Sermons

How does God use money in our lives? We think of money in terms of assets to spend. God thinks of it as a tool to shape. With it, He shapes our purpose, meaning, character, behavior, relationships, and our values. God does not need our money because He is poor, but He does want to…

Relationships don’t grow without investing in them. You can add life into your relationships with two skills we’ll look at this week. The first is to “add value” to someone, which we can do when we listen to people, care about them, and give them words of life. The second is “creating meaning” with someone.…

As we continue our series and develop our relational tool box, we come to a tricky subject. What do you do when you are in a conflict? If we are honest, most of us don’t react well do instigating a difficult conversation, nor do we respond well when we feel called out on something we…

Over the last 50 years, manhood has received a thrashing from the secular culture. In movies and TV shows men have been depicted as buffoons, goofballs, or harsh tyrants.  This week we’ll look at why this is a colossal mistake, one that is costly not only to children but to wives. What are men to…

Misunderstandings are annoying, aggravating, often involve unintended hurt feelings and run us right into conflict. Why does that happen? What is going on INSIDE us that makes misunderstandings more likely?  How does that happen? What are we doing that makes misunderstandings more likely? What tools are there to help prevent misunderstandings?

We all desire life-giving relationships, and we all falter when relationships that were once life-giving has withered and become dry. Life-giving relationships must be built and maintained; they just don’t “happen” because we want them to. What tools do we need in our tool box?