Ever have one of those stories that you read over and over and finally the lightbulb goes on? Well this is likely one of those stories! Listen this week as Pastor Derrick shares an unlikely connection between a coin, a lamp, and the whole of the Christian life.
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The definition of the word illogical is lacking sense or clear, sound reasoning. This week we look at something that is certainly beyond reason as we hear a story of God loving us even when we didn’t deserve it.
In a world riddled with hatred and anger what does it mean that God’s love is always and forever. Listen this week as Pastor Derrick addresses matters of fear and distrust with the truth of God’s love.
Many of us are going someplace new this fall. Some of us are going to a new school, others to college for the first time, some will have a new teacher, others a new neighbor or new house. While we can’t predict what new things will happen, we can be certain that new is always different and different is often a little frightening. Listen this week as Pastor Derrick wraps up our series titled LOVE Can by showing how Love Can Go Anywhere.
Just knowing that someone is there for you is a huge help! It’s easy to let loneliness turn into the feeling that we’re completely alone. But when we realize the power of God’s love for us we soon realize that no matter how lonely we feel, we’re never really alone.
This Sunday we talked about freedom and the future and what the two have to do with each other. Here’s a little reminder of what we discussed. Continue reading
It’s all too easy to look backward. It’s easy to get trapped in this silly cycle of what happened before. We focus on the rituals and the things that have always been done but if we don’t know why – does it really matter? When Jesus came he changed our focus from the way we are to the way he is. Now his love has freed us to set our faces to what is ahead. Love can free us.
What name tags do you wear in life? We all wear them. Some of them are good ones. Some of them are the ones we should wear, but some of them are lies. They are name tags put on us by other people. They are name tags we pick up as we compare ourselves to other people. Listen as Pastor Derrick shares how God’s love can define us and give us a new name.
This week we wrap up our series titled what the bible doesn’t say with a popularly misunderstood statement in the bible. So many of us hear these words but don’t really listen to what they’re really saying. Does God give us more than we can handle? Yes! He absolutely does and on a regular basis! Listen as Pastor Derrick shares how we regularly miss the point of a familiar bible passage.
It’s all too easy to hear one of those really good statements and then attribute it to the Bible. I think we’ve all done it at least once. It’s easy especially when the saying sounds a lot like something Jesus would actually say. This week we talk about judging. What exactly does the bible say about judging others? Listen as Pastor Derrick sheds a little light on judgment.
