Truth Encounter: The Church The Body of Christ

Dave challenges us to resist the powerful undertow that pulls us towards isolation.

The New Testament honestly faces the way believers really are. Discover how you can become a restoring, instead of a rejecting saint!

A focus on interpersonal relationships among the people of God. Learn how to overcome all those “little misunderstandings” that can divide us.

Paul exposes something to us that is more enduring than even the strong force of the atomic nucleus. Something that is truly a non-disposable!

Have you ever heard someone mention the church as “the body of Christ?” The Apostle Paul exposes ideas about the relationship between our physical body & the church.

Going to a wedding no one wants to miss? Don't miss the observations on the difference between men & women and the importance of weddings.

The subject of God's temple is traced through the Scriptures, and we are challenged to clarify our thinking about where the true house of the Lord is today.

CEO, coach, visionary, strategist—the job titles for pastors today look more like Steve Jobs or the coach of the University of Texas than a faithful, steady shepherd who gets sheep manure on their boots.

Ever get caught in a undertow? The feeling that you just don't want to go to church and fellowship with your brothers and sisters can be just as strong and even more lethal. Check out Romans 1:8-17 and see what the Apostle Paul has to say about the imperative to get together and then listen to this week's Truth Encounter.

"I thought you were supposed to be a Christian! How could you have ever done such a thing to me?" When the raw reality that God's children can fail horribly drenches us with spiritual ice water, how should we react? Are you a rejecter or a restorer? Turn to Galatians 5 and 6 and listen to this week's encounter with the Truth.

Teams that make it to the Super Bowl have chemistry--that binding factor that causes the whole to become far more powerful than the sum of its parts. When we gather together as believers, Jesus wants to generate this kind of chemistry mobilized to a far great purpose. The Apostle Paul in Romans 12:10ff reveals to us how we can activate this powerful bonding agent of love?

Want to build some basics into your life as we begin 2012--priceless character traits that have held their permanence for more than 2000 years? Then check out this week's Truth Encounter--The Non-Disposables.

We just celebrated the entrance of Jesus into the world at Bethlehem as we closed 2011. As we begin 2012, is Christ still revealing His presence on the earth? If He is, how does He do it?

What's the definition of marriage? In our culture the debate rages, but while we try to preserve the fact that it is between a man and a woman, have we forgotten the deepest meaning of our marriages?

Sacred space is a big thing in religion. We call them synagogues, mosques, cathedrals, and even sacred gardens. One thing is common -they are all viewed as places on earth where you can get close to God or the gods. Why did Stephen get stoned for what he said about the true temple in the first century?

CEO, coach, visionary, strategist -the job titles for pastors today look more like Steve Jobs or Coach Mac of the University of Texas than a faithful, steady shepherd who gets sheep manure on their boots. Why did Jesus call Himself the Good Shepherd and why should we think of our pastors as shepherds and not as the head of the table in the board room?