When Jesus says if you have faith in Him you will do greater things than He did, what is He talking about? What does this mean? And what does it not mean?
People often say that Christianity is exclusive. But Jesus is actually less exclusive than modern culture because it's not just the "good people" who get in. Instead, anyone who is humble to admit their need can get in on this.
Psalm 27. David says if he can just have this one thing, he can face whatever life throws at him. What is it and how do we get it?
Exodus 14. The battle we all face is to simply believe that what God says is true, even if everything around us is telling us it isn't. Exodus 14 shows us how to trust more than what our eyes can see.
Galatians 1. What if what God desires for you and what you desire for yourself are actually the same? See how your pursuit of freedom is ultimately found in Jesus.
What is the hope we can have because God is faithful? And how does that impact how we follow Him faithfully?
Genesis 3. What's wrong with the world and why do we all experience pain and brokenness?
Joshua 22. What is our response when we see a brother or sister in sin? How do we not operate out of our assumptions and how do we respond biblically?
Joshua 10. What would your life look like if God answered every prayer you prayed this past week? Do we really live and act like we believe in the miracle that God hears and answers our prayers?
Joshua 8. Even after we fall, the Lord continues to use imperfect people to accomplish His purposes.
Joshua 7. In our culture, we don't like to think about sin, and yet Joshua 7 confronts us with the reality that ongoing, unrepentant sin will eventually destroy not only you but also those around you.
Joshua 3-4. As God leads His people into the promised land, we see some reminders about what it means to follow the God who keeps His promises.
Joshua 2. Faith isn't always clean. It happens in the midst of a broken, messy world. Rahab shows us how God often does His best work in the hard places.
Joshua 1. What did Joshua believe that allowed Him to step out in faith to what God was calling him to?
Hebrews 12:1-3. The author of Hebrews gives us some perspective and practices we will need if we're going to make the best use of the time the Lord has given to us.
Psalm 73. Making the best use of our time begins with us being honest about what our hearts are truly seeking.
Ephesians 6:10-24. Paul tells us what we need if we're going to fight our battles well.
Ephesians 6:10-24. Paul says our real battle is in the heavenly places, and that is far more relevant to our lives than we think.
Ephesians 6:1-4. How does the Gospel impact how we treat our parents and how does the Gospel affect how we parent?
Ephesians 5:18-33. How do we respond when the ideal situation God presents in Ephesians 5 isn't the reality we're living in?
Ephesians 5:15-33. What is the meaning of marriage? What can marriage be if we envision it the way God does?
1 Corinthians 13:1-8. Paul talks to us about how love isn't just a feeling, love is a verb.
Ephesians 5:1-21. What does it look like to truly walk wisely? That's what Paul is going to talk to us about in these verses.
Ephesians 4:7-16. Paul gives us some ways we can tell if we're growing in maturity the way we should.
Ephesians 4:1-6. In order to be mature, Paul believes we need both doctrine and practice. One without the other leads to an immature faith that won't sustain you.
Ephesians 3:14-21. What do Paul's prayers have to teach us? Probably more than we think.
Ephesians 1:15-23. It's possible to see without really seeing. In these verses, Paul is going to show us how to see the way God wants us to see.
Ephesians 1:1-14. In Christ, Paul says you've been given every spiritual blessing. What does that mean and how does it matter to your life today?
Psalm 63:1-8. If we don't love God, both personally and corporately, then everything else we do as a church doesn't matter.
Ephesians 2:1-10. In our pursuit of what God has called us to, what is our starting point? Where do we begin?
John 12:23-26. Jesus calls us to something hard, and Jesus calls us to something glorious. You can't have one without the other. If you want to truly live, you'll have to die. If you want to gain everything, you have to give it all away.
Revelation 2:1-5. Jesus says you can have good behavior and good doctrine, and yet still not love Him. What's your heart temperature for Jesus?
Luke 5:17-26. If Jesus really is who He says He is, then to do nothing is irrational and makes no sense. Instead, if what we believe is true, God has called us to action. We've been called to do something.
Luke 5:17-26. If God really has a mission for your life, where does it begin? What's the starting point for your purpose?
Exodus 14:1-14. What if Christmas actually points us to the deepest realities of life? What if 'God with us,' is intensely practical and relevant to your life today?
Isaiah 59. In the busyness of the Christmas season, it's easy to not feel the weight of what we're celebrating. How do we experience the joy of Christmas? The answer might surprise you.
Genesis 3:1-13. Christmas reorients us to the reality of life. It reorients us to how things really are in the universe. And in doing so, it teaches us something about ourselves.
Philippians 1:3-11. The primary way the New Testament describes the church is a family. How should we relate to each other as the family of God?
Colossians 1:9-14. Many of us ask, "What is God's will for my life?" Colossians 1 gives us some answers, and it might not be what you expect.
Colossians 1:3-14. Based on what Paul prays for the Colossians, what should our priorities be?
Haggai 2:20-23. How do you respond when you feel powerless and when your life circumstances feel out of control? In this passage, Haggai gives us hope in the midst of our discouragement.
Haggai 2:10-19. How is your spiritual life going? In this passage, Haggai gives us some questions we can ask ourselves to see how we're doing in our pursuit of the Lord.
Haggai 1:7-15. How do we respond when the Word of God confronts us? What should our reaction be, and why isn't 'feeling badly' enough?
Haggai 1:1-6. An old prophet speaks to our modern times about what we really value and prioritize.
Luke 23 & 24. On the cross, Jesus is high and lifted up, both as our substitute, and also as the one who rules and reigns over all things. What if the Cross of Christ is actually an enthronement ceremony of the King of Glory?
Luke 22:24-30. What if serving isn't a means to greatness, what if serving is in and of itself greatness?
Luke 22:1-23. People say all the time that Jesus loves you, but what does that really mean?
Luke 21:5-38. When it comes to God's will for your life, God is much more interested in you becoming a certain type of person than He’s concerned about you making specific life decisions
Luke 20:27 - 21:6. What does Jesus believe about the afterlife and the resurrection? And what changes if you really believe what Jesus believes?
Luke 19:45 - 20:19. Jesus is confrontational, he isn’t fooled by our games, and he loves us enough to force the issue.
Luke 18:24-19:10. What describes people who follow Jesus? And what if in these characteristics Jesus is inviting us into deeper life and joy?
Luke 18:9-27. Jesus says that God alone is good. At first, this might seem a bit harsh, but how do our lives change if we truly believe that God alone is good?
Luke 17:11-37. So many times we want proof before we move, but what if God has a history of asking us to move before the miracle?
Luke 16:19-31. Hell is one of the most divisive topics in Christianity. What does Jesus have to say about it?
Luke 16:1-13. What if we saw our money as ultimately belonging to the Lord, and in the midst of that He allows us to use 90% of it?
Luke 15. Jesus shows us that you can be lost by breaking all the rules, but you can be just as lost by keeping every single one of them.
Luke 15. Jesus shows us that you can be lost by breaking all the rules, but you can be just as lost by keeping every single one of them.
Luke 12:35 - 13:5. Jesus makes some claims that our culture would call intolerant. What are we to make of them?
Luke 12:13-34. All of us struggle with worry at some level and Jesus teaches us how to alleviate our anxiety.
Luke 10:38-42. Jesus believes work is a good thing, but He also believes that if we don’t start with worship it will end badly.
Luke 10:1-24. Where do we often look for our joy, and if the normal places we look are wrong, where should we look instead?
Luke 9:23-62. How do we get to a place where we go, Jesus you’re better than anything else this world has to offer?
Luke 9:1-22. What you know determines how you go. How do you answer the most important question Jesus ever asked?
1 Timothy 3:1-7. What should the leaders in the church look like and what are some markers of maturity for all of us?
1 Corinthians 5:1-13. United by the Gospel, we live in covenantal relationships with one another.
Luke 8:26-56. We declare what Jesus has done for us after we understand how desperately we need Him.
Luke 1:57-80. Because God loves you, He cares more about the content of your heart than your comfort.
Luke 1:1-38. What do we do when the promises of God seem impossible? When life is difficult, how do we handle promises that seem like they can't be true?