by Mike Adkins | Jan 6, 2023 | Christian Life, Message Series
Every year Webster’s dictionary releases a “word of the year.” It’s a fascinating exposé on pop culture in a single word. How do they choose it? Emotionlessly. The process is based solely on search engine statistics and algorithms that determine which one word...
by Mike Adkins | Jun 3, 2022 | Christian Life, Message Series
In 2011 Evan Spiegel – a self-proclaimed “shy, nerdy kid” his whole life – got together with a couple fraternity brothers and launched an app from his dad’s living room. “We weren’t cool,” Spiegel would later tell Forbes magazine, “so we tried to build things to be...
by Jeanne Harrison | Jun 3, 2022 | Christian Life, Message Series
The soul is like a wild animal – tough, resilient, resourceful, savvy, self-sufficient. It knows how to survive in hard places. But it is also shy. Just like a wild animal, it seeks safety in the dense underbrush. If we want to see a wild animal, we know that the last...
by Jeanne Harrison | Apr 23, 2022 | Christian Life, Message Series
I think sometimes we assume we’re strong, when we’re really just arrogant. A few weeks ago, I got in a fight with my husband, and the more I raged, the stronger I felt. How dare you disagree with me! How dare you speak into my life like that! It felt powerful to...
by Grace Church | Apr 23, 2022 | Discussion Questions, Message Series
Week 1: How to Pick the Right Battles Romans 14:1-12 Read Romans 14:1-6. Paul uses food and festivals as examples of matters of conscience for which there is no biblically “right or wrong” mandate. What are some examples of culturally relevant matters of conscience...
by Grace Church | Apr 6, 2022 | Discussion Questions, Message Series
Week 1: Palm Sunday 2 Corinthians 5:14-21 Read 2 Corinthians 5:14-15. If we are not compelled by Christ’s love, we will be compelled by something else. What are some of the things that have compelled you in the past? Think of things that have compelled your actions,...
