Tonight Derrick Maranto from Aberdeen, MS, reminds us of how Jesus trained His apostles, and challenges us to apply some of those same principles to become disciple-makers ourselves…
Tonight Derrick Maranto from Aberdeen, MS, reminds us of how Jesus trained His apostles, and challenges us to apply some of those same principles to become disciple-makers ourselves…
Since His life was the most world-changing life ever lived, you would think that the funeral of Jesus would have been a big event. But it was far from big, with only a handful of people present. In fact, it felt like a big step of faith for the two men who helped bury Jesus to even be there. Who were these men, and what do they teach us about our own steps of faith?
Today we celebrate Great Oaks’ 25-year Homecoming! The theme for the weekend is “celebrate.” We studied “Celebrate: Forgiveness” in our Bible classes, a study of Jesus’ parables in Luke chapter 15. Here in our morning sermon, we follow up the Luke 15 study with a look at what the prodigal son came back to. What can “Celebrate: Home” tell us about God and the church?
We have been studying the 4 gospels and the men who wrote them. Tonight, we overview the Gospel of John, written by a man with a special place in Jesus’ life…
As we approach our 25-Year Homecoming, we are studying “what we hope we stand for” as a congregation. This morning, we consider how important worship is to the life of a church, and what the goals of worship should be. Is it possible to keep the goals of worship in the right place, even in today’s world?
As we approach our 25-year Homecoming, we are reflecting on who we hope we are as a church family. This morning, we study the mission of the church: pointing people to Jesus…
In Christ , we are going to discover the “Importance of Following Christ.” We find our purpose in Him, both in the hope of eternal life and also in serving in His church here on earth. Christ’s disciples had almost three years to understand their purpose in Following Christ. How long will take us to…
Only God knows what happens after we die, and while He has not told us every detail in Scripture, He has told us quite a bit. We still have lots of questions about the afterlife and about heaven, and one of the most commonly asked questions from Christians is: will we know each other in heaven? Let’s see what the Bible says about it…
It’s Super Bowl night! Tonight we will study one of the Bible’s most famous confrontations, one that teaches us a lot about Jesus, and about us…
As Christians, we want to encourage others to see and receive the goodness of God. But people often have doubts, with incorrect ideas of God or Christianity. Can we help them untangle those doubts? How?