The Apostle Paul’s letter to the churches of Galatia might be his most direct and harsh letter as he is deeply offended that anyone would minimize or pervert the Gospel message. The battle: Law vs. Faith. Can we work our way to salvation, or is salvation an act of faith? In this letter, Paul builds the theology that will forever establish the foundation of Christian thought.
Normalizing Recovery for each believer is paramount. The church has done well to lead people to an understanding of salvation, but often, the journey stops at the Cross. In this series, we focus on one of the ministries of Community Life Church called Celebrate Recovery. Celebrate Recovery picks up in a believer's life journey by helping to process and find healing for all of life’s hurts, hang-ups, and habits. In this work, we move beyond salvation and start to discover freedom in life. Each service details the ministry of CR followed by a 20-minute testimony by someone working through the steps.
The Gospel According to Matthew Series is designed to provide insight and engagement into one of our four Gospel narratives. It is vitally important to remember that we have one Gospel. This one Gospel has been given to us through our four prominent Biblical sources known to us as The Gospels According to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Each of our writers has a different context, bend, and focus in documenting the life of Christ. This series takes Matthew’s account and unpacks what makes his writing unique.
One Another” comes from the Greek word allelon, which means one another, but also each other, mutually, and reciprocally. It occurs 100 times in the New Testament, with 59 of those commands teaching us how (and how not) to relate to one another.
The Letter of James is a deep dive into understanding what Transformative Faith is all about. James constructs his letter by pulling together many of his greatest talking points. This letter deals with many topics to include: faith, trials, suffering, family, relationships, wisdom… For James, faith is not just an intelectual ascent. Faith is active and transformative.
In Psalm 139, David invites us to consider the atributes or nature of God that leave us Awestruck. Omnipresent, Omnipotent and Omniscient are all brought to the front in David's writing.
The King Maker Series is a 6 week study about life of Samuel. We start by discovering Hannah and her desire to be a mother and follow the life of Samuel to the annointing of David as King.
In his last day with the disciples, Jesus spends his time preparing them for what is to come. In John chapters 14-16 (Farewell Discourse), Jesus offers teaching that clearly articualates the relationship between the Father and the Son, the Son and the disciples and the Holy Spirit and how we are to Abide. The final message he leaves with them is how the Holy Spirit will be active in this world as they live out the mission.
God is the God of Amazing Grace. In this series we study multiple examples of God's Grace in action through out the history of Israel leading up to Jesus. This series focuses on the story of Adam and Eve, Abraham and Isaac, Jesus and John the Baptist, Jesus healing a blind man, the Triumphal Entry and ultimately Jesus offering his life.
God is Love. And because God is love, we need to understand what the early church believed about love. Two of the key sets of scripture that unpack love are found in 1 John 4 and 1 Corinthians 13. This series unpacks these two sets of scripture.
