Handout 1 Timothy 3:1-15 (NIV) 3 Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. 2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover […]
You Belong in Church Because the Church Is Where You Can Experience God’s Love
Handout 1 John 4:7-12 (NIV) 7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his […]
You Belong in Church Because We Need Your Help
Handout Romans 12:3-8 (NIV) 3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. 4 For just as each of us […]
You Belong in Church Because That’s Where God’s Power Is
This was our Easter Sunday message Message by Pastor Brian Jones; Testimony by Greg Bray Handout Ephesians 1:18-23 (NIV) 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, […]
You Belong Because Christ Died for the Church
This was our Good Friday message Handout Ephesians 5:25-32 (NIV) 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain […]
You Belong in Church
Handout Ephesians 4:11-16 (NIV) 11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of […]
Ephesians 1:15-16
Ephesians 1:15-16 Thanksgiving is an important American holiday. It is also an important Christian virtue and practice. But all Christians should be thankful for something important that few Christians actually ever give thanks for. What is that important something? Find out in this message from Ephesians 1:15-16. This is a message from chapter 1 of […]
Ephesians 1:11-14
Ephesians 1:11-14 Ephesians 1:1-10 taught us that God has a plan for everything. But how do we know that God’s plan is working? What evidence is there in the world? What evidence should you look for in your own life that God’s plan is working? Find out more about it in this message from Ephesians […]
Ephesians 1:11-14
Ephesians 1:11-14 The Bible teaches that God has a plan but what evidence is there that God’s plan is actually working? How do we know that God is doing something in this world? Find out in this message by Pastor Brian Jones on Ephesians 1:11-14. This message is from chapter 1 of the New Testament […]
Ephesians 1:1-10
Ephesians 1:1-10 Despite the appearance that the world is out of control, God has a plan for everything and he is faithfully working to make his plan a reality. Find out more about it in this message from Ephesians 1:1-10. This is a message from chapter 1 of the New Testament book of Ephesians by […]