Summer Playlist: Part 5 - Indispensable 

There are very few places in life where we feel indispensable. If you don’t show up for work, they’ll hire somebody else. If you forget about your Friday night softball game, they’ll call somebody else. About the only way we are indispensable is with our family. But there is one other place that you and I are indispensable. We’ll look at what the Apostle Paul said about that and see how each and every one of us can contribute to something that’s going to last forever.STUDY GUIDE 

Summer Playlist: Part 4 - Individual Freedom 

The United States of America is a nation of laws. But laws only define what is permissible, they don’t tell us what we should do. Laws define our rights without the necessary counterpart—our responsibilities. As Christians living in this nation of laws, we can do better. We can follow Christ’s command to love our neighbors as ourselves. We can exercise our personal rights with great responsibility for the benefit of others.STUDY GUIDE

Summer Playlist: Part 3 - Blessed Be Your Name

We all go through hard times in life.  Some are going through them right now.  The remarkable story of Job and his response to overwhelming pain - emotional, physical, and spiritual pain - gives us help today for persevering through our pain.STUDY GUIDE

Summer Playlist: Part 2 - Decisions, DecisionsIt’s one of the most frequent questions that follows us throughout life—what’s God's will for me? We face decision after decision and hope we make the one that aligns with God’s will. But is there a way to know we’re making the right decision? Is there a grid to filter all our decisions through to make sure we’re following God’s will for our life?STUDY GUIDE

Summer Playlist: Part 1 - Dream Again

In many ways, we are living in a time of accelerated change. Over the last year, many of us have experienced things we’ve never experienced before and life (probably) won’t ever be the same. But how do you move from seeing change as a threat to seeing it as an opportunity? How do you move from merely surviving to dreaming again?STUDY GUIDE

Tempting Jesus: Part 4 - King of the HillSomewhere along the way you will be presented with an opportunity to jump ahead, take a shortcut, or move closer to that goal you are chasing. The only catch will be that you’ll have to temporarily abandon your values to obtain it. So what will you do? It turns out that Jesus was made an offer like that in His third temptation. Examining His response will prepare you for your moment of truth.STUDY GUIDE

Tempting Jesus: Part 3 - Proving Ground

Every day people fall into the temptation of presuming on God. You see it in the married couple that spends irresponsibly and then asks God to bail them out financially. The young girl who says, "I'll marry him, then pray for him." But what's wrong with that? Isn’t He a God of grace and forgiveness? Hasn't God promised to take care of us? In part 3 we'll look at Jesus' second temptation and what it teaches us about presuming on God.

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Yort and Cait Clark Conversation

A break from the series as we hear about New Hope Church in Kansas City and all that God is doing in and through this new church.

Tempting Jesus: Part 2 - Soul ProviderIt’s tempting to feel that God is in no hurry to take care of your needs--like the direction your marriage is headed, the fact that you’re still single, or the speed at which your career is advancing. Jesus too was tempted to take things in His own hands and His response reveals a lot about what’s really at stake when we are tempted to act independently of God.STUDY GUIDE

Tempting Jesus: Part 1 - Forty-One Days

Have you ever wondered why it’s so hard to turn away from temptation? What is it that leads you to keep making the same poor choices? Could it be that the reason you find temptation so… well, tempting, is that you've never stopped to think about what’s at stake? In part 1, we’ll discuss what really hangs in the balance when you’re faced with temptation.STUDY GUIDE