Category Archives: The After Word

The After Word will feature thoughts on the sermon from the weekend’s Worship Experience. This post will range from highlighting a main point to providing an illustration or application. You’ll get the word on Sunday, are you living it on Tuesday? Check here for a reminder!

Multiply –

By: Andy Callis As our church looks at discipleship for the fall, I’ve been challenged taking our students through “Multiply” by Francis Chan on Sunday mornings. Here are some of the things that have hit home with me. To be … Continue reading

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Living as an exile; rejecting, receiving or redeeming

by: James Green Last weekend, Matt spoke about living as an exile, outlining some “do’s” and “don’ts” in unpacking a great passage from Jeremiah.  One of the illustrations he referenced (when he was discussing how the Babylonian’s would take over … Continue reading

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A Steady Father

Last week, I worked a soccer camp. My group was comprised of girls from 2nd to 7th grade who were there to improve their soccer skills or because their mother had made them come. The attitudes, like the very ages … Continue reading

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A Look at Murder

It isn’t that often that one shows up to church and hears a message entirely devoted to murder. I mean, shouldn’t we just leave those messages to the, you know, murderers? Save it for the prison ministry or something; I … Continue reading

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The Depths of Love or Lack Thereof

We remember thinking ourselves brilliant, that I know for sure. There we were, a band of misfit 17 year-olds, with a sure-fire plan to turn our Fourth of July party into a pool party, without actually having a pool. No, … Continue reading

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Forgiving Your Father and Mother Already

Growing up, I remember thinking my dad could beat up your dad. I thought my father moonlit as a superior version of Superman. He’d see that we kids were neatly tucked away and then nip out to save widows, orphans, … Continue reading

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The Woeful State of Our Words

I caught an interesting news cycle before leaving for work this morning.  The story was, more or less, on profanity of all things. First, it featured the hapless news-anchor whose career had finally arrived as he was on-set for his … Continue reading

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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, remember all that?  Recall how God tactically went about creating things each day?  After each day, God would assess the day’s activity and nod with approval: “It is good.” Then … Continue reading

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Wisdom from Talking Beavers

This weekend we focused on idols, and how we so love to worship them. It is absurd, yes, to place God into some minute thing of which He holds prominence over, yet time and time again we bow before our … Continue reading

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Today and Every Day After

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 says, “For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third … Continue reading

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