There will be things in life that disappoint us – our dreams simply don’t always go the way we planned. Those life disappointments bring spiritual challenges, so how can we handle them faithfully? This morning we study from Psalm 3, to see if we can learn something from David…
Memorial Day weekend is a weekend of remembering, an idea that’s very important to the Christian faith. But an opposite idea is also important to us: God, please forget. This morning, we study one of the Bible’s best-known confessions of sin, one that teaches us so much about how we should respond to our own sin-failures…
Tonight we revisit one of our favorite psalms, and probably the best-known one. It’s a psalm about trust on the paths of life, and it reminds us of some things that are special to us on a Graduate Day – or any day!
“Hope in God” has been our theme for 2017. Our theme verse has been Psalm 42:5, so this morning we will study its context, Psalm 42. What does the psalm teach us about handling difficulty, and about how to reorient our soul when we feel disoriented in our faith?
In a critical and competitive world, it’s no surprise that many people struggle with self-esteem. Can self-esteem struggles affect our faith? How does God want us to see ourselves? Let’s spend a few minutes looking in the mirror God wants us to see ourselves in…
Our Summer Series is exploring great milestones in Scripture. Tonight, Dave Phillips from the Germantown (TN) Church of Christ shares thoughts about the reality that life is short…
In Psalm 109, David says some really harsh things about his enemies. Why does he do that? Is it OK for us to feel the same way? Let’s spend some time sifting through a difficult part of the psalms, and hopefully coming away determined to have a better perspective on those who wrong us…
This morning we introduce our Great Oaks theme for 2017: Hope in God. Hope is a powerful biblical theme; join us as we begin to “work on our hope” this year!
Perhaps you have set a Bible-reading goal for this year? Tonight we revisit one of the best-known psalms, a psalm about the word of God, reminding us of its power and goodness. Maybe it can help us strengthen our love for God’s word, and make the time to allow it to shape us…
1 Thessalonians 5:18 says “in everything give thanks,” and the Thanksgiving holiday gives us a great excuse to reflect on this great Christian virtue. So this morning, three of our men share thoughts on thanksgiving, helping us build a greater spirit of thankfulness into our lives…