The Connection Church

Power. This is one word that must be associated with the resurrection of Jesus. The power that was present when Jesus rose from the grave on that first Easter Sunday morning is immeasurable. Great hymns of the faith remind us how there is “power, power, wonder working power in the blood of the Lamb.” The power of God exploded upon the infrastructure of sin, death, Satan, and hell when Jesus accomplished the mission for which He came from Heaven to Earth because of His great love for people.This Sunday, we will celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and look at what His miraculous rising from the dead means for us today.

Great courage was demonstrated on the day Jesus died. He was born sinless to die a sinner’s gruesome death on a Roman cross. Not only do we witness the courage of Jesus on display during Good Friday, but also we see the courage of one of His followers stepping out of the shadows of secrecy and into the light of open association with Jesus. This Sunday, we will look into the life of this secret follower of Jesus and how he overcame his fear with godly courage, and how he played an integral role after the death of our Lord.

If God is love, does He just sit in Heaven pining for us? Last week we began examining Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, the reason we gather, the reason we live and breathe, the revelation of what God is really like. And we saw that everything that He is and does emanates from His love. After all, He is love!We continue our Easter sermon series this Sunday by discovering more of what the Love of Christ does, since His love—true love—is much more than simply an emotion that fills the heart. So join us for an Easter experience that will stir your heart in gratitude and praise for our Savior and compel us to pour out His love in the world around us.

JESUS. The name above all names. God became man to walk among His people—love them, lead them, and ultimately die for them. But the story didn’t end there. For the next five Sundays, join us for an Easter experience exploring the love, salvation, death, and resurrection of our Anointed King of all creation!

As believers, we start the maturing process when we accept our responsibility to become sons and daughters of God. However, the process of becoming spiritually mature comes with a cost. This Sunday, we will cover a third cost in our final part of the Upgraded sermon series.

You can define spiritual maturity in one phrase: Spiritual maturity is being like Christ. Most of us want to grow. Most of us want to mature. Most of us want to be like Christ. Yet many times, we come up short. This Sunday, we will focus on the one discipline that is essential for a Christian to spiritually mature.

The day a person gives his or her life to Christ should mark the start of an ongoing process of maturing spiritually. This process requires a radical reordering of one’s priorities. It takes a willingness to change from pleasing oneself to pleasing God and learning to obey Him. Scripture is very clear that God wants us to mature. He wants us Upgraded, so we can be the best that we can be for Him.

Esther, a Jewish maiden living in exile in a foreign land, faced many challenges in her life. However, this didn't stop her from becoming the Queen of the Persian empire. As queen, she was able to overcome the horrible odds that were stacked against her and save her people, the Jews, from certain death. This week we will see how she won the battle for her people and discover the two attributes Esther demonstrated that every Christian must posses to be an overcomer.

Esther, a Jewish maiden living in exile in a foreign land, faced many challenges in her life. But she didn’t let the bad cards she had been dealt defeat her. While most would crumble under the pressure, Esther conquered her fears and turned her disadvantages into victories.

In the book of Joshua, we are introduced to one of the most thought-provoking and astonishing heroines of the Old Testament. Rahab, the prostitute of the Canaanite city of Jericho, is noteworthy for her great faith and for her place in the lineage of Jesus Christ. But a closer examination of the life of this remarkable Gentile woman can lead to deeper insights into God’s dealing with individual believers in grace and mercy. Join us Sunday, as we continue this series examining and learning from the lives of the men and women of the Old Testament.