Generations Community Church

What do you do when you're being asked to do something at work that you believe is wrong? Do you stay? Do you go? Do you remain silent? Do you speak out? Most Americans, when work becomes difficult or toxic, immediately look for the exit door. But what if God has something in you staying? How do you know? In this message, Max Vanderpool highlights how four different men handled difficult leaders and difficult circumstances. Some stayed. Some left. But all of them were faithful.

What do you do when you're being asked to do something at work that you believe is wrong? Do you stay? Do you go? Do you remain silent? Do you speak out? Most Americans, when work becomes difficult or toxic, immediately look for the exit door. But what if God has something in you staying? How do you know? In this message, Max Vanderpool highlights how four different men handled difficult leaders and difficult circumstances. Some stayed. Some left. But all of them were faithful.

We're not smarter than people who lived 2,000 years ago. They KNEW that some things cannot be undone - which is why Jesus is so FASCINATING - because he does things that seem downright impossible. April's virtue focus is JOY: choosing to celebrate what God is doing.

We're not smarter than people who lived 2,000 years ago. They KNEW that some things cannot be undone - which is why Jesus is so FASCINATING - because he does things that seem downright impossible. April's virtue focus is JOY: choosing to celebrate what God is doing.

How's your spiritual life these days? We can actually ask that question, and church-going Americans will have a sense of what we're talking about. That's because we tend to think about life in two categories: SPIRITUAL and SECULAR. Spiritual things have to do with God - you know, stuff like going to church, reading your Bible, praying, and going on mission trips. Secular things are everything else: work, shopping, walking the dog, sex, eating, and 95% of living life. Does this mean that spirituality really only has to do with 5% of our lives or LESS? NO! That's because Jesus saw no such distinction (between spiritual and secular). In this message, Max Vanderpool unpacks what it means to say everything is spiritual - and what that MIGHT mean for those of us who work.

How's your spiritual life these days? We can actually ask that question, and church-going Americans will have a sense of what we're talking about. That's because we tend to think about life in two categories: SPIRITUAL and SECULAR. Spiritual things have to do with God - you know, stuff like going to church, reading your Bible, praying, and going on mission trips. Secular things are everything else: work, shopping, walking the dog, sex, eating, and 95% of living life. Does this mean that spirituality really only has to do with 5% of our lives or LESS? NO! That's because Jesus saw no such distinction (between spiritual and secular). In this message, Max Vanderpool unpacks what it means to say everything is spiritual - and what that MIGHT mean for those of us who work.

Graduation speeches are full of platitudes and cliches: Follow your passion. If you can dream it, you can do it. Be true to yourself. And - the future belongs to you! But these platitudes are not helpful - nor do the represent the kind of life that MOST AMERICANS experience (over 150 million of them) as they work - week in and week out. So if graduation speeches aren't the best place to turn for job or career advice, where should you look? In this message, Max Vanderpool articulates how God calls and gifts EVERYONE - and how you can unearth your calling, even if it isn't something you're paid to do.

Graduation speeches are full of platitudes and cliches: Follow your passion. If you can dream it, you can do it. Be true to yourself. And - the future belongs to you! But these platitudes are not helpful - nor do the represent the kind of life that MOST AMERICANS experience (over 150 million of them) as they work - week in and week out. So if graduation speeches aren't the best place to turn for job or career advice, where should you look? In this message, Max Vanderpool articulates how God calls and gifts EVERYONE - and how you can unearth your calling, even if it isn't something you're paid to do.

What comes to mind when you think of heaven? Is it a giant stadium where thousands and thousands of people wearing white robes are singing their hearts out to Jesus (sitting on a golden throne in the middle of it all)? If that's you, you're not alone. But THAT picture of heaven isn't exactly the whole story about what heaven is like. In fact, much of how we talk about heaven isn't really biblical at all. In this message, Max Vanderpool makes a case for why a "ticket to heaven" is actually round trip - and why WORK is something we can expect in the "life to come."

What comes to mind when you think of heaven? Is it a giant stadium where thousands and thousands of people wearing white robes are singing their hearts out to Jesus (sitting on a golden throne in the middle of it all)? If that's you, you're not alone. But THAT picture of heaven isn't exactly the whole story about what heaven is like. In fact, much of how we talk about heaven isn't really biblical at all. In this message, Max Vanderpool makes a case for why a "ticket to heaven" is actually round trip - and why WORK is something we can expect in the "life to come."