Just as a choir is united in song or a club for the name Lois is united by their common name, as a church we can be united through our mission. Listen along as Pastor Craig shares about how our mission here at The Grove is inspired by The Great Commission.
Did you know that immaturity and pride can affect the unity of the bod of Christ? It can and does when we don't mature in the Lord or we allow our pride to destroy our relationships. So what is the antidote? Listen along to find out.
This week we had a special speaker preaching from the word. Gary Leavelle, the chairman of our elder board, shared out of Psalm 46. Listen along as Gary take us through some big takeaways from this passage, and what it means to be still before God.
What happens when gray issues are mishandled? Ultimately, the result is legalism within the church. Throughout church history, legalism has left a lasting impression on both Christians and non-Christians. This week, we will dig into this topic of legalism and how it can be combated.
We all have freedom in Christ. However, much like the Roman church, many of us have differing view points. This week we will explore why we would limit our liberty in order to preserve our unity.
Now that we have a definition of unity, we have figured out which things are cardinal doctrines, clear teachings, or gray issues, we can now look at 3 strategies for bringing unity into focus, even within a gray issue.
Last week we explored and built a definition for unity, this week we will learn about how we as a church body can have unity in three key areas; cardinal doctrines, clear teachings, and gray issues.
Join us as we start a new series on Christian unity. What is your opinion about Christian unity? Do you believe is exists like Bigfoot? In this first week, Pastor Craig walks us through the definition of unity that can be found in Ephesians chapter 4. Throughout this series we will learn about what unity looks like and how we can achieve unity within the church.
We all have had to face adversity in our life. Some of us face it frequently. When you are faced with this adversity, how do you respond? Listen along as Pastor Stefin Kuruvila, a pastoral student of Pastor Craig Schill, tells us how we as Christians should respond amidst adversities.
Throughout our study of 1 Peter, we have become acutely aware that living the Christian life often means that we will experience suffering. The suffering we face can cause us to doubt and become tempted to walk away from the faith in hopes that things will get better. However, as Peter closes his letter, he gives us 5 encouraging reasons as to why we should keep going, even though its hard.
The devil seeks to devour and destroy Christians. Thankfully for us, we have been given strategies to use against the devil. Listen along as Pastor Craig unpacks these four strategies of spiritual warfare.
Pride is many of us either struggle with or have struggled with in some capacity. Pride isn't always thinking too highly of yourself, it can also be thinking to lowly of yourself. Like weeds in a yard or garden pride, whichever form it takes, can be hard to root out of ones life. In these two verses, Peter helps us understand how we can overcome pride and instead take on a countenance of humility.
As Peter starts to wrap up his first letter to the church, he gives special instructions to the Elders of the church. These instructions lay out how an elder is supposed to lead the body of Christ. However, these principles can be applied to other positions of leadership within the church. Listen along to hear Peter's message, what should motivate leaders, and three leadership contrasts that shed light on the meaning of leadership.
He is Risen! Many of those in Jesus' life did not expect for him to rise from the grave. However, once they saw the evidence, it was undeniable. God asks each one of us, "Will you believe?"
We have all experienced a time in our life where we have misunderstood a message. As Jesus made his triumphant entry into Jerusalem, during his last week before his death, every single person in the crowd misunderstood the message Jesus was trying to deliver to them. This Palm Sunday, tune in to hear about the crowd misunderstood Jesus, and how we can correctly apply the message Christ has for us.
So far in 1 Peter we have talked a lot about suffering, but we haven't focused yet on how we should feel about suffering on an emotional level, or what to then know about suffering in that context. Listen along to find what we should feel about suffering, and how we can then do about it.
When it comes to the body of Christ, we all have a spiritual gift given to us from God. Building on the previous verses talking about our need for urgency, Peter now tells us how we can accomplish the things we need to; through our spiritual gifts.
As Christians we should have a strong sense of urgency because we know this world will not last forever and that it is not our home. But what should we feel urgency for? In these three verses Peter says that we should be urgent in praying, loving, and hospitality. Listen along as Pastor Craig fleshes out how we can have a sense of urgency in these three areas.
We all have things in our past that can be tempting to return to. Sin can sometimes seem attractive. However Jesus has made a way for us to leave behind sin and walk with him. Listen along to discover how we can leave our past behind.
We now come back to our study of the book of 1 Peter. Today, Dr. Timothy Ralston guides us back into this study by explaining three reasons Peter gives as to why we as Christians should do good despite suffering for that good.