Strong spiritual experiences are awesome.  Like getting to the top of a mountain and being blown away by the view, so God uses these spiritual mountaintops to greatly impact us.  Yet if we simply stay on the top of the mountain, we have not fully grasped the reason why God gives us these times.  He…

Confession of Jesus as the Christ results in a community with a new authority leading to consequences of suffering and serving that requires commitment to public confession.  This week’s Bible study focuses on the confession of Peter that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.  We look into the passage in Luke that explains…

I always tell people when they are trying to find God’s will for a specific step in their lives, “God will give you a low lit lantern to see the next step– though we often want a Mag Light to shine down the entire path!”  Trust in Him during each step.  The article below sums…

Ok, ya’ll… as the Pastor of Young Adults at Parkview, this topic comes up all the time!  I have put my talk notes from this past week below on singleness and dating.  This is my humble attempt at tackling the subject from a biblical point of view.  I cover marriage, creation–fall–redemption, relationships, contentment, and idols that…

                              This week’s Bible study is on relying on Jesus for big things.  As in the story of the feeding of the 5,000 in Luke 9, we need to trust in Jesus to do great things–and He will… but sometimes only…

The events in Japan this week remind us how we live in a world that seems to be out of control–where senseless death, disaster, and pain happen all the time (or so it seems in our gut reactions after a tragedy).  But the Bible affirms that God is in control of it all, and somehow (as…

Well, an interesting topic indeed for this week’s study.  We are going through Luke and we come to when Jesus heals the man possessed by a demon.  This study helps you dig into the passage for yourself, study other places in Scripture where these topics come up, and apply Scriptural truths to your life!  Enjoy. Satan, Demons,…

Jesus is there in the midst of trials and storms of life.  In fact, for his children, he plans them!  This is a crazy thought when you are hurting, but it also is very comforting.  But it is true, God uses the trials and storms in our life to draw us close to him and…

This past week Doug Schillinger spoke on listening to Jesus.  There is great power in His words!  Those who listen well experience great benefits; removal of shame of sin, greater working of God in one’s life, and increased intimacy with the Almighty God!  Attached here is a link to a Bible Study on this important…

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