Paul reminds the Corinthians, and us, to forsake worldly wisdom and rest our faith solely on the power of the good news of Jesus Christ.

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Corinthians 1:26 – 2:5

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God uses a "foolish" and "weak" message, means and people to save perishing people. Why? We explore that question as we continue our "Messy Church" series in First Corinthians.

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31

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In the first four chapters of First Corinthians, Paul calls the divided church of Corinth to a renewed unity around the Gospel. In 1 Corinthians 1:17-25 he tells us WHY the Gospel is a all supreme and all sufficient basis for the unity of God's people.

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Corinthians 1:17-25

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Paul loves the Messy Church at Corinth because God loves the Messy Church at Corinth. It's because Paul loves the church that he won't leave them in their mess, but leads them forward to become all that God has declared them to be. And it doesn't take him long to jump write into one of the core issues plaguing the church. The church is divided.

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

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We close out our BY FAITH vision series with Paul's extraordinary prayer for the church in Ephesians 3:14-21 and here we discover we can live by bold risk-taking faith for God!

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: Ephesians 3:14-21

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Hebrews 11 tells the stories of everyday people whom God called to live by faith. He invited them to believe, act, and watch him move. We can take great encouragement today from their faith as God invites us to do the same.

SCRIPTURE READING: Hebrews 11:1-16

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The Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25 is both surprising and challenging as we kick off our 2025 Vision Series titled "By Faith."

SCRIPTURE READING: Matthew 25:14-30

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🎥 🍿 We close out our Reel Grace series this summer with a look at the Gospel shadows in the 2024 indie action, comedy, Thelma.

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: Leviticus 19:32, Job 12:12, Proverbs 16:31, Proverbs 20:29, Proverbs 23:22, 1 Timothy 5:1-4, and Isaiah 46:3-4

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When asked about the most important issues of the day, Jesus reframes the conversation to be about the most important issue of all: the state of our souls. With great love and patience, Jesus urges us to repent while we still can.

SCRIPTURE READING: Luke 13:1-9

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