Journey Church Bozeman Sermons

Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | September 27, 2026 Referenced Scripture: Ephesians 1:13-23, Hebrews 4:12, 2 Peter 1:20-21, Revelation 12:10 Reflection Questions: 1. Have you ever questioned whether you are truly a child of God? Explain. What was it that caused you to question or doubt? If those questions were resolved, how were they resolved? If not, why not? What are some other reasons that people ma...

Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | September 20, 2026 Referenced Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-14 Reflection Questions: 1. What are negative messages you heard about yourself in your life that shaped how you viewed yourself? How can those messages shape our identity? How is it possible to overcome those negative messages? 2. Read Ephesians 1:3-14 — What truths about you from this passage are most meaningful t...

Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | September 13, 2026 Referenced Scripture: Ephesians 4:1, 11-13, Luke 2:51-52 Reflection Questions: 1. Describe your experience of the church in your life. What has been positive? What has been negative? What would you want to change about your church? 2. Why do you think the church in America has experienced so much decline in engagement over the past 25 years? What do y...

Vern Streeter | Guest Speaker | September 6, 2026 Referenced Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 - We are enriched (6-11) - People are helped (12a) - God is glorified (12b-15) Reflection Questions: 1. Did you grow up in a scarcity or abundance mindset? 2. What things are you doing to live more in abundance than scarcity? 3. Reflect on, and tell some stories of, “VW bugs and hunting knives” – how you h...

Vern Streeter | Guest Speaker | August 30, 2026 Referenced Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:1-5 Generosity inspires generosity (1-2) Follow-through turns vision into reality (3-4) Preparing for generosity prevents arm-twisting (5) Reflection Questions: 1. Rate yourself (1-10) on a Parsimony Scale (Parsimony: Extreme unwillingness to spend money). 1 = I hate spending money and do it as little as possible...

Vern Streeter | Guest Speaker | August 23, 2026 Referenced Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:10-24 Reflection Questions: 1. What encouraged or challenged you from 2 Corinthians 8:10-24 and why? 2. Vision is easy. Talk about an idea/vision you had that turned out way harder than you anticipated? 3. Think about a time when you struggled to be a person of your word. How’s that going? 4. What are some ways y...

Vern Streeter | Guest Speaker | August 16, 2026 Big Idea: God’s unreasonable grace under unreasonable circumstances inspires unreasonable generosity. * Unreasonable economics (1-5) * Unreasonable overflow (6-7) * Unreasonable grace (8-9) Referenced Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:1-9 Reflection Questions: 1. Got a good laceration story?! 2. What is one thing you learned from the teaching on 2 Corinthia...

Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | August 9, 2026 Referenced Scripture: Romans 1:16-17, Romans 10:13-15, Romans 15:20, 1 Corinthians 3:16-17, John 17:20-21, John 1:14 Reflection Questions: 1. Throughout the book of Romans, Paul explains the truth and power of the gospel message and gives the church the mission to take that message to the world…Read: Romans 1:16-17, Romans 10:13-15, Romans 15:20If you had...

Jim Keena | Guest Speaker | August 2, 2026 Referenced Scripture: Romans 15:14-25, Matthew 5:16, Philippians 2:3, James 3:16, Acts 9:15 Reflection Questions: https://journeybozeman.com/sermons/notes/2026.08.02.pdf What’s your next step? * Connect: We'd love to connect with you! Fill out our Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any questions: http://journeyboz...

Logan Holloman | Next Gen Pastor | July 26, 2026 Referenced Scripture: Romans 14:13-23 Reflection Questions: 1. Looking back at this week's message, what stood out to you most? Was there a verse, phrase, or idea that challenged or encouraged you? 2. Paul says, "Make every effort to do what leads to peace and mutual edification" (Romans 14:19). Who has been someone in your life that consistently bu...

Logan Holloman  |  Next Gen Pastor  |  July 19, 2026 9am   Referenced Scripture:  Romans 14:1–9, 2 Timothy 2:22–26   Reflection Questions: 1. Where do you see yourself most tempted to make secondary issues feel like primary issues?(Examples: politics, worship styles, parenting, schooling, spiritual gifts, cultural preferences, personal convictions.) Follow-up: Why do you think we are so quick to t...

Jim Keena | Guest Speaker | July 12, 2026 Referenced Scripture: Romans 12:1-2, Romans 13:1–7, Acts 5:29, 1 Corinthians 13:13 Reflection Questions: https://journeybozeman.com/sermons/notes/2026.07.12.pdf What’s your next step? * Connect: We'd love to connect with you! Fill out our Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any questions: http://journeybozeman.com/c...

Brian Priebe | Executive Pastor | July 5, 2026 Referenced Scripture: Romans12:1-21, Matthew 5:44, Matthew 7:12, Matthew 22:39 Reflection Questions: 1. What's one thing that stood out to you from the sermon and why? 2. How would people close to you rate your seeking of relationship over seeking revenge on a scale of 1-10? 3. What motivates you to seek relationship over revenge? Can you share an exp...

Bob Schwahn  |  Lead Pastor  |  June 28, 2026   Referenced Scripture:  Romans 12:9-16, 1 John 4:19-21, Ephesians 4:15-16   Reflection Questions: 1. How does God evaluate our worship at our community worship gatherings?  How are we to tangibly love God and love others?  Give examples. 2. Where might God give you a “needs improvement” score? 3. Read Paul’s description of how we are to love one anoth...

Logan Holloman | Next Gen Pastor | June 21, 2026 Referenced Scripture: Romans 12:3-8, Luke 10:18-20 Reflection Questions: 1. The Mirror Question When you think about yourself, what voices most influence how you see yourself (success, failure, social media, family expectations, work, appearance, etc.)? How does the gospel challenge or reshape those voices? 2. Sober Judgment Paul calls us to "think...

Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | June 14, 2026 Referenced Scripture: Romans 1:16-17, Romans 12:1-2 Reflection Questions: 1. Where in your spiritual life have you struggled to see the change you have wanted to see? What has made that change difficult for you? What area of your life do you find yourself regularly disobeying God? Read Romans 12:1-2 2. “Therefore” What is the “therefore” there for? What is...

Brian Van Eps | Guest Speaker Referenced Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-10 Reflection Questions: 1. When was the last time you asked, “What should I do now?” 2. What did you do? 3. How do you define the word, “Humble?” 4. How does the, “gift of grace” impact your life today? 5. What are your strengths and weaknesses really? 6. How is God’s prompting you to, “Get to Work” lately? What’s your next step? C...

Logan Holloman | Next Gen Pastor | May 24, 2026 Referenced Scripture: Luke 16:19-31, Colossians 1:16, Romans 1:28-31 Reflection Questions: 1. When you hear the question, “How could a loving God send people to hell?”, what emotions or assumptions immediately come to mind? How did this message challenge, deepen, or reshape the way you think about that question? 2. The sermon described hell as “the f...

Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | May 24, 2026 Referenced Scripture: Genesis 2:20-25, Genesis 3:7, 1 Corinthians 5:12-13, Hebrews 4:15-16, Romans 12:1-2 Reflection Questions: 1. How would you explain the biblical teaching about God’s plan for a healthy and holy expression of our sexuality? Do you agree or disagree with this teaching? Why or why not? 2. How would you describe the culture's view of human...

Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | May 17, 2026 9am Referenced Scripture: John 14:6, Ephesians 2:8-9, Colossians 3:12, 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 Reflection Questions: 1. In your experience of our culture, what do people tend to appreciate about Jesus and what do they find difficult about Jesus? 2. Read John 14:6 — Why does Jesus’ exclusive claim cause resistance in our culture? How have you experienced peopl...

Brian Priebe | Executive Pastor | May 10, 2026 Referenced Scripture: Acts 17:16-27 Reflection Questions: 1. What's one thing that stood out to you from the sermon and why? 2. How would you describe your relationship with science? 3. What are Biblical examples of how science and faith can come into contact? 4. One of Brian's main points was that believers need to use the right tools for the right t...

Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | May 3, 2026 9am Referenced Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:3-19, John 5:39, Luke 24:44, Hebrews 4:12, 2 Peter 3:15-16, Matthew 7:24 Reflection Questions: 1. What was one thing from the sermon that stuck out to you? 2. 2 Timothy 3:1616 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, What questions do you have abou...

Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | April 26, 2026 Referenced Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20, John 20:26-27, Matthew 14:28-31, Jude 1:22 Reflection Questions: 1) What are doubts/questions you have about God or Christian faith? What is the root of your question? (What is your doubt about?) 2) How does God view our doubts? Does doubt mean a lack of faith? How can processing our doubts with God actually make ou...

Vern Streeter | Guest Speaker | April 19, 2026 Referenced Scripture: 1 John 4:8, Genesis 2:18, John 10:10 Reflection Questions: Bonding = The ability to establish an emotional attachment to another person. The Biblical Basis: A. Trinity – 50-ish times in the Bible. B. God is love – 1 John 4:8 C. Creation – Genesis 2:18 1. What was your reaction to, and feelings about, the Kent Cox story? 2. How ha...

Vern Streeter  |  Guest Speaker  |  April 12, 2026 Referenced Scripture:  Joshua 2, Matthew 1:5-6, Hebrews 10:31, James 2:25-26   Reflection Questions: 1. The story of Rahab is well known. She is famous. Did you learn anything new? How was the sermon on Joshua 2 impactful for you?   2. What difference does it make in your life that, like Rahab stated, “…the Lord your God, is God in heaven above an...