Rejoicing in Vengeance? - Psalm 58

Date:  09/03/17
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Rejoicing in Vengeance?
Scripture:  Psalm 58

Description: This psalm is one of many that pray for the destruction of Israel's enemies. If you don't live with enemies close at hand, psalms like these can be hard to connect with. And given the brutal language, psalms like these can seem totally out of step with Jesus's call to love your enemies and pray for your persecutors. How should we respond to prayers like these? Should we rejoice in vengeance?

Wealth and Wisdom - Psalm 49

Date:  08/27/17
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Wealth and Wisdom
Scripture:  Psalm 49

Description:  How can we learn to worship God with our wealth rather than worshipping wealth as our god? We need to see what death does to wealth, so that we can see what Jesus does to death. Then we can see more clearly what Jesus means for our wealth.

Where is Your God? - Psalms 42-43

Date:  08/20/17
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Where is Your God?
Scripture:  Psalms 42-43

Description:  What should we do when God feels absent? This psalm models three crucial steps.

Have Mercy - Psalm 51

Date:  08/13/17
Speaker:  Jonathan Worsley
Title:  Have Mercy
Scripture:  Psalm 51

Description:  What does it look like to be honest with God about our sin? David offers a powerful model. He shows us what it looks like to genuinely recognize our sin, to repent of our sin, and to experience renewal after our sin.

Who Has You Covered? - Psalm 32

Date:  08/06/17
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Who Has You Covered?
Scripture:  Psalm 32

Description:  You can try to cover your own sin, or you can let God cover it for you.

The God Who Speaks - Psalm 19

Date:  07/30/17
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  The God Who Speaks
Scripture:  Psalm 19

Description:  All relationships depend on communication. If God exists, our only hope for knowing anything about him, much less knowing and loving him, depends on his willingness to speak to us. So where can we hear from God?

The God Who Saves - Psalm 18

Date:  07/23/17
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  The God Who Saves
Scripture:  Psalm 18

Description:  This psalm belongs with a group known as thanksgiving psalms. It celebrates God as the one who hears and answers, the God who saves. But whom does God save?

Lasting Joy - Psalm 16

Date:  07/16/17
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Lasting Joy
Scripture:  Psalm 16

Description:  The only way to experience true, lasting joy is to love most what you can’t lose.

The Pursuit of Happiness - Psalm 1

Date:  07/09/17
Speaker:  Matt Givens
Title:  The Pursuit of Happiness
Scripture:  Psalm 1

Description:  This first psalm serves as an introduction and an invitation to the whole collection of psalms. It lays out the path to true and lasting happiness. What it says about happiness, and where to find it, may surprise you.

Where Authentic Christianity Shows Up - 2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Date:  06/25/17
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Where Authentic Christianity Shows up
Scripture:  2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Description:  With his final encouragement for his friends, Paul ties together the main themes of his letter, and points to where authentic Christianity shows up: in community.

Test Yourself - 2 Corinthians 13:1-10

Date:  06/18/17
Speaker:  Seth Jones
Title:  Test Yourself
Scripture:  2 Corinthians 13:1-10

Description:  Throughout this letter Paul has been under examination, but now at the end he tells the Corinthians that they should examine themselves. What sort of test does Paul have in mind? And how will this test be graded?

Living Together In Christian Unity - 2 Corinthians 12:11-21

Date:  06/11/17
Speaker:  Bill Heerman
Title:  Living Together In Christian Unity
Scripture:  2 Corinthians 12:11-21

Description:  Paul's goal in writing to his friends is to deepen their faith. As he defends himself and his ministry against specific accusations, he puts forward an example of relating to the Corinthian church, where we find an encouragement to live a self-denying, unified life with brothers and sisters in Christ. The power to live like that comes from our identity in Christ since all of us sinners need a savior. Our purpose is to bring all glory of God.

God's Sufficient Grace - 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Date:  06/04/17
Speaker:  Shaka Mitchell
Title:  God's Sufficient Grace
Scripture:  2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Description:  The Christian life inevitably involves hardship. We want God's victory to look like our success over those hardships, but Paul tells us a different story. God's strength is made perfect in our weakness, whether we win in this life or not.

The Boasting Fool - 2 Corinthians 11:16-33

Date:  05/28/17
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  The Boasting Fool
Scripture:  2 Corinthians 11:16-33

Description:  How do you expect God to treat his friends?

No Other Jesus - 2 Corinthians 11:1-15

Date:  05/21/17
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  No Other Jesus
Scripture:  2 Corinthians 11:1-15

Description:  In this text Paul unleashes a withering attack on teachers he calls false apostles and servants of Satan. He accuses them of peddling a counterfeit version of Jesus and his gospel. What exactly is Paul worried about? And how can we avoid it ourselves?

The God-Centered Life - 2 Corinthians 10:1-18

Date:  05/14/17
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  The God-Centered Life
Scripture:  2 Corinthians 10:1-18

Description:  What do you want your life to be known for?

How to Give - 2 Corinthians 8:10-9:15

Date:  05/07/17
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  How to Give
Scripture:  2 Corinthians 8:10-9:15

Description:  What will our giving look like if Jesus is our model?

Why to Give - 2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Date:  04/30/17
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Why to Give
Scripture:  2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Description:  One of the main reasons Paul wrote this letter was to urge the Corinthians to send money to impoverished Christians in Jerusalem. But his approach wasn't what you might expect. He doesn't scold them. He doesn't shame them. He just reminds them of God's grace to them.

Good Grief - 2 Corinthians 7:2-16

Date:  04/23/17
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Good Grief
Scripture:  2 Corinthians 7:2-16

Description:  Paul says the difference between godly grief and worldly grief is the difference between life and death. So what is godly grief? Why do we need it so badly? And how do we get it?

Longing For Life - 2 Corinthians 5:1-4

Date:  04/16/17
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Longing For Life
Scripture:  2 Corinthians 5:1-4

Description:  Paul says the difference between godly grief and worldly grief is the difference between life and death. So what is godly grief? Why do we need it so badly? And how do we get it?