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07.25.2010 – Learning to Bless Those Who Curse You

Carl — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:33:49 +0000

Carl Franzon, July 25, 2010
Part of the The Good and Beautiful Life series

In a world where we are taught to take revenge and assert our rights, does Jesus' call to turn the other cheek make sense? Is it possible? How do we do it?

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07.18.2010 – Upon This Rock

Carl — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:14:50 +0000

Ron Whitmore, July 18, 2010
Part of the General series

Is the church ever finished? What role do we play in the work that Jesus gave to his first disciples?

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07.11.2010 – Learning to Live Without Lying

Carl — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:14:10 +0000

Carl Franzon, July 11, 2010
Part of the The Good and Beautiful Life series

Can you handle the truth? Or at least being truthful? Why do we lie so much and how do we become people who mean yes when they say yes?

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07.04.2010 – Learning to Live Without Lust

Carl — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:17:48 +0000

Austin Calhoun, July 4, 2010
Part of the The Good and Beautiful Life series

Jesus challenges our over-sexualized society by calling us to live without lust. Why bother? Is it possible?

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06.27.10 – Living Without Anger

Carl — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:28:41 +0000

Carl Franzon, June 27, 2010
Part of the The Good and Beautiful Life series

Why is anger so bad? Is it possible to live without it?

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06.20.10 – The Grand Invitation

Carl — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:28:00 +0000

Carl Franzon, June 20, 2010
Part of the The Good and Beautiful Life series

Who is truly well off? Who gets invited into the kingdom of God?

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06.13.2010 – Getting Heaven Into People

Carl — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:13:45 +0000

Carl Franzon, June 13, 2010
Part of the The Good and Beautiful Life series

Understanding that this incredible thing called the kingdom of God is not all about the future, but is available to us now.

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Part 2 in a series on The Sermon on the Mount. This message calls for a re-examination of what is often thought of as the goal of Christianity, or Christ’s life, death and resurrection: getting people into heaven, as we consider the thing that Jesus talked so much about – the kingdom of God. Inspired by The Good and Beautiful Life by James Bryan Smith and also Dallas Willard’s The Divine Conspiracy.

06.06.2010 – The Good and Beautiful Life

Carl — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:10:18 +0000

Carl Franzon, June 6, 2010
Part of the The Good and Beautiful Life series

What does the good life look like? Do we believe that a life of virtue is beautiful and sin is ugly?

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This is the opening sermon in a series on the words of Jesus often referred to as the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7). Inspired by the book, The Good and Beautiful Life by James Bryan Smith.

05.30.2010 – Paul’s Silent Message

Carl — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:08:15 +0000

Ron Whitmore, May 30, 2010
Part of the General series

Guest preacher Ron Whitmore shares on the message we see in the life of Paul.

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Sometimes we pay so much attention to the words that the apostle Paul spoke that we miss the message he delivered to us through his life. In this message, Ron Whitmore calls us to look at Paul’s life and actions and ask what lessons God might be teaching us through it.

05.23.2010 – Led By the Spirit

Carl — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:05:45 +0000

Jamie McClurg, May 23, 2010
Part of the General series

Guest preacher Jamie McClurg shares on being led by God's Spirit.

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Jamie McClurg, our church chair challenges us to hear what God’s Spirit has to say about the kind of people we are to be and the things we do.