There are many things in this life that get in the way of following Christ. Pastor Tim uses a bag full of objects to illustrate how easily we are distracted from a wholehearted pursuit of Jesus.

Bob Beck is the founder of House of Adonai, a faith-based recovery house in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. Today we were blessed to have him share how God changed his life and turned him from chasing an addiction to following Jesus.

Today, Dr. Michael Breece speaks from Ephesians 2 on our identity in Christ -- what it should look like and the influences that pull us away from fully embracing "Christ in us."

A clear and concise gospel explanation is absolutely necessary. But a lifestyle that backs up that gospel message is necessary as well!

The letter to the Colossians has been theological in nature in chapters one and two. But chapter three turns the corner and we find ourselves with some very specific practical instruction on living out our 'completeness in Christ.' And it's all about relationships!

Complete in Christ. How is that possible? What does it mean? What does it accomplish?

Were have we come from and were are we going was the theme of our service today in preparation for the annual Members Meeting. We continue to build momentum for becoming an "equipping church" as we begin to close 2015 and look for new things in 2016.

In our relationship with Christ we bring nothing, He brings everything! It is being "in Him" and "with Him" that we gain all that we need. We are made complete in Him!

"In Jesus all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form" Colossians 2:9. All of God in Jesus! But the battle to diminish that truth has been going on for thousands of years and it is still being waged today!

How do we know truth when we hear it? What is the standard by which we should live? Our culture is redefining truth. Changing truth because it is uncomfortable doesn't change truth, only our relationship to the truth.