Go Deeper

When we break something precious to us, we try to put it back together. But what do we do about the brokenness in our lives, families, communities, and nation? How does God respond to brokenness in the world? Join us today with a message from special guest speaker Efrem Smith, Co-Lead Pastor of Midtown Church. Together, we’ll unpack how God is with us in powerful ways – even when we lose our sense of faithfulness and intimate connection with Him.

From Saddleback Church: There’s usually one weekend in between Christmas and New Year’s when we have the chance to relax and reflect on the ending of one year and the beginning of another. The truth is, we have no way of knowing what will happen in the future — but God does. In this message, Pastor Tom Holladay will go through how to make the new year new by asking the questions: “What do we need to put off and put on?” “Where are the closed doors and the open doors?” and, “What seems important and what is truly important?”

Christmastime provides a great opportunity to reflect on what the Bible says about the birth of Emmanuel, “God with us.” In this Christmas concert message, however, Alistair Begg challenges us to consider the reason Jesus came, in His own words. The book of Mark records that before healing a paralytic man, Jesus gave him some life-changing news: his sins were forgiven. This same grace, regarded as outrageous by the Pharisees at the time, is extended to all who cry out to Him in their need. He came to grant forgiveness!

From Pastor Louie Giglio’s Great Expectation series at Passion City Church, Louie reminds us that we often take the word “prosper” to mean riches, and the words “not to harm” to mean no pain. Instead, we should be looking at God being with us in the story. He’s working and moving every situation, pain, trial, mountain, valley, peak + joy for our good and His glory.

Poet and author Jackie Hill Perry shares a message entitled “Oh Holy Night” recorded for Christmas at Passion City Church.

To kick off the Christmas season, Pastor Colin Smith shares a message titled “Why Jesus Came: To Call Sinners” based on Luke 5:27-32.

Pastor Joel Dombrow from Cedar Grove Community Church in Livermore, CA, shares a message of gratitude worth reflecting on this Thanksgiving.

Tim Keller spoke at the Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union (OICCU) for the UNCOVER 2015 series.

From Summit Church in Spokane, WA – An unavoidable aspect of being human is relationships — Each of us find ourselves in a vast constellation of relationships…. be it a friend, neighbor, co-worker, family, spouse or children. In our new series, Love First, we are zooming in on relationships and Jesus’ statement that the greatest commandment is to love God and love others as we love ourselves. Over the next seven weeks, we will take a look at seven “one another” statements found in the new testament, and learn how the Gospel alone has the power to heal our deepest relationship wounds and empower us to love others and love God as we’re designed to. For this week, lead Pastor Grant Bruscoe uncovers the incredible opportunity it is to encourage one another, and provides some practical ways to step into the practice this week.

Eli Byrd preaches during at Southeastern Seminary from 1 Corinthians 12:12-26 and declares that there is no greater example than our Lord Jesus Christ, who came not to be served but to serve. He lets us know how we ought to serve.