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You don't have to look far to realize that things are not the way they should be. We see a broken world in the media, pop culture, our churches, and even our hearts. Scripture says that nothing is immune to the effects of sin. In fact, our own sin actually makes us hostile towards God and others, alienating us from our Creator and our communities. This can feel like a hopeless situation. But God, being rich in mercy, sends us Jesus Christ, His only Son. Jesus lives a perfect life, humbles Himself to the point of death, and finally overcomes death by rising from the dead, defeating sin once and for all. That is Good News! But what was it all for? Jesus came so that we might be reconciled to God and others. Now instead of hostility and separation, we have peace with God. United to Christ by faith, we are sent out to bring this good news of reconciliation to others, and to embrace the reconciliation that is found through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.

You don't have to look far to realize that things are not the way they should be. We see a broken world in the media, pop culture, our churches, and even our hearts. Scripture says that nothing is immune to the effects of sin. In fact, our own sin actually makes us hostile towards God and others, alienating us from our Creator and our communities. This can feel like a hopeless situation. But God, being rich in mercy, sends us Jesus Christ, His only Son. Jesus lives a perfect life, humbles Himself to the point of death, and finally overcomes death by rising from the dead, defeating sin once and for all. That is Good News! But what was it all for? Jesus came so that we might be reconciled to God and others. Now instead of hostility and separation, we have peace with God. United to Christ by faith, we are sent out to bring this good news of reconciliation to others, and to embrace the reconciliation that is found through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.

You don't have to look far to realize that things are not the way they should be. We see a broken world in the media, pop culture, our churches, and even our hearts. Scripture says that nothing is immune to the effects of sin. In fact, our own sin actually makes us hostile towards God and others, alienating us from our Creator and our communities. This can feel like a hopeless situation. But God, being rich in mercy, sends us Jesus Christ, His only Son. Jesus lives a perfect life, humbles Himself to the point of death, and finally overcomes death by rising from the dead, defeating sin once and for all. That is Good News! But what was it all for? Jesus came so that we might be reconciled to God and others. Now instead of hostility and separation, we have peace with God. United to Christ by faith, we are sent out to bring this good news of reconciliation to others, and to embrace the reconciliation that is found through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.

If you were writing a list of things that Christians do, where would prayer be on that list? Near the top? Toward the bottom? Regardless of where it is on the list, we can all agree that it should be on the list. But why is prayer so hard? Why are we so bad at it? When Jesus taught his disciples how to pray, he used around thirty words. But what if we prayed this prayer? His prayer! Actually prayed it! Jesus teaches us that praying it will not only align our lives with His Sermon on the Mount; it will reorient our lives to live "dangerously" by the power of the Spirit as "Kingdom agents" taking the gospel into every situation, conversation, and relationship, as far as the curse is found!

If you were writing a list of things that Christians do, where would prayer be on that list? Near the top? Toward the bottom? Regardless of where it is on the list, we can all agree that it should be on the list. But why is prayer so hard? Why are we so bad at it? When Jesus taught his disciples how to pray, he used around thirty words. But what if we prayed this prayer? His prayer! Actually prayed it! Jesus teaches us that praying it will not only align our lives with His Sermon on the Mount; it will reorient our lives to live "dangerously" by the power of the Spirit as "Kingdom agents" taking the gospel into every situation, conversation, and relationship, as far as the curse is found! 

If you were writing a list of things that Christians do, where would prayer be on that list? Near the top? Toward the bottom? Regardless of where it is on the list, we can all agree that it should be on the list. But why is prayer so hard? Why are we so bad at it? When Jesus taught his disciples how to pray, he used around thirty words. But what if we prayed this prayer? His prayer! Actually prayed it! Jesus teaches us that praying it will not only align our lives with His Sermon on the Mount; it will reorient our lives to live "dangerously" by the power of the Spirit as "Kingdom agents" taking the gospel into every situation, conversation, and relationship, as far as the curse is found! 

Friendships are hard and often messy. Ever wonder why? Come explore what the Bible says about friendships, brokenness, and how we can seek real connection in a world of social media driven friendships.

Friendships are hard and often messy. Ever wonder why? Come explore what the Bible says about friendships, brokenness, and how we can seek real connection in a world of social media driven friendships.

Friendships are hard and often messy. Ever wonder why? Come explore what the Bible says about friendships, brokenness, and how we can seek real connection in a world of social media driven friendships.

We hear love associated with everything from romance and marriage to cool shoes and sweet bacon. Seems like love can be applied however one wants to whatever one wants. Maybe you’ve struggled to love the way you feel you should. Maybe you’ve been deeply hurt by someone who said they loved you. Maybe you wonder if you really know what being loved is like at all. Love is not an idea. Love is not a feeling. Love is a God thing. God’s love is the biggest, most complete, most perfect and wonderful expression of love in all creation - for God IS love. Because our experience of love is often diluted and misguided, we don’t fully appreciate His love and therefore miss out on the myriad of blessings He offers us in it.  In the Bible God goes to great lengths to profess His love for His people using numerous metaphors and images. Join us for this elective as we consider how wide and long and high and deep is the love of God in Jesus...and in more fully knowing this love that surpasses knowledge, we may be filled with all the fullness of God, enabled to trust Him more confidently in the hard times and celebrate Him more richly in the high times.