Let’s Have Fun!

Introduction Who here is looking forward to Camp? It looks like a lot of you are. I am very much looking forward to camp, and this is a great precursor for it because we are going to have a ton of fun at camp. We’re also going to be learning a lot from God’s Word....

Just Tell the Truth

All right, guys, take a seat. Good singing. That is the perfect song, the perfect plea that Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount should bring us to. We cannot obtain the righteousness that we need for heaven by keeping God’s rules. It’s only Jesus’...

Adultery of Divorce

And let’s pray. God, that is our prayer—that you would be glorified. Christ, I pray that you would be glorified as we listen to your words that you preached when you were here. The Father’s words ring out in my ears when you, Jesus, were transfigured: “This is my...

Fight Sin: Your Life Depends On It

So tonight we are going to continue in Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount. We are breaking up Jesus’s sentences that came one after another, and we are taking two or three sentences and doing one week on them. I want to remind you, though, that the audience sitting there...

Immorality Occurs in the Heart

Introduction I love the refrain of that song: “The strength to follow Your commands could never come from me.” As we’re going to see today, the strength to follow what God commands truly cannot come from ourselves. We’re continuing in Jesus’s Sermon on the...

Q&A

Introduction and Updates So today we are going to be doing a Q&A. You guys have dropped a ton of really good questions in the box. We hope to cover at least a few of them. We have a lot queued up. If you have questions that come up, if something’s been on...

Hear AND Do the Word

Introduction All right, thank you, Chris. Thank you, band. I love worshiping together through song, especially looking back to how we started this year with Chris teaching us—maybe reminding some of us, but for some, learning for the first time—what worship is and...

Brothers Reconcile From The Heart

Introduction: The High Standard of Righteousness So, open up your Bibles to Matthew 5, starting at verse 21. If you remember, this is what we studied last week, and we’ll cover the entire section this time. I want to remind you that in Matthew 5:20, right before this,...

Don’t Murder (In Your Heart)

Introduction Today, we’re going to apply what we’ve been learning about reading the Bible by returning to God’s Word together. We’ll be back in Matthew, picking up where we left off. Turn to Matthew 5, starting in verse 21. Before we dive in, I want you to anticipate...

How to Read the Bible, part 2

  Introduction So we’re going to continue “How to Read Your Bible, Part 2.” There are note-taking sheets—if you don’t have one, raise your hand. Remember, for your binders and sheets to help you take notes during the week, during your quiet time, those daily...

How to Read the Bible, part 1

Opening Prayer Let’s pray. God, You are holy. You are different than us. God, the right response to seeing You, who You are, is to worship. And God, our hearts naturally refuse to worship—that is the essence of sin. That is the way that we were born. God, every...