Jesus Begins His Ministry | The Story

I don’t know if you’re like me, but when I get home at night and check the scores, if my team won, then I’ll watch the highlights. (If they lost, I won’t bother.) Now, translate that rationale to my take on the Bible… I checked the final score (i.e. read the end) and Jesus wins. So, I’m more inclined to watch His “highlights.”

Your Wisdom | Show Me

Truthfully, I’ve had a hard time getting into the winter Olympics this time around. But I did see one story about a Russian curler who got caught “doping” (i.e. using performance enhancing drugs). Beloved, this is curling we’re talking about. Curling. Was that really necessary?!?! No way; that was totally foolish. Sometimes foolishness is easy to spot, but we’re all guilty of it from time to time.

Your Faith | Show Me

So…maybe you’ve heard. There’s this football game being played on Sunday the 4th. But, does anybody around here care?!?! Still, it’s a good excuse to get together, eat some finger foods, and watch some commercials. As for me, I won’t be rooting for either team, but I will be rooting for some individuals — like Nick Foles. He’s the quarterback for the Eagles, and he has a good story of persevering faith. And it’s that kind of faith we’ll be discussing over the next month as we walk through the Book of James together.

Taking the Hills – Genuine Worship

When I was traveling in Morocco last year, I encountered a tourist stand where they were selling their wares. This is what the sign said: “Genuine Fake Watches”. Yep. No kidding. I thought, “Well, at least they’re being honest about their forgeries!” In worship, as in life, there’s just a difference between what is real and what is fake. And that will be the heart of our discussion in Isaiah 29 today as we take “Hill #3: Genuine Worship". -Jon Sherman, Senior Pastor

Taking the Hills – Engaging Outreach

A very thoughtful person blessed our staff with a huge box of chocolates over the holiday season. You know, a great life lesson can be learned from eating a box of chocolates: get to the box first so you can pick out your favorites! 🙂 Actually, I was reminded that, like eating the chocolates, it’s not what’s on the outside that counts, but what’s on the inside. So it is with us. And God’s presence within us makes all the difference. That will be the thrust of our lesson today. -Jon Sherman, Senior Pastor

But God. . .

According to History.com, people have been observing a “new year” for over 4000 years. While we have turned it into an excuse to “party” in our modern culture, I think, at least in part, this annual observance is linked to our deep desire for hope and change in this world. We’ll be discussing our theme for 2018 and the who, what & why behind real hope and change.