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There is coming a day when the wrath of God is finally poured out. Until that day we have a choice to make regarding the finished work of Jesus.
While the dragon and its beasts are after humanity, God has a response - the eternal gospel.
There is a reality that is more real than what we see everyday. There is a war being waged for the souls of mankind.
How does the Church live as a faithful witness in a world that seems directly opposed to Jesus?
As John's vision continues to unfold, Jesus shows him a glimpse of what God is doing with those who have persecuted the Church.
With the plan of history unfolding, John sees the endurance of the church on full display.
There is a vision of Heaven in Revelation 4 that has The Almighty on the throne in the very center of all that is happening. Creation is worshipping, the saints are worshipping. This truth is happening now, in the present and it is the very truth that centers our lives. That throne is the center that everything revolves around. The question is whether or not we believe it and live like it.
As John begins the letter to the seven churches, Jesus tells him what to write from the middle of the churches.
In the prologue to Revelation, we get a number of clues that will tell us how we are to study and read this great book of hope for the Church.
After all the searching for meaning and purpose and progress in life, the Preacher has found none. Now, the author concludes by telling the reader what to do with this knowledge - fear God and keep His commandments.
As the Preacher wraps up his lecture on life, he turns his attention to the young listener.
In all his searching, the Preacher has still decided that wisdom is better than folly. It may not be the final solution, but it offers more than folly.
The Preacher comes back to his conclusion that life is hevel - but now gives some tangible ways to respond.
The Preacher has found great power in wisdom...and yet it still leaves him unsatsified. He has looked at the world and found a bitter truth - people are drawn to folly more than wisdom, but it is understandable because they often look so similar.
While we will never find satisfaction in money or honor, they do serve a purpose in our lives. How we steward them can lead us to contentment or vanity.
The Preacher shows us what true vanity is - it is choosing to continue talking when God has called us to listen and obey...to fear Him.
For everything there is a season - but we are not meant to figure out how the seasons work.
What Solomon has laid out here are the ways we as humans distract ourselves from ultimate reality.These are the things we chase to detach from our human circumstances...things we think will save us, even momentarily from having to feel what it feels like to be human. They are what we run to to insulate us. Ultimately, Solomon ends up at a similar understanding - it is all smoke, like chasing the wind.
As the Preacher begins his testimony of his pursuit of purpose, he lets us in on a fundamental truth he learned that carries forward through the rest of the book - knowledge and wisdom are good but not ultimate and will never satisfy our souls.
In the first verses of the book of Ecclesiastes, we find out exactly what the author is doing. He is leading us to the perils of seeking the wrong thing while here under the sun.
As the finale of his Gospel, Matthew shows us the humanity of the disciples and Jesus' unfettered call on their lives. It reminds us that God is not waiting on us to be perfect to be able to use us. He makes us faithful as we go.
We have to do something with the empty tomb. For the Romans and the religious leaders they had to cover it up. But what if it is true? Could it be that God actually became human and then defeated death?
As Jesus gives up His final breath on the cross, everything begins to spin into a whirlpool of chaos leaving religion, the cosmos, & humanity to be caught up in the wake.
When given the choice between the way of the world and the way of Jesus, our flesh grows louder and louder. We see it vividly in Matthew 27 with the choice between Jesus and Barabbas.
In His darkest night in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus reveals the depths of His humanity and shows us how to handle our own Gethsemane moments.
Judas decides to betray Jesus - but his decision did not happen over night. It was a series of events that led him to this place.
Peter & John heal a lame man on their way to worship and that lame man causes a scene in the temple - simply by being healed.
With massive numbers of people coming to faith in Jesus, the church organizes itself around four key ideals: learning, sharing, being together, & worship.
Peter delivers a sermon to explain what the crowds are witnessing. Through the sermon they are able to see their present in light of the past and they are changed by it.
With this final teaching on how we are to handle the long wait of His glorious return, Jesus makes heavy claims about the end of the age that line up with everything He has said thus far.
As Jesus finishes His sermon about the end of the age, He stacks two more parables to explain what it looks like to be wise and faithful in the midst of a broken world.
Jesus answers an onslaught of questions from the religious leaders and pronounces seven woes on the Pharisees and Scribes.
Jesus is no longer walking in silence. He makes a bold entrance into Jerusalem and marches right to the Temple to make His claim that He is the long-awaited Messiah.
Jesus came as the evidence of God's love for the world. How do we know God loves us? Christmas.
Jesus fulfills the Old Testament role of the High Priest - but not just in the ways we expect.
When we forget our brokenness and neediness, we become cynical and jealous of the grace of God toward others.
When approached by a rich young man looking for eternal life, Jesus asks him to do something that would reveal where his treasure is.
On His way to Jerusalem, Jesus is confronted by the Pharisees trying to get Him involved in a heated debate of the day regarding marriage and divorce. Jesus responds by taking them back to Genesis.
As citizens in the Kingdom of God, we handle conflict differently than the way of the world - we forgive.
Jesus makes honest assessments about the way Christians can hurt other Christians and then He shows us how to handle it.
When we forget the Gospel and we start to fight for status we hurt people and God is not pleased.
In what feels like a throw-away kind of moment, Jesus miraculously provides a temple tax payment for Himself and for Peter in the mouth of a fish. It is a story that acts as a harbinger for the price Jesus would pay for our ultimate freedom.
A critical moment in Christian history - Jesus reveals Himself as the glory of the God. But the moment was never meant to stay on the mountaintop - it is meant to make its way into our moments of little faith.
Jesus moves from Galilee up the coast and then around the Sea of Galilee reaching more and more people and there is a moment with a Canaanite woman that changes everything.
The Pharisees and Scribes come from Jerusalem with accusations against Jesus and His disciples.
The death of John the Baptist signals the closing section of Jesus' earthly ministry and He amps up the training of the disciples.
As Jesus finishes this section of Kingdom parables, He concludes by commissioning the disciples to take what they have learned and put it on display.
The Kingdom of Heaven is found in small and hidden places but makes an impact over a period of time.
The Kingdom of Heaven is here now - in the present, not in the future. So, what do we do with the fact that it is here along with earthly kingdoms?
Jesus is beginning to explain in more detail His mission. It is centered around a new Kingdom come to earth but we have to have eyes to see it.
The Pharisees have crossed the line now. They have accused Jesus of working with the Enemy and Jesus is furious. He unleashes a lesson full of metaphors and Old Testament references that come to a culmination in a picture that perfectly explains the hardness of the Pharisees' hearts.
There is a space between doubting Jesus and having disdain for Him. What do we do when we find ourselves there?
In a big moment for the history of the church, Jesus empowers humans to embark on the mission of His Gospel. There is great warning in Jesus' admonition to the apostles, but great hope as well.
As Matthew wraps up this portion of his account, he makes it subtly clear to the reader that there are three responses to seeing Jesus. It is the response of the crowds that is most sobering to most of us.
As Jesus continues to heal and save, His actions catch the attention of the religious leaders.
As the word of Jesus' miracle working power gets out people are coming to follow Him. But He knows that to follow Him because of signs and wonders will not be reason enough to endure through the dark nights of the soul.
As evidence of the coming of the Kingdom of Heaven Jesus performs two miracles that totally disrupt the religious establishment of His day.
At the conclusion of His sermon, Jesus reiterates the fact that we only have two options: His way or any other way.
The Kingdom of Heaven is not about behaving, it is about becoming. How do we become a citizen in the Kingdom? We keep asking, we keep seeking, & we keep knocking.
Before the listeners of the Sermon on the Mount begin to think too highly of themselves, Jesus gives a challenge that has been misinterpreted by many to this day. How do we love our brothers and sisters well?
As Jesus moves through the middle of His sermon, He is beginning to draw lines in the sand to distinguish between the kingdom of earth and the Kingdom of Heaven. How we handle mammon informs us as to which side we are on.
As followers of Jesus we are called to be response-oriented people rather than results-oriented people. We give, pray, & fast not to gain anything but because we have already been given all we need.
What if the Lord's Prayer is more than just something we recite before football games? What if Jesus was not just telling us how to pray, but how to keep our lives free from hypocrisy?
As Jesus continues His sermon, He causes waves by exposing the things we want to keep hidden.
In living like citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven we should expect the world to misunderstand us. What we do with that misunderstanding is what reveals where our allegiance lies.
What does it mean to hunger and thirst for righteousness? How have we misinterpreted this verse?
A defining characteristic of the Kingdom of Heaven is meekness because the King is meek.
Recognizing that we are poor in spirit should lead us to mourning for our sin. And when we find ourselves there - we find the good news of resurrection!
As Jesus begins His sermon on the mount, He addresses the crowd with "The Great Surprise."
As Jesus begins His ministry, He institutes the Kingdom of Heaven. It begins much like God has worked in the Old Testament.
Immediately following a celebratory moment in His baptism, Jesus is led into the wilderness for 40 days of hunger and a battle with the devil.
Matthew moves forward to a moment of revelation in Jesus' life - His baptism at the Jordan River.
Matthew skillfully proves the Messiah-ship of Jesus by showing Him to be the fulfillment of the Old Testament - as a better Israel.
When the magi make their way to see Jesus their response is one of overwhelmingly joyful worship. Our response to the presence of Jesus should be the same.
With the genealogy of Jesus completed, Matthew shifts to tell the story of the birth of Jesus - from the eyes of Joseph.
In the third and final section of Matthew's genealogy of Jesus, we come to the period of the Babylonian exile. The Israelites have been removed from their land and are now strangers in a land that is not their own. They kingly line has seemingly ended and hope is lost - so they stop rejoicing. But the the Biblical view of exile with a God who IS love changes everything.
In this second section of his genealogy of Jesus, Matthew focuses on the line of the kings of Israel. His point is that Jesus is the King they have been waiting for. The issue is that they are looking for a king that looks like the world, while God is sending a King who looks like Him.
The beginning of Matthew's Gospel is a genealogy of Jesus. Seems like an odd (boring) way to start something so significant - until you get underneath the surface to see what Matthew is communicating. There is hope for us all.
At the close of the book of Exodus, God continues a holy theme that is found throughout the Bible - God wants to be with His people.
Moses finishes the work of building the Tabernacle. He does so - like the builders - with great precision and detail. This Tabernacle is more than a tent in the desert, it is a pattern of Heaven first seen at the Garden of Eden.
The priests' garments are put together for the priests in Israel. These garments would prove to be significant, not only in the life of the Israelites but also in the story of Scripture.
Bezalel and his team build the Tabernacle with great precision and obedience. How did Bezalel become a young man full of passion and skill? His grandfather, Hur, played a big role in it.
With all of the materials for the Tabernacle given, it is now up to two men to lead the charge in getting the Tabernacle constructed. Like them, God has given each of us gifts to be used in building His Church here, today.
Now it is time for the Israelites to know God's plan for His dwelling place among them. After all that has happened, God still wants to use this group of people to show His glory on earth - but He needs their hearts.
Moses comes down from Mt. Sinai (again) glowing from His time with God. This moment speaks to a greater moment in the context of Scripture.
Moses makes another trip up Mt. Sinai and God shows His mercy to Moses and the people of Israel.
Moses intercedes for the Israelites before the Lord and pleads with Him to not leave them.
While Moses is on Mt. Sinai with God, the people of Israel are growing increasingly frustrated with how long it is taking. In their frustration with Moses and the LORD, they ask Aaron to build them an idol - and he does.
Before Moses comes down from Mt. Sinai with the Tabernacle blueprints and the tablets of the Ten Commandments, God give stern instruction about the Sabbath. God is not like Pharaoh. He does not use people as slaves. He invites them to rest.
With the Tabernacle blueprints done, God reveals to Moses that He has someone in mind to do the construction. It seems that God has created a couple of men for such a time as this.
As God finishes His design for the Tabernacle, He wraps it up with significant pieces of furniture and the incense and oil. Without the consecration of the Tabernacle it is just a tent in the desert.
Another piece of furniture in the Tabernacle is shown to Moses on the mountain. The altar of incense was representative of the prayers of the people.
With the Tabernacle laid out and the blueprints finished, God now shows Moses how to clothe and ordain the men who would be leading the ministry in the Tabernacle - the priests.
In the final instructions for the Tabernacle itself, God gives Moses the plan for the courtyard including the bronze altar where sacrifices would be made day after day.
As God continues to show Moses the blueprints of His sacred place of worship - The Tabernacle - Moses is faced with the task of communicating and leading the construction of this beautiful and practical tent. With the detail necessary for correct construction, God clearly lays out what is needed.
While on Mt. Sinai with God, Moses is given the blueprints for what would become a sacred place of God's presence - the Tabernacle. But these blueprints are not new, God has used them other places already.
As the people of Israel agree to a covenant with God, Moses makes his way up Mt. Sinai and is in the presence of God for 40 days and 40 nights.
God has prepared the Promised Land for His people. The issue now is whether or not the Israelites are a prepared people.
Following the Ten Commandments, God gives the Book of the Covenant - laws about how to live in the day-to-day as a member of God's covenant family.
In creating a new community, God puts in place a covenant - but this is more than a covenant with the Israelites. This covenant would be foundational for much of the Bible.
The narrative comes to a screeching halt at Mount Sinai. God's desire is to be with His people but we often stand far back because His presence is so powerful. But the invitation is the same - come and meet God.
As word spreads about Yahweh, the nations have taken notice. Amalek responds with an attack against the people of God while Jethro responds with worship.
In the third of this sort of account, the Israelites have again run out of water. Their complaints have crossed the line and have now become a way to test God.
One month into their freedom, the Israelites find themselves without food and longing for the days of slavery when at least they had food to eat. While out of Egypt, God still has work to do to get the Egypt out of them.
After three days of wandering in the wilderness with no water, the Israelites finally reach a breaking point when they find water - only to find that it is undrinkable. But it was there - in their suffering & hopelessness - that God revealed more of who He is to them.
After crossing the sea, the Israelites worship Yahweh with songs. The lyrics are powerfully imaginative and evoke emotion. What can we learn about our worship from their songs of victory?
At the Red Sea, the Israelites have to choose between faith and fear. What began as fear - evidenced in anger - turned to faith as they witnessed the power of God.
On the edge of the wilderness, the Israelites find themselves up against the sea with the Egyptian army in pursuit. God has led them here with a visible representation of His presence - fire and cloud. He now commands them to just keep moving forward.
The Israelites are finally free. While they may have gotten out of Egypt, God still had to get the Egypt out of them.
With His final mighty act, God ultimately sets His people free from slavery in Egypt. But, this final act is about more than slavery from Egypt. This act of the Passover will become a feast which will become a yearly experience for all Jews. Ultimately it will lead us to the work of Jesus - the Messiah.
As the intensity of the plagues reaches the next level, God turns His attention to the Pharaoh. He reminds him that He is the One, True God and that the only reason Pharaoh has a chance is because of His mercy. God is dealing with the enemy through both power and grace.
The epic battle between the God of the Hebrews and the gods of Egypt finally begins. God is waging war against the gods the Egyptians have given their hearts to and He is making Himself known as the One, True God.
Before the 10 Plagues the battle between God and Pharoah gets off to an exciting start. God wins.
As Moses gets ready to make bold claims and bold acts against Pharoah on behalf of God, he takes a moment to show us his own journey from fearful, reluctant obedience to a bold, faithful leader.
God is patient again with Moses. In Moses' doubts God does not appeal to Moses' abilities but rather to His own power.
Moses finally gets back to Exodus and while walking in obedience things get worse instead of better. What happens when we are obedient but things don't get better?
Like many of us, Moses bargains with God. Moses is willing to follow God, but with certain stipulations. Like Moses, God has a calling on our lives but the path to true surrender is paved with obedience - and God will not relent.
Up until this point in the narrative, we have not heard from or seen God act in the foreground. He has been working in the background but seems as though the time has come for Him to make His presence known.
Moses reaches a point where he no longer wishes to be identified as part of Pharaoh's family and would rather be known as part of the Hebrew family. His heritage opens his eyes to the plight of his people in Egypt and he takes matters into his own hands, eventually meaning he must escape from Egypt to save his life. It is here that God is working in the shadows - not unlike how He has worked on behalf of other Hebrew leaders up to this point.
In Hebrews 11, the author tells us that Moses' parents had great faith and it was their faith - not the fear of Pharaoh - that led them to place Moses in a basket. But what is true Biblical faith?
The beginning of Exodus describes some of the darkest days in Israel's history. But, God also provided beauty and splendor in the midst of those days.
Following Jesus through seasons of doubt and frustration means trusting that God has a plan and that His plan is good.
After a long journey following a divine star, the Magi from the East come to Bethlehem to find the baby King. Their first stop is the grown up king, Herod. Their meeting with him alerts Herod to something he did not see coming. Blinded by his arrogance and ego he missed the eternity changing event happening in his own region. His embarrassment turns to anger as we see the different ways people with power view the humble birth of Jesus.
After Jesus was born, God sent a host of angels to alert the first recipients of the good news of the Messiah. He chose the most unlikliest of people groups with whom to share this world-changing information. The announcement might surprise many of us, as well. The way the angels describe this good news is “full of great joy for all people.”
With much of the attention, rightfully so, of the Christmas story on Jesus and Mary, Joseph is often the third wheel. However, if you put yourself in his shoes what would it have taken to convince you that the baby being carried by your fiancee is from the Holy Spirit? Can you imagine the internal turmoil Jospeh suffered through in the time between Mary’s revelation and the birth of Jesus?
Luke follows up the miraculous conception of John (the baptizer) with another miraculous conception that tops them all - Mary's conception of Jesus. Luke is intentional with how he tells the stories and how he intertwines them together. We have to pay attention to what is written and not what we assume, if we really want to understand what Luke wrote and why Luke wrote it.
As Peter finishes his final letter, he takes a very loving, pastoral approach to his conclusion. He calls the readers - "beloved". He sincerely desires that they find their footing in the truth and he urges them to continue growing and not grow dangerously stagnant.
In chapter 3 Peter returns in part to the theme of chapter 1, namely, that God has given His people precious and very great promises, so that if we hold them in front of us and trust them, we will have power to resist temptation and remain in the way of righteousness.
Now comes chapter 2, and a very significant change in Peter's approach. His goal is still to make us firm and stable and unshakable in our faith. But his approach is very different. . If chapter 1 is the carrot, chapter 2 is the crack of the whip over our heads. There are no commands, no admonitions, no imperatives in chapter 2; just pure, terrifying description of what will happento those who fall prey to the false teachers in the church.
After setting the stage for maturity through hard work - effort & dilligence - Peter begins what would be the intense plea to the reader to beware of false teachers and false teaching. The false teachers and false teaching had begun to take shots at Peter in order to create distrust for those who followed Jesus through the ministry of Peter. The message being delivered to the Christians under the Roman Empire was that Jesus was not returning, Peter was a lunatic who - along with the other apostles - had made everything up. Peter is fierce in his defense and reminds his readers of the truth they already know.
In the conclusion of his letter, Peter reminds the churches in the Roman Empire that they are not alone - they have an enemy but they also have an army of people around them who have faced the same enemy and have stood firm against his attacks.
For many believers, any time we fail or we fall, we tell ourselves that we have to go all the way back to the beginning or that we have to be saved again. In reality, confession and repentance are the gifts available to those who know Jesus when we fall short and stumble. This week, Jeremy Gardner teaches through John 13, where Jesus reminds Peter that he doesn't need to be bathed again. He simply needs to allow Jesus to wash his feet. For more info, visit us online at sharonchurch.com and follow us on Facebook and Instagram.
The glory of man can be an alluring and an enticing thing for all of us, however, the Gospel of Jesus offers something better and more settling for our souls: the love and glory from God. This week's message takes us through John 12 as we begin the last week of the life of Jesus. For more info, follow us on social media and visit us online at sharonchurch.com
As the ministry of Jesus continues, his interactions and discussions with Jewish leaders begin to grow more and more intense. In John 7, we see Jesus calling those around him to a true, righteous judgement based on the will and glory of the Father. In an age where being right seems to be the most important thing, the Gospel calls us to desire to see God glorified and made much of, no matter the cost. For more information, visit us online at sharonchurch.com
In a chapter filled with the miracles and wonders of Jesus, Teaching Pastor Jeremy Gardner, walks through the simple truth that we all have a hunger that is deeper than physical hunger. As Jesus feeds the 5,000 and walks on water, he is calling us to realize a deeper hunger that is met by and even more abundant solution--the Bread of Life. For more info, visit us online at sharonchurch.com
In the first week of our new series, "That You May Believe", we spend this week diving into John 5. The authority of Jesus is something we all enjoy and agree with until it confronts our own desires and preferences. We come to realize, however, that that authority of Jesus is not something that is meant to limit us, rather to liberate us and allow us to live freely as a son of the King. For more info, visit us at sharonchurch.com.
Fresh off leading our Marriage Weekend with his wife Jill, Aaron Young served as our guest speaker this week. Aaron and his wife are friends and mentors of Jeremy and Meredith Gardner and Aaron serves as an elder at The Village Church in Flower Mound, TX. In our final week of our 'Epiphany' series, we walk through John 4 and the story of the woman of Samaria. Through this message, we see Jesus touching this woman's wound with pinpoint precision but with great care and compassion as well; by the time her conversation with Jesus ends, she realizes she is fully known by Jesus and still fully loved by him. For more info, please visit us at sharonchurch.com.
This week we walk through the first public miracle Jesus performed and one of the most well-known accounts in the Bible: turning water into wine at the Wedding at Cana. Teaching Pastor Jeremy Gardner takes us through John 2:1-11 and shows us how our role affects our reality. Through the perspective of the servants and the master of ceremony at the wedding, we make find that our participation affects three main areas of our heart: our perspective, our passion, and our praise.
Student Pastor, Greg McGaha, unpacks the next stage of Jesus' life - His temptation in the wilderness.
In our final week of our series on Ephesians, Jeremy Gardner called us back to the core truth of Paul's letter to the church in Ephesus: the Gospel is central to each and every part of the Christian life. As we look at the Armor of God, it becomes clear that the only way to truly have protection from the enemy is to surrender to the saving and sustaining work of the Gospel of Jesus.
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How much do we really trust God? Looking at Ephesians 5, Pastor Daryl Sanders challenges us to trust God more, because our obedience to God often comes from a place of trust rather than obligation or our own effort. For more information, please check us out at sharonchurch.com.
This week, Teaching Pastor Jeremy Gardner walks us through the last half of Ephesians 4. It becomes clear that Paul is calling believers to embrace their new identity by first casting off our old selves, being renewed in the spirit of our minds, and then finally putting on our new identity that is rooted in the cross of Jesus.For more info, please visit us at sharonchurch.com.
This week, as we look at the last half of Ephesians 2, the Apostle Paul speaks to our pursuit of peace within ourselves and peace with those around us. Walking through this text with Teaching Pastor Jeremy Gardner, it becomes clear that the only way to kill hostility is through the Cross of Jesus, and that the Gospel doesn't just make enemies friends, it makes them family. And there is no hostility in the family of God.
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In Ephesians 2:1-10, we see the continuation of Paul's letter to the church in Ephesus and yet another reminder of who they are in Christ and the power of God. Through a breakdown of these ten verses, Teaching Pastor Jeremy Gardner reminds us that a Gospel-centered perspective changes how we see our past, our pain, and our place.
This week in Ephesians, Jeremy walks the church through the first prayer that Paul prays in his letter to the church in Ephesus. While he prays for a lot, it boils down to three main truths he asks God to show the Ephesians: 1) The hope they have in the Gospel; 2) The worth they have in the Gospel; 3) The Power of God as displayed in the Gospel.
This week in our journey through Ephesians, we look at the importance of understanding the goal and the grounds of our salvation. Through Ephesians 1:3-14, Jeremy leads us to the conclusion that our salvation is a gift from God that is meant to glorify God rather than ourselves. Ultimately, we see that the Gospel is meant to both humble us and to heal us.For more info or to contact us, please visit sharonchurch.com.
In Week Two of our journey through the letter to the Ephesians, Teaching Pastor Jeremy Gardner walks us through two key dangers that endangered the church in Ephesus, but also play roles in our churches today: Fierce Wolves and Twisted Teaching. Through this look we see a reminder to stay focused on the one true Gospel message because the Gospel that saved us is the same Gospel that sustains us.
In our first look at the church in Ephesus, we look at the roots of the Ephesian Church and the early works they were committed to as a body--the works Jesus reminds them of in Revelation 2. Understanding the stumbling blocks of the Ephesians, we arrive at the conclusion that the way back to Jesus is through focusing on him. This means to remember, repent, and to re-do; because when we lose sight of Jesus, we lose our love for him.
In our final week of our "Welcome Home" series, Teaching Pastor Jeremy Gardner takes us through the fourth and final pillar of the early church: they were devoted to prayer. Through Mark 11 we arrive at the conclusion that the united prayers of the church unleash the power of God, and that a church of great faith is a church full of bold prayers.
In our third week of our Welcome Home series, we see the third pillar of the early church: they were devoted to the breaking of bread. Throughout Jeremy's message, we see the value and importance of communion in the body of Christ and the call it gives us to remember, reframe, and renew our commitment to the gospel.
Teaching Pastor Jeremy Gardner walks us through the next key characteristic of the gospel-centered church: they were devoted to fellowship. Through the story of the lost son in Luke 15, we see that we have all things in common at the foot of the cross and that this is cause for celebration.
ACTS 2:42 | To be a church like God intended for us to be, we must be devoted to the Word of God both in Spirit and in Truth.