Few of the spiritual disciplines that all Christians are called to follow are as effective and important as prayer. Understand that there is a difference between heart-felt prayer and a merely repeating a ritual at every meal and church service. Prayer is an expression of the heart; spoken in obedience before the Father. The Apostle Paul tells his reader in...
This series takes a fresh look at the life and way of Jesus. How did He treat outsiders? How did He respond to His enemies? What would He say to a polarized world of in and out; us and them; clean and unclean. This series will boldly empower you to recenter on the person and message of Jesus and urge...
This series examines the book of Revelation. If you read it as a future book, an apocalyptic history book, or a hybrid of the two, you will be blessed by this series attempt to apply it in the now. From marks, whores, horses, crowns, seals, trumpets, bowls, and gates. This series will invite you to say yes to the endless...
This series continues to examine the book of Revelation. If you read it as a future book, an apocalyptic history book, or a hybrid of the two, you will be blessed by this series attempt to apply it in the now. From marks, whores, horses, crowns, seals, trumpets, bowls, and gates. This series will invite you to say yes to...
This series concludes our Revelation series by going through each of the seven letters to the churches and asks the question 'how does this speak to us now?' The church has received clear thoughts from John and Jesus about how to be full of life and light. The church has a path forward to reclaim its beautiful relevance to our...
In this series Shane will take you on a journey through Paul's letter to the church in Rome where Jews and Gentiles were trying to navigate how to live together. The Gentiles had converted and were worshipping the Jewish God while ignoring some of the rules. One can imagine the problem that would have created! Paul's answer was that the...
In this series Shane will continue to take you on a journey through Paul's letter to the church in Rome where Jews and Gentiles were trying to navigate how to live together. The Gentiles had converted and were worshipping the Jewish God while ignoring some of the rules. One can imagine the problem that would have created! Paul's answer was...
The Bible is full of brave revolutionaries, amongst all of them one of the bravest is a Moabite woman named Ruth who risked everything to make a new life for herself. Ruth is a case study in bravery, inspiration, faith, manipulation, fear, racism, darkness, lust, celebration, hard work, proactivity and how the power of God uses our courage and often...
We live in a culture where depression and anxiety are more prevalent than joyful living. With such a heavy emphasis to find our own individualism, life has become increasingly easier to surrender to the unrealistic expectations of being constantly different. People are more concerned with their unique place in this world than they are with the beliefs which unite us....
In this series we will look at the idea that the things that we think of as huge problems to society actually remove our focus from the real issues that can decimate a community. We have unrequited and uncensored vices in our heart; flaws that can’t be made illegal, such as pride, lust, envy, gluttony, greed, anger and slothfulness. It’s not possible to...
What if we lived in a world where we were not allowed to tell people we were Christians, would people know it simply from how we are living? This series examines an empowered evangelistic life strategy that requires us to demonstrate before we announce. The question is how to access the empowerment from the Lord in order to demonstrate. We know that...
Successfully managing all the components in our lives is critical to functioning at the highest level. We must leave room for error or risk falling off the edge. This series discusses the reality of our need for free time, and what we can do to create the necessary margin to avoid the boiling point. This 4 disc set includes the...