by OakAdmin | Apr 26, 2024 | Community Life, Generosity, Integrity, Outreach, Spiritual Growth, Stewardship, Unity
“If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself,’ you are doing well. But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. James 2:8-9 Jesus kept...
by OakAdmin | Feb 22, 2024 | Community Life, Discipline, Identity, Shalom, Spiritual Gifts, Spiritual Growth, Unity
“Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so...
by OakAdmin | Nov 9, 2023 | Community Life, Global Missions, Outreach, The Gospel
One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ). He brought him to Jesus. John 1:40-42 One of the greatest joys in...
by OakAdmin | Oct 26, 2023 | Community Life, Disciplemaking, Outreach, Pain and Suffering, Prayer, Scripture, The Gospel, Work
When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his...
by OakAdmin | Aug 11, 2023 | Community Life, Discipline, Generosity, Spiritual Growth, Stewardship, Stewardship Series, Unity
“I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I am sure of this, that he who began a good...
by OakAdmin | May 11, 2023 | Community Life, Disciplemaking, Famous Writers, Identity, Spiritual Gifts, Work, Worldview
Since work tends to be difficult, and is often frustrating, we can wrongly conclude that work itself is more of a curse than a blessing. “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of...