The Essential Church: Never Give Up
The Essential Church: This One Thing, Part 2
If you ever ask yourself why there is a particular kind of false teaching in a particular place—the answer is that it's what people want. They have "itching ears"—a curiousity for spicy, novel information.
The Essential Church: This One Thing, Part 1
Sometimes when we go to churches today or read advice on how to be spiritual and get to know God, we just get confused. What is the truth anymore?
The Essential Church: Do It by the Book, Part 2
We so often think that suffering, difficulties, and persecution are a sign that God has forgotten us. But Paul teaches Timothy that persecution is a sign that God has forgiven us and that we are following the way of the cross.
The Essential Church: Do It by the Book, Part 1
Even though Timothy is facing challenges, some from within the church, Paul tells him not to be discouraged. He encourages Timothy to follow the model of his own life, including how he taught the Word.
The Essential Church: Get Real, Part 2
Part of the opposition Timothy faced was right under his nose—false teaching. Here Paul teaches how false teaching reveals itself and and therefore what to do about it.
The Essential Church: Get Real, Part 1
When we look around at the world and politics and our society today, we wonder what's going on. Nothing has changed from Timothy's day. But we have hope because the gospel is so powerful, and it shows us how to be faithfully effective in our church and our world today.
The Essential Church: Follow the House Rules
Maybe you feel that the task you've been called to is a little too big for you, as it might have been for Timothy. You may have a difficult family situation or a physical illness, and yet God wants you to do something. How can you do it?
The Essential Church: Worth Dying For, Part 2
We need a "big God" theology. God is guarding your career, your life, and your family. It is this "big God" theology that Timothy needed—and that you need.
The Essential Church: Worth Dying For, Part 1
If you don't have something worth dying for, you don't have something worth living for. This message shows us the purpose we were made for.
The Essential Church: We're in This Together
The Gospel is essential, but so is the Church. We are not individualistic as Christians; we are part of the body of Christ. Today that is so important to reaffirm with everything going on in our world. The Church is not a social club or a source of entertainment; we need each other.