Spiritual Practice of the Week: Weekly Reading Plan

Weekly Reading Plan Acts is a long book, and we won’t be able to study every verse of it during each of these sessions. This reading plan will help you familiarize yourself with the entirety of the book so that you can dig more deeply into God’s Word. Session 1 covered only one chapter of Acts, which gives you space …

Hitching Our Hope To Heaven

April 2, 2023  Message Big Idea Sometimes we get stuck thinking that this life is all we will ever have. The Apostle Paul tells us otherwise. In fact, perishable bodies will not inherit the imperishable Kingdom of Heaven. This change for those in Christ will happen in an instant, a twinkling of an eye. Thus, we will put on immortality with Christ, asking …

Spiritual Practice of the Week: BIO Exercise (WEEK 4)

“BIO” comes from the original Greek word, “bios” which is synonymous with “life”. For the duration of this message series, Touch of Heaven, we will use those three letters as guideposts in our spiritual practice of the week. B = “Before God” Meet with Him personally through prayer and His word to enjoy His presence, receive His direction, and follow …

Heaven and Earth 2.0

March 26, 2023  Message Big Idea After recognizing that currently heaven is an intermediate state, we must direct our attention to God’s redemptive plan for all of creation: heaven and earth 2.0. In the Book of Revelation, we see Christ making everything new! This will mean the perfect union of heaven and earth, breaking the curse and ending pain and …

Spiritual Practice of the Week: BIO Exercise (WEEK 3)

“BIO” comes from the original Greek word, “bios” which is synonymous with “life”. For the duration of this message series, Touch of Heaven, we will use those three letters as guideposts in our spiritual practice of the week. B = “Before God” Meet with Him personally through prayer and His word to enjoy His presence, receive His direction, and follow …

Picturing Paradise

March 19, 2023  Message Big Idea Even amongst those who agree that heaven awaits us after death, there exists disagreement and perhaps malaise at what is next for God’s people. Will we have to wait? Will it be exciting or boring? Well, Christ, as one who has actually been there, paints a compelling picture for the thief on the cross. Immediately after death, …

Spiritual Practice of the Week: BIO Exercise (WEEK 2)

“BIO” comes from the original Greek word, “bios” which is synonymous with “life”. For the duration of this message series, Touch of Heaven, we will use those three letters as guideposts in our spiritual practice of the week. B = “Before God” Meet with Him personally through prayer and His word to enjoy His presence, receive His direction, and follow …

The Unexpected Gift

March 12, 2023  Message Big Idea There are many ways to conceive of heaven, past and present. But God provides a clear picture in how He designed the Garden of Eden. Heaven is meant to be a physical place, sensuously delightful and eternally sacred, in which humanity and God can commune in perfect relationship. Sin corrupted this design. Yet, God is …

Spiritual Practice of the Week: BIO Exercise (WEEK 1)

“BIO” comes from the original Greek word, “bios” which is synonymous with “life”. For the duration of this message series, Touch of Heaven, we will use those three letters as guideposts in our spiritual practice of the week. B = “Before God” Meet with Him personally through prayer and His word to enjoy His presence, receive His direction, and follow …

Conversation

March 5, 2023  Message Big Idea Ordinary daily habits are like liturgies. “They are little routines of worship, and worship changes what we love” (Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms (p.11). Our guest speaker, Justin Earley,  contends that God works through habits to change parents, children, and families in conformity with Christ’s love. …