Big Idea: Laziness and idleness result in poverty, shame, and ruin while diligent, God-honoring work leads to blessing and flourishing. | I. The Sluggard - A Portrait of Laziness | Consequences of Laziness: 1. Brings Harm to Self | 2. Causes Harm to Others | II. The Worker - A Portrait of Diligence | Blessings of Hard Work: 1. Provision | 2. Satisfaction | 3. Influence & Respect | III. Caution! Workaholism | IV. How do we do this? | 1. Find Your Vocation | 2. Practice Self-Examination Regularly | 3. Put Leisure in its Proper Perspective | 4. Glorify God in Everything

Outline: Principle Activities of Church Planting | I. Plant Team Travel - Acts 17:1 | II. Explain the Gospel: Jesus is the Messiah - Acts 17:2-4 | III. Pray for the Holy Spirit to Bear Gospel Fruit - 1 Thessalonians 3:12-13 | IV. Discipleship (Imitation and Example) - 1 Thessalonians 1:6-8

Outline: How to Pursue the Hearts of Your Children | I. Your Instruction Addresses the Heart | II. Your Affection Addresses the Heart | III. Your Discipline Addresses the Heart | IV. Your Example Addresses the Heart

Outline: I. The Problem of Foolishness, Pro. 1:20-21 | II. The Three Kinds of Fools, Pro. 1:22 | III. The Hope for Fools, Pro. 1:23

Outline: I. The Wisdom Teachers, Prov 1:1 | II. The Wisdom Seekers, Prov 1:2-5, 8 | III. What Wisdom Offers, Prov 1:2-6 | IV. The First Step Toward Wisdom, Prov 1:7

Outline: I. We get disappointed with God when: | 1. We pray and are met with silence. | 2. We believe He has promised us something that we do not receive. | 3. We experience or observe suffering and it seems like God does nothing. | II. How to trust God through disappointment: | 1. Consider that it's not God who is disappointing, but the reality of living in a fallen world. | 2. Recognize your expectations and readjust them to Scripture. | 3. Keep praying. | 4. Longing for wholeness is a longing for heaven, which will not disappoint.

Outline: Big Idea: Suffering reveals our true need for a suffering Savior | I. How Can a Good and All-Powerful God Allow Evil and Suffering? | II. What is God's Purpose in Suffering? | III. What is God's Solution to Suffering?

Outline: I. What the Biblical Sexual Ethic is | II. Why the Biblical Sexual Ethic is What it is | III. What We Do When We've Found We've Fallen Short of God's Sexual Ethic

Outline: Doubt #1: Isn’t the Bible flawed because it was written by flawed people? | Doubt #2: Isn’t the Bible is a full of myths, legends, and historical inaccuracies? | Doubt #3: Hasn’t the biblical text that we have has been tampered with and changed? | Doubt #4: Isn’t the Bible a random assortment of unrelated stories?

Outline: I. Doubt is Not the Opposite of Faith, Heb. 11:1 | II. Faith is Required When You Cannot See or Prove Something, Heb. 11:2 | III. God Makes the Most Sense of How Everything Came to Exist, Heb. 11:3