Swimming in the Deep

When should you not leave....when should you leave?     Before considering leaving a church it is good to examine yourself first as well…so in light of the characteristics of a church, we as Christians also need to think about the words of Paul to the Ephesians.  In 4:1-3, there is an urging to maintain unity and in that urging Paul lists several requisite attitudes

We are going to look at the struggle of unity in the church and the question of - how am I to be united when we disagree in the church

We know this is a struggle because… We want to be united as Christ calls for us to be united, but we are sinners who have issues and we need to acknowledge there are disagreements in the church.

As we finished our Daniel sermon series - “God’s Sovereignty In A Strange Land” and seeing that we too are in a land that is not our home but God is still sovereign and He has us here for a purpose - and in that looking at how to stand up in the midst of cultural issues. Then coming into our 2022 theme as a church - which is Thrive -and the goal to Thrive in our walk and to thrive in making Kingdom impact.  And with that coming to 1 Corinthians sermon series and seeing the struggles and questions that these believers in Corinth had.  And when you combine all that together - you get our theme for this season.

Here we take a look at politics as an institution that God established.  We look at the authority that has been granted to government and also talk about the authority that has been given to the church.  As a reminder we know that even the authority those institutions have is limited, because God is still in control.  Issues we have in today's politics is because of sin...the question is when and how does the Christian get involved.

In this episode we look at human trafficking and what the church can do to fight it.  This episode contains stats that may be too much for children. We would encourage you to listen to this episode first before letting your children listen.

In this episode we look at racism and brief history of racism, but more importantly we look at what Scripture says and how the church should respond. 

In this episode we are going to look at cultures assault on biblical marriage. As we have done through this series we are looking at culture's view/definition, the view from God's Word, and what the churches response should be. We hope as you journey with us you will be encouraged to love your community, share the gospel, and make disciples.

In this episode we continue to look at culture vs. Biblical truth. This week we tackle looking at the sexual and gender revolution that has led to where we are as a culture, worldwide.  We look at our identity as image-bearers, community, and our response as the church.  

In this episode we take a look at Critical Theory and see how it is anti-gospel. We briefly look at answering the questions that all worldview answer, then we return to Scripture showing more and more the sufficiency of God's Word.  In Critical Theory any one can define the problem with society, therefore solutions can be endless, but in a Biblical worldview God defines the problem and reveals the solution.  Sin is the problem and the gospel is the answer to the sin problem.

Here in this episode we look at the topic of devaluing human life, life that is made in God’s image.  Specifically by looking at Abortion and how life is treated from womb to the tomb.