How do you know that things are real?

The Light

1 John 1:1-4

This was a sermon our pastor gave in response to the beginning of Upward Sports at our church

A series of hope for those tired of and disillusioned by the Trying Harder approach to spiritual growth. The Gospel is meant to be lived every day, and promises joy, rest, and freedom to those who do. In this series we take a fresh look at what it means to live The Gospel.

A series of hope for those tired of and disillusioned by the Trying Harder approach to spiritual growth. The Gospel is meant to be lived every day, and promises joy, rest, and freedom to those who do. In this series we take a fresh look at what it means to live The Gospel.

The Gospel Series

This message shows us that when we are weak and painfully aware of our brokenness and sin, we can experience Christ more deeply. And because faith unleashes the power of Christ in our lives, we are encouraged to embrace our brokenness and trust Christ again, as we once did.

Gospel, faith, trust

In this message we discover that Jesus invites us to continually experience our brokenness so that we can continually experience the power of the gospel.

The promise, the hope of Christianity is a transformed life.

But this begs a question:

How do we grow, mature spiritually?

Usually we just try harder. This message shows a better way - a Biblical - way that involves trusting Christ instead of trying hard.