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What Love Does | Part 6: Love Is Not Irritable | Forest Rodman by Mosaic Church

The Corinthians had another topic of contention. They disagreed about if they should or should not eat food that has been sacrificed to idols. Paul addresses the issue, but with a different perspective. Everything we do, we need to consider those who are with us. If we truly say we love someone, we will not look at situations selfishly. We will consider others above ourselves.

What Love Does | Part 4: Love Is Not Rude | Sam Buchmeyer - Associate Pastor by Mosaic Church

As Paul continues in his explanation of agape love for the Christians in Corinth, he turns his attention to arrogance. The people were proud of their status and who they were taught by. The were arrogant about their education, and focused on themselves. If love takes pride in anything, it takes pride in God—the source of all good things, and the only being who has the right to take credit for huma...

When bad things happen to us, it is easy to fall into resenting that person. However, even though we have done terrible things, God does not resent us. The Corinthians were taking each other to court instead of handling it all inside the family. Resentment and lack of forgiveness is not Gods way. His way is always love, forgiveness, and reconciliation.

Sexual immorality was happening in the church, but there was an odd twist to it. A man was sleeping with his step mother, and boasting because sin is forgiven by Christ! Paul attacks this topic head on and reminds them that our bodies were bought a high price- the death and resurrection of Jesus and we need to act like it.

The passage is heard at almost every wedding: 1 Corinthians 13. Love is patient, love is kind.....you know the verses. But these verses are not about romantic love. Instead, it's about the love that should be shared among God's children. But the church in Corinth was having some big problems, and Paul needed to remind them of their calling. One of the issues, was jealousy about what spiritual gift...

On National Back to Church Sunday, Pastor Jason takes us back to the very core of Mosaic and our call to make disciples that make disciples through exploring our Mission, Vision, and Core Values.

James 3:13 -17 by Mosaic Church

The book of James comes with warnings and questions, of one of them is what's more powerful than a bit controlling a horse or a rudder steering a ship? A human tongue. If that's true, what words are we speaking?

One of the most controversial passages in the Bible seems to clash with Paul’s teachings of being saved by grace. James tackles the issue of saying someone has faith, but there is no evidence in that person’s life. How do what we do with our lives play into our faith of salvation through Jesus?

James challenges his readers with two very important thoughts. As believers, our religion is impacted by our words and our actions. And like it, how we treat others who are in different economic situations shows our faith in God. God cares for the hurting, broken, and those in hard situations. As we follow Christ, we must take on that same attitude.

James 1: 1-18 We shoiuld view trials in our lives as a means of growth, praying for wisdom to resist temptation during difficult circumstances.

With our body covered and ready for the attacks, Paul brings us two important pieces of armor – a helmet to protect our heads and a sword to attack. With salvation as our helmet and the Word as our sword, our armor is now complete for the battle. How can the hope of salvation through Jesus and the Word of God keep us from falling?

With our body covered and ready for the attacks, Paul brings us two important pieces of armor – a helmet to protect our heads and a sword to attack. With salvation as our helmet and the Word as our sword, our armor is now complete for the battle. How can the hope of salvation through Jesus and the Word of God keep us from falling?

The shield is one of the most important pieces of a soldiers armor. It is the first line of defense. It is used to protect vital organs against projectiles and attacks. Paul uses the picture of a shield to speak on our need for faith in this spiritual war. With the enemy throwing all sorts of attacks, our faith in God and His promises is what protects us.

Paul now moves to an unlikely piece of armor, the shoes. The caligae of the Roman solders were made specifically for long marches, with care taken to not form blisters and to breathe. Paul bridges the shoes of a soldier, with us getting ready for the long march to bring the gospel of peace to all people. How does proper footwear impact the spiritual battle that we are in?

Being in a spiritual war is not something most people think about. Yes we see evil and bad things around us. But a war? It seems impossible because it is an enemy that we cannot see. But that is exactly what Paul wants us to understand. If we do not equip ourselves with spiritual armor, we are going to vulnerable to attacks. The Belt of Truth and the Breastplate of Righteousness are foundational p...

Unstopable | Part 6 by Mosaic Church

We often read the scriptures and see the men and women in the accounts as superheroes. The truth, is that God continually used ordinary people to do extraordinary things. As we read about Saul in Acts 9, he is chasing Christians down to stop their worship of Jesus. Then, he has an interaction with the Lord that changes him into a man who spread the gospel. On top of that, he disciples others, buil...

Announcements happen every day, all the time and they have become easy to ignore. From personal, to companies and even country make them and yet few impact the world. 2,000 years ago, ordinary every day people started making an announcement that changed everything.

The Holy Spirit has come, and the gospel is exploding. Peter stands in front of a crowd preaching the truth that Jesus is the Son of God and people are repenting. Now that the group of Christians are growing, they are coming together out of both necessity and for community. As the early church gathers, what can we learn from them? Do we hold the same focus in our time, or have we drifted from the...

We are on the other side of the good news of Easter. We know what happened, and we rest in that Hope - but now what? Jesus came to earth, conquered death…so that you could have life, a full life. We have received the gift of His love and mercy, but everyone knows a good gift is one that can be shared. In Acts we see the beginning of Christ’s church being formed. His call to make disciples who make...

All seemed lost. Their teacher and friend is dead. Doubt is flowing along with fear. Then reports came in – he isn’t in the tomb. He is alive! But if you were there, would you believe it? What would it take for you to believe that Jesus was actually alive?

Jesus takes the common topic of anger and flips it around. Anger isn’t just the yelling, hitting, or bad behavior. Instead, anger is something that is brooding in the heart and comes out through our actions. The Savior teaches that anger is so much deeper than we realize.