Trinity Grace Church :: Athens, TN

Matthew 6:9-13 // The Disciple's Prayer Taylor Hollingsworth

In the gospel of Matthew, the message of Christmas doesn’t begin in a manger in Bethlehem. It begins with a long list of names—many that belong & some that don’t belong—to tell us about who Jesus is & what he came to do.

Genesis 28 // The Stairway To Heaven Walt Alexander

The story of the Bible is not the story of the well to do & the put together. It’s the story of the blessing of God again & again finding the undeserving. That’s what we see in the story of Jacob & Esau & the unfailing will of God.

Genesis 25:19-34 // The Sons of Isaac Walt Alexander

Genesis 24 tells the story of God keeping his promise & providing a bride for Isaac. But it invites us to see so much more. It calls us to rest, knowing all the promises & purposes of God come to pass by the unseen hand of providence.

Mark 1:16-20 // Who Are We: Going Taylor Hollingsworth

Disciples are called by God & called to pursue growth in Christ. The church is a disciple-making factory, in which each person called to disciple.

Today, we celebrate FIVE years of gathering together as a church. Guest speaker CJ Mahaney preaches from Psalm 126 & helps us to laugh at the unexpected kindness & mercy of God.

Genesis 22 // The Sacrifice of Isaac Taylor Hollingsworth

In these few verses telling us of the birth of Isaac, we learn to take God at his Word. God always keeps his promises, obedience is always right, & the best is always yet to come!

Genesis 19 includes the story of Sodom & Gomorrah. It warns us that the wrath of God will be poured out on ungodliness. But, it also alerts us to the ever-present danger of drifting from godliness to worldliness, from faith to unbelief.

R.C. Sproul once said Genesis 15:17 was his life verse. Why? Because it uncovered the truth that our faith is in the eternal God & his unchanging covenant.

There are few passages in Scripture more important than this passage. It includes the call of Abraham & the plan of God to bring blessing to every nation under heaven!

Lists of names occur again & again throughout the Old Testament. But, this list is placed in our Bible to make clear: the Lord is not just the God of Israel, the Lord is the God of all nations.

The sin of Noah uncovers our own deep-seated sin & shame. But this text is meant to uncover the truth that there’s only one to cover our shame, lift our curse, & bring us blessing: Jesus Christ. Let us trust in him.

After the flood, the Lord remembers Noah & leads him into a new world. The Lord gives him life again. And calls all mankind after him to remember that life is forever the undeserved gift of God.

Keep trusting the Lord and take refuge in Christ.

Life in this world is under the reign of death. All people die. But, Genesis 5:1-6:8 give us three stunning, stubborn purposes of God worth dying for.

The story of Genesis continues with Cain & Abel & the spread of sin to all mankind. We are in a fight for our lives. As John Owen once said, "Be killing sin or sin be killing you."

When the Lord displays His glory it's to draw attention to His greatness. In response, any hint of self-promotion ought to drain out. Yet, in his sovereign will, He uses weakness to display his power. This psalm of praise is a most appropriate response to what we see in creation, which is why we placed this in the middle of a series on Genesis. Let our all powerful God be exalted & let us serve hi...

When people forget God, bad things happen. We often doubt, distrust, and disown God because we think He no longer cares. Though sin promises the world, it actually brings more pain and harm than we ever thought possible. Yet, His grace is better than we could imagine. The only appropriate response to the unimaginable wreckage of sin is turning in humility to God.

When Adam and Eve first sinned, everything changed. And some have said that saving Christianity consists of the right knowledge of sin. What is at stake is not a simple breaking of a little rule–as if God was out to set a trap for mankind. Instead, it was complete rebellion of God and his rightful place as creator, sustainer, gift-giver, and treasure of our souls. They sinned against the One who h...

Because God the Father knows our temptation to be either too harsh or too lenient with our sin, he tells us to keep ourselves from ALL sin yet gives us a provision if we do sin. It's a helpful balance that gives our mind and heart a track to travel. God is holy, and he calls us to live in humble, honest confession to receive forgiveness through the blood of Christ.