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?
The Temple of God - 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1
Date: 04/09/17
Speaker: Will Acuff
Title: The Temple of God
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1
Description: No one can live without hope. That's why Peter begins his letter with this profile of Christian hope--a secure hope because it begins and ends with God. Paul confronts Christians with a direct challenge to be holy--set apart from anything that stands against God. But that challenge is rooted in a precious, mind-bending promise. God has promised to live among his people.
Sorrowful Yet Rejoicing - 2 Corinthians 6:1-13
Date: 04/02/17
Speaker: Matt McCullough
Title: Sorrowful Yet Rejoicing
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:1-13
Description: Are Christians supposed to be happy? It depends on what you mean by happy. If Paul's description of his life is our guide, we should expect our lives to be sorrowful. And we should expect to be always rejoicing.
Reconciliation - 2 Corinthians 5:18-21
Date: 03/26/17
Speaker: Matt McCullough
Title: Reconciliation
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:18-21
Description: The Bible teaches that we were all made for a relationship we have broken. Our deepest need is reconciliation. This text shows us how to get peace with God, and how to spread it.
In Christ - 2 Corinthians 5:11-17
Date: 03/19/17
Speaker: Matt McCullough
Title: In Christ
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:11-17
Description: "In Christ" is a phrase that comes up all throughout Paul's letters. It's easy to pass right over it without paying much notice. But what does it mean to be "in Christ"? And why is it so important?