BECOMING: PEACE
Message by Steve Drudge - July 20, 2025 BIG IDEA: Shalom - A comprehensive wholeness, wellbeing and completeness in relationship with God, others, oneself and all of creation... in whatever the circumstance. Mark 4:35-41 (NSRV) On that day, when evening had...
BECOMING: JOY
Message by Josh Mutter - July 13, 2025 BIG IDEA: Joy is an antidote to regret because it shifts our focus from what was lost to what remains true. Galatians 5:22-23a (NIV) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness,...
BECOMING: LOVE
Message by Josh Mutter - July 6, 2025 BIG IDEA: The Holy Spirit grows Jesus' love in us, transforming our choices, relationships, and even our regrets. Galatians 5:22-23a (NIV) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness,...
IT’S COMPLICATED: IS IT A MAN’S WORLD?
Message by Josh Mutter - June 29, 2025 TWO THINGS 1. We should be committed to giving one another the benefit of the doubt. 2. We should expect charity from one another, not uniformity. QUESTION: How should we understand the passages in the New Testament that address...
IT’S COMPLICATED: TWO CASE STUDIES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
Message by Josh Mutter - June 22, 2025 SAUL AND THE MEDIUM AT ENDOR 1 Samuel 28:3-25 (NIV) Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in his own town of Ramah. Saul had expelled the mediums and spiritists from the land. The Philistines...
IT’S COMPLICATED: THE PSALMS
Message by Chris Chase - June 15, 2025 ABOUT THE PSALMS The Psalms are a collection of 150 ancient Hebrew poems, prayers, and songs found in the Bible, specifically in the Old Testament. They are traditionally attributed largely to King David, though other authors...
IT’S COMPLICATED: THE “WORD”
Message by Josh Mutter - June 8, 2025 FOUR APPROACHES TO THE BIBLE... 1. THE FLAT APPROACH: All parts of the Bible carry equal weight and authority. 2. THE DISPENSATIONAL APPROACH: God works in different ways during different historical eras....
IT’S COMPLICATED: IS THE BIBLE PERFECT?
Message by Josh Mutter - June 1, 2025 TERMINOLOGY ... Infallible = the Bible does not deceive Inerrant = the Bible is without error The Bible can handle our questions. THREE IDEAS THAT CAN HELP US READ THE BIBLE 1. It's good news that God uses fallible...
