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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.

Have you ever been stalked? I don’t think I have, but I suppose it would be hard to tell if the stalker was any good! Stalking is one of those creepy things where once you start talking about it, you imagine it’s always happening to you. More people trying to follow Jesus should think about what stalkers do, but not for the reasons you might think at first. Because a lot of people stalk Jesus—they...

A lot of us expect our problems to disappear once we reach out to God. When trials continue or escalate, we get confused and frustrated. Sometimes we pray for things to happen or not happen, but God doesn't seem to answer. It leaves us wondering, does He really care about me? The story of Hosea reminds us that despite how we feel, God relentlessly pursues us with love. Even when it seems like our...

It's human nature to run from God. People see Him as police officer chasing them down or a judge waiting to convict them of all their crimes. But God doesn't pursue us with judgment, He pursues us with grace. God offers a beautiful picture of grace in the story of Hosea and Gomer. His wife is lost in a life of prostitution, owing more debts than she can ever hope to pay. God tells Hosea to not onl...

A lot of us get worn out trying to stay on God's good side. We know we should go to church more, pray more and read more of the bible, but when we try to live a 'better life,' we fail. The more we fail, the guiltier we feel and the harder we try next time. Most people give up on faith or trudge on through life not ever feeling good enough for God. There's a word for this: it's called religion. But...

There is an often-ignored principle that determines the quality and direction of our lives. While we are quick to recognize the importance of this principle in our children’s lives, as adults, we feel like we can disregard it. However, the truth is that we are just as impacted by the power of this principle now, as we were when we were younger. Today, we will discuss how we can become intentional...

Most of the time we operate with a flawed understanding of what it looks like to be spiritually mature. This faulty definition has caused many churches to actually get in the way of those interested in a relationship with God. So what does it look like to spiritually mature? And how do you get there? In this session we’ll discuss how you can partner with the church to move in the right direction a...

Surveys show that around eighty percent of us make New Year’s resolutions. But the same surveys show that we break most of them in the first two months. Each New Year we have a chance to start over. But the question is, “What is your top priority?” For many of us it’s relationships, health, friends, family, and finances. We’re challenging everyone to not put Jesus first, at the top of your new-yea...