Hope in the Dark – All Things New
DAY 1: A New Heaven and New Earth… Take a moment in silence and stillness. Then read Revelation 21:1-8. If you’ve been tracking...
Daily Reading
Reading and Praying Together
Hope in the Dark – Final Judgements
Hello church! Welcome to the second last week of our readings through Revelation. I’m not going to lie to you – we are going to...
Hope in the Dark – The Last Plagues
Day 1 – The Lamb and The Beast Read Revelation 15:1-4 1 I saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign: seven angels with...
Hope in the dark – can you read the signs?
As we begin this week’s readings, we need to remember that the book of Revelation is a big picture – a grand vision vision – so we...
Sounding the Alarm
Well, if you thought last week’s readings were a little crazy, get ready for a second helping of nuts! Some of the most difficult and...
Hope for the suffering
So now we come to the crazy stuff in Revelation. These chapters contain maybe the most well-known apocalyptic images even for those who are...
Attention and Participation – Week 3
We are in week three of the Hope in the Dark series. This past Sunday, Pastor Vijay led us into a closer look at power. We have come to...
I See You – Week 2
In the first week of our new sermon series “Apocalypse: Hope in the Dark” we studied the first chapter of Revelation and had our hearts...
Hope in the Dark – Week 1
This week we kicked off a series called “Hope in the Dark” – you can catch it here if you missed it. The fact is, we are a community...
Building a Trellis (Rule of life) – Week 4: Work
This last message in the Reconnect series explored the bucket in our Rule of Life we call “Work”. As a reminder, this bucket of Work is...
Building a Trellis (Rule of Life) – Week 3: Relationships
This past week’s message unpacked the third bucket in our Rule of Life: Relationships. We need a trellis, a plan for relationships for...
Building a Trellis (Rule of Life) – Week 2: Prayer
This past week Sunday’s message continued on a series we have started called Reconnect. Our goal for this September is to (re)discover...
Building a Trellis (Rule of Life) – Week 1: Rest
The following blog is meant to be worked through over a few days, or at a time when you have at least an hour to yourself. Feel free to...
GTK Christine Caine
We spent this past Sunday hearing about Christine Caine’s life and the work she does to abolish slavery. To find out more about A21...
GTK John M. Perkins
This past Sunday we took a close look at the transforming work of Jesus in the life of John M. Perkins – someone who’s faith...
A personal encounter with Jesus (DO try this at home!) – Jenn Krishnan
In the teaching from this past weekend’s service we discovered that we are each invited to personally encounter Jesus, to experience...
Markers and Milestones
We are nearing the end of our reading of the book of Deuteronomy together. What a journey the Israelites have been on! If you haven’t...
Set Apart
I often joke that I get the worst passages to blog about…except that I’m not joking. I FOR SURE get the worst passages (Deuteronomy...
Painting a Picture of God
As Moses continues to lay down laws for the people of Israel, he’s painting a picture. These aren’t simply rules for them to obey. ...
Generous Leadership
Day 1: Deuteronomy 16:18 – 17:7 Why does God call the leaders of Israel to the standards we read about in our passage today? Because...
BOOKS & ARTICLES
Looking for ways to grow in your spiritual journey? Most of these resources are available through Chapters, Indigo, or Amazon.
How do I help my family grow in our relationship with Jesus ?
Raising Kids for True Greatness – Tim Kimmel
How do I help my family grow in our relationship with Jesus?
Faith begins at Home – Mark Holmen
How do I strengthen my marriage?
Love and Respect – Emerson Eggerichs
How do I grow in my relationship with Jesus?
Crazy Love – Francis Chan
Chasing Daylight – Erwin McManus
The Seven principles for making marriage work – John Gottman
The life you’ve always wanted – John Ortberg
God and suffering: the problem of pain
Waiting – Ben Patterson
Making sense out of suffering – Peter Kreeft
Want to understand more about what the "good news" of Jesus really is?
The Jesus I never knew – Philip Yancey
The Prodigal God – Timothy Keller
Are Faith and Science mutually exclusive? Is there scientific evidence for the existence of God?
God’s Undertaker: Has Science buried God? – John Lenox
Is faith in God, Jesus and the Bible really credible?
Jesus among other gods – Ravi Zacharias
Mere Christianity – C.S. Lewis
The Christ files – John Dickson
The Reason for God – Timothy Keller