Trusting in the Darkness
We will experience times of deep grief, pain, and distress. Rest assured, the world will throw us into a tailspin. But when this happens, what do we do? Do we retreat and close down? Do we lash out in anger? Do we turn numb and lifeless? The Bible says that with God, we persist through these seasons of the dark night of the soul. God will carry us, and eventually God will carry us through. This Sunday we uncover three survival techniques the Bible holds for those suffering great troubles.
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- Nov 6, 2020Trusting in the Darkness
Trusting in the DarknessWe will experience times of deep grief, pain, and distress. Rest assured, the world will throw us into a tailspin. But when this happens, what do we do? Do we retreat and close down? Do we lash out in anger? Do we turn numb and lifeless? The Bible says that with God, we persist through these seasons of the dark night of the soul. God will carry us, and eventually God will carry us through. This Sunday we uncover three survival techniques the Bible holds for those suffering great troubles.
- Oct 30, 2020Learning How to Hate
Learning How to HateChristians are called to love! Yet true love necessarily means that we also hate what is ungodly. When we don’t flee evil, we succumb to sin. Do you struggle with some stubborn and powerful sin? This Sunday we’ll go into the boardroom of our souls and learn how we can train our board members to love God so passionately that we will cling to what is good.
- Oct 23, 2020Choosing What to Love
Choosing What to LoveWe all are serving someone or something. Sometimes we need to take a step back and re-evaluate who or what is truly our master. How do we make these decisions? And once we have decided, how can we live by them? Join us this week as we see how, with the help of the Holy Spirit, we can keep our hearts in check.
- Oct 15, 2020Enlarging Your Heart
Enlarging Your HeartLike the Grinch, life has caused our hearts to become “two sizes too small.” This Sunday, we’ll open the boardroom of our souls and invite the Holy Spirit to grow the capacity of our hearts, and we will become alive...truly alive!
- Oct 11, 2020Avoiding a Shallow Life
Avoiding a Shallow LifeThere’s a battle going on in the boardroom of your soul. This week we meet the six members of the board. Their names are Mind, Heart, Will, Conscience, Memory and Imagination. They meet in secret to hammer out your thoughts, decisions and actions. Yet they are each motivated by self-interest. This Sunday we’ll learn how a new chairperson can bring your dysfunctional soul into alignment.
- Oct 2, 2020Messy Love: Decision
Messy Love: DecisionLove is not a feeling but a decision. We usually link how we treat people to how they behave or how we feel about them. God's command to love our neighbor as ourselves pushes us past our feelings and calls us to make the decisive decision to love others. Come this Sunday for God to reorient you away from treating others based on what they do and instead on what Jesus has done.
- Sep 25, 2020Messy Love: Sacrifice
Messy Love: SacrificeMessy love means self sacrifice. This Sunday we eavesdrop on Jesus’ conversation with a rich man. Jesus tells him to give up all his wealth and follow Jesus. This makes us ask, “What do we need to give up in order to follow Jesus?” Come this Sunday asking this questions, but come ready to hear what you might not expect!
- Sep 20, 2020Messy Love: Mercy
Messy Love: MercyThe story of the Good Samaritan may be familiar, but it pushes us into loving like we normally ignore. Love is messy. This week we see that godly love means messy mercy. Come for a familiar story, but beware: messy mercy means doing something about what you know!
- Sep 11, 2020Messy Love: Forgiveness
Messy Love: ForgivenessWe begin our fall message “Messy: Loving Others Isn’t Easy!” Love messes with us: making us honestly deal with the messes in our lives, and it makes us really deal with the messes others cause for us. Forgiveness is a very messy part of love! Yet only forgiveness releases us as we release others. This Sunday we’ll invite the Holy Spirit to bring this healing in and through us. Come ready for a mess!
- Sep 4, 2020FAQs: What Is It Like after You Die?
FAQs: What Is It Like after You Die?What happens after we die? We know that someday Jesus will return, we will be given new bodies, and we will live eternally in heaven. But what about between now and then for those who have died? That’s the question for this, our last message in our FAQs series. If you want to know what it’s like for your deceased loved ones, or what life will be like for you during this “in between time,” don’t miss this message!
- Aug 29, 2020FAQs: Where Is Jesus Now?
FAQs: Where Is Jesus Now?The question, “Where is Jesus now?” may have a simple answer, but it also has very significant ramifications on our lives. Living with Jesus in our hearts means we live in a way that hurries His return to earth. This Sunday we worship outdoors, the perfect opportunity to watch the skies for Jesus’ return. Now, that’s true worship!
- Aug 21, 2020FAQs: Is Jesus the Only Way?
FAQs: Is Jesus the Only Way?What do we do with Jesus’ radical claim that salvation only comes through Him? How do we talk about this in a culture that believes in multiple paths to God? Is this really important enough to make a big deal out of it? Our question this Sunday is “Is Jesus the Only Way?” We’ll unpack the Bible’s teaching and get talking points for how to share about this with others.
- Aug 16, 2020FAQs #7: Is the Bible Trustworthy? (Part 2)
FAQs #7: Is the Bible Trustworthy? (Part 2)The Bible is trustworthy and reliable, as verified by manuscript evidence, textual criticism and archeology. This Sunday there’s a lot of heady information as we learn about how these sciences support the Bible. Yet what we really learn it that it’s not really about the Bible. It’s about the God of the Bible. We open our lives to God’s living Word, to make us new. The Bible speaks God’s words of life!
- Aug 9, 2020FAQs #6: Is the Bible Trustworthy? (Part 1)
FAQs #6: Is the Bible Trustworthy? (Part 1)Is the Bible trustworthy? We’ve all wondered this, and most likely we’ve all been asked this! The Bible is such an ancient and debated book. How can we know it’s reliable? We take up this FAQ over the next two Sundays. This Sunday we explore the internal integrity of the Bible, as well as the testimony of God’s people down through history. If you like archaeology and textual criticism, come back the following week. But this week, come ready to be challenged to put what you believe about the Bible into your life!
- Aug 2, 2020FAQs #5: What Is the Origins of the Bible?
FAQs #5: What Is the Origins of the Bible?FAQ: What is the origin of the Bible? Where did the Bible came from? People wrote it, right? But Christians also claim that it is God’s Word. Are both true? This Sunday Pastor David will open the covers of this greatest-of-all books and discover how this is God’s words for God’s people. Don’t miss it! (And then next Sunday we’ll take up why we can trust it.)
- Jul 26, 2020FAQs #4: Why Does God Allow Suffering?
FAQs #4: Why Does God Allow Suffering?Our question this Sunday is one that you’ve asked: “Why does God let this happen?” We dig into the Bible to seek guidance on one of life’s greatest mysteries. Pastor David discovers that the answer we find is not what we expect. Don’t miss this message! It helps answer our own inner wondering and also gives us a helpful response when we’re asked this question.
- Jul 19, 2020FAQ’s #3 “Do we REALLY need the Old Testament?”
FAQ’s #3 “Do we REALLY need the Old Testament?”We are told every day that new is better than old; that old things need to be replaced. It's easy to apply this logic to our Bibles. The Old Testament can be tough to read and hard to understand. Do we really need to bother with it? This Sunday we will take a look at some reasons why we should not dismiss 3/4 of our Bible.
- Jul 12, 2020FAQ’s #2 “What is Zion?”
FAQ’s #2 “What is Zion?”We sing of Zion in worship, but many times we don't stop to think about what the words we sing mean. This Sunday we will be digger deep into this multi-faceted word and what it means to our lives.
- Jul 5, 2020FAQs #1: Can We Have the American Flag in Worship?
FAQs #1: Can We Have the American Flag in Worship?This Sunday we begin our new Summer message series: “FAQs: Your Questions Answered with Biblical Facts.” This week our question is if it is appropriate to have the American Flay in worship. This is a fitting question for the 4th of July weekend, and the fact that we return to our sanctuary for worship. We will have our American flag there: come find out why!
- Jun 28, 2020MN Adult and Teen Challenge
MN Adult and Teen ChallengeSince 1983, MN Adult & Teen Challenge has been restoring hope to people struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. The Teen Challenge Choir will not be able to attend due to Covid-19 instead they are sending five current participants. Their purpose is to encourage congregations by testifying about God’s healing power in the lives of our clients and to help others see that through Him, they too, can overcome their struggles. There will be a special offering for Teen Challenge. Worship will be outside, so bring a lawn chair and hat.
