Jonah – Introduction
Jonah is a timeless story enjoyed by adults and children alike, but peeling back the layers we find a deeper complexity of tension, historical context, and redemptive narrative. Join Dr. Marty Baker as he starts on a 5-week journey to discover Jonah: A Man on a Mission.
Discover Discipleship | Mark 2:1-12
Jesus’ purposes are often much bigger than our felt needs. In fact, Jesus often meets our needs so that we can go fulfill his purposes. Join Pastor Jim Powell in Mark 2:1-12 as we walk through the story of Jesus forgiving and healing a paralyzed man.
The Grace-Full Gospel: Living a Life of Forgiveness
Forgiveness leads to freedom, but we often misunderstand what forgiveness truly is and where it comes from. Join Pastor Alec Zacaroli as he takes us through Jesus’ parable on forgiveness in Matthew 18:21-35 and helps us understand the difference forgiveness makes.
The Map to Maturity – Part 1
What does it mean to be transformed? Can God take the hurts and hangups in my life and make me a new person? Join Dr. Marty Baker as he takes us through 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 and lays out God’s road map to move us to a Hope Beyond Hardship. As he did with most of […]
Supplication and Sin
What are sins that lead to death? What are sins that don’t lead to death? 1 John 5:16-17 is one of the most challenging (and even confusing) passages in the Bible. Join Dr. Marty Baker as he helps us understand this passage, and more importantly, apply it to our own lives. Years ago a Christian […]
Bold Belief and Brotherly Love
What difference does it make when we show others the love of Jesus? Join Dr. Marty Baker as we take a look at 1 John 3:10-15 and the principles behind bold belief and brotherly love. In his book Renaissance: The Power of the Gospel However Dark the Time, Os Guinness reminds Christians of just how culturally […]
God’s Gracious Gifts Equip Us For Intimacy
Sinful worldviews tempt believers and unbelievers to sinful living. For example, the party spirit, which embraces the evil triad of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, lures both kinds of people into its trap. Those ensnared by this thinking conclude that life is all about living for the next wild week, lowering your inhibitions, and […]
How Do You Develop An Energized, Intimate Relationship With Jesus?
After a brief hiatus in studying First John because of our series for the Easter season, today we dig back into this helpful and challenging book. You will recall that a ninety-something-year-old John wrote to churches he had probably founded in Asia Minor or was at least intimately associated with. His letter is as personal […]
Good Friday 2022
How does a person born with a sinful nature secure a relationship with God who is absolutely holy? You offer a divinely ordered substitutionary sacrifice to appease God’s wrath against your sin and cover and cleanse your evil in His holy presence. In the Old Testament book of Leviticus, God gave Israel four specific blood […]
The Passion of Christ’s Compassion
“It Is Finished!”
Because of modern medicine, we’ve lost the opportunity to hear the last words of dying people. Most who are about to slip into eternity are drugged to make them comfortable. The only problem is this also puts them in a coma-like state, thereby prohibiting them from speaking to us. We are left wondering if they are hearing us, […]
“Why Have You Forsaken Me?”
High noon. It’s the time in the classic western by the same name when a brave sheriff, played by Gary Cooper, single-handedly took on a ruthless gang of evil men to save a once peaceful town from their criminal influence. High noon. It’s the time when 2,000 years ago, another man of courage and principle took on the […]
