Jesus is Greater

Week 10 - Peter

November 1, 2020 • Tom Hendrikse

The final week in our series looks at the Apostle Peter's life after Herod arrested him, intending to have Peter killed. The church's response to this persecution was to pray earnestly, and God answered their prayers, freeing Peter from prison.

Week 9 - Jacob and Leah

October 25, 2020 • Sam Kastensmidt

Jacob and Leah had a dysfunctional marriage at first. The Bible says that Jacob hated Leah because her father Laban had tricked him into marrying her. Weary from her struggle, Leah leaned on God, who turned dysfunctional into honorable.

Week 8 - Jonah

October 18, 2020 • Tom Hendrikse

Jonah and the big fish are among the best-known stories from the Old Testament and one of its most unusual. However, Jonah's story is really about priorities and obedience, choosing God even over your people, and misplaced anger.

Week 7 - Elijah

October 11, 2020 • Tom Hendrikse

Elijah was someone who knew about ups and downs in life. His story has fight and flight, certainty and indecision, and courage and fear. Although we find ourselves in different situations, Elijah's lessons from God are also useful to us.

Week 6 - Hannah

October 4, 2020 • Tom Hendrikse

Hannah is a woman of deep faith who finds herself in a difficult situation. Unable to bear children, persecuted by her husband's other wife, she pours out her heart to God. God answers, and what she receives from God, she offers back to Him in worship.

Week 5 - The wife of Manoah

September 27, 2020 • Tom Hendrikse

The wife of Manoah isn't named in scripture, but she is far from anonymous. Through her, we learn that our mission is not to promote our own name but to reveal the greatness of the name of the Lord.

Week 4 - Ruth

September 20, 2020 • Tom Hendrikse

Ruth was brave, hard-working, and devoted to her mother in law, Naomi. But those aren't the only labels she carried. Amid hardship, she meets Boaz, and the tale becomes one of redemption. Jesus redeems us from the labels we have as well.

Week 3 - Moses

September 13, 2020 • Winston Miller

Moses was many things to Israel, and none more important than being a mediator between them and God. Jesus is a far greater mediator between God and us. Because of him, we can be reconciled to God as adopted children.

Week 2 - Joseph

September 6, 2020 • Tom Hendrikse

Joseph is a fascinating character, especially in the parallels between his time in prison compared with how the world treated Jesus later. Accused of a crime he did not commit, Joseph never let go of his faith in God—who was with him all the time.

Week 1 - Abraham

August 30, 2020 • Tom Hendrikse

We begin a new series looking at the lives of heroic figures in the Bible and learn how Jesus is greater than each of them. This time it's Abraham. God removed Abraham's fingers from what Abraham valued greatly so he could lay greater hold of him.

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