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The Bread of Gratitude. Leviticus 2

How do we experience a life of deep gratitude and joy?

Lean on the Lamb. Leviticus 1

The hardest part of following Jesus has to be this whole giving up control thing. But it might just be the best part too. Leviticus shows us how the way of surrender is the way to life.

A Deep, Rich, Full Life. Leviticus

According to Jesus, the book of Leviticus invites us into a life that beats to the “unforced rhythms of grace.” In this message, we begin to explore how this 3,000 year old book points us to a deep, rich, full life.

At the Feet of Jesus. Luke 10

If God just wanted us to have the “right” answers, He would have given us an instruction manual or encyclopedia… but He didn’t. He gave us a collection of songs & stories & poems & letters. He gave us a Bible that evades easy answers & forces us to slow down, to participate in it, to meet God in the text. In this message, we explore how Jesus invites us to read the Scriptures in a way that is participatory & personal. He invites us to sit at His feet.

When God Speaks. 1 Corinthians 14

Does God still speak today? Where do gifts like speaking in tongues & prophecy fit into the Christian life? Should we be listening for God or should we just assume that everything God is going to say to us is in the Bible?

15 Things Love Does. 1 Corinthians 13

Love is more than a feeling. It is what Jesus does. It is who God is. It is the very stuff of reality. It is the measure of God’s work in our lives.

Embodied Faith. 1 Corinthians 12:12-30

If you want to know God, you must experience Him. But how do we experience God? How do we know God the way you know what it feels like to dip you toe in cold water or to be embraced by your aunt who wears too much perfume?

You Have to Serve God to Know God. 1 Corinthians 12:4-11

Neuroscience and the Apostle Paul agree. Knowing God is about more than believing a set of facts. It must be a fully embodied experience. If we want to know God, we need to experience Him. We need to serve Him. We need to meet Him in community.

How to Experience a (Super) Ordinary Spiritual Life. 1 Corinthians 12:1-3

Where do we begin this journey of growing our awareness of the ways & workings of the Spirit of God? In these three verses, the Apostle Paul lays out three ways that people seek God’s transforming presence, but only one of these end in a (super) ordinary spiritual life.

Bill Campbell

Mike Harder

Jesus Knows How To Party!

David Darwin

Sexy Hair, Manly Women, and Gender Roles

Different By Design // Wk 1

Living Water // John 4

Guest speaker Lucas Rogers

Bread, Wine, & Money

Good Fear

Run To Win

Jesus and the Good Life

Consumerism and Christ

A New Culture

What We Make Of The World

What is Christian Culture

Easter

What will you do when someone hurts you?

The only thing great enough to overcome the fear, anger, resentment, and vengeance within the human heart is a forgiveness that is not humanly possible. It's a 77-fold forgiveness. You need God’s forgiveness.For a companion discussion guide & more resources, visit: gvf.church/asyouareforgiven

Forgiveness with Dr. Everett Worthington

Dr. Ev Worthington knows forgiveness. He's studied it, doing clinical research on the topic for over 40 years. And he's lived it, forgiving the man who murdered his mother. Come hear his powerful story & clinically proven steps to help you start your journey to wholeness & freedom.SPEAKER BIO: Everett Worthington, Ph.D., is Commonwealth Professor Emeritus working from the Department of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University. He continues to be active in research and speaking around th...

Sexual Identity, Clobber Versus, and Jesus

Divorce and Remarriage

7 Questions To Ask Before Getting Married

Marital Sex or The Lack Thereof

What happens when two very different, very broken people come together in marital sex?

Prostitutes, Jesus, & the “Members” of My Body

Biblical Sex Ed (Part 2)

Because sex is so great, it has the potential to be truly wretched. It can draw people together, create new life, and allow us to reflect the image of God in a way that few other things can. Or, it can tear us apart, hurt us at the deepest levels, and dehumanize us in a way that almost nothing else can. In this message, we look at this paradox of sex.

Biblical Sex Ed 101

In the Scriptures, we find a perspective on sex that is vastly different than you see in the media. A perspective that won’t let us get away with some puritanical repression of sex nor will it let us get away with the self-indulgent, consumeristic, individualistic, animalistic view of sex embraced in the Western world today. It's a perspective worth trying out.A perspective that I desperately wish someone had shared with me when I was 16. A perspective we would do well to try out. That’s what...

Caesar or Christ: Who is your savior? (Luke 2)

Ancient Rome decreed that Caesar Augustus was Savior of the world, but, in Luke 2, Heaven declares that Jesus Christ is Savior. At Christmas, Luke calls us to ponder which message we will believe.

Seeing Jesus

When we do not see God in our lives is it because He’s not there? Or has he been right there the whole time & we just haven’t seen Him?

This Is Not A Sermon On Sexual Immorality

This text isn’t about sex. It’s worse. It’s about how our lives - even our "private lives," even what we do in our homes, even the things that "don't hurt anyone" – affect & infect the whole church family. It's about how my sins affect you and your sins affect me. This text will force us to ask: Why should you care about my sins (even the so-called private ones, even the ones in which “nobody gets hurt”)? And why should I care about your sins?

Thanksgiving 2017

Stewards, Processions, & Motives of the Heart

Tested By Fire

Breakfast for Failures

Martin Luther and the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation

The 16th Century Reformer John Calvin is reported to have said: “Martin Luther is a giant of a man with giant flaws.” Luther communicates the Gospel more clearly & powerfully than anyone had in a 1,000 years… And he cusses & drinks too much & calls people terrible names & just does things that will make you wince. How did this medieval monk stand against Popes & Emperors to start the Reformation & the Protestant Church?

When You Stop Growing In Your Faith

The Neuroscience of (Un)Belief

How do we bridge the gap from faith to doubt? How do I reconcile what I know about God with what I know about the world?

I Cannot Do It: We experience God's work when we realize we cannot force it

How can we find what we truly long for in life? In 1 Corinthians 1:17-2:5, the Apostle Paul shows us that we can only find what we are really looking for when give up earning or achieving and look to the Cross.

Hand Motions, Morons, & the Logic of the Cross

In 1 Corinthians 1:18-25, the Apostle Paul describe the Cross as the logic underneath every decision you make as a Christian, under life itself. The Cross gives shape to our lives. It is the answer to our greatest questions. It is the way to wholeness, happiness, justice, a flourishing human life.

The Entertainment-Driven, Personality-Obsessed, Consumeristic Church

A Beautiful Mess

Meeting Jesus in the Scriptures

Relationships Are Essential