but we exchange our very lives, becoming a new person. One who looks like our Creator.

A messages from the series “Colossians: A Church Alive in Christ.” Today’s verses are a bridge from who God says you are to “What do I do with it?”, which starts in Chapter 3. Today, we consider everything that was said up to this point and pause for a moment. Just as we think about the sacrifices made by our fellow countrymen when they served our country, we must consider Christ’s sacrifice for us, the price He paid, to inform us how we are to live.

A messages from the series “Colossians: A Church Alive in Christ.” Don’t live as though the debt Jesus paid on your behalf still exists. We start to walk on shaky ground when we try to add elements on to our faith thinking that more is required than what Jesus did for us.