This episode continues a short (mini) series called Gentle Giants that will focus on the topic of gentleness in Scripture. We're digging further into the true power in gentleness.

This episode begins a short (mini) series called Gentle Giants that will focus on the topic of gentleness in Scripture. We'll begin by examining how we often misuse and poorly view gentleness, and then dig into to examples of how to properly view gentleness: in the life of Jesus, and in the fruit of the Spirit.

With the concluding message in the series First Things First: Navigation in a Divided Nation we will zoom in on Jesus. How did Jesus speak about, and interact with, the governing authorities, structures, and ruling powers of his day?

Returning again to our series First Things First: Navigation in a Divided Nation, we will examine two passages that can teach us about the inherent temptations and struggles we are exposed to when we engage with the powers of the governing authorities that rule over the "kingdoms of this world."

For the next message in the series First Things First: Navigation in a Divided Nation we revisit a leader we've already looked at earlier: King Saul. Israel demanded a king, and God allowed them to have Saul. Now, in his first recorded political situation, Saul foolishly chooses to use the sacred in service of the practical.

Up next in our spiritual formation series First Things First: Navigation in a Divided Nation is a message that takes a look at one of the most common passages used when discussing how Christians should understand and interact with the people and systems that govern us.

Up next in our spiritual formation series First Things First: Navigation in a Divided Nation is a message that calls attention to the anger and fear that are being purposely injected into our current political climate. How do we navigate this reality from the biblical perspectives on these two powerful human emotions?

We're back into our Fall 2024 series of sermons called First Things First: Navigation in a Divided Nation. In this message, we take a look at an Old Testament passage about what a good and wise king should look like and then do the interpretive work of applying the general principles to our world today.