Living in Exile

Pastor Dan Van Horne

8/6/17

Description:Daniel in the lion's den: It's one thing to be persecuted for something you did, or stand for, but what if you're wrongly accused? - Daniel 6:1-21

The Handwriting Is on the Wall

Pastor Dave DeVries

7/30/17

Description:Why is it that we have to learn the hard way? - Daniel 5:1-30

Impressed but Not Humbled

Pastor Dave DeVries

7/23/17

Description:The secular king is impressed with God but does not understand that God is sovereign and in control, even when God sends an angel - Daniel 4:1-3, 30-37

Friends Who Worship

Pastor Dave DeVries

7/16/17

Description:Nebuchadnezzar's dream, the statue (Colossus), its meaning, and what we can glean from it - Daniel 3:1-30

Future Insight

Pastor Dave DeVries

7/9/17

Description:Even in the face of irrational demands, God's truth will prevail. Knowing the future from God enables us to manage risk - Daniel 2:1-18

Daniel the Servant, Daniel the Leader

Pastor Dave DeVries

7/2/17

Description:How Daniel’s faith and God’s power affected his wholelifestyle, and how servanthood comes before leadership - Daniel 1:17-21

Daniel, A God-First Teenager

Pastor Dave DeVries

6/25/17

Description:Introduction to Daniel--a God-First teen in a hostile world. Daniel 1:1-16

Generational Faithfulness

Pastor Dan Van Horne

6/18/17

Description:Passing on the baton of faith to the next generation -Deuteronomy 11:18-21

Sanctified Through & Through

Pastor Dave DeVries

6/11/17

Description:Preparing to meet Jesus with a wish and a promise - 1 Thessalonians 5:23-28

Servant Leadership, Part 2

Pastor Dave DeVries

5/28/17

Description:What's the cure for anxiety? - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-22

Servant Leadership, Part 1

Pastor Dave DeVries

5/21/17

Description:Think about the different components of your life. How does being a hope-filled believer impact each of those areas? - 1 Thessalonians 5:11-15

Food for the Journey

Pastor Dan Van Horne

5/14/17

Description:Examining God's purpose, wisdom and provision on our journey through the wilderness--whether physical, circumstantial or spiritual - Deuteronomy 8:1-10

Prayer 101

Dan Gibbs

5/7/17

Description:Global Outreach Conference: Global Partner Dan Gibbs, of Nigerian organization GECHAAN, tells us a bit about how they are serving the sick and poor in their community, and a bit about prayer life.

Is It by Chance?

Pastor Ken Milhous

4/30/17

Description:Global Outreach Conference: the significance of Mordecai's words to Esther, "for such a time as this" and how that relates to us today, alongside the concept of "coincidence" in God's universe - Esther 4, Acts 17:22-28

Living with God

Pastor Dave DeVries

4/16/17

Description:Lots of people think of living under God or living for God or living from God; but Jesus' death and resurrection enables us to live with God - 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10

When? (The Rapture of the Church, con't)

Pastor Dave DeVries

4/9/17

Description:Daniel's 70 weeks and the day & night difference for believers and non-believers

The Rapture of the Church

Pastor Dave DeVries

4/2/17

Description:The Day of the Lord and the promise of being spared from God's wrath - 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Anticipating Jesus' Return

Pastor Dave DeVries

3/26/17

Description:How hope in the future return of Jesus reflects the way we live in our present - 1 Thessalonians 3:1-13

Growing Pains

Pastor Dave DeVries

3/19/17

Description:The need for "hope" in the suffering of those who put God first in their lives - 1 Thessalonians 2:14-26

The Word of God

Pastor Dave DeVries

3/12/17

Description:How to read the Bible,a nd especially prophesy - 1 Thessalonians 2:13

Servant Leadership

Pastor Dave DeVries

3/5/17

Description:What kind of people make up a God-first church; examing the church at Thessalonica.

We Have a Future!

Pastor Dave DeVries

2/26/17

Description:Are you only living in the now? Are you stuck in the past? Pastor Dave DeVries begins our journey to the future - a future secured for us by God and revealed in part for us in Scripture.

God-First People Live Hope-Filled Lives

Pastor Dave DeVries

2/19/17

Description:Faith, Hope & Love: three qualities that all Christ followers have in common - Acts 17:1-15,1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Our Generous God, Part 2

Pastor Dave DeVries

2/12/17

Description:God's generosity prompts us to be generous toward Him. The conclusion of the Generosity series. - James 4:4

Our Generous God, Part 1

Pastor Dave DeVries

2/5/17

Description:In the economy of God, God chooses to be generous - Matthew 20, Mark 12:41-44, Hosea 6:6

Generous Marriages, Part 2

Pastor Dave DeVries

1/29/17

Description:Celebrating differences and living as one in spirit, mind and body.

Generous Marriages, Part 1

Pastor Dave DeVries

1/22/17

Description:Marriage doesn't solve problems, and it doesn't create problems; marriage reveals problems--in us. - Hebrews 13:4

Generous Families

Pastor Dave DeVries

1/15/17

Description:Fostering God-firstness in a forgiving environment of encouragement - Nehemiah 4:14

Generous Friendships

Pastor Dave DeVries

1/8/17

Description:Why I need friends and how to be a generous friend - Matthew 7:12

The Innkeeper

Pastor Dave DeVries

1/1/17

Description:The innkeeper & Herod both missed Christmas. What stood in their way?

Wise Thinkers

Pastor Dave DeVries

12/18/16

Description:Learn how the wise men moved from curious, to convinced, to committed God-first lives - Matthew 2:1-12

Joseph & Mary

Pastor Dave DeVries

12/11/16

Description:Go from stressed to awed; happy to be used by God - Luke 1:26-38, 46-50

The Shepherds

Pastor Dave DeVries

12/4/16

Description:Go from afraid to telling everyone! - Luke 2:8-14

A Generous God

Pastor Dave DeVries

11/27/16

Description:Prophesies go from spoken to fulfilled - Isaiah 53

Generous Truth

Pastor Dave DeVries

11/20/16

Description:The simple message of infinite value - 2 Corinthians 5:16-19

Generous Me

Pastor Dave DeVries

11/13/16

Description:2 Cortinthians 5:16-192 Cortinthians 5:16-192 Cortinthians 5:16-19

Generous Thanks

Pastor Dave DeVries

11/6/16

Description:Thanking God his way - by bragging on his generosity, sharing his Good News with others - 2 Corinthians 9:15 & 5:11, 15

May the Challenge Stay With Us

Pastor Dave DeVries

10/30/16

Description:Living in the tension, trusting God and trusting myself - 1 Kings 17:8-16

The "Cool" Church

Pastor Dave DeVries

10/23/16

Description:The church of Laodicea is criticized for being cool (lukewarm); their wealth has deceived them - Revelation 3:15-18

Counter-Intuitive Financial Stability

Pastor Dave DeVries

10/16/16

Description:Our response to God’s way of Providing - 2 Corinthians 9

The Generosity Cycle

Pastor Dave DeVries

10/9/16

Description:Understanding God's provisions - 2 Corinthians 9:6-15

The Gift of Remembering

Pastor Dan Van Horne

10/2/16

Description:Can God's Riches and blessings become temptations? Traps? Pastor Dan Van Horne lays out God's word for us, to help us learn from our (and other's) mistakes - Deuteronomy 8:10-19

Living Principles

Pastor Dave DeVries

9/25/16

Description:You can be generous without love, but you can't be loving - to your neighbor or to God - without being generous - 2 Corinthians 8:10 - 9:15

Corinth, Our Neighbor

Pastor Dave DeVries

9/11/16

Description:The culture we live in vs. a culture of generosity - 2 Corinthians 8:1-8

Meeting Needs With Deeds

Pastor Dave DeVries

9/4/16

Description:Being intentional about building bridges to meet felt needs with generous love - 1 Timothy 6:17-19

Generous Love at Home and Church

Pastor Dave DeVries

8/28/16

Description:Servant leadership starts being modeled at home and matures at church - Luke 22:24-27

Words and Deeds

Pastor Dave DeVries

8/21/16

Description:God's Word produces faith and faith produces deeds. God created the material as well as immaterial sides of life - 1 Peter 4:11

When Unconditional Love Becomes Conditional

Pastor Dave DeVries

8/14/16

Description:Causes of poverty and other problems, and how generous love employs wisdom - 2 Thessalonians 3:10