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Rev. Bill Crawford from Water's Edge Church joins us to help launch a new sermon series. Drawing from Acts and Ephesians, Bill reminds us how precious the gift of the church is. God's Holy Spirit rests on His people, both individually, and corporately. And it isn't a privileged gift. It is equally measured to all who accept Christ. The church exists to provide us with a community th...

Rev. Bill Crawford from Water's Edge Church joins us to help launch a new sermon series. Drawing from Acts and Ephesians, Bill reminds us how precious the gift of the church is. God's Holy Spirit rests on His people, both individually, and corporately. And it isn't a privileged gift. It is equally measured to all who accept Christ. The church exists to provide us with a community th...

Some of our most beloved Christian truths revolve around God imparting His Spirit onto the community of believers known as The Church. Inaugurating a new sermon series, Dr. Sams reminds us of this basic truth: God is in us, and together, we are empowered to encourage each other with God's promises, for God has adopted us into His kingdom making us brothers and sisters of each other and of Chr...

Some of our most beloved Christian truths revolve around God imparting His Spirit onto the community of believers known as The Church. Inaugurating a new sermon series, Dr. Sams reminds us of this basic truth: God is in us, and together, we are empowered to encourage each other with God's promises, for God has adopted us into His kingdom making us brothers and sisters of each other and of Chr...

What do we do with the gifts we are given? This wrap up of the "Learn. Be. Do." series by Rev. Kim Dorr-Tilley, explores not what we do with the gifts, but how much we appreciate them. When we celebrate the gifts only for what they can give us, and not for who gave them, we end up bitter and fearful toward the giver of gifts. This plays out beautifully in the parable of the talents Jesus...

What do we do with the gifts we are given? This wrap up of the "Learn. Be. Do." series by Rev. Kim Dorr-Tilley, explores not what we do with the gifts, but how much we appreciate them. When we celebrate the gifts only for what they can give us, and not for who gave them, we end up bitter and fearful toward the giver of gifts. This plays out beautifully in the parable of the talents Jesus...

It is easy to miss the blessings Christ has for us. We regularly hold ourselves back from the Holy Spirit. Sometimes, we're arrogant enough to think we can do it ourselves - that we can somehow offer up whatever it takes to gain a better life, even unto eternity. We cannot. But hear the gospel, and receive its good news. You are set free. Lean into God's plan for your life, and receive b...

It is easy to miss the blessings Christ has for us. We regularly hold ourselves back from the Holy Spirit. Sometimes, we're arrogant enough to think we can do it ourselves - that we can somehow offer up whatever it takes to gain a better life, even unto eternity. We cannot. But hear the gospel, and receive its good news. You are set free. Lean into God's plan for your life, and receive b...

It is easy to miss the blessings Christ has for us. We regularly hold ourselves back from the Holy Spirit. Sometimes, we're arrogant enough to think we can do it ourselves - that we can somehow offer up whatever it takes to gain a better life, even unto eternity. We cannot. But hear the gospel, and receive its good news. You are set free. Lean into God's plan for your life, and receive b...

We know what rock bottom looks like. When foolish choices are made, the predictable drama of a soul lead toward destruction follows. But equally destructive is the way of resentment. When we choose to keep score, to count the blessings someone else receives against the ones we don't, sin will likewise consume us and lead us to the same destruction. The truth is, we are all lost, and need the...

We know what rock bottom looks like. When foolish choices are made, the predictable drama of a soul lead toward destruction follows. But equally destructive is the way of resentment. When we choose to keep score, to count the blessings someone else receives against the ones we don't, sin will likewise consume us and lead us to the same destruction. The truth is, we are all lost, and need the...

Sacrifice is the emptying of yourself for the filling of someone else. But what if the one sacrificially loving you is your mortal enemy? On the day before Martin Luther King Day, Dr. Sams explores what it means to love and be loved by your enemy. The Gospel enables us to perfectly love, as we submit our lives to the Holy Spirit. Resources for a life of following Jesus, every day, everywhere, with...

Sacrifice is the emptying of yourself for the filling of someone else. But what if the one sacrificially loving you is your mortal enemy? On the day before Martin Luther King Day, Dr. Sams explores what it means to love and be loved by your enemy. The Gospel enables us to perfectly love, as we submit our lives to the Holy Spirit. Resources for a life of following Jesus, every day, everywhere, with...

Dr. Sams takes his sermon time today to remind us of one of the best aspects of the Gospel. We are completely and totally incapable of doing enough to earn God's good graces. Yet, we still try. And as a culture, we elevate the value of achievement to such levels that we carry those standards over into our relationship with others, and ultimately, our relationship with God. The Gospel sets us...

Dr. Sams takes his sermon time today to remind us of one of the best aspects of the Gospel. We are completely and totally incapable of doing enough to earn God's good graces. Yet, we still try. And as a culture, we elevate the value of achievement to such levels that we carry those standards over into our relationship with others, and ultimately, our relationship with God. The Gospel sets us...

We Christians do good deeds. Despite our brokenness, God breaks through and ministers to His creation through us. However, brokenness operates within our motivation. The Lord looks at the heart. So we must ask ourselves: Do we serve Christ for His pleasure, or for our own pleasure? When the storm hits, if we serve God for our own pleasure, we build our house on sand, and we are blown away by doubt...

We Christians do good deeds. Despite our brokenness, God breaks through and ministers to His creation through us. However, brokenness operates within our motivation. The Lord looks at the heart. So we must ask ourselves: Do we serve Christ for His pleasure, or for our own pleasure? When the storm hits, if we serve God for our own pleasure, we build our house on sand, and we are blown away by doubt...

We Christians do good deeds. Despite our brokenness, God breaks through and ministers to His creation through us. However, brokenness operates within our motivation. The Lord looks at the heart. So we must ask ourselves: Do we serve Christ for His pleasure, or for our own pleasure? When the storm hits, if we serve God for our own pleasure, we build our house on sand, and we are blown away by doubt...

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As Dr. Sams explores today, Scripture teaches us that relationships matter much more than we think. In fact, we are made for relationships. We require them. Having relationships is a fulfillment of the both the eternal glory to which we aspire, and the image of God in which we're made. Now, of course, our relationships are touched by our brokenness, just as everything else is. But would you l...

As Dr. Sams explores today, Scripture teaches us that relationships matter much more than we think. In fact, we are made for relationships. We require them. Having relationships is a fulfillment of the both the eternal glory to which we aspire, and the image of God in which we're made. Now, of course, our relationships are touched by our brokenness, just as everything else is. But would you l...

Food and Creation? Yes, there is a connection. A big one: all our food comes from it. Photosynthesis. Pollination. Decomposition. Water cycles. Digestion. Reproduction. All these elements are parts of God's creation and without them, we have no food, and we die. But more than that, there's an intimate connection between food, creation, and the glory of Christ in which we'll one day...

Dr. Sams unpacks John's image of Heaven from the Book of Revelation. Heaven is not disembodied; earthly work and play carry over to Paradise. In fact, just as the lines are blurred between heaven and earth, so are the lines blurred between work and play. Watch or listen, and see how Christ's second Advent affects the first Advent we celebrate at the end of every year. Resources for a lif...

Dr. Sams unpacks John's image of Heaven from the Book of Revelation. Heaven is not disembodied; earthly work and play carry over to Paradise. In fact, just as the lines are blurred between heaven and earth, so are the lines blurred between work and play. Watch or listen, and see how Christ's second Advent affects the first Advent we celebrate at the end of every year. Resources for a lif...