March 27, 2016 Rebelution, Part 7 Pastor Jeff Struecker Sermon Notes Today wraps up a seven-week sermon series called Rebelution. This sermon series is titled by a word that we’re using to describe a phenomenon when people do stuff different on purpose and then pretty soon the whole world stands up and takes notice. For six […]
Why Jesus is still the most influential man in human history- even 2000 years after his death.
There are few people on the planet who have never heard the name Jesus. This poor Jewish Rabbi that lived 2000 years ago is still today the most influential man in human history. Billions of people over thousands of years have been transformed by the son of a Jewish carpenter. How is it possible that […]
Rebelution, Part 6
March 20, 2016 Pastor Jeff Struecker Luke 6:12-19 Sermon Notes Today we are in a sermon series using a word that we coined called Rebelution. This is the idea of doing things differently. We are swimming upstream against the tide of culture. I’m going to give you an example of what we mean by this. […]
Beware when someone says, “I’ll pray for you.”
There’s a country music song with the lyrics- “I pray your brakes go out runnin’ down a hill. I pray a flowerpot falls from a window sill and knocks you in the head like I’d like to. I pray your birthday comes and nobody calls. I pray you’re flyin’ high when your engine stalls. I […]
Rebelution, Part 5
March 13, 2016 Dr. Ricky Smith Sermon Notes Good morning! My name is Ricky. I’m the head of our school and also part of the pastoral team working at our church. I’m privileged to have the opportunity to share from my heart this morning and from what I feel God has been teaching me out […]
Taking the mystery out of multiplication
I want to clear up some mystery about the reason for the church. Let me answer the question of why Jesus created his church in the first place, and what he wants his church to accomplish. It can be summarized in two words – make disciples! Jesus had a pretty large following. There were a […]
Rebelution, Part 4
March 6, 2016 Pastor Jeff Struecker Sermon Notes We’ve been talking about what it looks like to live differently in the culture around us. I’ll give you an example today from sports. When I was in middle school and high school I ran track. I tried almost every event on the track and field roster. […]
Why I don’t like hanging out with “religious people”
Before you get upset about the title to this blog, let me explain what I mean by “religious people.” Notice the quotation marks. I’m not talking about a certain religion. I’m talking about all religions. The very idea of religion is dangerous! The word “religion” I’m using today is the thought that by following a […]
Rebelution, Part 3
February 28, 2016 Pastor Jeff Struecker Sermon Notes Today the Rebelution continues. If you’re new here and you’re asking about this word, we just made a word up to explain what it looks like to live in a culture that is pretty jacked up. Let me explain what I mean by this. We’re trying to […]
Some people are hard to love
Let’s be honest, there some people who are just really hard to be around. They are just hard to love. It has nothing to do with the way that they dress. It doesn’t matter how much money they make. I’m not talking about their social standing… some people have a terrible disposition. You know people […]