As we come to the end of another year, it’s natural to take stock of our lives and ask whether we’ve had a successful year. But how do we measure success? The Apostle Paul gives us a rubric for doing so in 1 Thessalonians.
Big Idea: The greatest thing we can do as Christians is help others become more like Christ.
Series:
Big Idea: The Word became flesh in order to make God known to us.
Big Idea: God has witnessed to the True Light so that we would respond in faith and report Him faithfully.
Big Idea: Because Jesus is the eternal source of life, He came to show us the way of life.
Big Idea: God reveals His glory so that we may know Him deeply and worship Him rightly.
Big Idea: Eternal life shapes how we steward God’s wealth and word.
Big Idea: Our identity determines our activity—because we are people of God, we must live as people of God.
Big Idea: A healthy church teaches Christ-centered truth that results in Christ-sufficient contentment.
Big Idea: Christians are to serve those in authority with honor so that God’s name is exalted and fellow believers are blessed.
Big Idea: The church preserves its health and witness by honoring faithful pastors, confronting fallen pastors, and appointing qualified pastors with care.
Big Idea: Because God cares for the vulnerable, the church must reflect His heart by supporting widows according to His Word.
Big Idea: Correction in the church must aim for restoration with respect toward age and gender.
Big Idea: The pastor’s focus must remain on self, the saints, and salvation.
Big Idea: A good servant of Christ feeds on good doctrine and trains in godly discipline because of hope in a glorious Deliverer.
Big Idea: While some in the church will abandon the faith, the church must stand firm on God’s truth and enjoy His good gifts with gratitude.
Big Idea: Christians are called to examine their relationship with God based on their tests of fellowship, holiness, and confession.
Big Idea: Life Group is a place to give our lives for the glory of God and the growth of His people.
Big Idea: Wise friendship is believers, united in Christ, pursuing one another with faithfulness and truthfulness, to glorify the One who made them His friends.
Big Idea: Seven reasons to rejoice in the love of Christ.
Big Idea: Christ, in his divine love, cleanses His own and calls us to imitate Him in service.
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