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This Sunday, Pastor Tim Richards brings the 3rd sermon in a 4-week Advent series called "The Angels of Christmas--Advent's Heralds of Hope." This week looks at the angel's message to Joseph from Matthew 1:18 -25.   Sermon Questions: 1. Why do you think Matthew makes a point of telling us that Joseph was a just man? What role did that trait play in Joseph's decision about how to deal with the revel...

Tim Richards brings the 2nd sermon in his 4-week Advent series called "The Angels of Christmas--Advent's Heralds of Hope." This week looks at the angel's message to Mary from Luke 1:26 -38.   Sermon Questions: 1. Do you know the story of your name? Why was it given to you? What does it mean? 2. The angel's greeting to Mary as a favored or graced person (Luke 1:28 ) has led to controversy, with som...

Pastor Tim Richards begins a 4-week Advent series called "The Angels of Christmas--Advent's Heralds of Hope." This week looks at the angel's message from Luke 1:5-25. SERMON: 36:26 Sermon Questions: 1. What picture comes into your mind when you think of seeing an angel? 2. Have you ever had an experience that overwhelmed you with fear? What happened? What insight does that give into Zechariah's ex...

Pastor Tim Richards looks at Luke 11:37 - 12:34, for his series "Two Scrolls--The Gospel Story According to Luke",   Sermon Questions: 1. Our passage begins with the story of Jesus offending his hosts at a dinner party. Have you ever been at a party when a guest did something offensive? What happened? How did people respond? 2. Luke is clear that by the time Jesus left the party, there were powerf...

This Sunday, Pastor Tim Richards continues the series "Two Scrolls--The Gospel Story According to Luke", looking at Luke 11:1-26. Sermon Questions: 1. Thinking about things you've prayed for over the past few weeks, how does your typical prayer compare to the prayer model Jesus taught? 2. Can you think of a time when you sensed God's Spirit had moved or helped you to do something that went beyond...

This Sunday, Pastor Lance Lewis continues the series "Two Scrolls--The Gospel Story According to Luke", looking at Luke 10:25-37.   Sermon Questions: 1. Why is the question "What must I do to inherit eternal life?" the wrong question? 2. Who is your neighbor? What does this parable teach us about loving others? 3. As you read the parable with yourself in the role of the passer-by, how are you chal...

This Sunday, Pastor Tim Richards continues the series "Two Scrolls--The Gospel Story According to Luke", looking at Luke 9:28 -50.   Sermon Questions: 1. Try putting yourself in Peter's shoes. How would you have reacted? Consider Peter's later recollection (2 Peter 1:16 -18). 2. Why do you think Jesus often said things to His disciples that didn't make sense to them until much later (Luke 9: 44-45...

This Sunday, Pastor Tim Richards continues the series "Two Scrolls--The Gospel Story According to Luke", looking at Luke 9:18-27.   Sermon Questions: 1. What is your favorite labor-saving device? 2. What is one of the hardest things you have ever attempted? Why did you do it? 3. Peter's answer to Jesus' question no doubt deepend and changed as he came to understand more. How has your opinion of wh...

This Sunday, Pastor Tim Richards continues the series "Two Scrolls--The Gospel Story According to Luke", looking at Luke 8:4-15. SERMON: 35:33   Sermon Questions: 1. Why do you think Jesus chose to tell a story with some hidden meanings? (Luke 8:10) 2. Jesus talked about Satan snatching God’s word away like a bird snatching seeds before they can grow. What does that look like? How does it happen?...

This Sunday, Pastor Tim Richards continues the series "Two Scrolls--The Gospel Story According to Luke", looking at Luke 7:1-8:3.   Sermon Questions: 1. If you were the widow in the story, would you have shouted, fainted, run away or done something else entirely? 2. Which aspects of the story of the banquet at Simon’s house interest you most and why? 3. John the Baptist’s response to the news he’s...

This Sunday, Pastor Tim Richards continues the series "Two Scrolls--The Gospel Story According to Luke" looking at Luke 6:1-49.   Sermon Questions: 1. Can you describe a time when someone really made you mad? How did you deal with the situation? 2. In Luke 6:27 -36 Jesus gives several instructions about how we should deal with problem people. Which one sounds most difficult? Why? 3. Can you relate...

Pastor Tim Richards continues the series "Two Scrolls--The Gospel Story According to Luke", looking at Luke 5:1-39. Special Guest, Author Luuk Vandeweghe. Sermon Questions: 1. Why do you think Peter reacted the way he did to Jesus’ miracle (Luke 5:8)? 2. If you had been the leper that came to Jesus, what aspect of your disease would have been most difficult for you – the physical disfigurement, th...

This Sunday, Pastor Tim Richards continues the series "Two Scrolls--The Gospel Story According to Luke", looking at Luke 4:1-44. SERMON: 28:10 *Special Guest Author Luuk Vandeweghe   Sermon Questions: 1. What connections do you see between the story of Jesus' temptation in the wilderness and the Old Testament stories Pastor Tim referenced? 2. Luke says that after Satan tempted Jesus he departed “u...

This Sunday, Pastor Tim Richards continues the series "Two Scrolls--The Gospel Story According to Luke", looking at Luke 2:39 - 3:38 . SERMON: 33:57   Sermon Questions: 1. Luuk Vandeweghe shared another clue this week that points to the validity of eyewitness accounts in Luke’s gospel. What did you think of this piece of evidence? 2. John the Baptist reminded the Jews he was preaching that being r...

This Sunday, Pastor Tim Richards will be starting a new series called Two Scrolls--The Gospel Story According to Luke.   Sermon Questions: 1. What difference does it make in your reading of Luke's gospel knowing he interviewed eyewitnesses? 2. Do you think your response to an angel with an unbelievable message would be more like Zechariah or Mary? How does your past experience and personality play...

This Sunday, Family Ministries Pastor Josh Deshazer speaks on Genesis 12, "Trusting God When He Calls."   Sermon Questions: 1. What does Genesis 12 teach us about the way God calls? 2. What does the life of Abraham teach us about what it means to trust God as He calls? 3. Where have you experienced God's calling and leading in your own life? Is there something God is calling you to? 4. What is one...

Pastor Tim Richards looks at John 15:1 where Jesus says "I Am the Vine." Sermon Questions:   1.  Jesus described Himself as the true vine.  That implies that there are false vines--things that give the appearance of being a source of life but aren't.  What are some false vines you can identify that people sometimes "abide" in hoping to enrich their lives but finding disappointment?   2.  In John 1...

Sermon Questions: 1. What do you think about the discussion involving our tendency to create our own god? 2. In what ways have you struggled with this issue in the past? 3. How can you encourage others to accept the Biblical Jesus? 4. Of the occult, other faiths, and humanism, which one do you think is the greatest threat to the Biblical Jesus? 5. How does it encourage you to understand that while...

This Sunday, Pastor Tim Richards will be bringing Part 5 in the "I AM" series, taking a look at John 11:25, where Jesus says "I Am The Resurrection & The Life."   Sermon Questions: 1. If Lazarus had been your brother, would you have met Jesus like Mary or Martha? 2. When you have experienced grief, how have friends best been able to comfort you? 3. What are your thoughts after looking at the M...

Sermon Questions: 1. Jesus says He is the owner of the flock, not just a hired hand. Have you ever observed the difference between an owner vs an employee in a time of crisis? What does that picture tell you about Jesus? 2. In John 10:14 -15, Jesus compares the shared knowledge between Himself and His flock to the shared knowledge between Himself and His Father. What does that mean? 3. Jesus talks...

Sermon Questions: 1. What do you think Jesus means when Jesus declares that the thief comes to 'steal, kill, and destroy?' How have you seen that in your life and world? 2. What did you learn about the sheep and the shepherd that applies to Jesus' teaching here? 3. How do you recognize the voice of the Shepherd? How does the Lord speak to you? 4. How do you find refuge, refreshment, and renewal in...

This Sunday, Pastor Lance Lewis brings us Part 2 in the "I AM" series - "The Light of the World", looking at John 8:12 -20.  Sermon & Discussion Questions: 1. What other lights of illumination have you followed in the past? 2. Do you forgive yourself easily? 3. How has the light of Jesus freed you from the fear of death?

This Sunday, Pastor Tim Richards starts a new series called "I AM", focusing on John 6:48 -51.   Sermon Discussion Questions for July 16, 2023 1. Try putting yourself in the place of those who first heard Jesus refer to himself as the Bread of Life. How do you think you would have reacted? 2. Why do you think Jesus chose to use such provocative language in talking about himself in this way? 3. Can...

This Sunday, Britt Hemphill, Pastor of Global Ministries, will be bringing a sermon titled, "Forever Young," considering Psalm 90:12.   Sermon Discussion Questions for July 9, 2023 1. If you could talk to your younger self, what are some things you would say? 2. If you could say something to help your younger self prepare for the life ahead, what would you say? Are there teens or young people in y...

This Sunday, Pastor Tim will be finishing the series, "Religion for Losers--Learning to Win the Jesus Way," looking at Romans 12:2. Sermon Discussion Questions for July 2, 2023 1. Where would you place yourself on a scale of 1 to 10, if #1 = "I hate politics" and #10 = "I think about politics all the time"? Have you moved up or down on that scale over the course of your life? 2. Where do you feel...