Posts with the tag “expedition”

When life knocks you down, Christ says, “GET UP” Be salty. Be a light. “GET UP and GET YOU SOME, SON” (Son of God, that is)...  Read More

Imagine for a moment that you have been given complete freedom to choose what you want to do for a living, with no barriers. What would your life look like? What would you be doing? Who would be there...  Read More

This sermon emphasizes the importance of relationships within the church community, arguing that true Christian life is about more than just an individual relationship with God; it’s about being part ...  Read More

Peter addresses the reality of living in a hostile world and emphasizes the presence of the devil, our spiritual adversary (literally "hostile enemy). Satan is described as a prowling lion, seeking to...  Read More

BIG IDEA: The only way to minimize hostility is through humble authority and humble submission to authority....  Read More

Positive Consequences: Forgiveness - Mercy - Spiritual Strength...  Read More

Peter urgently reminds us to live with purpose and love in the limited time we have, to be sober-minded. ...  Read More

Peter offers a graphic description of a society engulfed in debauchery—a picture startlingly similar to certain segments of American culture. He challenges us, as followers of Christ, to live differen...  Read More

Peter shifts gears in this section of his letter to deal with a very specific issue. It seems as though the Christians he’s writing to are suffering, but they’re suffering for a very specific reason… ...  Read More

This instruction does not stem from a value judgment but from a recognition of different strengths and roles within a marital relationship, ensuring that both partners support each other in a way that...  Read More

Hostility is contagious. In our lives, whether at work, school, or home, hostility has a way of seeping in and affecting us more deeply than we might expect. It's like bringing home the stress of a ba...  Read More

1 Peter 1 – We suffer to prove our faith and to bring praise, glory, and honor to God. We must set our hope on Jesus. We are judged as individuals for our faith, so we must not conform to our evil des...  Read More

I want to emphasize the absolute necessity of hope in our lives, especially as we navigate the tumultuous and often hostile environment of our fallen world. Without hope, we're left without resilience...  Read More

The book of 1 Peter is an encouraging letter written that offers hope, guidance, and support to Christians who are facing various trials and hardships because of their faith.1 Peter encourages steadfa...  Read More

We cannot have a church that doesn’t feel like it belongs to every generation. They are not the church of the future, they are the church… today. Right now. ...  Read More

As we travel, we will experience societies and cultures and circumstances that are either unfamiliar or unique and often will be unsettling. Why would we add a new value to our church? The world we ...  Read More

The Bible specifically mentions Jesus’ crying three times. I’m certain there were more, we just don’t know about them. He wept over Jerusalem as He approached the city because of their sin, he wept i...  Read More

To truly live, the seed has to leave its old self behind. There has to be death before there can be life. The grain dying is actually a really good thing because it brings about new life, more life, b...  Read More

So Jesus tells a story where a man who gets beat up and is left in a heap half dead on the side of the road. Two religious men, a Priest and a Levite walk by and do nothing. They ignore the man. A thi...  Read More

In the song, "How deep the Father's love," The lyrics are "How deep the Father's love for us, How vast beyond all measure." On Sunday, we sang, "His Mercy is More." One line says " a sea without botto...  Read More

God is profoundly and perfectly intentional in all his ways. He does everything that needs to be done to bring about his purposes....  Read More

The great commandment has been called great because it’s just as prominent. In terms of wayfinding, it’s a landmark that can be seen from miles in every direction....  Read More

Wayfinding refers to the techniques used by travelers to discover unmarked routes. These techniques include but are not limited to dead reckoning, maps (earliest known maps are of the stars), compass,...  Read More

Who can define what a heart is? How does the world define what a heart is? How does the Bible describe our hearts?...  Read More

Read: James 3:17-18 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in pe...  Read More

Read: Matthew 5:43-45 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may...  Read More

Read: Matthew 5:9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God."...  Read More

Read: 1 Peter 3:10-11 (cited from Psalm 32:12-16) For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit; let him turn away from evil ...  Read More

Read: Colossians 3:14-17 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one b...  Read More

Read: Romans 5:1-5 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which w...  Read More

Read: John 14:6-7 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on yo...  Read More

Read: 2 Peter 1:1-2 Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: May gr...  Read More

Read: Matthew 11:28-30 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest fo...  Read More

Read: John 14:26-27 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. Peace I leave with y...  Read More

Read: Ephesians 2:14-17 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinan...  Read More

Read: Isaiah 26:3-4 You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock....  Read More

Read: John 16:31-33 Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not a...  Read More

Read: 2 Thessalonians 3:16 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all....  Read More

Peace is God’s gift of wholeness to all those who determine to enter His presence and follow His will. As we encounter this Advent season as the community of Expedition Church, together we journey to...  Read More