The Oaks Church

Experiencing the new life Christ provides requires that we deny ourselves, not neglect the Spirit, and not take preference to the past.

Jesus rules the storms and brings His people safely toour destination.

Jesus is the King of Glory who cares for His people withsupernatural love and power.

The Lord Jesus Christ is clearly revealed, but not automatically received. 

As both the source of life and judge of the world, Jesuscalls us to believe His Word and receive everlasting life.

Jesus heals us to walk with Him, but it will not be easybecause the world opposes Him.

Faith is trusting Christ regardless of the presentcircumstances.

Jesus completely satisfies through the continual filling of the Spirit, enabling us to worship Him rightly. 

Our joy in Christ deepens as our self-life decreases. 

Every single person needs to be born again through faith in Jesus.

Union with Christ transforms our affections and compels us to practical obedience in daily life.

Jesus exposes empty worship and shallow faith, inviting us to fully trust in His death and resurrection. 

Jesus reveals His glory by meeting our lack with His abundance, inviting us to trust Him more deeply.

Discipleship is following Jesus in full surrender and bringing others to come and see.

The sacrifice of Jesus enables us and empowers us to bear witness to others by His Spirit.

Jesus is the eternal Word who became flesh to reveal God and redeem sinners.

The birth of Jesus shows us that God is sovereign, God is faithful, and Jesus is the Savior of the world.

The Son of God came not to be served but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many.

The legitimacy of Christ's Kingship forces all people to decide on who their allegiance will be to: self or the Savior.

Society benefits most when the church exalts in gospel conversion that stirs up godly engagement with the world around us.

The grace of God compels the church to represent Christ both inwardly and outwardly through sound teaching in context.

God establishes order and ordains elders in the church so we can stand firm in Truth and shine as a witness to the world.

We should order our lives as individuals AND as a local church so that our inward transformation is on display for His glory.

God promises redemption to and through His chosen people.

God scatters our plans rooted in pride and mercifully invites us into the mission of Christ.

God is the ruler of the world and the nations are His inheritance. 

The relationship God wants with you is spiritual, internal, personal, environmental, and fruitful.

Sin persists in human hearts, but Christ covers our shame and secures God's blessing.

God restores and promises rest to us in Christ.

God's judgment will come suddenly, but those who are ready will be saved.

Our response to God is rooted in our understanding of His grace.

Our corruption brings God grief, but His grace gives us hope.

We bear God's image yet live under sin's curse, and the only cure is fellowship with Him.

Upon hearing God's Word, we have a choice to be in the line of Cain or Seth.

The path of sin keeps destruction, but God provides a better way in Christ.

Sin brings the curse, but God begins the cure.

Sin destroys what God created good.

We honor God by cultivating and keeping God's design for gender and marriage.

God's purpose for man is to praise him for His provisions and honor His parameters.

By resting on the seventh day, God gives us a pattern to shape our lives.

Mankind, as God's image bearer, has been entrusted with a purpose: to glorify Him.

God's goodness is demonstrated in His creation.

God spoke creation into existence as a reflection of His glory.

God's Word leads the church to grateful praise for God's past works and exultant trust for what's ahead.

The primary purpose of prayer is not to get something from God but to grow in a deeper relationship with God.

The Lord has given us all we need to enjoy Him and accomplish His work as we await His return.

The love of God is displayed through the church boldly loving one another.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ spreads through God's people living ordinary lives in relationship with Him.

We persevere today by resting in past grace and relying on the future grace God promises.

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is rational and the most radical Truth in the world.