Small Group Studies

Parables: Week 2

  BIG IDEA During the weekend message, we were reminded of the remarkable truth that Jesus will return one day. We do not know when. His return could be today, tomorrow, or years and years from now. The question we have to answer is, “How do we live in light of Je...

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Parables: Week 1

  BIG IDEA We began a brand-new sermon series this week titled "Parables." A parable, as we learned during the weekend message, is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning. During His ministry on Earth, Jesus told parables in order to teach important truths ab...

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Why Try: Week 6

  BIG IDEA Those of us who grew up in church are very familiar with the hymn, “Jesus Loves Me.” In fact, even if you did not grow up in church, chances are that you have at least some familiarity with the song. The refrain to this beautiful hymn says, &ldquo...

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Why Try: Week 5

  BIG IDEA From the moment sin entered the world in Genesis 3, it corrupted everything. With it came death, destruction, and decay. No part of God’s creation was untouched by sin and its devastating impacts. As long as we live on this earth, we will face physical ...

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How To Pray When God Feels Silent

  BIG IDEA Over the weekend, we continued our Songs of the Summer series. Many of the Psalms were authored by King David, who very honestly cried ...

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God's Not Dead

  BIG IDEA We, humans, have more ways to communicate with each other than at any other time in history, from FaceTime, text messaging, phone calls, old-fashioned snail mail, and more. Our propensity for c...

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Why Try: Week 4

  BIG IDEA Throughout this sermon series, Why Try, we have been reminded that if we want to live hope-filled lives, we have to stop trying to cont...

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Why Try: Week 3

  BIG IDEA During the weekend message, we were reminded that we human beings like control, whether it is control over small things, like the steer...

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Why Try: Week 2

  BIG IDEA Before Jesus left earth and returned to Heaven, He promised His disciples in Acts 1:8 that the Holy Spirit would come in power to help His followers live the Christian life. Soon after, Acts 2 describes the moment when Jesus’ promise was fulfilled, and ...

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Why Try: Week 1

  BIG IDEA This week, we began a new series called “Why Try.” We were reminded during the weekend message that apart from Christ, we are hopeless, lost in our sin, and headed toward death and eterna...

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