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There are over 208,000 people in Montgomery County, TN. According to some researchers, over 80% of those people are not engaged in the life of a local church. At oneChurch.tv , our mission is to lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. That means those 208,000 people are our reason for existing. However, that task can seem overwhelming if we focus on the size and scope of the mis...

Anytime we start to follow God and His purpose, you will be met by criticism and discouragement. When that happens, the best thing for us to do is to pray, remember, and revise the plan–knowing that God planted this purpose in us. BIG IDEA: Prayer prepares and positions me to respond appropriately to my critics.

When problems become our passion, we discover God’s purpose for our lives. And if your purpose is part of God’s plan? There will be more risks, and more questions than answers. It will involve physical sacrifice and all of us doing our part to further God’s kingdom. When we sacrifice some of our treasures, it allows Him to stir our hearts towards the path to spiritual renewal. BIG IDEA: This wall...

When problems become our passion, we discover God’s purpose for our lives. But when is the right time to start talking about what’s burning within your heart? When it’s time to talk about the purpose God has birthed in you, you should be able to answer these four questions clearly: the problem, the solution, the reason and the timing. BIG IDEA: If God is planting a passion and a purpose in your he...

The story of Nehemiah moves from prayer to planning. Nehemiah’s heart was broken by the news that Jerusalem still lay in ruins, over 100 years after its destruction. After praying, Nehemiah brings to the king his plan to rebuild the city walls. Having a vision builds our faith and serves as a constant reminder of our dependency on God. But it will take some courage and discomfort on your part. BIG...

The book of Nehemiah is not actually about people rebuilding walls; it’s about God rebuilding people. Sometimes we need to zoom out to get the bigger picture on what God is doing in and all around us. BIG IDEA: If it breaks your heart, be a part of fixing it.

What makes Christianity different from any other religion is that God actually entered our world and became human. “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son [Jesus] from the Father” (John 1:14). If this is true, isn’t it worth breaking from the busyness of your life to listen to what he has to say, to learn from what he did? Don’t you want to l...

What do we do with the millions of stories held by rational, credible people that defy all logic? Belief in miracles is seen by skeptics as something for the ancient mind - the naive and uninformed - and not for modern, scientific, rational people. But what if miracles are actually probable given the universe in which we live? What if the miracles we read about in the accounts of Jesus’ life on ea...

Jesus was asked to sum up all of the commandments in the Bible with the single greatest command. His response was: Love God with your whole self. So why does it seem so scandalous to live out the command to love God? Contrary to what you might think, the topic of loving God is one of the most neglected ideas in modern Christianity. BIG IDEA: Being in love with God is better than just believing in...

Jesus upends everything we ever thought about God, ourselves, and what life is all about. From demons to miracles, from why we tell lies to questions about heaven, hell, and the purpose of our lives--Jesus speaks to every area of life, even the topics we don’t want him to talk about. Every person must make their own decision about Jesus. You must investigate him and his claims as if your life depe...

What does it mean to be for something? In a world where so many people are AGAINST so many things, God calls us as the church to be FOR others, because God is FOR us and sent His Son FOR us. BIG IDEA: Loving Others is not an option!

So what if someone knew everything? Everything. Would they hate you? Reject you? The truth is Someone does know everything. And He loves you. The question is, how do you respond? BIG IDEA: Completely loved people completely love people.

Because of our sin, so many of us spend our time isolated from God and from others. We run. We run because we believe the lie that we can’t be fully known and fully loved. And yet as we run from God, we discover something utterly astonishing. That while we were running from God, he was running to us. BIG IDEA: When you were running away from God, God was running to you.

Have you ever had a dream, plans, and vision crushed so swiftly that you didn’t know if you would ever be able to recover? Psalm 13 shows us how to “see a victory” when everything seems like it’s against us. BIG IDEA: Honesty and community position us for victory.

What do you do when you make a mistake? You want to do what almost every politician and leader does when they make a mistake—you try to cover it up. In the process of covering up our mistakes, we cover up something else. Something far more significant, and something far more tragic. Big Idea: In an attempt to hide your sin, you hid yourself.

78% of people who don’t attend church are open to a conversation with a Christian about what they believe. At the same time, on average, Christians share what they believe with less than one person a year. There seems to be a disconnect between what God calls all of us to be—“His witnesses, telling about Jesus to everyone”—and our reality. BIG IDEA: The Good news does no good if it stays here.

Waiting is something we aren’t typically very good at. And sadly, 2020 and 2021 has felt like one giant waiting room. When we look at the Bible, one of the longest seasons of waiting happened when God’s people waited for the fulfillment of the promise of a coming Messiah. The story of Christmas shows us that just because we find ourselves waiting doesn’t mean that God isn’t working. God always ful...

The Bible talks about prayer often. Have you ever felt confused about prayer? Maybe you can relate to the crushing feeling of guilt that you don’t pray enough. Or, maybe you think prayer is completely illogical. Or conversely, you have seen prayer bring you a measure of comfort that is unexplainable. What if prayer was actually the most important and powerful aspect of a relationship with Jesus? B...

JIM CLASS PT 5: GOOD POSTURE The Bible talks about good posture often: “Pride goes before destruction. A haughty spirit before a fall. Humble yourselves under God's mighty hand that He may lift you up. God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. Stand firm. Let nothing move you. Be joyful always. Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry. Trust in the Lord. Do not lean o...

Like a small spark that has the potential to scorch an entire green forest, our tongues are untamable, with the power to control our whole bodies. We have a tool that can be used to build up those around us or tear them down in just a few words. What do we do with that kind of power? We can’t lock it away. But we can, by God’s grace, learn to control it. BIG IDEA: The tongue controls the course of...

The Bible says a lot about the importance of acquiring wisdom, knowledge, and discernment. However, knowing is half the battle. Sometimes, if we aren’t intentional, if we aren’t careful, we can get stuck in the knowledge trap. We can know a lot, and do very little. Strengthening our faith involve smore than just knowledge. BIG IDEA: Knowing without doing will keep you from growing.

Life isn’t easy. We’ve all faced troubles, and if we’re not careful, they can derail us and derail our faith. James knows this, so for his first Jim Class, James is going to challenge how we think about troubles and how the resistance of adversity stretches our faith muscles. BIG IDEA: Your pain is not where God is absent but where He is most present.

After Jesus’ death and resurrection, his followers couldn’t re-embrace a temple religion. They were left with Jesus’ odd assortment of commandments—impossible to imagine before the resurrection but made possible by the resurrection. These commandments would fuel a movement that changed the world. Perhaps the most popular commandment among those who don’t follow Jesus is “judge not.” It’s the one C...