Encounter at Illinois State University / ISU

God uses groups of people to inspire change for His Kingdom. When the world grows darker, His church shines brighter.

Most of us can recall an experience when we felt God's presence. We can certainly also recall a time when we didn't. So what's the difference? Join us as we take a look at the one thing that keeps us from asking "Why not now?".

The question "why?" is limiting. The question "why not?" is liberating. We are joined by special guest, President Larry Dietz, to ask the question "why not you?".

The Kingdom of God is populated and perpetuated by the unimpressive. On a scale of 0-Jesus, how humble are you? This sermon helps us evaluate our humility while reminding us that the path to exaltation is humiliating (Phil 2; 1 Sam 15, 18, 28; 1 Pet 5; Luke 14, 18).

(Due to a technical difficulty, we are missing a short portion of the intro to Charlie's sermon)

So often our thoughts of humility lead us to a passive place. A place where we are content to coexist with the evil that has every intention of devastating us. We are prone to "ride out the storm" mentality. What if instead, we expected God to use us to "be the storm" that fights to the death against the evil one?

Do you believe that God has a message for you? After all, if God died for you, don't you think he might want to talk to you? Let's examine together how we can tune our ears to hear the voice of God.

We are experts at filling our souls. We naturally seem to always look for "more". But what if the answer to our satisfaction came with a desire for less? Instead of feeding the “More is More” philosophy, perhaps we should take some time to “pour our souls out" to the Lord.

We all come from somewhere, and that somewhere has a culture that's constructed from limited perspectives and experiences. College is an incredible time to expose ourselves to other people and viewpoints, but it's also the most available time in your entire life to actually GO to another culture. Listen to the incredible trips encounter has to offer this year in order to make our circles bigger!

Listen as Elijah Johnson shares the Sunday morning Communion message

Listen as Steve Higgs shares about the battle that is living out the gospel.