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Primary Scripture: 1 Peter 1:13-21What this message hopes to accomplish: What are Christians living for? Are we living to honor Christ with our heart, mind, body, and soul? Are we living to honor Christ with our words, actions, thoughts? As Christ followers, this is what we are called to, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and strength," and "Be holy as I am holy&quo...

20260628 | Essential | The Church

20260621 | Essential | The Work of Christ

Pursue Podcast Episode 9

Primary Scripture: Mark 8:27-30What we hope this message accomplishes: Jesus asks his disciples two very important questions: Who do others say that I am? and Who do you say I am? In this message we look at how people today answer that question and how we should be answering this question ourselves. Is Jesus simply a great moral teacher, a prophet who speaks for God, or is he truly God in the fles...

20260607 | Essential | The Human Condition

Pursue Podcast Episode 7 | The Bible With special guest Javen Crawfis. Bible Translations Ranked By A Pastor. https://youtu.be/vTrst5m6Pf0?si=DTP2MzGNImpvHiiW

Primary Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17 What this message hopes to accomplish: Thank you for joining us as we hear from teaching team member and local school teacher, Caleb Garmon, as we continue our series Essential by focusing on the Bible. In this message we'll look at what it means that scripture is breathed out by God, why it's useful, and the transformative impact connecting with script...

Pursue Podcast Episode 6 | Holy Spirit

20260524 | Essentials | Week 2

Pursue Podcast Episode 5

20260517 | Essential Week 1

Pursue w/ Bluffton Community | Episode 4 With special guest Kally Cotter.

Primary Scripture: Colossians 1:28-29What the message hopes to accomplish: Believers are called to make disciples. Jesus gave this commission to his disciples before he ascended into heaven and his disciples passed this command down to their disciples. Paul helps us to see that we make disciples by warning and teaching others about all the Jesus has commanded but we don't do this alone. Jesus...

Pursue w/ Bluffton Community | Episode 3

20260503 | Connection Card - https://blufftoncommunity.churchcenter.com/people/forms/1218011

Pursue Podcast - Episode 2

Primary Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-5:5What this message hopes to accomplish: As we wrap up our series 4 Questions Everyone Should Ask...and Answer, we focus on the question "Why Am I Here?" Ephesians makes it clear that we are here to imitate our creator. As we put our eyes on Christ we will become more and more like him, and this is why we are here!

Primary Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10What the message hopes to accomplish: Paul clearly identifies the gospel in the second chapter of Ephesians. Despite our sinful nature which separates us from God, Jesus Christ loved us enough to die for us so that we could be reunited with Him. Because of Jesus we are made alive in Christ when we believe, when we put our faith in his atoning work on the Cross. T...

Primary Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-14What this message hopes to accomplish: In this passage Paul helps us answer the question "Where do I belong?" by helping us see we belong "In Christ". Jesus has redeemed, or purchased, us with his blood on the Christ and because of that we belong to him. Whether we have placed our faith in Jesus as our Lord and Savior, our leader and forgiver,...

Primary Scripture: Ephesians 1:16-23What this message hopes to accomplish: To help believers and not-yet believers know that their identity is found in the resurrection of Jesus Christ! The resurrection confirms that the Holy Spirit, the power that raised Jesus from the dead, communicates to us that we are called, valued, and empowered. Through the Holy Spirit we may see the truth about Jesus'...

Primary Scripture: Ephesians 6:18-20What this Message Hopes to Accomplish: Help believers prepare themselves to expand the Kingdom of Heaven through prayer and sharing the good news. Paul encourages believers to pray at all times, in the Spirit, and for each other. This is how followers of Christ join the fight, taking up the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God and speaking the Truth in l...

Primary Scripture: Hebrews 13:15-16What this message hopes to accomplish: This message looks at how the struggles we all face aren’t something we can fix just by trying harder or getting our lives together but something Jesus has already stepped into and made a way through. Walking through Hebrews 13:15-16, it shows how Jesus fulfilled what all the old sacrifices were pointing to, and how that cha...

We're so excited to launch our new church podcast called Pursue w/ Bluffton Community. In Episode 1, hosted by Kyle Place along with Elders Marty Cotter and Ben Thiel, we'll hear about how Ben and his wife Sarah's recent trip to Israel impacted their life and how Pastor Ben sees this experience impacting the church! Thank you so much for joining us for our first episode as we learn how God pursues...

Primary Scripture: Matthew 15:29-39 What we hope this message accomplishes: Jesus performs a very similar miracle in comparison to the feeding of the 5000, this time with a Gentile crowd of 4000. Jesus mentions that he is unwilling to let the crowd go away hungry, "lest they faint along the way." What Jesus is communicating is that it is his teaching that truly satisfies and when we find...