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01/15/2023 | “No Spare Parts” | Exodus 18:13-27

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The Christian life is no solitary pilgrimage to a higher ethic. It is a life in community.  And the Body of Christ has no spare parts, no rugged individualists, no mere appendices. Every believer is called to live in community. And each is indispensable.

Before the Lord meets with Israel to give the Law at Sinai, he uses the newest convert, Jethro, to give a plan for shepherding and care.   Join us as we examine Exodus 18:13-27 as we consider Jethro’s counsel and its implications for our life together as believers.

01/01/2023 | “So Walk in Him” | Matthew 2:13-23

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Is there life after Christmas or only bleak midwinter? Like the magi, Joseph’s faith adventure does not end with Jesus’ birth. It is just beginning.  What about you? Is your faith more than a decision?  Or has the incarnation changed everyday life? Join us as we examine Matthew 2:13-23 and consider life after Christmas.

12/25/2022 | “A Gift that Lasts” | Matthew 2:9-12

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Gold, frankincense, and myrrh were not the real gifts of the magi. Their gift was worship. Not the polite homage of an ambassador, but profound, falling-on-your-face worship. For as lavish as their gifts seem, the greatest gift given was to, not by them. Join us as we examine Matthew 2:9-12 and consider the ‘indescribable gift’ given that first Christmas.   A gift that will last unto eternal life.

12/18/2022 | “Dangerous Journey” | Matthew 2:1-8

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Faith takes you places you would never go.  Following Christ is the safest, most dangerous journey you will take.  The Wise Men followed a star but found a savior.  Their journey was dangerous, but it was they who received the greatest gift.

What about you?  Will you take the safest, most dangerous journey to seek, follow, and worship the one who was born King of the Jews, but who now reigns as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.   Listen as we examine Matthew 2 and consider the dangerous journey of following

12/11/2022 | “Promises Kept” | Matthew 1:18-25

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“I shall return!” In 1944 Douglas MacArthur kept an unlikely promise and liberated the Philippines.  It is a great story, but Matthew’s gospel offers an even greater story of promises kept and liberation won just “as it is written.”   Join us as we examine Matthew’s account of Jesus’ birth from Matthew 1:18-25 and consider promises kept.

11/20/2022 | “Well Armed” | Exodus 17:8-16

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Pharaoh tried to prevent Israel leaving. Amalek worked to prevent them entering Canaan. But Satan directs it all. Moses tells Joshua to mobilize men. But Israel’s real weapon is prayer. Spiritual warfare demands spiritual weapons. How well armed are you? Join us as we examine Exodus 17:8-16 and see how God arms us well for spiritual warfare through prayer.

11/06/2022 | “On Being Hangry” | Exodus 16:1-36

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Are you spiritually hangry? Irritable because God hasn’t made you what you wanted? Nor given what you wanted?  Or you led to a bleak or unpromising place?  In Exodus 16 Israel was hangry. And rebelled against God’s plan to save them. What about you?

Join us as we examine Exodus 16 and consider the dangers of complaint and the gracious means God gives to deliver us.

10/30/2022 | “First Steps” | Exodus 15:22-27

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The Red Sea was just a beginning. For God’s people, infancy is over. It is time to take the first steps of new life in Christ. Steps that lead them to endure trial, exercise faith, and enjoy the Lord no matter how bitter the water appears to be.

Have you taken those first steps of faith to follow Christ?  Join us as we examine Exodus 15:22-27 and consider God’s gracious work of sanctification in the life of the believer as he teaches us to endure trial, exercise faith, and enjoy him, no matter what.

10/23/2022 | “Greatest Hits” | Exodus 15:1-21

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The Bible is full of music. Hymns that equip us to live victoriously. Psalms to express every fear, concern, and emotion to the Lord. And spiritual songs that move us from fear to faith in any crisis. What songs tell your story? 

What is the music of your heart and soul?  Is it Songs of Zion? The Song of Moses and of the Lamb?   These are God’s greatest hits.  Songs to be sung around the throne for all eternity.  Are they the soundtrack of your life? Join us as we examine the Song of the Sea in Exodus 15 and consider what it teaches about who God is, what he has done, what he does, and what he will do.