Posted: 20 May, 2018 | Author: Steve Nelson
Having healthy relationships with every coworker, friend, and neighbor is nearly impossible. There is no way. It’s too hard. And that is why we need supernatural help. Thankfully, with God’s help, he can transform us (not them) into lovers of people. Download Handout: With blanks / Without blanks
Read More...Posted: 31 Oct, 2015 | Author: Dove Cranson
Dove’s message about repentance, both at the initial point of salvation and daily repentance in your walk as a new creation. “Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.” —Acts 3:19 Handout Disciple the Heart resource 2 – Repent – […]
Read More...Posted: 17 Mar, 2024 | Author: Dove Cranson
Guilt is not a place we are supposed to live in, stay in, or wallow in. Christ came to set us free!
Read More...Posted: 03 Feb, 2019 | Author: Steve Nelson
Acts 2:38-39 Peter replied, Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 This promise is to you, to your children, and to those far away all who […]
Read More...Posted: 13 Nov, 2022 | Author: Steve Nelson
Jesus calls us into the unthinkable: loving those who are the hardest to love. How is this possible?
Read More...Posted: 01 Dec, 2019 | Author: Dove Cranson
Seeking to grow in love, this message discusses how expectations can be transformed into healthy agreements.
Read More...Posted: 01 Jan, 2023 | Author: Kathleen Nelson
What does it mean to be a woman of God in a society that undermines the value of women at every turn?
Read More...Posted: 19 Mar, 2023 | Author: Dove Cranson
Jesus invites us to loosen our grip on our anxieties, worries, and frustrations, and turn toward Him in trust.
Read More...Posted: 09 Jul, 2023 | Author: Steve Nelson
2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.” NIV
Read More...Posted: 20 Jan, 2019 | Author: Dove Cranson
Have you ever felt lonely, even with people around, and thought something must be wrong with you? On the other hand, have you ever been in complete solitude and didn’t feel lonely at all but refreshed? What is up with that? Did God intend for us to be connected to people or did God intend […]
Read More...Posted: 20 Jan, 2019 | Author: Steve Nelson
John 12:24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. In 2004, a college student came up with the idea to steal a book of Audubon’s bird illustrations from his school library. It […]
Read More...Posted: 09 Sep, 2018 | Author: Dove Cranson
We are called to love one another. What does loving one another look like? How is it possible to really experience love? In this message Dove attempts to answer those questions, finding that we can love each other because we have been loved by God through Jesus Christ. As we have received, so can we […]
Read More...Posted: 05 Nov, 2017 | Author: Dove Cranson
Jesus said his followers should teach other followers of Jesus to obey everything he commanded. So what did Jesus command? What are we supposed to obey and teach others to obey? This talk looks at what Jesus said was the first and greatest commandment: to love God. How can we love the infinite God of […]
Read More...Posted: 01 Oct, 2017 | Author: Steve Nelson
We may not normally see things this way, but God clearly communicates that there are two types of people in the world. One group of people is cursed. The other is blessed. The great news is that God doesn’t want people to be in the cursed group. He wants us all to be in the […]
Read More...Posted: 25 Jun, 2017 | Author: Dove Cranson
In today’s episode we see that when a broken Sinner comes to Jesus, she is accepted and forgiven; and her heart of stone is changed into a heart of love. Could we ourselves dare to be so vulnerable with God? And could we be people who accept other people? Download
Read More...Posted: 03 Aug, 2015 | Author: Steve Nelson
We often wear ourselves out trying to change all of our bad behaviors. But according to the passage we’re looking at in Philippians and other passages throughout the Bible, we can not only change our actions, but our thinking as well. “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is […]
Read More...Posted: 28 Mar, 2015 | Author: Dr. Michael Parsa
“So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. But if you […]
Read More...Posted: 08 Mar, 2015 | Author: Steve Nelson
How do people fall away from the faith? What is it about beliefs other than the truth that is so appealing? And how can we as Christians watch ourselves to keep from veering off course? Download Handout
Read More...Posted: 30 May, 2021 | Author: Dove Cranson and John Meyer
In the midst of loss, God's love for us shines out as we love each other and choose to listen to His voice.
Read More...Posted: 07 Nov, 2021 | Author: Tom Schwieger
To have deep friendships like Jonathan and David had, we must be fighting the same battle and helping each other find strength in God.
Read More...Posted: 31 Dec, 2023 | Author: Josh Triggs
We often long for independence, but God has made us so we are more fulfilled and supported when we work together. We need each other!
Read More...Posted: 26 Nov, 2017 | Author: Steve Nelson
What does it look like to follow Jesus? In this message, Steve uses the story of Ruth to illustrate the devotion of a follower of Jesus. Ruth's heart was to follow Naomi into a completely new life. When we become Christians, we do the same. Baptism is simply our first step at following Jesus lead […]
Read More...Posted: 21 May, 2017 | Author: Steve Nelson
We think of the account of the woman caught in the act of adultery as a beautiful story of grace and forgiveness. And it is. At least for one person. But not everyone received life from Jesus. The religionists (the Pharisees and teachers of the law) walked away from life. They were more concerned about […]
Read More...Posted: 10 Mar, 2019 | Author: Dove Cranson
Through Christ, we can find joy, strength, and comfort in the midst of life’s peaks and valleys.
Read More...Posted: 27 Oct, 2019 | Author: Steve Nelson
Perhaps nothing is better at motivating us to pray than realizing that we are in complete despair.
Read More...Posted: 23 May, 2021 | Author: Steve Nelson
Every year nearly two million people google "What is the Bible?"
Read More...Posted: 06 Jun, 2021 | Author: Steve Nelson
In this message we will look at the question: Who is Jesus?
Read More...Posted: 30 Sep, 2018 | Author: Dove Cranson
Genesis 3:8-9 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” Jesus invites us […]
Read More...Posted: 25 Mar, 2018 | Author: Steve Nelson
Romans 8:22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. ESV Sometimes in the midst of difficulty we can feel like something must be wrong. We aren’t naive. We know life is hard; but we don’t expect it to be this hard. When we try to make […]
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