1 Cor. 7:17-24 Intern Cody Boerma gives the challenge “Let each person lead the life that the LORD assigned to you and to which GOD has called you to.”  

  Pastor Timothy challenges us to recognize the gift God has given you, whether singleness or marriage, and live accordingly. God’s design is to draw people to himself. God’s design is to reveal the glory of Jesus through your singleness or your marriage. Are you determining to know nothing but Jesus Christ and him crucified […]

  Pastor Timothy makes the point that through faith in Jesus, in worshiping God and knowing Jesus as our wisdom, God has ordained for even the physical union to be a picture of the cross-work. Jesus killed sin at the cross. And through faith in Jesus, spouses who serve one another help each other to […]

  Mark Buhl shows from 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 that we are not to let the culture around us define us.  

  Pastor Timothy shows that Ventura must be like minded for God’s glory, our good, and the world’s repentance. Where do we begin?  God’s glory in Christ as revealed in the World and sought through prayer. Then living our commitment to one another (and seeking to sharpen each other). Finally, revealing the death-to-self love to […]

  Pastor Timothy shows from 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 that the church is to display cross-centered judgement towards each other because Christians are competent to judge any dispute, Christians are Saints and they will judge the world and angels. Christians who make lawsuits against their church family strip the Gospel witness from the church. Christians must […]

  Cody Boerema shares the benefits and purposes of Church Discipline: Promote Holiness,Provide Protection and Produce Restoration. 1 Corinthians 5: 6-13

  Pastor Timothy expounds on 1 Corinthians 5:1-5. We must be serious in displaying the glories of the cross-even if that means excommunication -trusting God to use Satan, if necessary, to strip unrepentant people of their love for the world. Where are you today? Lets pray God increases our love for the cross so that […]

  Pastor Timothy urges us from 1st Corinthians 4:8-21 to follow Paul’s example, to follow the Apostles’ example. Follow those who live out the sacrificial life message of Jesus and live the cruciform life.  

  Pastor Ben Jacques challenges us from 1st Corinthians 4:1-7 that as stewards of the mysteries of God, we are called to faithfully steward that and only that.