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When we think of church, why is a building the first thing that comes to mind? Is church a place full of robes and pews? Bands and banners? Or is church meant to refer to something different?

What kind of person does God use? As you read through the Bible it becomes clear that God doesn’t usually use the smartest or the most sophisticated person. He doesn’t often use someone who has all the answers or who knows what he is doing. What does it take for God to do something amazing? All the disciples could muster was five loaves and two fish to feed a hungry crowd of over five thousand. Bu...

People ask a lot of questions. Who should I marry? Where should I live? What car should I buy? Where did I put my keys? While we will never be able to answer every question with confidence, can we have an answer for everyone? Christians aren’t called to have an answer to everything, but to be an answer to everyone.

The Bible, quiet times spent with God, prayer—these are things we need when we embark on a relationship with God. We desire to connect with God, but there are so many things that get in the way or discourage us. Our schedules are jam‐packed and it seems impossible to squeeze God in. Everywhere we turn, there is someone vying for our attention or needing something. But, what trips us up the most is...

Bowe Bergdahl, the 28-year-old U.S. Army sergeant who spent five years as a captive in Afghanistan before being traded for five high profile Taliban leaders, was returned by the Taliban on May 31, 2014. Bergdahl was the only U.S. soldier held captive in Afghanistan and was released in exchange for five detainees from a detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The circumstances surrounding the pri...

She’s one of today’s most popular television personalities. She’s known for her humor, her wit and her charm. For a living, she interviews the most famous people in the world, and has fun doing it. In this message, Chris looks at what would happen in a one-on-one conversation between Ellen DeGeneres and the ultimate guest, Jesus Christ. And as we peek into this interview, we discover some things t...

Robin Williams normally doesn’t fail to make people laugh. But the world was crying on August 11th, 2014 to hear that the legendary comedian and performer Robin Williams had committed Suicide. In public, Robin Williams shared only the joy he found in life, never the sorrow. He was the same man in private, shielding even longtime friends from the darkness of depression that finally enveloped him. “...

Walter has good intentions—he is wanting to provide for his family before he dies. I understand that. If you’re a man, we all understand that, don’t we? We want our family to be okay. Our wife to be financially secure. We want our children to not have to wonder where the next meal is coming to come from. Walter has good intentions. But he makes a bad choice. He breaks the law. In the church world,...

Lance Armstrong – the cancer-surviving cyclist who fought back to win seven Tour de France victories and take the sports world by storm. It’s one of the most well-known stories of our time. It’s a story that was never true. And in the end, it’s a story that has more to do with us than we may realize. We all want to be known for something. Whether it’s for being successful or influential or a winne...

Kevin Phillips, from The For All Mankind Movement, will be speaking. In 2005, Kevin Phillips came to the Middle East and saw the tremendous strategic nature of the immigrant worker camps in Gulf nations. Seeing the multitudes of some of the most unreached and inaccessible people groups from the middle east coming to this region, Kevin Phillips felt burden to move his family and live among Muslims...

A lot of people stall out or quit their faith journey because they get discouraged. Some just grow disillusioned because as hard as they try to get close to God, they still don't feel connected. Isn't it true that the more you grow in your faith, the more you'll feel God's presence? But what if your spiritual connection isn't always reflected in your emotional condition?

You've heard it many times: God helps those who help themselves. That might be true in another religion, but not in Christianity. In fact, the Bible teaches a radical alternative that might surprise you. Join us as we explore the radical and challenging teachings of Jesus.

Most of us know people who think their sins are no big deal and don't need to be taken seriously. At the same time we also know people who think their sins are so big that they can never recover from them. What if both groups are wrong? Are some sins to big to recover from? Are other sins no big deal? Do sins have sizes?

Why does truth matter? If you believe one thing, and I believe another, who really cares? Does it matter? This week, we'll look at why truth trumps sincerity. We'll look at what can happen if you're sincere in your beliefs, but you're also sincerely wrong.

Single individuals struggle with many dangerous assumptions and unique challenges. The single adult small group from oneChurch tackles many of these issues by sharing from their own lives and talking about specific people and Bible passages that spoke to them in their struggles. What happens when you make a partner in life your everything? Is sex restricted because young people are not mature enou...

We are part of a culture that spends more money each year on pornography than country music, rock music, jazz music, classical music, Broadway plays, and ballet combined. Well, today we’re exposing the dirty little secret called pornography. It is an open and honest discussion to bring awareness about the reality of pornography use and abuse that is rampant in the church while bringing hope to tho...

We are part of a culture that spends more money each year on pornography than country music, rock music, jazz music, classical music, Broadway plays, and ballet combined. Well, today we’re exposing the dirty little secret called pornography. It is an open and honest discussion to bring awareness about the reality of pornography use and abuse that is rampant in the church while bringing hope to tho...

Few people are comfortable in the skin God gave them. The voices of Hollywood in the latest fashions meet us daily in the grocery line bombarding us with messages of success and power telling us what we should be. Will we listen to those voices, or will we listen to our Father, who loves us, created us in His image, and gifted us with purpose? In him and him alone do we find approval and learn wha...

In our culture the definition of masculinity has been blurred. Most men in our culture if they are honest have a nagging question that won’t go away. It goes something like this, “there must be more than this?” So often men, out of a sense of deep dissatisfaction seek to express their masculinity in different ways. Some seek to prove themselves through business and the acquisition of wealth. Some...

IF. Stands for infertility. A big ugly word that hangs over the hearts of more than seven million people. It’s also a complicated word. It’s a word that lots of people think is an easy fix when it’s not. It’s a turn-your-world-on-it’s-head word. A word that simultaneously brings silence and shouting to deep places in one’s soul. A word that touches things inside you that you didn’t want to be touc...

What happens when you realize you have allowed some bad art to be tattooed on you? There’s always laser removal as an option, but it’s expensive, it’s very painful, it takes quite a few sessions, it may not be totally effective, and it may leave scarring. Most people don’t endure the pain of tattoo removal. Tattoo artists recommend that it is much easier and cheaper to cover an old, undesired tatt...

They feel permanent and we allow them to define us. But what if we listened to what God has to say about us instead of what others say? Because we all choose to be tattooed and marked by someone. So who is marking your life?

Most of us have a tendency to pray about things we can’t change while ignoring the things we can change. What if you flipped that? We’ll look at how your life - and the world -- can change for the better if you ask God to change you, and surrender the rest to God.

Loss, grief, pain, bitter disappointment…all too often, these characterize our existence. Indeed, it often feels like we can’t go for very long in this life without experiencing at least one of them. So, what does this tell us about God? What kind of God is He that He would allow such things to happen? Sometimes we may feel as though God is uninvolved in our circumstances and our concerns. But God...

We’ve all been disappointed when our prayers don’t get answered the way we hoped. Are we praying incorrectly? Is there a better way to pray? Does God just not care? This week, we’ll look at why looking for specific answers in prayer can be disappointing, and what to do about it.