Pastor Brian Lowe from Exodus Church (North Carolina) preaches from Psalm 90. He develops a photographic picture depicting Moses’ expression on how we got one short, but significant life. So let’s live for the glory of God and good of others.

In Revelation 21-22.5 we’re given three pictures of our future in glory; 1) New Creation , 2) New Jerusalem, and 3) New Eden. These pictures are promises from God to wet our appetites for Heaven and spur us to help every member of our community live in light of eternity.

In 2 Corinthians 1.3-10 Pastor Rocky breaks down the verses in Paul’s letter to the Church of Corinth, explaining how Jesus hasn’t just given us accountability, He has also gives us suffering. That by living for the Kingdom, there will be suffering. He encourages the body to give their lives to helping one another suffer faithfully and well by highlighting 3 ways to suffer: 1. Expect Suffering; 2. Embrace Suffering; 3. Encourage Fellow Sufferers.

Psalm 23 reveals the faithful care of God for His people. In this sermon by Pastor Josh Lockhart we see David show how God provides and leads His people (vs 1-3), is present in the midst of suffering (vs 4), blesses in adversity (vs 5), and secures His people forever (vs 6).

In Matthew 18.15-20, Jesus explains a four step process for addressing sin in the local church: 1) One on One Confrontation, 2) Multiple Witnesses, 3) Congregation, and 4) Excommunication. Jesus then promises his authority and presence to comfort our fears and strengthen our courage in discipline.

In Ephesians 4.1-16, Pastor Rocky encourages the body and members of WCC to commit to the work of ministry through speaking the truth in love to one another.  He then poses three questions: What is our ministry? Why does our ministry matter? and how is the ministry fufiled?

In John 13.1-35, we see that the local church is meant to be a community characterized by self-denying, Christ-exalting, gospel-shaped love — a love that proves itself through sacrificial - service for those whom Christ loves. Three ideas that help us see this in the text: 1) love’s symbol, 2) love’s example, and 3) love’s promise.

In Acts 2.37-47, we consider how the resurrection creates the local church to be a devoted community. There are two ways we see this: 1) a devotion to the risen Lord and 2) a devotion to the radically ordinary.

This Sunday we begin a series on biblical community by looking at Ephesians 2.14-22. There are all kinds of communities we can and should participate in. But there is no community more important than the local church. Christians must love and spend themselves for their local church. If we’re going to do that, we must understand the beauty and glory of what God has made us in Christ. In this text Paul gives three pictures that illustrate our identity as the Church: 1) God’s New Humanity, 2) God’s New Kingdom-Family, and 3) God’s New Temple.

Pastor Jones Ndzi (Grace Reformed Baptist Church, North Carolina) preaches from Romans 8.5-11. He shows us how the resurrection changes everything about our thinking, our living, and our eternal destination. Christ’s resurrection grants us life in the Spirit delivering us from the dominion of the flesh.

In Genesis 50, we come to the conclusion of the book, which focuses on Joseph. All of Genesis focused on God’s promise to send a savior and His faithfulness to keep that promise by preserving his people. And there isn’t a person in all of Genesis that prefigured that savior more than Jospeh. So as Genesis concludes we highlight two theme in Joseph’s last days: 1) sorrow and 2) hope. Two themes that really faithfully summarize the entire story of Genesis.

In Genesis 49, we find Jacob continuing to bless his sons on his death bed. The most important thing Jacob does before he passes is to pass on God’s covenant blessings, promises, and obligations to his sons.

Jeff Fisher (pastoral ministry assistant at Kihei Baptist Chapel) preaches from Numbers 32.1-32 emphasizing the importance of God's people being united. We can't say we're not needed, nor can we say other members aren't needed. We are all needed in the body of Christ.

In Genesis 48, Jacob is on his deathbed and for the next two chapters, he will be passing down the covenant blessings and obligations to his sons But here, he begins by blessing Joseph and his sons, Ephraim and Manasseh.

In Genesis 47, God demonstrates his covenant faithfulness and providential care for Israel by providing for them and prospering them as they sojourn in Egypt.

In John 20.29-34, Pastor Kenny helps us to see our great and desperate need for Jesus and the blessing of spiritual sight that he freely offers to us in the gospel.

In Genesis 46, Jacob and his family begin their pilgrimage into Egypt. There they’ll remain strangers and aliens outside the land of promise for over 400 years. As they begin this journey, we find God strengthening Jacob in three main ways: 1) God revives Jacob’s worship, 2) God reassures Jacob of covenant promises, and 3) God restores Jacob’s relationship with Joseph.

In Genesis 45, Joseph reveals his true identity to his brothers. By God’s grace peace is restored to them and Joseph sends them back to retrieve their father. There are two big ideas this story: 1) God reconciles the sons of Jacob and 2) God revives the soul of Jacob.

Real change is hard to come by. But in Genesis 43-44, that’s what we find in the sons of Jacob. Genuine repentance over sin that is willing to humbly embrace the providential discipline of God. True change is one of the clearest indicators that someone belongs to Christ. We walk through this story in four scenes: 1) Jacob sends his sons to Egypt, 2) Jospeh welcomes his brothers, 3) Joseph tests his brothers, and 4) Judah offers himself in place of Benjamin.

In Philippians 2.5-8, Paul shows us that in his advent, Christ willingly subjected himself to humiliation. There are two ways the church has historically understood Christ’s advent as humiliation: 1) his incarnation and 2) his death.