Grace Church NWA

Clearly understanding exactly who Jesus is and what Jesus is about, and understanding who we are and what we are about is essential to cultivating a proper attitude of gratefulness. Text: Luke 7: 36-50 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.

Having faith that God will provide is much more challenging than we may realize. Text: Luke 9:10-17 To find out more about us you can visit our website at www.gracechurchnwa.org

Jesus seeks out each of us (yes, even those we’d rather be excluded), and invites us into relationship. Text: Luke 19:1-10 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.

God’s heart and design is for everyone from everywhere to have a seat at the table. Text: Revelation 19:6-9 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.

Jockeying for a higher position is counter to the ethic of the Kingdom of Jesus. Text: Luke 14: 1-14 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.

Valuing our invitation to, and belonging in, the Kingdom of God should be at the center of every decision we make. Text: Luke 14:15-24 (NET) Find more about us at www.gracechurchnwa.org

Paying attention to, becoming aware of, God’s presence and provision for us in essential to living a flourishing life. Text: Psalm 23, Hebrews 12:1-2 Find more about us at www.gracechurchnwa.org

We all long for something we call “peace”, but is that the peace that we find in the Bible? Learning what the peace that God promises and embodies is essential to our rightly aligning our imagination and expectations. Isaiah 9: 1-7 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.

Love is a person, love is a verb (thanks, DC Talk), love in an action, characteristic, posture, and lens through which we see the world. When we only talk about it as a feeling or emotion we miss the bigger picture, so let’s expand our understanding. Loving from the center of who we are takes intentionality and work, but it allows us to follow what God, who loves not just in theory but in action,...

Our experience of Joy, or the lack thereof, is a significant indicator of what we are giving space to in our lives. Holding space, or making room for Joy is one of the primary spiritual disciplines of the Jesus follower. Philippians 2:1-11 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.

What we hope for is guided by what we perceive to be the need. Deeply examining what it is we are hoping for reveals much about our hearts. Where is our hope centered? Who is included in our hopes and who is left out? Does what we hope for only benefit us? Does our hope cost us anything? Luke 3: 1-6 (NET) You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.

Being in Christ sets the threat level of our lives to absolute zero when it comes to the things that we are usually taught to fear. Living out of our being in Christ sets us free from the threats of the “the way things are” and having to live from our own resources. It reorients us to consider what is really really threatening and allows us to face those things with confidence. Romans 8 You can fi...

Growing up in the Christian faith can sometimes lead us to miss how much more God is than anything else, including the sins that we commit. Our western, Evangelical way of thinking has placed an inordinate amount of attention on sin and our identity becomes one that is framed by our sin rather than the actual truth that we are image bearers of God, a good creation. For more information, visit www....

Growing up in a Christian culture has big advantages, and none at all. Having access to the Good News, hearing the Gospel and growing up in a culture where there are all kinds of churches, and Young Life and K-Life and Cru and Kanakuk is a tremendous gift. It is all also worthless, even damning if we think it is those things that save us. Romans 3-4 You can find out more about us at our website ww...

Romans 1-2 You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org. It is a priority for us at Grace Church NWA to make LGBTQIA+, all ethnicities and races, those with disabilities, and other marginalized people groups feel accepted, included, and valuable to the life of our community!

We don’t earn God’s love and acceptance of us in any way shape or form. Humility towards ourselves and others is the only reasonable response to this fact. Our attitudes and postures towards those we disagree with is one of the most visible displays of what we believe about ourselves and about God. The way of Jesus is one of humility, grace and love. Romans 11:13-36 You can find out more about us...

The Kingdom of God is open for everybody. And that has some serious consequences. As followers of Jesus we must constantly be returning to our roots, to the person and ethos of Jesus the Messiah and doing this in a way that acts as a consistent critique of our practices and privileges. Romans 9:1-11:10 You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.

The essence of knowing is in the doing. The essence of obedience is in the acting. The essence of loving God is in loving others. In many ways, following Jesus isn’t that difficult to understand, but can seem impossible, at times, to actually do. Visible results are limited at best and immediate, miraculous changes or resolutions rare. This might be the greatest challenge to, and builder of, our f...

A lived theology isn’t an orientation toward the Bible, but an orientation toward Jesus and toward one another. Romans 14:7-9, 15:3, 5,7, 12:1-8, 12:14-13:10,14,15, 16:17-20 You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org. It is a priority for us at Grace Church NWA to make LGBTQIA+, all ethnicities and races, those with disabilities, and other marginalized people groups feel...

In the same space where we break bread, we can build bridges, but the real work begins when dinner is over. Romans 14:1-15:13 You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org. It is a priority for us at Grace Church NWA to make LGBTQIA+, all ethnicities and races, those with disabilities, and other marginalized people groups feel accepted, included, and valuable to the life of...

Romans 16 tells us about Paul’s relationships and ministry influences—both men and women—and introduces us to Phoebe, the woman Paul chose to perform his message to the house churches in Rome. You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.

Paul’s letter to the Romans is primarily an ecclesiological letter meant to be lived out in the life of the Church. You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.

Believing in Jesus is foundational to being a Christian and finding true life. Believing is the end, but also the beginning of our Christian walk. It participates in the means and the end. You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.

"Become" August 22nd 2021 (Teacher: Laura Holland) by Grace Church NWA

"Belong" August 15th 2021 (Teacher: John Ray) by Grace Church NWA