Evangelical Community Church (ecc)

We continue our journey through the New Testament, considering the letters of John.

We continue our journey through the New Testament, looking at the letters from the apostle Peter.

We continue our journey through the New Testament, moving on to the book of James.

We continue our journey through the New Testament, taking one week for an overview of the book of Hebrews.

The Apostle Paul speaks to Timothy, Titus, and us through his pastoral epistles about being good stewards of the gospel message.

Philemon, the third-smallest book of the Bible, is a big gift from Paul in a tiny package.

Thiscontinues our year-long New Testament Survey series.

Pastor John continues our series through the New Testament.

Ptolemy had a reasonable perspective on the movement of the stars and planets for his point in time, but a more accurate perspective was to come. Can we find a similar analogy when it comes to perspective on Christ?

Right in the middle of the "epistle of joy," Paul uses some harsh language to call people out. What's going on here?

What is it? We are hard-wired with it at birth. It's natural, yet it's destructive. It's not an outside enemy--it's a necessary evil that is internal to our human disposition. What makes it insidious is that it seems necessary, and it is. Without it we can't survive, but with it we carry the seeds of our own misery and destruction, harmful to us and to others. We are at one and the same time completely aware of it and unaware of it, and absolutely overwhelmed by its presence. It is the most basic of all realities. It is the self.

In our passage today, Paul gives us some extreme images about walking with Christ that relate to the devil.

“Whatever else is true about man, it is certainly true that man is not what he was meant to be.” –G.K. Chesterton This quote seems to summarize Paul’s idea of grace–that we all need it.

Paul is writing to defend himself as a minister of the gospel, but what he lays forth is not a typical defense.

The Apostle Paul lays out his thoughts very directly. Let's take a look at his thoughts on the resurrection.

Our faith is not a self-contained unit; it is a system with components that work together.

What can the challenges of the Corinthians teach us about connecting with others?

Paul tried to help the church in Corinth adjust their thinking as they navigated their familiar culture and their growing faith.

Finishing up our miniseries in Romans.

Pastor Bob helps us consider what it means to be "living sacrifices."