Faith Community Church

Week 2 of the series "Portraits of Christ" from Faith Community Church. This week, we'll look at Christ's own claims about himself. Jesus made some remarkable statements about His identity, mission and relationship with God. We'll examine the "liar, lunatic, Lord" matrix as a means of grappling with the serious insight Christ had into His life. In examining this, we'll look at a string of statemen...

Week 1 of the series "Portraits of Christ" from Faith Community Church. As we move into this series where we will examine portraits demonstrating Christ's nature, we need to make sure that the documents we are using are trustworthy. This Sunday, we're looking at evidence for the reliability of Gospels. We'll look at material that supports the reliability of our present day Gospels, support for the...

Week 3 of the series "Listen & Learn". When it comes to hearing from God, the challenge is not getting God to speak as much as it is getting in a position to listen. We want answers, God is looking for submission. In the Gospels, Jesus would sometimes say, "Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear." This was Jesus way of saying we need to be receptive, willing to obey His teaching. Living in a stat...

Week 2 of the series "Listen & Learn". There are principles to healthy living that are obvious if we are listening. We know that wearning a seatbelt increases our chances of surviving an accident. Spending time with your fiance's family helps you prepare for marriage. Reading a contract before signing it helps avoid a bad financial decision. Having said that, we still struggle to listen to the voi...

Week 1 of the series "Listen & Learn". Who or what we listen to will influence what we do. All of us can think of actions we took based on the advice of or while under the influence of another person like our parents, a coach or someone else. The challenge is to be discerning about these voices, filtering out those that will lead us astray versus those that provide sound guidance. Ahab was a king...

Week 2 of the series "Body of Christ". God has equipped specific people to serve in a leadership role in the church. Their job is to train, direct, assist and resource people to fulfill their service in the church. When leaders do their job well and ministry partners work along side them, the church becomes vibrant, strong, and mature. Because of the teaching of this passage, Faith Community Churc...

Week 1 of the series "Body of Christ". In this two week series, we are going to talk about the value of serving. In order for the church to function, everyone needs to serve in ministry in a manner consistent with the way God has shaped them. To illustrate this, we'll use Paul's comparison of the human body to the church (commonly referred by him as 'the body of Christ'). God has shaped each organ...

Life is a race with a finish line.  When we die, we face God to determine how we finish.  The choices we make while running the race of life affect whether or not we receive the crown of life God offers.  Those who have surrendered their lives to Christ will receive the crown of life.  Those who do not, will not receive the crown of life.  Every Christian is called to bring that message to people....

The mission God has given us - alleviating suffering, effectively preaching the Gospel and leading people to a transformative relationship with God - is impossible for us to achieve on our own.  Fortunately, God has promised to help us.  He partners with us by giving us the resources we need to succeed.  One of the most powerful resources He provides is prayer.  God has promised to hear our prayer...

Last April, we were shocked when two young terrorists committed atrocious acts of violence that changed people's lives.  As Christians we should be compassionate but not surprised when evil strikes so visiciously.  Christ promised that we would have trouble in the world (even being betrayed by family and persecuted by opponents).  Instead of responding with fear, shock and anger, Christians should...