This week, Pastor Clay picks up where we left off in chapter 2 of 1 John.  John, disciple of love, he has something to say about our actions as followers of Jesus Christ and how those actions become the evidence that we really do KNOW Jesus. 

There people who would say they know Jesus Christ, but in reality do they really KNOW Jesus Christ?  This week, we’re in chapter 2 of 1 John and as we make our way through first, second, and third John, we’re building on the basic of love and learning what it means to walk in it. John is known as the disciple of love because he has a lot to say about it, both in his Gospel account and in these three letters written near the end of John’s life. But before John takes us too deeply into the subject of love, he has something to say about our actions as followers of Jesus Christ and how those actions become the evidence that we really do KNOW Jesus Christ.

Love, it’s a word that’s thrown around a lot in our culture, but does our culture really know what true love is?  Today in our series, "Building on the Basics," we're in 1 John where the theme is love and how to walk in it. As we make our way through 1st John, and later 2nd and 3rd John, we’re going to find that true love, from God’s perspective, is inseparable from truth. The John's and each disciples life was changed as a result of their witness to Jesus’ life, ministry, death, and resurrection.  The same should be true for us.

The scriptures are full of storms, from Genesis to Revelation.  Our lives are full of storms and whether we realize it or not, when God sends a storm it is always a perfect storm.  Listen as Steve Pierce, who is substituting for Pastor Clay today, shows us how those perfect storms are sent to perfect us and prepare us for Heaven.

We're picking up where we left off last week in 2 Peter chapter 3, where Peter closes out his second letter to the church with a message about mockers. Peter forewarns that there will be those who make fun of Christians so today, we’re going to see what fundamentals should be built into our lives as believers, whether people make fun of us or not. Fundamentals that Pastor Clay says will communicate the message to those around us that our God empowers us and gives us a life worth living.

It’s not fun to have someone make fun of you or mock you for something, but have you ever had someone make fun of your belief in Jesus?  This week in our series, "Building on the Basics," Peter closes out his second letter to the church with a message about mockers. Peter says that in the last days, there will be those who make fun of our belief, specifically because the return of Jesus Christ has been promised by the church since its earliest days, and He hasn’t returned yet. Today, we’re going to see what fundamentals should be built into our lives as believers, whether people make fun of us or not. If we practice the fundamentals that Pastor Clay points out today, our lives will communicate a message to those around us that our God empowers us and gives us a life worth living.

When looking at the crucifixion, we often talk about what it cost Jesus Christ on the cross.  Have you ever thought about what Jesus Christ offered at the cross? That’s what today's Resurrection Sunday message is all about. What started on Friday with the crucifixion of Jesus and what probably appeared to be the end of the Jesus movement ends triumphantly early Sunday morning when Jesus Christ came out of the tomb and showed all of the world that sin, death and Satan were defeated.  Today we’re taking a break from our current series and Pastor Clay is going to walk us through Luke’s account of the death of Jesus Christ found in Luke chapter 23.

Political ads fill the television and radio, news and talk shows discuss it constantly and the late night hosts are having a field day with the candidates. Those running for office all seem to talk like they have the solution, but can you trust them? Knowing the difference between truth and lies is important, but no where is it more important than when it comes to the focus of your life.  Today in our series "Building on the Basics," Pastor Clay is taking us to Second Peter chapter 2, where Peter has some sobering words about false teachers and those who follow them. 

The search for truth has been written about by philosophers, poets and theologians for centuries. But today, there appears to be little emphasis on truth, at least not absolute truth. Our culture today seems to be moving steadily toward a position of relative truth; each person is free to live however they choose with no one having the right to say that they are wrong.  Today, as we continue our series, "Building on the Basics," Peter takes the opportunity to emphasize what is truth, why it’s important and why it's not open to debate.

This week, we continue with our study of 2 Peter. It’s part of our overall series "Building on the Basics" and we're building on the basic of hope. We're picking up the message where we left off two weeks ago as Pastor Clay explains how God does His part in providing salvation for us and what we need for this life, but that God also has some expectations on our part that will give us the life we're meant to have.