Have any of you dealt with conflict this week, this year, this life? Conflict is like that annoying toilet paper stuck to your shoe. You want to leave it behind, but you don’t really want to touch it. Conflict arrives early in our lives and shapes our souls and relationships as it is related to trust, desire, and fear. We will look at some of the proverbs that give advice on how to think, speak, and act as we encounter the many faces of conflict. My hope is that we will see how our struggles with conflict are best addressed by an ever deeper trust in what God has done for us in Christ.
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Gaining Wisdom
July 2, 2023 • Pastor Kevin Baird • Proverbs 25:21–22
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Words
August 20, 2023 • Rev. Jeremy A. McKeen • Proverbs 24:26, Proverbs 15:4, Proverbs 16:24, Proverbs 10:17–19, Proverbs 12:25
One of the most underestimated parts of our lives and tools that we have are the words that we speak. Our words are often underestimated in the way they reveal our hearts and the way they can influence the hearts of others. So, how do we better appreciate the power of our words and learn to steward that power well? How do we speak wisely? What characterizes the words of the wise? According to Proverbs, what are wise words?
Work
August 13, 2023 • Rev. Jeremy A. McKeen • Proverbs 3:19, Proverbs 10:4–5, Proverbs 12:11, Proverbs 14:23, Proverbs 22:29
How does Jesus relate to your job? Too often times, we can look at the Christian life as very separate from our everyday work life. When this happens, getting involved in “the work of the church“ can be narrowly perceived as doing things directly related to the ministry that takes place on the church grounds or intentional outreach efforts. As important as that work is, how can we reconnect our Sundays to our Mondays? In this message, we continue in our study of Proverbs, and consider a biblical and practical theology of work.
Envy
August 6, 2023 • Rev. Jeremy A. McKeen • Proverbs 14:30, Proverbs 23:17–18
As we continue our study in the Proverbs, we come to one of the most underrated and unconfessed sins of the heart—envy. What is envy? How do we diagnosis it? Why is it so dangerous? And what are some of the gospel remedies that we’re given to treat it?