Part 2: Glorifying God through Suffering - 1 Peter 4 - Pastor Brad by Pastor Brad & Pastor Glenn

Suffering happens to everyone. Sometimes suffering chooses you. Sometimes you choose to suffer. One thing we learn from Jesus is that suffering can lead to serving.

As we look at the story of John the Baptist being beheaded, we take a look and see that the church of God is made up of believers as the body with Christ as the head. The world, our sinful flesh, and Satan want to separate us from the head, want to separate us from Christ, because a body without a head cannot function. A body without a head is dead.

Have you noticed that Christians and non-Christians think differently? About a lot of things. And they keep butting heads. God is not tolerant, He is patient. Here is a good question: Do you want God to tolerate you or do you want him to save you?

The buzzword in our culture today is tolerance, but what does that word really mean? If God were merely tolerant then there would be no point in sending His Son Jesus to save the world. God is patient.

As Jesus and the disciples head across the Sea of Galilee, a storm arises and the boat begins to fill with water. Jesus, who is sleeping, is woken up by the disciples who need to be saved. Jesus calls the storm to be still, and the waters become calm. In the storms that we go through in life, we want Jesus in our boat. And as we celebrate Father's Day, we want fathers in our boat as well.

Who we say we are, and who God says we are can sometimes bring very different answers. As we read Paul's second letter to the Corinthians, we find that "if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold the new has come." By faith, because of Christ's death and resurrection, we are in Christ and are new creations.

Responding to Injustice - Proverbs 6:16-19 - Pastor Brad by Pastor Brad & Pastor Glenn

One of the hardest things for us to do is to explain how the Trinity works, how God is 3 distinct persons yet 1 God. So rather than try and explain how the Trinity works, on this Trinity Sunday, we'll take a look at the works of the Trinity. The works that each person of the Trinity is responsible for and what they mean for us today.

Jesus promises to not leave His disciples alone, and sends them a Helper, the Holy Spirit who helps, advocates, counsels, comforts, teaches, convicts, reminds and gives Himself to all who believe.