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08.11.24

August 11, 2024 • Senior Pastor Scott Hobbs • Romans 7:15–25, Romans 8:1–17

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Romans 8 is full of some of the most quoted scripture verses in the Bible, fit for bumper stickers and t-shirts, yet often, it can be so misunderstood or even misquoted when we try to make Scripture fit our needs. What do we find in Romans 8? A declaration of truth that calls us to the responsibility of living out what Jesus paid for us to have. Senior Pastor Scott Hobbs unpacks the first 17 verses of this important chapter in Romans and makes it applicable for us today!

08.26.24

August 25, 2024 • Senior Pastor Scott Hobbs • Matthew 6:33, Philippians 1:27–28, Psalm 44:22, Romans 8, John 8:32

Each of us have a perspective on life that might be different based on our stories. How we respond to others around us is often filtered through these seasons that we've walked in. If we are walking in our own strength, we can even sometimes start measuring how good we are by how bad we think someone else is. If you have joined us for this series of Romans, you know that it is true that all of us have sinned and fallen short yet we can place our faith in Jesus and find no condemnation because He has conquered the most important thing: death. Everything else is less. This perspective changes everything. It changes the way we think, the way we approach our hurts and fears, and the way we respond to others. What is in us that causes us still to hope and seek first His Kingdom? It's this one important phrase: "if God is for us, who can be against us?"

08.18.24

August 18, 2024 • Pastor Katherine Hopkins • Romans 8:14–30, Mark 14:35–36, Psalm 27:13–14, Revelation 21:1–5

All of creation is waiting for the day when God reveals the future glory, put things in its rightful place, and returns everything to what He intended from the very beginning of time. We are waiting in expectant hope of the future glory that far outweighs our present sufferings on this earth. Pastor Katherine Hopkins shares a fresh perspective at a chapter in Romans that we all know and love. In Romans 8, we see how Paul weaves the beautiful story of the provision of our Abba Father, who loves us, cares for us, and provides for us so that we can rest secure knowing who He is and knowing who we are! We are then at complete peace with a mind governed by the Spirit, sitting back as hopeful children, saying "What's next Papa?" Always trusting. Always learning and discovering. Always looking up.

07.28.24

July 28, 2024 • Senior Pastor Scott Hobbs • Galatians 2:20, Ephesians 2:4–5, 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18, Romans 6:8–14, Romans 7

It is easy for us to sometimes be caught up in staring at the person in the mirror and believing the lies that the enemy wants us to believe: that we are not good enough, that we can't be forgiven, or that we will never be accepted by Him. Yet, as we look at Romans 6 and 7, Paul is saying that in Jesus, our old lives are dead and we are now alive in Christ, which is what we declare in public baptism. So many times, we are still trying to pay penance for our sin, yet in these chapters, Paul is reminding us that Jesus paid for your sin. We don't have to pick up our guilt and shame. You can choose to let sin be your master or you can choose to daily lay down the old self and walk freely in life with Christ.