Generations Community Church

Ever been to the mall at Christmas and find yourself wondering why you are there? If it's worth all the hassle, no parking spaces, crowds and frenzy? What about all the list-making? Did you get EACH of your sister's kids a gift? Is everything ready? WHY IS IT that Christmas feels so rushed, so frenzied, so NOT peaceful? In this message, Brian Hull unpacks the FIRST step anyone must take in order t...

When we hanker after stuff that isn't ours, it often leads to breaking the other 9 Commandments. It's what opens the door for a husband to cheat on his wife or for another man to embezzle from his employer. And it's the thing that plays out in church nurseries throughout America when one child is playing with a toy - and another child sees it. Thou shalt not covet...explains the other 9 Commandmen...

Young children and old people have something in common: they have no filter. If they think it or feel it, they say it. And they will say something TRUE, even if it hurts someone else's feelings. In this message, Max Vanderpool unpacks the 9th Commandment: you must not bear false witness against your neighbor (or as we learned it: thou shalt not lie).

One of the first things you learn as a kid is possessive pronouns: mine, his, hers, ours, theirs. And you also learn pretty quick that your siblings, if you had any, are THIEVES. We all know that we're not supposed to steal (or take) what isn't ours. But is the 8th Commandment JUST about stealing? Or is there something MORE going on with what God desires?

If you've ever had to work on a GROUP PROJECT with your classmates, you may have decided you were better off doing it by yourself. But that kind of thinking won't help you accomplish ANYTHING of significance. In this teaching time from November 4th, Max Vanderpool explains why the Bible advocates for cooperation: God wants us to work together.

Adultery. We tend to think of it as that thing that happens when a husband or wife CHEAT (sexually) on their spouse. We tend to think of it as PRIVATE MATTER. And our thinking couldn't be farther from the truth (or the reality of it). In this message, Max Vanderpool teaches on the 7th Commandment (you must not commit adultery) and why the Bible has so much to say about it when it comes to OUR RELA...

Thou shalt not kill. We hear this commandment, and like the one forbidden us to make graven images, think to ourselves how great it is that we've kept it. WE haven't murdered any one, let alone have made an idol. Woo, hoot! That's 2 out of 10...just for showing up. But there's MORE to this commandment than meets the eye - and it has something very POWERFUL to say to us for where we are in America...

Honor your father and mother. It's a pretty straight forward command. And yet, we typically make a couple of assumptions when hearing it: (1) that it's for kids (no, it's for adults) and (2) that it's for our parents' benefit (no, it's for our future). In this message, Max Vanderpool tries to blow away the fog that surrounds the 5th Commandment and why it's really NOT about your parents but about...

Nobody is born with a gene that makes them content...that causes them to think they have the most awesome car (job, house, friends) EVER! Tucked away in one of Paul's letters in the New Testament is some good news for us Americans - contentment can be LEARNED.

YouTube celebrity and guru Amy Porterfield lived a Groundhog Day life - one in which she had to produce a video EVERY SINGLE DAY. But then a friend introduced her to mega-batching and now she makes all the videos she needs in ONE WEEK and takes 5 weeks OFF in between mega-batches. What if you could be MORE PRODUCTIVE by actually doing LESS? The BIble shows us a better way to live - one in which we...

Even though it's 2018, there are certain words, that if you say them, Tweet them, or post them on Facebook can cause you to lose your job and possibly end some of your friendships. Ironically, what was considered blasphemous 50 years is acceptable today and what was considered acceptable 50 years ago is blasphemous today. Most folks think the 3rd Commandment is just about speech (be careful what y...

When we read the 2nd Commandment (make no graven images), we think: NOT ME. That's one commandment I haven't broken - I don't even have a chisel or a lathe - couldn't make one if I tried. That's because, when it comes to idols and idolatry, we tend to think of statues, temples and people in grass skirts on a National Geographic special. But idolatry has to do with your HEART. In this message, Max...

We often forget that, when it comes to initiative, there are two kinds of people: (1) those who see what needs to be done right away and (2) those who tend to miss what needs to be done. Neither type is necessarily better than the other - but understanding your default setting can help you become a person who is BETTER at taking initiative.

One of the BIGGEST things we despise in other people is the sense they think (or believe it to be the case) that they are somehow better than us. Here's the GOOD NEWS: God feels the same way (read James 4:6). In this message, Max Vanderpool talks about the things God brings in our lives to cultivate humility.

Why is it that some people are honest and other people aren't? Is it the case that some people are just good people and others are bad people? Or is it (more) the case that some people are simply in the habit of being honest, of telling the truth? In this message, Max Vanderpool explains why the Apostle Paul (and so many others from ancient times) talked about vices and virtues - because habits ar...

There are a LOT of different ways Baptism is practiced in America: you can be sprinkled as an infant, you can get dunked as a kid, teen or adult, you can don a white robe in a traditional setting, and you can get a cool t-shirt in a party-like contemporary one. Face it. Because there are so many different ways Christians baptize, there's confusion. In this message, Max Vanderpool makes a case for...

Is being SMART the same thing as being WISE? Some people think so, but the Bible makes a case for why wisdom is, in fact, different and why it's worth pursuing. In this message, Max Vanderpool, teaches on the ONLY passage in the Bible to describe Jesus's childhood.

What do you do when you get bad news? When it's something you cannot do anything about? Something like cancer? In this message, James Ballard shares that, when Jesus is with you, you can face ANYTHING.

We all know what it is to be afraid, to be fearful. It's that feeling when we're on the side of a mountain and unsure of our climbing abilities (or the ropes that hold us). It's that feeling when a relationship has exploded and we know we can't forgive them or that it will never be the same. In this message, Brian Hull places our fears in relationship to Jesus - and Jesus, apparently, has a perspe...

We all obsess a little about our friends. Do we have enough? Are the ones we have good friends? Some of us will even go so far as to measure our value as a person by the friends we have. In this message, Max Vanderpool, lays down ONE THING every follower of Jesus should do with intentionality when it comes to friendships.

Despite what you may FEEL, God is actually WITH you...all the time.

When you face something that's wrong, something that's unjust, something that's evil - you have to remember that not everyone (else) responds to it the SAME way you do. God has given people different temperaments, different personalities and different callings. In this message, Max Vanderpool draws out the differences between Elijah the prophet and Obadiah the palace administrator - each of whom f...

Potential alone will not guarantee future success. How else do you explain all those people in high school voted most likely to succeed? How many of THEM live up to that label? Samson, the ancient Superman, had as much potential as anyone listed in the Old Testament. His birth was announced by the Angel of the LORD, he was given supernatural strength, and God's Spirit was upon him. And YET, Samson...

God has consistently used other people to help YOU - to bless you, encourage you, help you, teach you, walk alongside you, correct you and so much more. And yet NOT ONE of those people completely had their act together. It's a theme we see over and over and over again in the Bible: God can use you, no matter what.

God has consistently used other people to help YOU - to bless you, encourage you, help you, teach you, walk alongside you, correct you and so much more. And yet NOT ONE of those people completely had their act together. It's a theme we see over and over and over again in the Bible: God can use you, no matter what.