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Galatians #breakingchains
The Apostle Paul makes a passionate defense of the essential nature of the Gospel and the grace of God in his letter to the Galatians. In his letter, Paul earnestly maintains that the true Gospel of Christ involves freedom from legalism and freedom from the power of sin. Come and experience true freedom by living by the law of Christ (love and grace) and living dependent on the Holy Spirit. #breakingchains
Urban Legends – debunking spiritual myths
SPOILER ALERT – Elvis has not been in the witness protection program since 1977, Mr. Rogers was not a Navy seal and Walt Disney is not cryogenically frozen waiting for medical technology to bring him back to life. Those are all urban legends. Unfortunately, so are some of the things that Christians believe. We’re going to carefully look at what the Scriptures say about some pretty commonly held beliefs. Don’t be offended by the topic list. Instead, come and evaluate…
REBAR – What’s holding your faith together?
When we were planning this series on the basic underpinnings of the Christian faith the image of a building’s foundation came to mind. I’ve been involved with construction projects most of my life and I quickly learned that it is critical to build on a solid foundation. Most get inpatient just working on the stuff that’s below ground. Stuff that no one sees but that everything depends on. The most common foundation material is concrete. But concrete by itself is not suitable for…
Slaying Giants
When the Israelite spies came back from the Promised Land they reported that it was filled with giants. Their inheritance was inhabited. Most wanted to follow the majority report and give up. After all, it’s a big world and there are lots of easier places to settle. Milk and honey would probably be too rich a diet anyway. What’s wrong with water and mana? But isn’t that how it is for us too? There are often giants keeping us from entering…
Perfect Love
Pursuing Intimacy with Christ through the Song of Solomon We all want to be known and loved. Though we can experience deep relationships with others, there will always be a hole in our hearts for the perfect love of Christ. But, what does that really mean? How do we pursue intimacy with an invisible God? What if we do not feel worthy of His love? How can we respond when troubles kidnap our security in Christ? In six powerful sessions,…
GOD is for …
Many in our culture, who might even believe that there is a God, think that he is distant, uncaring, a cosmic killjoy or just waiting for them to mess up so he can punish them. Starting Sunday, September 10th, we’ll devote 6 weeks in a sermon series that just touches the truth of all the things that God is for. Come and learn the truth about God and how he feels about you, your life and those around you. This would…
Who Are You, REALLY?
How would you answer the question – Who Are You, REALLY? Some of us would immediately think of their occupation, what they do for a living. Some would think of their family position, father, mother, husband, wife. Some would find their answer in their ethnicity, nationality or family of origin. Some would find their identity in what they’ve done, their accomplishments or their failures. And then some would focus on their skills or talents. While all of these certainly contribute…
Sharefest 2017
Saturday, April 29th, 9 am to 1 pm Every year Christians of the Grand Valley link arms to show the folks of our community the love of Jesus. He said that we are to love our neighbors and that our expression of love and the unity of the family of God would be evidence to the world that God loves them. This year the project weekend is April 29-30. It is Sharefest’s 10th year and 970 Church’s 5th year participating. Help us love on our…
The Art of Neighboring
What if Jesus meant that we should love our actual neighbors? When Jesus was asked to sum up everything into one command, he said to love God with everything we have and to love our neighbors as ourselves. Most of us have turned this simple idea of loving our neighbors into a nice saying, putting it on bumper stickers and refrigerator magnets and then going on with our lives without actually putting it into practice. Jesus also said that to…
AM I DREAMING?
Growing up as a boy north of Chicago I was, of course, a Cub fan. I still have an autographed baseball from the 1963 Cubbies when they were only winning half their games on my bookshelf. I never played baseball competitively but to me, as a boy, baseball and summer were synonymous. There was a game almost everyday in the neighborhood and I can still almost hear the call of the games over the radio and Harry Cary signing “Take…
Chase the Lion (small group study)
Small Group starting Wednesday, 10/26, at 6:30pm When the image of a man-eating beast travels through the optic nerve and into the visual cortex, the brain sends the body a simple but urgent message: run away! That’s what normal people do, but not lion chasers. Rather than seeing a five hundred pound problem, they see an opportunity for God to show up and show His power. “Chase the Lion” is more than a catch phrase; it’s a radically different approach…
I AM – The Unveiling of God
The Apostle John in his gospel shared the most intimate account of Jesus and it his account that will be the backdrop for our sermon series entitled, “I AM – The Unveiling of God.” John indeed paints for us a beautiful picture of Jesus – His words, His actions, His motives and His character but it is not John’s understanding or belief that we are going to focus on. Instead, we’re going to journey through the Gospel of John to discover…