By the power of the Spirit of Christ, we do not need to be hopelessly locked in the powerlessness and despair that comes from knowing what is right but only being able to do what is wrong. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Hot Topics Scripture: Romans 8:1-2

The church, as the embodiment of God’s life and work in the world, is to be both enjoyed and shared. Each member has a part to play in joining God in his worldwide redemptive movement. Will we faithfully do that which God himself has assigned us to do? Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: God’s Economy Scripture: I … Continue reading Ordered Work →

God has created us for right relationships: with himself and with others. He has designed our hearts to be restless until they find their rest in him. Therefore, we must use every resource and opportunity we have in this life to bring us into a fellowship that will last forever. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: God’s Economy … Continue reading Ordered Commodities →

The design of God for humanity—the very purpose of our existence and how we share, enjoy, and multiply his goodness in the world—can be found in the command to love God with all that we are. This is the aim of his grace through Christ in the Spirit: To reorder the disorder of our affections … Continue reading Ordered Affections →

Biblical stewardship teaches us that whether it is what God entrusts to us, or withholds from us, in all things he desires that we might come to know him, enjoy him, and entrust all of our lives to him. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: God’s Economy Scripture: Genesis 1:26-31

If we knew God the Father as Jesus did, we would pray with the confidence that Jesus did. Jesus understood the Father as overflowing with generosity to His children. When we realize this, we see that in prayers both answered and denied, the Father is kind and generous. Speaker: Aaron Meservey Scripture: Matthew 7:7-11

God has come to us in the Son–his personal presence to comfort us and give us strength to make it through. In the rush of the season, don’t miss him. Advent is an invitation to perceive. Christmas calls us to look again. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: When God Arrives Scripture: Isaiah 9:6-7

At Advent, we await the arrival of an unlikely warrior to carry out an unconventional strategy. No darkness is too dark for his light to shine. No yoke or burden is too heavy for him to lift. No oppressor’s rod is too mighty for him to shatter. He has done it before and he will … Continue reading Might Arrives →

In the midst of darkness—whether self-inflicted or imposed—the people of God reach for a song. Not in naive denial, as if our pain and troubles weren’t real, but as an act of defiance. We choose to rejoice in the face of hardship and suffering because no matter how hard life in this broken world is, … Continue reading Joy Arrives →

The prophet Isaiah, living in a time of darkness, could look ahead and know with certainty that God’s light again would shine. Now on this side of history, all who find themselves today in darkness can see the light of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: When God Arrives Scripture: Isaiah … Continue reading Light Arrives →