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Guest Speaker Lemanuel Williams (Founder of Building Shalom) joins us this week in continuing our study through the book of Acts; discussing the growth of the early church, and how Christ is the power AND wisdom of this world.

Guest Speaker Lemanuel Williams (Founder of Building Shalom) joins us this week in continuing our study through the book of Acts and the growth of the early church.

This week Chase discusses the story of Ananias and Sapphira and the dangers to be careful of in the church - How to handle sin and hypocrisy. How important it was for the early church to start off on a good moral foundation. "That's the thing about sin inside the church; it has to be rooted out. We have the choice to let God do it by forcibly removing it, or we can do it ourselves through repentan...

"Make it your aim to put prayer into your daily calendar and what you'll find is that as you pray more and more, your God will get bigger and bigger, and your problems will get smaller and smaller, and God will begin to work in you and through you in ways you can't even imagine."

Maybe you think to yourself "It seems like there's bad people and there's good people. How can God say that even those that are good can't get to heaven if they don't believe in Jesus. That seems harsh, unfair." Aren't christians supposed to be humble and accepting? How can they say Jesus is the ONLY way? Isn't that prideful? Arrogant? Today Chase will show you that Christianity isn't any of those...

This week in Acts chapter 3, let's see what happens when you unleash a holy spirit filled, gospel proclaiming, bible applying, fellowshipping, praying people into the community that doesn't know Jesus!

What does Jesus have in mind for the church? If all you know about church is their worship style and a few sermons..if all you've experienced at a church is that 1hr service...you haven't had a REAL church experience.

Evangelism...Remember, that's the mission. Go and make disciples that make disciples. "One of the best ways that you can take steps in evangelism is to be a public christian." "Everyone you know is living according to a story, and if it's not the story of the Bible, it's going to fall apart one day. The most loving thing we can do is point them to the truth."

What happens after Jesus was crucified? And why would God give all his power to His son, to Jesus?.... Well, to finish what He started. Where have you placed your hope? Where do you draw your power?

The church is not a meeting; it's a movement. Are you a part of the movement?

We welcomed guest speaker Curtis Andrusko form The Summit church to speak on the gospel today. We look at Philippians 3 and how Apostle Paul wants to take us "Back to the Basics" of the christian life and remind us of the fundamentals.

To end the study in Proverbs, Chase teaches us to NOT look at Proverbs (or any other book) as another list of "to-do's and don'ts", but to look for Jesus in each one. God doesn't want us to "be perfect" or feel failure because we can't live up to all the commands. We will never be perfect, but Jesus is! Christianity isn't about behavior modification, it's about heart transformation.

Proverbs 18:21 "Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat it's fruits." With our words, we are either growing and expanding the kingdom of God, we are bringing heaven down to earth..OR we are expanding the kingdom of Satan, we are pulling hell up into our lives. That's a sobering thought. Words have power! Our words have an incredible effect on ourselves and oth...

Chase talks about 4 insights into the will of God. *God's will is more about a direction than a decision. *God's will is less about the future and more about today. *God's will is more about our character than a choice. *God is more concerned about you experiencing His will than you are.

A topic most of us probably haven't though about since high school- FRIENDSHIP. Key take aways: 〜 Proverbs 13:20 tells us "Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer." 〜 "Our friends determine the direction and quality of our lives". 〜 "You will always walk like those you walk with."

This week in Proverbs Chase discusses the topic of Money and the actions of the "wise" versus the "foolish". "when we steward God's resources in a wise way, he will trust us with more resources to steward."

* "You live in the world God created, not the other way around." * "God doesn't want us to be confused. He has actually given us the blueprints or the plans for how he has designed every area of your life to function."

This week Chase wraps up our series in Philemon about forgiveness. In this last week, Chase discusses what happens when in the small percentage of situations, reconciliation does not work out. What do we do when this happens?

This week we talk about step 2 and 3 of the process of forgiveness and the freedom it gives us. Step 1 was canceling the debt. Step 2 is preparing our hearts. Step 3 is pursuing reconciliation.

There are a ton of reasons that we should forgive, but that doesn't change the fact that one of the main reasons we don't is just because we don't understand what the process of forgiveness actually is. Philemon 1:18-19 "If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account. I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it - to say nothing of your owing me even your ow...

* Taking a look at foundational reasons why our world is the way that it is. * The bible isn't an old book, it's a timeless book. The bible doesn't just tell us what happened, but what always happens. * Genesis 3 will not only make sense of the confusion we might feel, but it's also going to give us some immense hope.

Week 6 of our sermon series "WHY ARE CHRISTIANS SO CRAZY?" 6/1/2025

Week 5 of our sermon series "WHY ARE CHRISTIANS SO CRAZY?" 5/25/2025 "We can't put same-sex sexual desire or actions in a uniquely sinful category. Jesus uses the term "sexual immorality" as a very blanket term. You don't go to hell because you have same-sex desires. Being gay doesn't send you to hell. You know how I know that? Because being straight doesn't send you to heaven. " "All of us, like...

Week 4 of our series "WHY ARE CHRISTIANS SO CRAZY?" "In the bible, what we see is that God shows grace to people before he asks them to respond to the truth." "Grace and truth- We are called to be full of both. God hasn't given us options, but has given us an order. We want to do everything in our power to use grace to prepare a heart for truth."

Week 3 of our series "WHY ARE CHRISTIANS SO CRAZY?" 5/11/2025 What is the purpose of marriage? Marriage Ministry support JeffHicks68@gmail.com / JannHicks@me.com