What is joy? Is it possible to have joy in the midst of adversity? In part one of this series on Philippians, Pastor Glenn Packiam explores the joy of Kingdom companionship and the basis of our confidence.

Every time Jesus took bread in His hands, He blessed it, He broke it, and He gave it. There's no doubt the bread speaks of His life, but what does that mean for all who are in Christ? Pastor Glenn Packiam guides us through the Scriptures with special attention to a few of the blessed-broken-given stories in Luke and Acts to help us see how our stories become sacred in Jesus's hands.

Blessed Broken Given

Christians are often known for our worship practices, our work ethic, and for our Sunday rest. However, we're typically not known as people who play. In the final sermon in our Whole Life series, Pastor Jason Jackson articulates a Christian theology of play. Based on the nature of God, the goodness of creation, the promise of redemption, he invites us to play as an act of prophetic defiance, childlike faith, and reliance on God's grace.

Life Well Played

For Christians, marriage and singleness are equal albeit different vocations. Each guided by a particular and peculiar ethic. Each pointing beyond themselves to something greater. This week Pastor Jason Jackson explores how singleness is a gift from God and signpost to our new family, new commission and the new creation. Along the way, he provides some practical suggestions for both single and married Christians.

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The Gift and Sign of Singleness

Is marriage simply about love between two people, or is that something more? In this detailed look at what it means to offer our marriage to God, Pastor Glenn Packiam discusses the theology of marriage, the purpose of sex, and the way power is distributed in the home.

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Marriage, Sex, and Power

How do we recover our kingdom vocation to do work in the midst of a fallen world where our efforts are continually thwarted? This week Pastor Jason Jackson explores this question and offers four ways to begin: connecting our work to God's ends, realigning our work with God's intention, doing our work well, and not letting our duties distract from our delight in God.

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Recovering Our Vocation

Why do we work? Is it simply to provide for ourselves and for the people we love, or is there a higher calling? Pastor Glenn Packiam continues our series on offering God our Whole Life by exploring work as a way of cultivating God's good world.

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Kingdom Vocation

Reading the Bible is essential for living our whole lives as an act of worship to God - for integrating our faith into every aspect of our lives, but it can be surprisingly difficult. This week Pastor Jason Jackson addresses three questions to help us read well. What is the Bible? Why do we read it? How do we read it?

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Reading Scripture

Pete is the founder of the 24/7 Prayer movement, which has reached half of the nations worldwide. He currently pastors the church, Emmaus Road, in Guildford, England.

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Prayer

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