theGATHERING

Don’t you be dancing with wolves

The ActsCHALLENGE brought us to Acts 20:17-38. Paul is warning the elders of the church at Ephesus, a church in which he had invested, of the attack of the coming wolves. Paul describes the men as those who will distort the truth, twisting things in order to draw away disciples after them. As said during [...]

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too safe + noise

In Romans 8 and Galatians 4, Paul reminds us that we [children of God] are given the Spirit in order to allow us to experience the love of God. No longer are we slaves, but we are sons and daughters. No longer do we live in fear, but we live in freedom, putting death the [...]

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Trader:FAITH part 1

Faith traded in her anger for a life of forgiveness These past couple of months have been really challenging for me. I was in the Forgiveness 9:15 Connection Class for the last 6 weeks. Many issues were addressed, among them what it truly means to forgive- the question being “Do I want to get well,” and am I willing [...]

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re:{relate} 4 She’s your sister!

What a great topic to deal with the weekend of Thanksgiving! The two becoming one-flesh; “It was very good!” Sexuality built into the marriage relationship, the oneness, unity, and intimacy was VERY Good. Our parents, Adam and Eve, were naked and not ashamed. And then, cue the music, Genesis 3 happens. The train-wreck, the Mac [...]

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Feasting on Thanks

November 22 * 12:00 * Campus West * 102 Join First Singles and First University for our annual Thanksgiving Feast. We’ll be celebrating God’s goodness together after church on Sunday. Cracker Barrel will be catering, the girls are testing their Martha Stewart skills by decorating tables, and you’re invited to celebrate with us. Come on, [...]

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re:{relate} 1 origins

The only way to know where we ARE is to know where we have BEEN and where we are GOING. A wise man once said, “You end up going what you have your eyes on.” In order to understand how to re:{relate} with the opposite sex, we’ve got to know how God created us, why [...]

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Urgent Church (5) – EXTEND

Our holy-angst continues. As we look at the word, we understand that things are not as they should. We’ve seen that the AD30 church was dangerous, dynamic, and successful on mission because they were taught by the Master-disciple-maker. We look to Jesus to determine the DNA for theGATHERING. We’ve seen that Jesus cultivated relationships to [...]

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a few good men

The times were dark. There arose a generation that did not know the Lord nor the mighty things that He had done for Israel. In other words, an entire generation lived in the lap of luxoury without really understanding who it was that brought them there or the great things God had accomplished despite all [...]

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Dying to be Free

Freedom. Liberation. Independence. They’re available to you. Yet, we often find ourselves stuck in a cycle of sin. We engage in sin, apathetic to what we know the result will be, and then it eventually leads to bondage. We sit in shame for a few moments, hours, days, or years… and then we cry out [...]

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Urgent Church (3) ESTABLISH

A.D. 30 church was dangerous and dynamic. The book of Acts says that the Lord repeatedly added to the number of souls being saved. At one time, over three thousand souls were transferred from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light. Yes, Jesus wants us to be on mission, cultivating relationships with the [...]

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