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Don't Miss Moments: Jesus Shining Brightly = My Rock
When we're on the mountaintop of God's blessings, it's easy to praise him. The big question, Pastor Mike says, is what will happen when we fall down into a valley? How will our faith survive life's challenges and prove that we're not just using God for the mountaintop moments but will still worsh...
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Don't Miss Moments: Jesus' Perfection = My Perfection
God is like a treasure at the end of a tightrope. We have to walk a perfect path to get to the treasure, because if we slip just once, we're done. Unfortunately, we slip often. But that's what makes Jesus so amazing—he gives us a ride across the tightrope, taking each step perfectly to reunite us...
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Don't Miss Moments: Jesus' Baptism = My Power Source
We know our birthdays, anniversaries, and other milestone dates. But how many of us know the date we were baptized? And why does that even matter? Because, Pastor Mike says, Baptism is a very big deal. God attached his own promises to Baptism—the love and power of God go through Baptism to us... ...
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Do We Compromise Sexual Morality?
Churches today face the temptation of believing they are faithful while subtly compromising their values, especially when it comes to biblical sexual morality. It's an uncomfortable topic that needs to be addressed, Pastor Mike says, in order to enjoy God's gift of sex, to understand the conseque...
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ME on Team Jesus?
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When you consider that Jesus could have picked anyone to be on his team of disciples/friends, the people you see closest to our Savior are stunning. This series reminds us that Jesus truly wants all people to know him, follow him, and spend forever with him, including you!
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What Was I Thinking?
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We all think all the time. Each of us thinks something about God, about ourselves, about life, about challenges, about blessings, etc. Yet not every thought is full of truth (or love). This four-part series helps us rethink about our thinking, which allows us to get back to what is biblical, beau...
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How Do I Fix My Relationship With God?
Most religions teach that if we mess up a relationship with the divine, we have to fix it. If our karma is bad or our scale shows more bad deeds than good or if we've broken a few too many commandments, we'd better make up for it. And that's what makes Christianity different: God reconciled us. B...
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Am I Worthy of Thanks?
It's not unusual to wonder if we're significant, if we've really made a difference in other people's lives. We often feel that way because we're not where we think we should be in life. But, as Pastor Jeremy reminds us, we actually are exactly where God wants us to be. In this Thanksgiving messag...
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The Miracle and Message of Music
What kind of connection is there between God and music? We often take music for granted but, Pastor Mike reminds us, it is a miracle that the Bible has so much to say about. Pastor Mike covers two big ideas that attest to the power of God and music. ... Transcript: http://bit.ly/3WSFRh5
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How Can I Resist Temptation?
So much of life hinges on this single thing we call self-control—because there are so many temptations that can overcome us. So how do we get more self-control? Pastor Mike zeroes in on two big ways that God helps us have more self-control. ... Transcript: http://bit.ly/3EpsGNd
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Seriously, God?
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This two-word question has been asked by believers, former believers, and never believers, calling into question the goodness and very existence of God. Even committed Christians wrestle with God’s plan for their lives when pain, confusion, and grief interrupt their personal plans for the future....
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Help Me Have More . . .
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In a world that feels increasingly unsettled and angry, T-shirts and social media posts encourage us all to “be kind” or “choose kindness.” The Bible not only agrees with that message but adds, “Be joyful, peaceful, patient, and self-controlled.” However, God does not leave us with a simple comma...
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Skeptical Faith
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In the swirl of ideas, beliefs, and questions of the internet age, Christians are often challenged for their faith. This five-part series uses a crash course on apologetics to equip Christians to hold on to and share their faith with the skeptics in their lives, including the one in their own hea...
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Freedom in Forgiveness
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The Bible's teaching on forgiveness must be handled with care so that its power is used to help and not to hurt, draw people closer to God and not push him away. This four-part series explores what biblical forgiveness is, how it works, and why we offer it to one another freely.
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Jesus Judges Churches Too
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What would Jesus say if he judged us? Two thousand years ago, the Son of God did that very thing, evaluating different first-century churches. In this series, we read Jesus' analysis of these churches and apply them to our spiritual lives as we seek to be faithful to our Savior.
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My Best Life Possible
What if someone told you that you could have the best life possible? Even if your life is already pretty good right now, or especially if it's not, you CAN have a really full and abundant life. And, as Pastor Mike shares in today's Easter message, it starts with knowing the beautiful promise Jesu...
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What Is Love?
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Why is there so much hatred in the world? If most everyone agrees that we should love one another, why is love such a rare species? And why do some people call hate what others think is love? This four-part series explores, from a biblical perspective, what love and hate mean, what God loves and ...
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Whose Truth Do I Trust?
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Out of the millions of conflicting mesages that we absorb from our feelings, our parents, our friends, our culture, our media, and our churches, each of us will accept some things as true while rejecting other things as false. But how do we know if we believe the truth? In a world where billions ...
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Churchy Words Explained (and Why You Should Care)
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The Bible, and particularly the good news of the gospel contained within it, is full of words that are not easy to define, a reality that can leave us with something less than the understood, applied, and enjoyed message that our Father intended. This series explores six of the most important yet...
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How to Deal
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If this year is anything like last year, we are going to have a lot to deal with. The next 12 months will confront us, surprise us, challenge us, tempt us, bless us, and make us want to stay home and watch Netflix until Jesus returns. But God has a mission for us to go out into a messy world with...