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One way pride tarnishes the gospel is by considering it unnecessary. Probably the most often used argument people lean on is that good people go to heaven. The argument goes something like this: There is a good God who lives in a good place reserved for good people. This God goes by many names. He is behind all the major world religions. Therefore, all major, and possibly minor, religions provide...

Many outside the Church don’t view the Gospel as good news. For many, the Gospel is bad news. Jesus is the only way to heaven? I have to release control of my life to who? Consequently, to make the Gospel more appealing, some churches have fallen into the trap of layering the beautiful Gospel with lies, worldly philosophies, and ideas to make it less offensive. Some have done their best, taking so...

We throwing a party to celebrate 30 Years of Ministry in the foothills. Back in July of 1990, a handful of families began meeting in their homes, then at Blue Oak Elementary, and finally on our Merrychase campus. What God planted, God grew and we will celebrate.

As a church, if we have everything in this world, but do not have love, we have nothing. As people created in the image of God, if we have everything in this world, but we don't have love, we have nothing. We have to be known for our love. If we are only known for being a great teacher of the Bible, maybe known for our kindness or our benevolence, perhaps for our authentic community, we fall short...

Today, I want to shift our focus a little to how you are relating with one another within the church. Are you engaged in true connection with others here within our church community? Are you experiencing authentic connection yourself? Are you experiencing belonging and are you investing in others, being there for others when they need you most? It’s easy to simply attend a church, be a part of the...

this week I want to look deeper at a scene in Luke 5:27-32. This scene gives us some insight on what God intended when he started the church. In fact, it gives us some clues as to what the perfect church should look like.

But, if you’re a Christian, then you have a greater, more overarching Calling “Big C.” In other words, as a Christian, regardless of your career, job, or role in life, you have a greater “Big C” Calling laid over that and that is to represent Jesus to those you encounter. The Apostle Paul calls this our Ambassador Role.

These highlights of Moses’ life tell us why Moses is not honored in the sands of Egypt. The decisions and choices he made gained him honor with God instead. Let’s review a few of these choices and decisions.

As the ones closest to the Lord, Moses and Aaron bore the highest responsibility to preserve his reputation.” Like Sam said last week, God cares more about obedience than He does results. Even though Moses and God spoke face to face like friends—for decades—Moses didn’t get special treatment. No unique arrangement. No grandfatherly ‘wink’ and pretend it didn’t happen. God is holy. He is righteous....

When it comes to assessing that question, today’s text teaches us about the most important investment of your life. Give yourself to this one thing and it will guide you and positively enhance everything else you choose to give your life to. Today, we witness God initiating a meeting with Moses and his people. This God-initiated meeting teaches us some important truths about our own meeting with G...

This morning we step into one of the most notable stories of Moses’ life and of the Nation of Israel. When we think of Moses and the book of Exodus and Egypt most of us think of two things: The ten plagues and the parting of the Red Sea. Today, we step into the wild and epic account of the ten plagues and the lessons they teach us.

Do you ever find yourself in a catch 22? In a corner? In a predicament? Often, we can find ourselves in all sorts of different predicaments. Today we are going to watch as Israel finds themselves in a predicament right after they leave Egypt. Today, I want us to pay attention to how Israel responds when they find themselves stuck. By witnessing their response, I hope to gain some insight into what...

Over the last two weeks, we have witnessed God chip away at Pharaoh's disobedient, hardened heart through nine miraculous plagues. While there seemed to be compromises along the way from Pharaoh, we can see in Exodus 10:28 that Pharaoh has decided to buckle down in his disobedience. This disobedience sets the stage for the climax of all the plagues, the 10th plague: death of the firstborn. This mo...

Last year I had the great opportunity to preach on God’s wrath. This year I get to preach on a passage that demonstrates God’s wrath! I’m not sure if that was intentional by Brian or if it just worked out that way. And I hope you don’t begin to despise the weeks I get to preach because they are so … wrath-filled. I hope that this morning you will actually see that God is really “slow to anger and...

This morning we step into one of the most notable stories of Moses’ life and of the Nation of Israel. When we think of Moses and the book of Exodus and Egypt most of us think of two things: The ten plagues and the parting of the Red Sea. Today, we step into the wild and epic account of the ten plagues and the lessons they teach us.

Ever had a day that started out bad and then got worse? Today we journey with Moses on a day that was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. It went from bad to worse. I want us to pick up the story a few days prior with the last few verses of chapter 4:29-31.

Our service today is going to be a little bit different. For those of you have been around Foothills Church over the years, you know that each year about this time we set aside a Sunday morning to celebrate what God has been doing in our church family this past year, and we cast vision for where we believe God is leading us this next year.

The story of the Exodus – Israel leaving slavery in Egypt and being taken to the Promised Land is the “grand story” of the entire Bible. This story, set about 1300 BC is actually OUR story. We may not be making mud bricks with straw out in the scorching sun with barely a day off, but slavery is common to the human condition. Slavery comes in many forms – slavery to other people, slavery to the dar...

I have witnessed fear creep into the minds of followers of Jesus as it pushed faith out. As a result, many are not living to the full potential that Jesus has for them. Some have allowed the voice of fear to drown out the voice of God. Is fear speaking louder than God in your life right now? How do we check to make sure that our faith is what's driving our parenting, driving our marriage, driving...

After his major, life-shattering failure, we left him sitting by a well in the desert area of Midian. Now, think about this, for the next 40 years he negotiates the Desert School of Self-discovery and his heart and soul are conditioned, and deepened, and his attitudes are transformed and seasoned. God didn’t abandon him. On the contrary, after his failure, God had him right where he wanted him — h...

One of the challenges of carrying out God’s will and call or plan for your life is doing so according to God’s timing and methods, rather than you own. This challenge has been going on for God’s people from the beginning. This challenge goes as far back as a man who worked to become highly qualified in his field, and despite becoming highly credentialed as a polished, capable, well-educated leader...

Moses’ mother was a woman of great faith in God. But it was not a foolish faith. She loved Moses deeply and knew there was something special about him. She devised an ingenious plan and she executed it carefully, leaving the ultimate results to God.

Exodus is the book where we first meet Moses and the title kind of gives away the plot. Any time there’s a mass departure, whether huge swarms of people leaving the mall or thousands of people fleeing the country, we call it an exodus. And that’s exactly what exodus means: ‘going out’ or ‘departure.’ So, the story of Moses begins in the book of Exodus. But before we get to meet him, we need to und...

As we bring to close this series on humility and begin looking at the practical ways of living humble lives, I wanted to draw our attention back to the passage Brian walked through on Easter. In his letter to the Philippians, Paul calls the Philippian church to have the same mindset as that of Christ Jesus. A mindset of humility.

This morning we are going to take a look at the book of James and see how James unpacks the topic of humility and we will see how it plays a role in four specific areas of life. Either we can live in the pride that is so easily cultivated in the world, or we can walk in humility.