Grounding our Faith

Today our pastors sit down to define what spiritual gifts are, how and when we receive them, and look at a few gifts and how they work in the church.

Pastor Erik shows us through 1 John the true fellowship starts with Jesus  and a healthy awareness of our sin and then properly dealing with our sin. 

After discussing Heaven for 3 episodes, we turn our conversation to Hell.  It's not a popular topic in 21st century culture, but as we say in the episode, if you believe in heaven, you also need to believe in hell.  Pastor Lew and Pastor Paul open the scriptures and allow them to answer the easy and difficult questions about the existence of hell.

Before shifting our focus to talk about hell, we take one last session to finalize our thoughts on heaven.  We look at a unique passage captured only in Luke 16 and finish by discussing the age to come, the new heaven and new earth described in Revelation 21. 

Recently Kevin and Kathy Bruce visited with us and before they returned to the mission field, we were able to capture a conversation with them about their story of serving almost 30 years in the jungles of Ecuador. 

Today we continue our series on Heaven and Hell.  In this episode we tackle heavy questions that are personal to so many: What happens when I die? What is the fate for those who have not heard the gospel? What about infants, young children, miscarriages and those cognitively incapable of understanding? Will they be in heaven? Join us as we look to the scriptures for clarity and hope.

Heaven and Hell are often misunderstood.  In the is multi-part series our intent is to bring honest conversation, clarity and practical implications to this topic.  Hollywood and culture do us no favors with their portrayals and all inclusive approach to Heaven so today we begin at the beginning. 

Dan and Kellie Syvertsen share the journey of adopting their daughter and how God used the pain, heartache and joy to grow them together and in Him.  This is a wonderful testimony of the power of community and seeking God in times of despair.

Have you ever felt guilty for not doing devotions?  What are devotions?  Should I being doing them?  How do I get started?  What if reading is hard for me?  These are just some of the questions we attempt to answer in our latest roundtable discussion.

Our Pastoral staff sits down to talk about where we have been in 2021 and where we are going in the year to come.  Hear their hearts for the church and Kingdom as they share plans for our various ministries  moving forward.