Compassion sees the world through the eyes of others, and it is stirred to action by what it sees. It can not sit by while injustice is done around it.
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Compassion sees the world through the eyes of others, and it is stirred to action by what it sees. It can not sit by while injustice is done around it.
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communion is a common union of broken people, who are made whole by the body and blood of Jesus Christ. We are united by our differences, and there is a seat for everyone at the table.
Read moreseries: Love Incorruptible
title: The Church (part two)
date: June 4, 2017
teacher: Jacob Bender
scriptures: Ephesians 4:1-16, 1 Corinthians 12:27, Psalm 68:18, Luke 9, Colossians 1:18
Paul ends the book of Ephesians by telling the church in Ephesus to put on the whole armor of God.
In this special Father's Day message, Pastor Mark talks about the ways that we provoke our children, and how deep a Father's love truly is for his child.
series: A week to live
title: Jesus Curses the Fig Tree
date: April 9, 2017
teacher: Jacob Bender
scriptures: Mark 11:12-25, Luke 6:40, Luke 11:11-14, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Matthew 25:14-30, Ezekiel 17, Mark 11:27
series: Neighbor(ing)
title: Loving Our Neighbors
teacher(s): Jacob & Dawn Bender
date: March 19, 2017
scriptures: Luke 10:30-37, Acts 2:42-47, Galatians 2:6, Galatians 2:9-10, James 1:27, 2 Corinthians 6:18, Isaiah 32:8
series: Neighbor(ing)
title: Who is my neighbor?
date: February 26
teacher: Mark Bender
series: Neighboring
title: Loving God
teacher: Jacob Bender
date: February 19, 2017
scriptures: Luke 10:25-28, John 12:5-7, Matthew 26:10-13, John 15:12-15, 2 John 4:10, 1 John 4:19, Exodus 33, Romans 8:15
series: Fluffy Christmas
title: Part Two
teacher: Jacob Bender
date: December 11, 2016
scriptures: Isaiah 9:2-7, Matthew 2:16-20, Luke 2:1, Revelation 1:8 (mentioned), Hebrews 2:15 (mentioned), Isaiah 9:7, Revelation 2:15 (mentioned), Acts 17
Pastors Jacob and Dawn tag team in a recap of Joy to the D, and once again call Courage Church to radical generosity.
series: Fluffy Christmas
title: Part One
date: December 4, 2016
teacher: Jacob Bender
scriptures: Isaiah 9:2-7, Matthew 2:16-20, Luke 2:1, Judges 7, Proverbs 27:20, Matthew 13:44
title: The Reconciliation Table
date: October 9, 2016
teacher: Jacob Bender
scriptures: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21, Psalm 23, Genesis 31, Luke 15:22-24, Luke 14 (The Great Banquet).
if you have no gauge on what is important, then you have no way to measure whether or not you are on the right track. That is what Core Values do… they keep us disciplined… they keep us on mission… they give us something the bounce whatever it is we are doing, off of, and see… IS THIS FURTHERING THE MISSION?
Most of us try and separate worship from working. Ministry is what we do on Sunday's, and everything else is "life" - but it doesn't work.