Messages

Listen to Jonathan Woolner speak on April 24th, 2016 about the way Paul doesn’t let his past keep him from who he is becoming in Christ. Sometimes sharing about our failures can help us to connect with others. Forgetting the past doesn’t mean we don’t remember what happened, it means we can look at it objectively and allow our experiences to be used for Christ’s purposes. You are not the worst thing you’ve ever done. You are not the best thing you’ve ever done. The Gospel changes how we see people that are different than us.

Read the passage in Philippians 3:12-17

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Listen to Jonathan Woolner speak on April 17th, 2016 about the cultural exclusion that Timothy would have suffered, and how the Christ Pattern of living flipped his narrative to be inclusive and to consider others better than himself.

Read along in Philippians 2:19-30, Acts 16:1-5, Deuteronomy 23:2, 2 Timothy 1:5, Galatians 6:15

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Listen to Jonathan Woolner speak on Sunday, April 10th about identifying our core beliefs. We often may think we believe a certain way until that private belief gets tested. If we don’t like what we discover, we can allow Christ to change our core beliefs to align with his.

Read along in Philippians 2:17-18, and Philippians 2:5-11

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Bonus: hear the Children’s Sermon by Amy Mark.

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Listen to Jonathan Woolner speak on Sunday, March 20th, 2016. He explains that Paul has learned to ‘surrender the outcome’ while he shares with the other Christians at Phillipi. Suffering that seems like what will lead to our destruction, leads to our salvation. Have courage, stand strong & tell the truth when nobody else will. Live with more generosity, compassion and conviction. Genuine Christianity is not shiny and comfortable, it involves sacrifice, pain and suffering. Who is the competing ‘Niro’ who is asking for your allegiance?

Read along in Philippians 1:27-30, Acts 16:12.

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Listen to Jonathan Woolner speak on Sunday, March 13th, 2016. Paul shares the same resolve as Jesus to do the will of the Father, despite his pain and struggle.  Jesus often flips things upside-down, challenging the assumptions we previously held onto as beliefs, so we can take part in His perfect plan. 

Read along in Philippians 1:20-26, Matthew 16:15-24, Ephesians 3:14-19

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Listen to Jonathan Woolner speak on Sunday, March 6th 2016 about Paul’s choice to rejoice despite the dire circumstances he found himself in, and thanked his friends for their prayers of support while encouraging them.

Read along in Phillipians 1:18b-26

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Listen to Jonathan Woolner speak on Sunday February 28th about being faithful and having joy while remaining in suffering. As Paul writes:

“Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, for I know that through your prayers and the help given by the Spirit of Jesus Christ, what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.” -Philippians 1:18b-19 (NIV)

Read along in
Philippians 1:18-19, Job 13:15-16,18, & Psalm 34:1-7,

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