For+whom+do+you+pray%3F+Do+you+pray+for+your+family%3F+Friends%3F+What+about+your+neighbors%2C+even+the+ones+you+really+don%27t+know%3F+What+about+your+co-workers+going+through+rough+times%3F+All+of+these+are+great%21+But+what+about+your+enemies%3F+How+often++do+you+pray+for+your+enemies%3F+Paul+teaches+Timothy+to+pray+for+all+people.+Then+he+highlights+rulers+and+those+in+authority.+This+week+we+should+pray+for+our+authorities+and+those+running+for+office.+Listen+as+Pastor+Derrick+explains+why+praying+for+them+is+so+important.+

What+would+you+do+to+ensure+you+could+have+the+best+possible+life+right+now%3F+What%27s+it+worth+to+you%3F+This+week+Pastor+Derrick+shares+how+there%27s+a+flaw+in+the+7-step+approach+to+finding+a+good+life.+Listen+as+we+discover+how+we+already+have+access+to+our+best+life+now.+

It%27s+a+matter+of+identity.+We+put+a+lot+of+weight+into+identity+and+how+we+see+ourselves.+But+the+fact+of+the+matter+is%2C+a+lot+of+our+identity+is+determined+by+things+that+really+don%27t+matter.+This+week+Pastor+Derrick+wraps+up+his+Counter+Culture+sermon+series+by+answering+an+identity+question%3A+How+do+I+know+that+I%27m+a+Christian%3F

The+Christian+church+needs+to+wake+up+to+the+challenges+it%27s+facing+in+the+world+today.+It%27s+not+all+roses+and+candy.+We%27re+called+to+live+differently+than+society.+But+for+some+reason%2C+we+find+ourselves+just+floating+down+the+lazy+river+of+culture.+This+week+Pastor+Derrick+shares+about+the+value+of+marriage+and+how+God+designed+marriage+for+a+specific+purpose.+

In+a+day+and+age+riddled+with+personal+agenda+and+opinion%2C+it%27s+easy+to+miss+the+point.+Our+culture+would+have+us+believe+that+life+is+a+matter+of+choice+or+decision.+But+where+else+in+our+life+is+anything+a+real+matter+of+choice%3F+Listen+this+week+as+Pastor+Derrick+shares+why+life+matters%2C+and+for+that+matter...whose+life+matters.+

Today+Pastor+Derrick+discusses+a+topic+that+we%27ve+all+had+a+problem+with+at+one+point.+Listen+as+we+learn+about+the+negative+effects+of+stress+and+the+counter+cultural+way+to+live+in+the+face+of+stress.+

We+all+know+what+we+do.+We+know+where+to+go+and+what+to+do+in+most+every+situation.+The+problem+is+we+rarely+know+WHY+we+do+what+we+do.+Listen+as+Pastor+Derrick+gets+real+about+worship+and+why+we+do+it.+

With+violence+and+atrocity+all+around+how+are+we+as+followers+of+Jesus+to+respond%3F+What+are+we+to+say%3F+How+are+we+to+act%3F+What+are+we+to+do%3F+Listen+as+Pastor+Derrick+shares+how+we+can+learn+from+Jesus+how+best+to+respond+in+times+of+violence.+

It%27s+true+that+Jesus+is+the+savior+of+the+world.+It%27s+true+that+his+death+and+resurrection+are++critical+for+us+to+preach+and+teach.+But+there%27s+more.+Jesus+not+only+came+to+secure+our+future+salvation+but+he+came+to+impact+our+present+as+well.+Listen+this+week+as+Pastor+Derrick+shares+a+little+about+how+Jesus%27+life+impacts+your+life+today+too.+

Trying+to+understand+the+Trinity+is+a+pretty+deep+topic.+If+we+try+to+get+it%2C+we%27ll+likely+at+best+mess+it+up+and+at+worst+say+something+pretty+heretical.+We+try+to+draw+word+pictures+and+find+great+illustrations+but+they+all+fall+short+somewhere.+This+week+Pastor+Derrick+shows+the+importance+of+the+trinity+in+the+person+of+Jesus.+What+can+Jesus+teach+us+about+the+Trinity%3F+