Focus Church Sunday Night Gatherings

One of my favorite verses in one of my favorite chapters in the entire Bible. The secret to discovering your purpose in life!

Let's lean in for a more intimate conversation with God.

Paul reveals a little more of God's incredible plan

If God made all these promises to the Israelites, is he now rejecting them for the gentiles, and doesn't that make God a liar?

Romans 8 truly is one of the those passages which has the potential to change your life entirely just by changing your perspective .

There is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus. Absolutely none! Zero. Zilch. Nada.

This passage might sound really depressing, or really empathetic, but why is it here? How does it fit in the rest of Paul's argument?

This truly belongs more as part of chapter 6, so for us it's a good reasonably brief review and reminder of just how serious Paul is about the idea that we were baptized into Christ's death.

We are those who are dead to sin. We are? What does that mean? How does it answer the question,"Shall we sin more so that Grace may increase?"

The Gift is not like the sin.

We take a break from our Romans Series for our annual Season of Celebration. Much of this season is special events which do not produce a podcast, but we do have our Thanksgiving message here. Have a Merry Christmas!

What is the connection between hoping in the Glory of God and glorifying in our sufferings? Why and how does suffering lead to hope for the believer?

Your righteousness has nothing to do with what you do. Can that actually be true?

Paul's takes a breath to recap and drive home the point. Everyone is equally condemned and therefore equally in need of and free to receive the righteousness which comes apart form the law,

Who needs the power of God for Salvation and why?

Why is the power of God needed for our salvation?

Paul's gives us the outline for the Letter to the Romans right up front: For I am not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: First to the Jew, then to the Gentile. For in the gospel, the righteousness of God is revealed--a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by fait...

Who is Paul? Why is he writing Romans?

James gave us a nice list about how to tell the difference between heavenly and earthly wisom. Now let's see what John and Paul have to say.

With so much information coming from so many "experts" how do we discern true wisdom?

What do the "Wisdom Books" of the Old Testament tell us about Wisdom? In this bonus extended episode, we explore Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes to see what these three books together tell us about the mysteries of wisdom.

How important is Wisdom? Why?

If we believe Many to Many discipleship in small group is the best approach to discipleship (and we do) then why do we do public teaching at all?

If discipleship occurs in the small groups why do we gather together for corporate worship anyway?

What does baptism have to do with community? Why does Jesus command it? Why did He do it?