Ezra 5-6 | July 10

Series – Ezra + Nehemiah

Summary: The central thread woven through the biblical narrative is grace. One day, by grace, he will “make all things new.” The thread of grace touches every story just like it touches every human life. There are other threads woven in the human and biblical narratives, like rebellion and exile. Rebellion exiles the human heart creating a great distance; a distance that only grace can reach. God’s grace is a love and acceptance given to an exiled and rebellious people. So it is with Ezra and Nehemiah. Rebellious and exiled Israelites receive God’s grace and the restored relationships and security that comes with his grace. Ezra and Nehemiah point forward to a time when, through God’s grace, we will know perfect relationships and total security. 

Resources: Community Group Guide | Ezra | Week 3

Ezra 3-4 | July 3

Series – Ezra + Nehemiah

Summary: The central thread woven through the biblical narrative is grace. One day, by grace, he will “make all things new.” The thread of grace touches every story just like it touches every human life. There are other threads woven in the human and biblical narratives, like rebellion and exile. Rebellion exiles the human heart creating a great distance; a distance that only grace can reach. God’s grace is a love and acceptance given to an exiled and rebellious people. So it is with Ezra and Nehemiah. Rebellious and exiled Israelites receive God’s grace and the restored relationships and security that comes with his grace. Ezra and Nehemiah point forward to a time when, through God’s grace, we will know perfect relationships and total security. 

Resources: Community Group Guide | Ezra | Week 2

Ezra 1-2 | June 26

Series – Ezra + Nehemiah

Summary: The central thread woven through the biblical narrative is grace. One day, by grace, he will “make all things new.” The thread of grace touches every story just like it touches every human life. There are other threads woven in the human and biblical narratives, like rebellion and exile. Rebellion exiles the human heart creating a great distance; a distance that only grace can reach. God’s grace is a love and acceptance given to an exiled and rebellious people. So it is with Ezra and Nehemiah. Rebellious and exiled Israelites receive God’s grace and the restored relationships and security that comes with his grace. Ezra and Nehemiah point forward to a time when, through God’s grace, we will know perfect relationships and total security. 

Resources: Community Group Guide | Ezra | Week 1

A Life of Prayer | June 19 | Matthew 6:9-13

Series – A Life of Prayer

Summary: Prayer is real talk with your Dad. We should not mistake our heavenly Father with any ordinary Father. Our Holy Father is ridiculously incredible, yet amazingly approachable. We should never mistake prayer with a formal conversation we might have with a business partner. Prayer is more like a vulnerable private conversation with a parent. Prayer changes things and prayer changes us. Let’s engage in this study together to unlock some of the richness and power present in our ordinary life of prayer.

Resources: Community Group Guide | A Life of Prayer | Week 3

fight for it | may 29 | philippians 4:10-23

Series – #fightforit

Summary: In this letter, Paul puts his struggle on display and shows how his struggle glorifies Christ. Thankful for the prayerful and financial support of the church in Philippi Paul writes this letter to provide encouragement to the church. Paul explains how to find joy no matter what is happening to you. He reveals how we can fight for it through a total dependency up Christ in all things. May Christ be the end and the means of our fight.   

Resources: Community Group Guide | Fight For It: Week 9

fight for it | may 22 | philippians 4:2-9

Series – #fightforit

Summary: In this letter, Paul puts his struggle on display and shows how his struggle glorifies Christ. Thankful for the prayerful and financial support of the church in Philippi Paul writes this letter to provide encouragement to the church. Paul explains how to find joy no matter what is happening to you. He reveals how we can fight for it through a total dependency up Christ in all things. May Christ be the end and the means of our fight.   

Resources: Community Group Guide | Fight For It: Week 8

fight for it | may 15 | philippians 3:17-4:3

Series – #fightforit

Summary: In this letter, Paul puts his struggle on display and shows how his struggle glorifies Christ. Thankful for the prayerful and financial support of the church in Philippi Paul writes this letter to provide encouragement to the church. Paul explains how to find joy no matter what is happening to you. He reveals how we can fight for it through a total dependency up Christ in all things. May Christ be the end and the means of our fight. 

Resources: Community Group Guide | Fight For It: Week 7

fight for it | may 8 | philippians 3:1-16

Series – #fightforit

Summary: In this letter, Paul puts his struggle on display and shows how his struggle glorifies Christ. Thankful for the prayerful and financial support of the church in Philippi Paul writes this letter to provide encouragement to the church. Paul explains how to find joy no matter what is happening to you. He reveals how we can fight for it through a total dependency up Christ in all things. May Christ be the end and the means of our fight.   

Resources: Community Group Guide | Fight For It: Week 6

fight for it | may 1 | philippians 2:19-30

Series – #fightforit

Summary: In this letter, Paul puts his struggle on display and shows how his struggle glorifies Christ. Thankful for the prayerful and financial support of the church in Philippi Paul writes this letter to provide encouragement to the church. Paul explains how to find joy no matter what is happening to you. He reveals how we can fight for it through a total dependency up Christ in all things. May Christ be the end and the means of our fight.   

Resources: Community Group Guide | Fight For It: Week 5

fight for it | april 24 | philippians 2:5-18

Series – #fightforit

Summary: In this letter, Paul puts his struggle on display and shows how his struggle glorifies Christ. Thankful for the prayerful and financial support of the church in Philippi Paul writes this letter to provide encouragement to the church. Paul explains how to find joy no matter what is happening to you. He reveals how we can fight for it through a total dependency up Christ in all things. May Christ be the end and the means of our fight.   

Resources: Community Group Guide | Fight For It: Week 4

fight for it | april 17 | philippians 1:27-2:4

Series – #fightforit

Summary: In this letter, Paul puts his struggle on display and shows how his struggle glorifies Christ. Thankful for the prayerful and financial support of the church in Philippi Paul writes this letter to provide encouragement to the church. Paul explains how to find joy no matter what is happening to you. He reveals how we can fight for it through a total dependency up Christ in all things. May Christ be the end and the means of our fight.   

Resources: Community Group Guide | Fight For It: Week 3

fight for it | april 10 | philippians 1:12-26

Series – #fightforit

Summary: In this letter, Paul puts his struggle on display and shows how his struggle glorifies Christ. Thankful for the prayerful and financial support of the church in Philippi Paul writes this letter to provide encouragement to the church. Paul explains how to find joy no matter what is happening to you. He reveals how we can fight for it through a total dependency up Christ in all things. May Christ be the end and the means of our fight.   

Resources: Community Group Guide | Fight For It: Week 2

fight for it | april 3 | philippians 1:1-11

Series – #fightforit

Summary: In this letter, Paul puts his struggle on display and shows how his struggle glorifies Christ. Thankful for the prayerful and financial support of the church in Philippi Paul writes this letter to provide encouragement to the church. Paul explains how to find joy no matter what is happening to you. He reveals how we can fight for it through a total dependency up Christ in all things. May Christ be the end and the means of our fight. 

Resources: Community Group Guide | Fight For It: Week 1

the table | week 6 | luke 24:36-49

Series – the Table

Summary: Perhaps the most miraculous thing that Jesus has done is the most ordinary. Jesus “has come eating and drinking.” (Luke 7:34–35) Of Luke’s gospel it has been said that Jesus is either going to a meal, eating a meal, or leaving a meal. In Jesus’ life, the best demonstration of the restoration he brings is eating and drinking. God is restoring a world that is lost and broken by sin. He is making all things new. What portrait does God paint of the renewal that he brings? It’s a wedding feast. God restores the world by gathering the broken around his table in order to be restored to a perfect family meal in the life to come.  

Resources: Community Group Guide | the Table: Week 6

the table | week 5 | luke 22:7-23

Series – the Table

Summary: Perhaps the most miraculous thing that Jesus has done is the most ordinary. Jesus “has come eating and drinking.” (Luke 7:34–35) Of Luke’s gospel it has been said that Jesus is either going to a meal, eating a meal, or leaving a meal. In Jesus’ life, the best demonstration of the restoration he brings is eating and drinking. God is restoring a world that is lost and broken by sin. He is making all things new. What portrait does God paint of the renewal that he brings? It’s a wedding feast. God restores the world by gathering the broken around his table in order to be restored to a perfect family meal in the life to come. 

Resources: Community Group Guide | the Table: Week 5

mist | week 6 | ecclesiastes 12:1-14

Series – Mist

Summary: There is nothing wrong with ordinary life except that it is always falling apart and slipping away. The preacher in Ecclesiastes says that life is a vanity. By vanity, the preacher means that all life under the sun is a mist. Life happened before us and life is not depending on us to continue. Our life under the sun is like a mist. It is here but it will soon be gone. The preacher, in his wisdom, does not want us to chase after the wind, he does not want us to long for more of the broken world that is falling apart. This world is a mist, yet God has bound eternity to our hearts. In our study we will discover how to receive God’s gift of joy in our ordinary lives under the sun. We will see how joy points us to a restored life beyond the sun, and how through Jesus vanity will, itself, one day become a mist.

Resources: Community Group Guide | Mist: Week 6

mist | week 5 | ecclesiastes 11:1-10

Series – Mist

Summary: There is nothing wrong with ordinary life except that it is always falling apart and slipping away. The preacher in Ecclesiastes says that life is a vanity. By vanity, the preacher means that all life under the sun is a mist. Life happened before us and life is not depending on us to continue. Our life under the sun is like a mist. It is here but it will soon be gone. The preacher, in his wisdom, does not want us to chase after the wind, he does not want us to long for more of the broken world that is falling apart. This world is a mist, yet God has bound eternity to our hearts. In our study we will discover how to receive God’s gift of joy in our ordinary lives under the sun. We will see how joy points us to a restored life beyond the sun, and how through Jesus vanity will, itself, one day become a mist.

Resources: Community Group Guide | Mist: Week 5, video for CGs

mist | week 4 | ecclesiastes 7:1-13

Series – Mist

Summary: There is nothing wrong with ordinary life except that it is always falling apart and slipping away. The preacher in Ecclesiastes says that life is a vanity. By vanity, the preacher means that all life under the sun is a mist. Life happened before us and life is not depending on us to continue. Our life under the sun is like a mist. It is here but it will soon be gone. The preacher, in his wisdom, does not want us to chase after the wind, he does not want us to long for more of the broken world that is falling apart. This world is a mist, yet God has bound eternity to our hearts. In our study we will discover how to receive God’s gift of joy in our ordinary lives under the sun. We will see how joy points us to a restored life beyond the sun, and how through Jesus vanity will, itself, one day become a mist.

Resources: Community Group Guide | Mist: Week 4, video for CGs

mist | week 3 | ecclesiastes 5:8-20

Series – Mist

Summary: There is nothing wrong with ordinary life except that it is always falling apart and slipping away. The preacher in Ecclesiastes says that life is a vanity. By vanity, the preacher means that all life under the sun is a mist. Life happened before us and life is not depending on us to continue. Our life under the sun is like a mist. It is here but it will soon be gone. The preacher, in his wisdom, does not want us to chase after the wind, he does not want us to long for more of the broken world that is falling apart. This world is a mist, yet God has bound eternity to our hearts. In our study we will discover how to receive God’s gift of joy in our ordinary lives under the sun. We will see how joy points us to a restored life beyond the sun, and how through Jesus vanity will, itself, one day become a mist.

Resources: Community Group Guide | Mist: Week 3. video for CGs

mist | week 2 | ecclesiastes 3:1-15

Series – Mist

Summary: There is nothing wrong with ordinary life except that it is always falling apart and slipping away. The preacher in Ecclesiastes says that life is a vanity. By vanity, the preacher means that all life under the sun is a mist. Life happened before us and life is not depending on us to continue. Our life under the sun is like a mist. It is here but it will soon be gone. The preacher, in his wisdom, does not want us to chase after the wind, he does not want us to long for more of the broken world that is falling apart. This world is a mist, yet God has bound eternity to our hearts. In our study we will discover how to receive God’s gift of joy in our ordinary lives under the sun. We will see how joy points us to a restored life beyond the sun, and how through Jesus vanity will, itself, one day become a mist.

Resources: Community Group Guide | Mist: Week 2, video for CGs