by OakAdmin | Apr 25, 2018 | Darin's Blog, Message Series
This Sunday (April 29) we reach the central truth of the Gospel: Jesus died. We started with the foundational truth that Jesus Christ is Lord. He could accomplish His work only because of who He was. As the eternally divine Son of God in a fully human body Jesus was...
by OakAdmin | Apr 13, 2018 | Darin's Blog, Spiritual Growth, The Gospel, The Gospel Series, Theology
The Gospel is good news about Jesus Christ. (Check out our new sermon series: The Gospel.) Unlike every other religion that offers good advice on what you should do to (hopefully) get right with God, the Gospel announces good news about what God has done for us...
by OakAdmin | Feb 3, 2018 | Darin's Blog, Message Series
“Be killing sin, or it will be killing you.” John Owen “For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.” Romans 8:13 We must not take a passive posture in...
by OakAdmin | Jan 26, 2018 | Darin's Blog, Message Series
As we go through the Momentum Bible study some important questions are coming up. Is Holiness Possible? “Blessed are the poor in spirit.” Humility is the gateway to all the other blessings in the Beatitudes. “We must see our own wants before we can...
by OakAdmin | Jan 18, 2018 | Darin's Blog, Message Series
2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.” To enter the kingdom Jesus says, “you must be born again” (John 3:7). Both of these verses describe conversion in terms of the start of a new life. God must do this work...
by OakAdmin | Jan 11, 2018 | Darin's Blog, Message Series, Spiritual Growth, The Gospel, Theology
Pastor Scott Lothery of The Orchard Church (Chicago, IL) has developed helpful material called The Gospel-Nourished Life. In it he presents the 13 virtues of Jesus and then shows how far we all fall short of those perfections. Jesus is the perfection of love, but we...
