Christ Church Dunn

"God is love" is one of the most direct and basic statements about who God is, and it has huge implications for us. What does mean that before love is a feeling or action that it is a Person? What does God's love do to us and in us when it finds us?

What is the measure of a 'good life?' How do we evaluate the things we do, as individuals and as a community?

The resurrection of Jesus is the most significant moment in human history. But what does it mean to be a community and individuals defined by it? How do we live on mission with the resurrected and victorious Jesus?

Emotions are a good thing: something created by God for his glory and our good. But our emotions are warped and broken, and sometimes lead us wrong. How does God answer this for us?

Love is a wonderful thing: but what is love? How does God embody and prove his love for us in Christ...and how do we respond to that love?

In 1 John 3.1-10, John pulls back the curtain to show the spiritual "behind the scenes" of our lives in a way that clarifies, challenges, and calls us to faith in Jesus and mission with him.

What Jesus has accomplished transforms our present and our future. What does that mean for our desires and the way we live our lives?

Much of Christian talk about "the antichrist" and "the end times" has been a distraction from what it means to actually following Jesus in the here-and-now. How does 1 John lead us to think about our place in this world in light of the victory of Jesus that is secure, but not yet fully applied?

In the face of an unknown future, where do we find our motivations to walk forward? What are the dangers along the way? And what is the horizon that we're aiming for?

One of the distinguishing marks of followers of Jesus across all cultures and eras is baptism with water. But what does it mean to be baptized? As a sign, what does it point to? As a seal, what does it confirm?

What does the gospel of Jesus have to say to us in a world full of hatred, where we are sinned against and sin against others?

When we face a new situation that we never expected, how do we know the pathway of wisdom?

What does it mean to say that we know God? And how is that knowledge like a car?

What is the marker of spiritual maturity for someone following Jesus in this world? And how does the Gospel gives us the humility and boldness we need to live our lives?

1 John tells us that "God is light," then implores us to "walk in the light." What does this mean? And how can the pathway of Jesus free us from performing or pretending?

God is not looking for fans, he is building a community where he gives us himself, so that we can give ourselves to him and others in love.

What fills your mind when you hear the word "church?" For most of us, that answer is complicated and will depend on our experiences. But what does Jesus think of the church? What is this community supposed to be?

What does Jesus have to say about our future, and what does that mean in our present?

What does it mean to follow the apostle Paul in living "Christ Jesus came into this world to save sinners and I am the worst?"

We live our lives trying to come to terms with the verdicts of other people and the verdicts of our own hearts. What does it mean for us to leave this behind and live under the verdict of God?

In the midst of success, failure, and everything in between Jesus gives us insight into an unending source of joy.

As our church is on the cusp of exciting growth, we stop to remember what God has done and add our "amen" to his grace: while we look forward to a future of continued internal, eternal, multiplication, and bridging growth.

The final line of the Lord's Prayer prepares us to move our prayers into our lives, by teaching us the place (his kingdom), the motivation (his power), and the goal (his glory) of our lives as God's children.

What does it mean to pray for God to both 1) lead us away from temptation and 2) deliver us from evil?

"Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors" is maybe the most difficult thing Jesus teaches us to pray in the Lord's Prayer. What kind of power does forgiveness have?

Jesus does not teach us to pray for extravagant wealth, but for "our daily bread." What's the difference? And how can learning to pray this change our perspective on our ordinary lives?

How is the kingdom of God a direct challenge to the world that we live in?

When Jesus teaches us to pray "your kingdom come, your will be done," it's an invitation to find our all in God's plan of redemption: the kingdom of God.

"Hallowed" is a word we don't use often in our day-to-day lives. So what does it mean for us to pray that God's name be hallowed? What is God's name?

Jesus teaches us to pray "Our Father in Heaven?" But what does it mean to pray this? What is heaven?

The first words Jesus teaches us to pray in the Lord's Prayer is "Our Father." What is the significance of calling upon God as Father?

Prayer is our family talk as God's children with our Father. In Matthew 6, Jesus teaches us to pray in a way that isn't just words, but is meant to form us and propel us into mission.

Prayer is not performance: before others, before ourselves, or before God. Prayer is family talk.

We can drop the religious costumes and bring our worst to God, finding true transformation that leads us to love what He loves and value what He values.

In Jonah 3 we see what happened when Jonah preached the worst sermon in history, what it means to define "repent" apart from shame, and how God sovereignly works to bring his grace to our graceless world.