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This is the fourth sermon in our "Gospel Culture: Living Out our Church Values" series.

This is the third sermon in our "Gospel Culture: Living Out our Church Values" series. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Let your table know a time you learned something from a friend, spouse, or peer that was very helpful to you.   What are some ways that we can be others-centered and care for one another well?  What makes this hard in our culture?  Pray for each other at your table that you will g...

This is the second sermon in our "Gospel Culture: Living Out our Church Values" series. SERMON OUTLINE: 1: What is prayer? 2: What does prayer accomplish? 3: How do we pray? DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: How often do you pray? What prompts or causes you to pray? What questions do you have about prayer? Are we a praying church?

This is the first sermon in our "Gospel Culture: Living Out our Church Values" series. SERMON OUTLINE: 1: What characterizes Jesus’ ministry? (Mt. 9:35) 2: What motivates Jesus’ ministry? (Mt. 9:36) 3: Who implements Jesus’ ministry? (Mt. 9:37-38) DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Which of the aspects of Jesus’ ministry (Head, Heart, Hands) are you most excited about? Which do you most struggle with...

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: What difficulty or loss are you grieving from this last year? How can you see Jesus working in the midst of that? What from this last year do you need to leave behind? What needs to die in your life for God to do something new and better? Who is God putting on your heart that needs to know the love of Jesus? How will you be intentional to share Good News this upcoming year? W...

Discussion Questions: How are you being intentional about focusing on Jesus this Advent season?  When do you most feel your desire to be king? When you act upon those desires, what are the consequences for those around you? What about the verses discussed today help you remember only Jesus is King? How does that change your relationships with others?

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Share a time when your life suddenly seemed bigger than all of the explainable things we operate in from day to day. How did you see God at work there?  Share a time when difficulty and hardship helped you to see God's work in the world.   Pray for each other that we would all find joy in God's work this Advent Season.  

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: How are you being intentional about hearing from Jesus this Advent season? What are the practical rhythms you are engaging? Reflecting on Calvin’s quote, where do we see Christ “in name only” in our culture? How does Jesus as the true Prophet impact the way you talk about Christmas with your neighbors and friends?

A special morning of prayer, fellowship, and hearing from women in our congregation on the topic of gratitude amidst difficult seasons.

Sermon Outline Three Truths that Should Lead Us to Gratitude 1. You are not the source of all the good things in your life 2. There is a purpose for the hard things in your life 3. Gratitude lifts our gaze to God Discussion Questions:  1.  Write down 3 things you are currently grateful for in your life.   2.  Share them with your family and friends!

SERMON OUTLINE: 1: The controversy over fellowship (Lk. 5:27-32). 2: The controversy over fasting (Lk. 5:33-35). 3: The controversy over sabbath (Lk. 6:1-5). 4: The controversy over synagogue (Lk. 6:6-11). DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: What are some things you are legalistic about in your own life (things you esteem in yourself)? How can that lead to you condemning others? What makes you anxious or angry?...

SERMON OUTLINE: Scene 1: A leper and the need for healing (Luke 5:12-16). Scene 2: A paralytic and the need for forgiveness (Luke 5:17-26). Scene 3: A tax collector and the need for transformation (Luke 5:27-32). DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: What do you need Jesus to do for you? Which of these three scenes speaks most to your situation currently? Who does the American church (or our church specifically)...

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: What are some ways we can open up our lives to others? Does anyone at your table have an example from their own life?  What are ways we can make sure our families and communities would see us as loving, open people?   Pray for someone who has not yet Believed in Christ, connected with a person at your table. Ask that God would draw them to Himself.

SERMON OUTLINE: 1: Jesus demonstrates His authority over demons (Luke 4:31-37) 2: Jesus demonstrates His authority over disease (Luke 4:38-41) 3: Jesus demonstrates His authority over our desires (Luke 4:42-44) DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: How differently would you live if you truly believed Jesus had authority over all things? Who comes to mind when you read about others “appealing to Jesus on their beh...

SERMON OUTLINE: 1: Jesus begins His public ministry (Luke 4:14-15). 2: The hometown boy makes good (Luke 4:16-22). 3: The hometown boy makes enemies (Luke 4:23-30). DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: What is your first response when something is difficult in your life? What is your standard approach to dealing with a problem you are facing?  What type of person do you think of as a “church person”? What type o...

SERMON OUTLINE: 1: Rocks into Bread 2: The Kingdoms of the World 3: The Angels will save You DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: How does it help us in our own struggles to know that Jesus was tempted like we are?  How can we lean in to the "help" of that truth in our lives?  What are some scriptures that have been helpful to you when you are tempted to sin?  As you talk about #2 at your table write d...

SERMON OUTLINE: 1: The baptism of the Son of God (Luke 3:21-22). 2: The genealogy of the Son of God (Luke 3:23-38). DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: What stood out in the passage today you haven’t seen before? How might that show the importance of theology? Why do we tend to think that some people have a “head start” with Jesus? Why is it important to reject that false idea? How is this passage Good News for...

SERMON OUTLINE: 1: The call to repentance prepares the way (Luke 3:1-6). 2: The content of repentance prepares the individual (Luke    3:7-14). 3: The Christ of repentance deserves the glory (Luke 3:15-20).  DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: When you personally find it hard to repent, what are the factors? How does John’s message speak to those? Why do you think John’s applications of repentance had to do wit...

SERMON OUTLINE: 1: The story of Jesus’ childhood (Luke 2:39-52). 2: The purpose of the story of Jesus’ childhood. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Where are you in your understanding of who Jesus is? Would you be more likely to forget Jesus was truly human or truly God? How would that lessen your joy? How is the message that “it’s ok for us to be only human because Jesus is not merely human” good news for yo...

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: How have you seen "steadfastness have it's full effect" in your life?  How has waiting on the Lord affected you and helped you? How have you seen God's faithfulness in preserving You throughout your life, and in keeping his promises to You?  Pray for anyone at your table who finds themselves waiting on the Lord, or finds themselves, like Mary, looking ahea...

SERMON OUTLINE: 1: The foundation and tradition of Luke’s writing (Luke 1:1-2). 2: The approach and purpose of Luke’s writing (Luke 1:3-4). DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: How certain are you that the Word of God tells the true story of the Son of God? This is a safe place to answer honestly. What are the factors that have led you to your current level of certainty? What other steps of study or investigatio...

SERMON OUTLINE: 1: Encouraging Advice 2: A few warnings 3: A Cloud of Witnesses 4: Run with endurance 5: Fixing our eyes on Jesus DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: What are some of the more common weights than slow Christians down? What weights or hinderances slow you down? What are your thoughts about the respectable sins among Christians? Are there sins that Christians seem to be more involved in? What prac...

SERMON OUTLINE: 1: Why we need refuge (Psalm 16:1). 2: What refuge is (Psalm 16:2-5). 3: What refuge produces (Ps. 16:6-11). 4: Where refuge is found. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: If refuge is running somewhere for peace or safety when life is hard, where do you typically run? Which aspect of biblical refuge in verses 2-5 do you most struggle with? Which attribute of God’s refuge in verses 6-11 do you mo...

SERMON OUTLINE: 1: Why repentance matters (Isa. 30:15-18). 2: What repentance looks like (Ps. 51). 3: How to practice repentance. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: How would you define repentance? How is repenting to God or repenting to another person similar and different? When do you most struggle to truly repent? What do you think are some characteristics of genuine repentance?