June 21, 2022
by Tommy Clayton
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Sermon Series
The most infamous heretic in church history was a man named Arius in the fourth century. He denied the deity of Jesus Christ. He taught that Jesus was a created being, not divine, not eternal, and therefore, not fully God. Those claims alarmed church leaders and put Arius on the heresy watch-list....
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June 21, 2022
by Tommy Clayton
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Sermon Series
| Tags: romans, Engage, Sin, Indwelling Sin
I recently read the story of the Worst Roommate ever. Bad roommates are late on rent. They don’t flush the toilet. They make noise and fight over the thermostat setting. But this roommate takes conflict to a whole new level. Here’s the story:...
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April 19, 2022
by Tommy Clayton
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Sermon Series
| Tags: Gospel, romans, Engage, Incentive
In Romans chapter 7, Paul brings clarity to a question Christians have struggled to answer for a long time: how do we as followers of Jesus relate to God’s moral law?...
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April 12, 2022
by Matt Karr
| Tags: Thread
It's always been there. I just haven't always noticed it. It's thin, this thread. So thin that it often seems to disappear. But it is indeed there. It's always there. It runs through every single event in my life. From before I can even remember. It always appears bigger in the past than it does in the present. That's how I first noticed the thread. By looking back. The th...
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April 12, 2022
by Matt Karr
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Sermon Series
| Tags: Holy Week, I Am, Easter
Triumph. Humility. Confrontation. Celebration. Betrayal. Anxiety. Prayer. Trials. Torture. Death. Weeping. Resurrection. Victory. Jesus had quite the week. ...
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March 8, 2022
by Matt Karr
| Tags: resources, The Book Shelf, Live No Lies, John Mark Comer
"Our war against the three enemies of the soul is not a war of guns and bombs. It's not against other people at all. It's a war on lies. And the problem is less that we tell lies and more that we live them; we let false narratives about reality into our bodies, and they wreak havoc in our souls." -John Mark Comer
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March 8, 2022
by Matt Karr
| Tags: The Book Shelf, resources, Habits of Grace
"God has revealed certain channels through which he regularly pours out his favor. And we're foolish not to take his word on them and build habits of spiritual life around them." - Mathis...
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February 23, 2022
by Matt Karr
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Category:
The Book Shelf
| Tags: resources, The Book Shelf, Deitrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die." - Bonhoeffer...
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January 19, 2022
by Tommy Clayton
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Sermon Series
| Tags: grace, 5th Sunday Service, Law and Grace, Law, Bad Church
Author Philip Yancey describes himself as, “a pilgrim, still 'in recovery' from a bad church upbringing, searching for the possibility of a faith rooted in grace instead of fear.”...
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December 21, 2021
by Matt Karr
| Tags: Joy
"Joy to the World!" "Let heaven and nature sing!" Each and every year, Christmas is supposed to bring a season of joy and laughter; magic and fun. It's a time to be filled with cheer, soak in extra time with family, and spread kindness to our neighbors. Joy to the world. And joy to the full.
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