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This weekend, we come to the conclusion of a long discussion about the universality of sin. It has been intricate and detailed, but this time the conclusion is the best part!
Paul is nearing the conclusion of his treatise on the universality of sin. And now, he provides an amazing illustration that, once you see it, you won’t forget it! It is masterful.
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We continue our study of ALL HAVE SINNED by looking at Paul’s questions and answers. This section is important for anyone who counts on the wrong things to be saved.
We continue the series on ALL HAVE SINNED by looking at the Jew (or religious person). This is part of Paul’s progression of looking at sinners from “the worst to the least.” (We all know that there’s no such thing, but this is the way the world often thinks.) Paul builds a wonderful, and easy-to-follow case to conclude that ALL of us fall into the same category when it comes to sin.
We will look at just 5 verses, but they are packed with information. It is one of the paragraphs that you’ve got to read multiple times to begin to understand (at least I do). We will be reminded again that God will judge each person for “what they have done” and will do so without playing favorites.
This weekend we will continue our series, The Law of Love by following Paul as he explores the way the gospel informs our relationship to governing authorities. It's a conversation that will challenge our ideas about submission and reframe our approach to civil authorities. That's a big deal at any time, but even more so as we move into an election year.
We will continue our series, The Law of Love, by following along with Paul as he adds another layer to his application of the gospel. Last week, we were challenged with a new attitude toward ourselves, a new approach to the Christian community, and a new action of loving service to others. Paul's next step will be to challenge our ideas of what is possible in our lives. In Christ, we can reflect on what is good more than we realize. And in Christ, we can overcome evil in ways we might have never imagined.
We begin a new series this weekend where we will see Paul address areas of renewal. We will learn that our attitude, approach, and actions are the keys to living out the gospel.
We conclude our series on THE FIVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS by looking at the Babe in the Genealogy. The genealogy of Matthew helps us understand how really special this Christ Child was!
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We will continue our series, THE FIVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS, by taking a look at TWO FAMOUS DADS. We'll see that their track record as everyday dads is just as complicated as anyone else's. And we'll see that behind these two simple names in the genealogy of Jesus, there is a deep message of encouragement for all of us.
We’ll learn that the Promised Land, for Israel, is a type of the life God intends for us. A whole generation of Israelites never experienced the Promised Land because fear kept them from moving forward to experience the life God wanted for them. Our fear can do the same to us!
We’re living in a world and a time that is very good at dividing people, but not very skilled or inclined at uniting people. This beatitude speaks directly to our life and times, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.” We want to be skilled peacemakers! This weekend's beatitude tells us that when we bring people together, we resemble our Father in heaven.
We continue our Beatitude series with the idea of “mourning over sin” and how the Lord brings comfort. This will be a wonderful reminder that you don’t hear anywhere today but from God’s Word.
This weekend Sam Ward will be sharing a stand-alone message, "Who Said That to You?" We will be diving into Genesis and taking a look into when "advice" may be deceit in disguise.
We will hit pause on our summer series, "Growing, the book of Ruth", and shift to our first message in "Gleaning, the book of Psalms". We will spend time in Psalm 142, a psalm of lament.
We are continuing our series called MY FAVORITE PSALM. Psalm 8 is a psalm of praise for God’s big creation and small humans. That includes you! Not only is it the first psalm of praise in the Bible, but it has a couple of connections to Jesus that might surprise you.
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A one‐man musical about DAVID, the giant killing, song writing, chosen king who wrote psalms still sung today. Starring Sam Ward, this 45 min piece is the second half of his one-man musical, "David".
A one‐man musical about DAVID, the giant killing, song writing, chosen king who wrote psalms still sung today. Starring Sam Ward, this 45 min piece is a preview of a full‐length musical to be performed downtown with all‐for‐One Productions in February.
We move back to the Gospel of Mark starting in chapter 6. Jesus had become so popular that pushback was beginning from His family, friends, and political leaders. Jesus left the crowds and returned home to continue His ministry.
This message looks at the relationship of being an employee. We will see that we are called to obey our employer in everything. In today’s text, we will look at four ways that can help us be obedient to our employer all the while keeping in mind that the Lord is our ultimate boss, who we are ultimately serving.
We begin a new 6-part series on great women of faith. Being Mother’s Day weekend, we will begin with the mother of the Jewish people (and, in a sense, the mom of all believers), SARAH. We will focus on the word FAITHFULNESS to describe Sarah and, of course, reflect on our own faithfulness.
This weekend we end our series on MY FAVORITE PSALM. In Psalm 19, we will read of the profound revelation of God through His creation and His Word. This Psalm is a reminder that God's revelation is in creation, and His Word is intended to guide us, transform us, and draw us closer to Him.
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This weekend we end our series on MY FAVORITE PSALM. In Psalm 19, we will read of the profound revelation of God through His creation and His Word. This Psalm is a reminder that God's revelation is in creation, and His Word is intended to guide us, transform us, and draw us closer to Him.
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We continue in The Women of Faith series as we learn about Abigail.
We continue in The Women of Faith series as we learn about Abigail.
This weekend, we’ll take another moment to reflect on the stories of Naomi and Ruth, exploring their journeys. We will also reflect on our own experiences, examining them through the insightful lens of Psalm 107.
We continue in The Women of Faith series as we learn about Abigail.
If asked, what would you say might be the three most important words to focus on in the upcoming year? Today we'll take a look at some that emerge from a short study of the book of Acts, and how those words might influence our life together.
We continue our series on MY FAVORITE PSALM, in which Psalm 95 is a song that will lead us through worship and then bring us to a challenge: What will I do if I hear the voice of God? Psalm 95 is the most talked about Old Testament passage in the New Testament (Hebrews 3-4) and has far-reaching implications. After the music and after the singing, where do we find the voice of the Lord?
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We continue our study of Titus by looking at the connection between God’s grace and the way we live. As we have already been learning, the point of the whole text is to align our lives with the Word.
We continue with the ELISHA series by looking at the story of Naaman being healed from leprosy. Join us as we learn not only how Elisha healed him, but also the significance of their encounter.
We continue the series on MY FAVORITE PSALM as we look at Psalm 23, the most famous psalm and probably the most famous passage in the entire Scriptures. And there's a good reason it's so well-loved! So let's look at it together this weekend as we join together and allow the Good Shepherd to "restore our souls."
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We’ll be wrapping up our series on 1 Peter. As we examine the final three verses in this wonderful letter, we will be reminded of some very important spiritual truths that will encourage us in our walk with Christ.
This week we continue our series in 1 Peter. As we explore 1 Peter 2:4-10, we’ll focus on two key truths that unite us: our Savior and how His salvation has given us a new identity as His people. I trust we will find it encouraging and inspiring.
We will be exploring Paul the Apostle’s advice to the Thessalonians for how to develop and maintain an enduring faith in Christ. This advice will be helpful for all of us as we live in a world that often works against our spiritual growth.
Our Scriptural text is Numbers 14, where we see rebellion emerge in the life of God’s people.
The book of Titus is moving toward its climax as it builds on its repetitive theme of doing good. We are not just saved from! We are saved for! We are saved for doing good which will benefit all mankind. But most strikingly, this brings beauty before the eyes of the non-Christian.
We continue our series by watching the soldiers arrest Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane and walk Him to Caiaphas’ house. Throughout the chaos, Jesus was under control... and in control. Peter, on the other hand, was controlled by fear. From the interactions between Jesus and Peter, we learn the good news that faith brings an end to fear.
This weekend we’ll be hearing from a familiar voice, Frank Y., who is the Executive Director of U.B. Global. His powerful voice is for our call to bring the gospel to people who have never heard it before. Our commitment to global missions is core to who we are as a church, and we’re grateful for people like Frank who help us keep that value in focus.
As Christians, we declare that Jesus is the Son of God and that we want to follow Him. But what does following Jesus really look like? We’ll explore what it means to deny ourselves, take up our crosses, and follow Him. Through God’s Word, we’ll see that it's not a call to simply do more or try harder, but to rest in His love and allow the Lord to empower us to live a victorious life!
We learned in Luke 11 that Jesus’ words were offensive to those who would not believe in Him. The tension His words created became the fuel to ignite stronger opposition against Him. Today we will focus on Jesus’ warnings and encouragements as incentives for mature discipleship - we who follow Jesus may expect to be persecuted for our belief in Him. How will we respond? Today be challenged to stand boldly in the face of opposition.
Martha vs. Mary. Whose focus wins? Of the three passages in Luke 10, today’s story most clearly directs believers to stay focused on ‘the most important thing.’ Jesus will not ask Mary to surrender the best for the good. He also wants us to learn to choose the best over the pull of what is good.
We refer to today’s passage as ‘The Story of the Good Samaritan.’ However, this parable is not about the Samaritan’s ‘goodness,’ it is about his ‘compassion' - the mercy he shows to a person in desperate need. We will be taught by Jesus’ story to open our hearts compassionately towards others in a way few people in our world do.
When we last studied Luke 9, Jesus had just made a decision. He had “set his face towards Jerusalem.” Today, we pick back up in Luke 10 to find that Jesus sent disciples ahead of Him on His journey towards the city. We will learn some principles about sharing our faith that apply directly to us as they did these original followers. But on a larger scale, we will learn what it means to enter into the joy of Jesus. Beyond any work we will do, our first call is to stay focused on one amazing truth - we are His.1
The awe and wonder surrounding the babies born in the Christmas story continue to hang in our hearts and minds this final weekend of 2015. So today, let's consider our own responsibilities as created children who are formed in God’s image. This message is especially directed to men, but we will be reminded that as God’s creation, we all were for designed for dominion – no one was created to hide.
Peter turns a corner this week in our passage moving from a description of salvation to what is required of each of us in response to this great gift. We find that this gift has an impact on each of our relationships! This weekend, in light of the gift of salvation given to us, what is the appropriate response to Him and to other people?
We will be encouraged to learn that God has given us a pathway to avoid failing in our Christian walk. None of us are special. We all are tempted by the same types of things. God has made us new, given us a legacy to live up to, and taught us to rely on Him for everything. God Himself provides us a way out of all temptation.
It is with great pleasure we welcome Dr. Daniel Henderson to ECC this weekend and pray that you also will find his encouragement for worship-based prayer a blessing!
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Daniel Henderson is dedicating his full-time efforts to help congregations across the country experience renewal and turn-around as he speaks to thousands each year at conferences and prayer events. To learn more about Daniel's ministries visit his website: www.strategicrenewal.com
In our passage today, Jesus again focuses on the Kingdom of God.The challenge for both the Pharisees and the disciples is whether they can shift their point of view regarding the Kingdom. Our challenge will be the same. Will we live as if Jesus’ teaching is true: the Kingdom is here, in our midst?
This message teaches us that honoring parents was extremely important to God and still is. One of the ways that God intended for his people to be set apart and holy among the nations was how they treated their parents. In fact, their prosperity in the Promised Land was directly tied to their obedience in this area. We will also see how we can apply this Kingdom Rule today in our own lives.
This message continues in the series on Elisha, an amazing man with great faith in God. Along with faith, Elisha had a great compassion for people and God used him in a miraculous way to meet the needs of a poor widow and her sons. He was able to see past the widow’s problem to what God wanted to do in her life. We will learn that God’s power is limitless, that He wants to accomplish something BIGGER in our lives and that His blessings are “Good to the Last Drop”!
In our continuing quest to GET SMART-er, we're focusing on gaining wisdom in how we handle the resources entrusted to us. This message will be examining the skills, abilities and gifts which God has woven into us in order to see how effective we are at stewarding our TALENTS.
It's not that we're dumb, it's just that sometimes we're not as smart as we might like to think we are. In this series, we're focusing on gaining wisdom in how we handle the resources entrusted to us. This message will take some time to look at how we invest our time.
Last message we were challenged to consider who we can PLUG IN to making a global impact. But it’s way too easy to get focused “out there” and miss what’s happening right around us. Today we’ll take a look at how we’re equipped to share right here in our own little corner of the world.
This message continues our study in the Gospel of John as we continue to examine different “kings” that easily replace the King of Kings in our lives. Many Christians seek Jesus for salvation but don’t realize that He is also King. When we honor Him as King, our lives are blessed and He gets the glory. In this passage, we see a two men who worshipped safety.
This message will discuss our responsibility to step out in obedience to whatever God is calling us to do, in order to share his Truth with others. We'll be specifically talking about Biblical Worldview, Biblical Holism and Reconciliation of broken relationships.
This message teaches us about how Evangelism is “awkward” but sowing seed can be quite natural – if we let God do His part.
Impacting your world can seem pretty intimidating, perhaps even presumptuous. Yet Christ has called us to be a church that makes a global impact. This weekend we’ll consider how we get plugged into His power, purpose and our place of ministry in the world.
This message continues the series on an amazing man. We will see how his devotion and commitment, his dedication and calling led him to continue the great ministry of his mentor Elijah. We will learn the value of leaving a Godly legacy for those who follow in their walk of faith. We will see what can be accomplished if we invest ourselves in others and be challenged to pick up our Mantle, the one the God has for us, and “Pass It On” to others so that the message of God keeps going, and going and going!
Our focus is THANKSGIVING and we will learn to be more thankful for the many gifts our Lord has given.
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This message is going to encourage you to take a look back, and a look forward in time. As we do, we are going to interact with a passage in which Jesus continued to teach His disciples what is going to be expected of them looking forward. In one verse, we will begin to see what a surrendered life looks like and what we can expect in
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This weekend we're taking a look at Peter and John's interaction with a lame man in Acts 3. We'll be studying their responses in order to identify our responsibility in responding to people in situations of need.
This message focuses on Partnerships in Ministry. We will be looking at Paul's letter to the Philippians and identifying the common elements that unite us as a church with our local ministry partners.
We are again learning about Freedom in Christ, with a challenge about the "traps" the enemy so slyly tries to lure us into.
We continue the series that will focus our attention on intentional conversations that Jesus had with outsiders. In today’s study, we’ll look at a conversation Jesus had with Zacchaeus.
We will conclude our conversation series. We will focus on the conversation Jesus had with the woman at the well.
We will look at the recognition of what Christ accomplished in His death, burial, and resurrection as the demonstration of the relationship God established with us. The Father desires we have a relationship with His Son, and If we see Christ for what He has done, and fall in love with Him as God intends, we have opportunities to see His Kingdom come to the world. Destiny Rescue is one of those opportunities.
Today we will be exploring the symbolic meaning of the Jewish wedding in Biblical times and how it is a reality that symbolizes the relationship between the bridegroom (Christ) and his bride (the church).
We live in a society filled with conflict, division, and people demanding their “rights." As believers, we are called to live differently, but what does this look like and how do we do it? Today we will learn from Paul that being a follower of Christ involves living radically different lives. In order for us to truly stand out within our culture, we need to be willing to live selflessly, giving up everything we have in order to glorify God and build His Kingdom.