Stonehill Church

The Change We Need

We help people live generously

We Help People Grow in Jesus.

Living on Mission for Christ.

How do we grow in our faith.  The focus is time with God personally, and being around other christians.

How do Christians preserve unity when they disagree on controversial topics? How do we know what is right, wrong, or just a difference of opinion? Pastor Doug will walk us through I Corinthians 8 as we see how we can foster unity when seeing things differently pushes us to divide.

If you are reading this you probably have been impacted by divorce in your family or your friends. Divorce breaks families and can cause decades of hurt. Our culture often celebrates divorce as an easy solution to a broken marriage and on the flip side the Church as a whole  at times has marginalized and not helped disciple people going through a divorce. In this passage Paul will teach us the biblical way to think about our marriages and how Jesus will bring healing to anyone who has felt the sting of divorce.

In this message from 1 Corinthians 7, Pastor Doug walks us through Paul’s teaching on singleness and marriage. When it comes to marriage and singleness, it’s easy for us to get disoriented. Outside the church, marriage seems less and less important. But inside the church, it can sometimes be elevated to the status of idol! So how do we understand God’s design for both marriage and singleness? Simple: We follow the example of the Apostle Paul.

The ultimate purpose of our lives is to honor God. One of the areas we struggle most to do this is in the area of sexuality. We live in a culture that prioritizes gratifying self instead of glorifying God. We will look at  1 Corinthians 6:9-20 to identify our priorities when it comes to having God honoring sex.

Conflict is going to happen. As Christ Followers we are called to handle conflict in such a way that we point to the Gospel. In 1 Corinthians 6, Paul points out the problems with how the church is handling conflict and corrects their actions. Conflict is an opportunity to reflect Christ and show the world the power of His redeeming love.