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Today we’re all first-time guests at Antioch Community Church. Welcome! :) You’re all invited as we gather with these folks over the next few weeks from the book of Acts and discover how this ancient church had such a huge impact. This church was key in helping spread the message of Jesus all throughout the Roman region and in many parts of the world. What was their secret sauce? What can PFC lear...

As we engage the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead in Luke 24, allow yourself to be drawn deeper into the story using your imagination. You probably know the story well. You can probably recall many of the recorded details and events of the crucifixion, burial, and resurrection. But this isn't just a story to recall, it's a story meant to be embodied and lived. Let the wonder and majes...

As we wrap up our midweek teaching series on the Bible, we're ending with a simple thought: the Bible is most faithfully read when it is read within the context of community . The Bible was composed and written by many different authors who were in conversation with one another. The Bible has always been interpreted and read by Christians throughout Church History in the context of community....

We have the Bible available to us - literally at our fingertips! Whether it’s with your phone, your iPad, your smart home speaker, or your computer, reading and studying Scripture has never been more accessible and convenient. Learn about some online Bible study tools that you can use anywhere and anytime! No more excuses! 

From Genesis to Revelation, the Scriptures reveal a unified story. Not only does the Bible, with all of its complexities, tell one overarching and beautiful story; the interpretive key to that story is the life, teachings, example, death, and resurrection of Jesus. The Scriptures exist to lead us deeper into knowledge and intimacy with Jesus. In this week's midweek teaching we explore this vi...

Listen in as Dave Hakes helps us discover some approaches to interpreting Scripture that help us arrive at God’s intended meaning for our lives today. 

If you've ever walked into a Christian bookstore with the goal of picking out a new Bible, maybe you have had the experience of being completely overwhelmed by the amount of translations available in English. Perhaps you even asked yourself (or a trusted friend), "Which one is best?" Or, "Which one should I avoid?" In this week's midweek teaching we take time to talk...

The Bible can often seem overwhelming and difficult at times to determine its meaning. One practical approach to studying Scripture is a 3-part process of observation, interpretation, and application. In this teaching, we’ll briefly explain and unpack these 3 steps so that we can better understand Scripture and experience life transformation.   

Do you sometimes struggle to stay focused when reading the Bible?  Or do you ever feel like it doesn’t apply to your current circumstances or experience?  Hebrews 4:12 tells us that the Word of God is living and active…which means it has the ability to make a tangible difference in our lives—but it can only do that if we allow it to shape our hearts.  Join us as we continue our series Regarding Sc...

Redemptive curiosity is a gift from the Lord. Curiosity fosters lifelong learning, keeps us appropriately humble, opens relational doors of intimacy with God, and teaches us how to walk as pilgrims through the journey of life. Join us for this week's teaching as we continue our midweek series on the Bible.   

This past weekend I sat down with my three year old son and spent an hour playing Play Doh with him. It was all about horses! He pulled out a toy barn and we filled it with newly formed horses of every shape, color, and size. The Bible says that God is a master potter who forms us like clay. Everytime we come to the Scriptures, inviting the Holy Spirit to illuminate His Word we place ourselves in...

The Holy Spirit illuminates the truth of God’s Word as we read, mediate, and study. However, we need to make sure we are coming in with the right posture so we can hear from God’s Spirit. The Bible is alive and God is speaking through it but are our eyes and ears open to receive it?  

The Bible contains many different genres of writing including laws, prophecy, wisdom literature, history, biography, prayers, songs, poems, apocalyptic literature, personal letters, and more. As with different genres in modern literature, each style of writing requires a different, or nuanced, form of reading and interpretation. The more we can learn to distinguish the genres of the Bible, and lea...

The Bible did not, in fact, fall from the sky. The Bible was composed by many different human authors over the course of many different centuries. The process and canonization of the Christian writings following Jesus’ ministry (New Testament) took over 400 years and yet was completely guided by the Holy Spirit.   

The Bible did not, in fact, fall from the sky. Nor was it delivered by an Amazon drone. The Bible was composed by many different human authors over the course of many different centuries. The process and development of the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) is an amazing, surprising, and miraculous story.  

Last week we launched our new series on the Bible asking the question: Why should we read the Bible? This week we are following up with a similar, but vital question: What is the purpose of the Bible? If we want to utilize the Bible in the way God intended, then we need to understand what its intention is. Unfortunately, the Bible has at times been misused and abused throughout church history. Muc...

The Bible is the world's best selling book and arguably the most influential resource in human history. It is also very old, written from a different cultural perspective, composed in a different place in the world, and written in several foreign languages. Since the Bible is old, hard to understand, difficult to interpret...Why should we read the Bible? Join us as we ask this question and la...

The Lord has always desired an interactive relationship with His creation. In Genesis 2 we read that the Lord walked in the cool of the Garden with Adam and Eve. This example was just a tiny foretaste of the level of connection and intimacy that God desires with humanity. The Incarnation is the ultimate exclamation point on this idea. Jesus not only took on human flesh, He can relate to us in ever...

The Lord has always desired an interactive relationship with His creation. In Genesis 2 we read that the Lord walked in the cool of the Garden with Adam and Eve. This example was just a tiny foretaste of the level of connection and intimacy that God desires with humanity. The Incarnation is the ultimate exclamation point on this idea. Jesus not only took on human flesh, He can relate to us in ever...

New Testament theologian N.T. Wright has often said that the resurrection of Jesus was God’s first act of new creation. We may not be able to fully see it (“now we see in part”), but God has already begun his grand plan of renewal. God’s recreating work began with the life, example, teaching, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus. We don’t know, specifically, how and when God’s work through...

Today we will be looking at the profound act of forgiveness. One of the central characteristics of God is to forgive. Therefore, we are all called to forgive.    

The character of God is revealed through His self-sacrificial, covenantal love and mercy. And His justice and righteousness are satisfied and fulfilled through His self-sacrifice. A lamb was slain to cover the nakedness of Adam and Eve following the Fall. That first sacrifice, and every animal sacrifice that followed, pointed toward a future sacrifice - a once-for-all-time, perfect sacrifice - Jes...

This week’s mid-week teaching looks at God Indwells—What does it mean for a holy God to live within sinful man? We use Eph 1 to look at the purpose behind His indwelling nature and Romans 8 to explore what our response should be to his indwelling.  

The first thing we learn from the Scriptures is that God is a creative God. The Bible begins with the words, “In the beginning God created.” God is a creator. All His various characteristics and attributes are revealed in His creative works, and the very act of creation itself reveals the character of God. God is still creating and He has called us to be His co-creators.  

Right at the beginning of the Bible we learn that God is a God who creates and who speak speaks. Specifically, He creates by speaking. God has not left His creation without revelation but has revealed the purpose of creation through His Word. God is still speaking today.