by this we know…
Read moreMy Brother's Keeper
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
Read moreBackground
Pastor Austin kicks off our series on the Epistles of John by explaining much of what was going on when John was writing.
Read moreA Great Sandwich
We often overlook the fact that sandwiched between the two most informative passages we get on "the gifts of the Spirit" is the most far reaching, famous passage about love in the entire Bible. This is intentional.
Read more#6 Indifference
series: Thawing
title: indifference
teacher: Jacob Bender
date: February 12, 2017
scriptures: Revelation 3:14-20, Ezekiel 16:49, Matthew 25:45-46, Luke 16, Deuteronomy 27:19, Ephesians 6, 1 John 3:18
Jesus says to the church in Laodicea - "would that you be hot or cold... but because you are lukewarm, I will spit you out of my mouth!" -Revelation 3:15-16.
Most of us growing up being taught: You should be one or the other… and we associate hot or cold as being GOOD or BAD… and the teaching is typically that being lukewarm means you are somewhere in the middle of good and bad... and with THAT framework we hear Jesus saying: you are lukewarm and because of that I will spit you out of my mouth! and That leaves people thinking that Jesus would rather a person flat out deny him… not serve him at all, than to serve him, we could say: “half heartedly” - but what does that even mean?
#4 Disappointment
series: Thawing
title: Disappointment
teacher: Jacob Bender
date: January 29, 2017
scriptures: Matthew 11:2-11, 2 Corinthians 4:18, Romans 5:5, Isaiah 61, Matthew 11
This message was given on our first fruit Sunday at Courage Church, a time when we plant a seed together for our church and the new year.
