The Truth Will Make You Free?

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The Truth Will Make You Free?

John 8:36

July 2, 2017 • Dr. Gary Brandenburg

Freedom is often confused with autonomy. Auto = self, nomos = law. And I want to be free from all authority but my own. I want what I want when I want it. The very first recorded lie was that Adam and Eve could be their own gods and call their own shots – accountable to no one. We are still living with the disastrous consequences of believing that lie and it is still with us. It begins at birth.

Believers Don't Doubt

August 27, 2017

Doubt isn’t neutral. Doubt isn’t something we can just ignore. Doubt is a tenacious force that erodes the foundation of our faith and our relationship with God. James tells us doubt renders the believer as double-minded, someone who wavers or vacillates between belief and unbelief, as unstable and unpredictable as a wave. If we are in a position of compromised faith in God, we are in no position to be asking anything of him.

You Must Love Yourself Before You Can Love Others

August 20, 2017 • Dr. Gary Brandenburg

To love another as I love myself is a very radical command. It means that I should be as concerned about the happiness and well-being of others as I am about my own. It means I want to relieve other's suffering as much as we want to relieve my own. It means I care as deeply about refugee children as I do about my own. It means that I hunger and thirst for righteousness and justice for all just as I want those things for my own grandchildren. Make the desires that you have for your own comfort and security and success and happiness the measure of how intensely and creatively and consistently you desire and pursue those things for others.

God Will Never Give You More Than You Can Handle

August 13, 2017

In times of pain and suffering God DOES give us more than we can handle – but He’ll never give us more than He can handle. His power thrives in your weakness. His power gives comfort in life’s hardest moments. Some of you have been angry with Him over circumstances in your life and it’s caused you to run from Him– and He wants nothing more than for your return and for you to lean into Him instead.