Harvest Church

Reading the bible isn't some religious activity! We're not more spiritual because we put a check in the box on this task that we are SUPPOSED to do. The bible is about relationship.

Is love a feeling or a choice? If we believe that love is simply a feeling and that we "fall" into it, we can just as easily fall out of it. We will be tossed around under its mysterious control. But if it's a choice, we can choose who and how we love. What does the bible say and who gets to define love?

The word rendered "homosexual" in the New Testament, is a word that has come under some scrutiny and opposition. The idea is that if one could prove that the word was mistranslated, it would ultimately force traditionalists to eliminate many of the otherwise prohibitive scriptures. So, was it mistranslated? Where did the word come from? What would it have meant to the original audience? Do a deep dive with us as we research the origin of the word and draw some surprising conclusions about the LGBT movement.

The LGBT movement has successfully transformed American culture.  We are forever changed and will never go back to what it was 5 or 10 years ago.  So, whether you like it or not, this is something that you, church, are going to have weigh in on.  Do you know what the Word of God says on this subject, or are you just leaning on the tradition of the church?  Has the church gotten it wrong all these years?  Are the biblical texts on this subject antiquated and specific to a culture of 2000 years ago and thus of no consequence today?  How in the world do we respond to our LGBT neighbors?  How do we respond when asked to participate in a wedding or bake a cake?  There is so much confusion on this subject, and frankly the church hasn't always gotten right.  Join us as we explore these concepts and questions, as well as explore the biblical texts that speak to the LGBT world view.  

God has given us everything that we need for godliness, but it's found in the knowledge of Him.  It's in our pursuit of God and His Word that we discover the depths of His heart and what was truly accomplished on that cross.  

What did Jesus accomplish on the cross?  Is the cross limited to fire insurance, or did Jesus' sacrifice address all of that the first Adam corrupted through sin?  

Was there anything that the cross didn't touch? Was there anything that Jesus didn't redeem? The benefits of the cross are enumerable, but they aren't automatic. We have to apprehend them by faith, and we can't do that if we don't know what was made available. Join us as we start to unpack this core value, the all sufficiency of the cross.

Jesus is the solution for the human sin condition. We were lost and hopeless, but God broke in!  

In the same way that circumcision of the flesh in the Old Testament marked a distinction between believers and non-believers, circumcision of the heart in the New Testament also marks a distinction.  You are a new creation.  The old is gone.  When you said yes to Jesus, your heart was circumcised and your "body of flesh" was removed.  Join us in this Palm Sunday message to discover just how new you truly are.