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“Light” is given to us for the benefit of all. True understanding comes from obedience. Enlightenment without action is toxic.We all have more “truth” than we know what to do with. So often our addiction to more information, among other things, keeps us from acting on what we already know.Mark 4: 21-25 (NET)You can find out more about us at our web…

Parables are simple stories designed to illustrate a truth and invite us to act as a result of our encounter with it.The Parable of the sower invites us to consider the condition of the “soil” of our lives and respond with intention.Text: Mark 4:1-20 (NET)You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org…

God’s incarnation in Jesus sets off a whole new way of thinking, feeling and being in the world.The presence of the Kingdom of God among us reorders all of our personal and communal relationships as well as our religious and societal structures.Text: Mark 2:13-28 (NET)You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.It is a prio…

Easter Sunday!The news of the resurrection of Jesus is the ultimate reorienting of the story of our broken world.No matter how broken things get, from the personal to the global, all is being healed and restored by the resurrection of Jesus. It changes everything.Text: Mark 16 (NET)You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.or…

It's Palm Sunday!Jesus presence ushers in a whole new “covenant”, or way of understanding God’s posture towards us.When we see Jesus, we see God and we see God’s posture towards us. This is the clearest demonstration of covenant we have.Text: Mark 14:12-22 (NET)You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.…

Jesus uses miracles as a means to a much bigger end.The testimony of Jesus miracles points us to the much bigger truth. This invites us to open our imaginations to a much different understanding of what is real, what is possible, and what we can hope for.Text: Mark 1:29-2:12 (NET)You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.…

The Christian Gospel isn’t just good news, it’s a revolution and declaration to those in power.Jesus has an agenda with his gospel: to declare that the Kingdom of God is here, a new reign that is for everyone.Text: Mark 1:14-28 (NET)You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.…

Baptisms are a serious thing. Our baptisms, both with water and with the Spirit, are often the signal that significant change is about to happenText: Mark 1:1-13 (NET)Learn more about us at www.gracechurchnwa.orgעל ידי Grace Church NWA

Revelation comes in the breaking of the bread.It’s not enough to just to know, or even to see, but we must imitate Jesus to know Jesus.Text: Luke 24: 13-35 (NET)You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.על ידי Grace Church NWA

Jesus loves us enough to provide opportunities for restoration and belonging, but it is not just for our own good. These reminders of our identity are also reminders of our call to care for and restore others as we follow Jesus.Text: John 21:1-19 (NET)You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.…

Christianity, at its core, is a “one another” religion. Taking care of each other, especially in the most mundane and difficult ways, is to be a hallmark of the followers of Jesus.Text: John 13:1-17 (NET)You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.על ידי Grace Church NWA

Jesus calls us to pay attention to what is important in the midst of seeming constant disruption and anxiety, not as a way of being free of distraction, but as a way of ordering what we pay attention to.Text: Luke 10: 38-42 (NET)You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.על ידי Grace Church NWA

Clearly understanding exactly who Jesus is and what Jesus is about, and understanding who we are and what we are about is essential to cultivating a proper attitude of gratefulness.Text: Luke 7: 36-50 (NET)You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.על ידי Grace Church NWA

Having faith that God will provide is much more challenging than we may realize.Text: Luke 9:10-17To find out more about us you can visit our website at www.gracechurchnwa.orgעל ידי Grace Church NWA

Jesus seeks out each of us (yes, even those we’d rather be excluded), and invites us into relationship.Text: Luke 19:1-10 (NET)You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.על ידי Grace Church NWA

God’s heart and design is for everyone from everywhere to have a seat at the table.Text: Revelation 19:6-9 (NET)You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.על ידי Grace Church NWA

Jockeying for a higher position is counter to the ethic of the Kingdom of Jesus.Text: Luke 14: 1-14 (NET)You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.על ידי Grace Church NWA

Valuing our invitation to, and belonging in, the Kingdom of God should be at the center of every decision we make.Text: Luke 14:15-24 (NET)Find more about us at www.gracechurchnwa.orgעל ידי Grace Church NWA

Paying attention to, becoming aware of, God’s presence and provision for us in essential to living a flourishing life.Text: Psalm 23, Hebrews 12:1-2Find more about us at www.gracechurchnwa.orgעל ידי Grace Church NWA

We all long for something we call “peace”, but is that the peace that we find in the Bible?Learning what the peace that God promises and embodies is essential to our rightly aligning our imagination and expectations.Isaiah 9: 1-7 (NET)You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.…

Love is a person, love is a verb (thanks, DC Talk), love in an action, characteristic, posture, and lens through which we see the world. When we only talk about it as a feeling or emotion we miss the bigger picture, so let’s expand our understanding.Loving from the center of who we are takes intentionality and work, but it allows us to follow what …

Our experience of Joy, or the lack thereof, is a significant indicator of what we are giving space to in our lives.Holding space, or making room for Joy is one of the primary spiritual disciplines of the Jesus follower.Philippians 2:1-11 (NET)You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.…

What we hope for is guided by what we perceive to be the need. Deeply examining what it is we are hoping for reveals much about our hearts. Where is our hope centered? Who is included in our hopes and who is left out? Does what we hope for only benefit us? Does our hope cost us anything?Luke 3: 1-6 (NET)You can find out more about us at our website…

Being in Christ sets the threat level of our lives to absolute zero when it comes to the things that we are usually taught to fear.Living out of our being in Christ sets us free from the threats of the “the way things are” and having to live from our own resources. It reorients us to consider what is really really threatening and allows us to face …

Growing up in the Christian faith can sometimes lead us to miss how much more God is than anything else, including the sins that we commit.Our western, Evangelical way of thinking has placed an inordinate amount of attention on sin and our identity becomes one that is framed by our sin rather than the actual truth that we are image bearers of God, …

Growing up in a Christian culture has big advantages, and none at all.Having access to the Good News, hearing the Gospel and growing up in a culture where there are all kinds of churches, and Young Life and K-Life and Cru and Kanakuk is a tremendous gift. It is all also worthless, even damning if we think it is those things that save us.Romans 3-4Y…

Romans 1-2You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.It is a priority for us at Grace Church NWA to make LGBTQIA+, all ethnicities and races, those with disabilities, and other marginalized people groups feel accepted, included, and valuable to the life of our community!על ידי Grace Church NWA

We don’t earn God’s love and acceptance of us in any way shape or form. Humility towards ourselves and others is the only reasonable response to this fact.Our attitudes and postures towards those we disagree with is one of the most visible displays of what we believe about ourselves and about God. The way of Jesus is one of humility, grace and love…

The Kingdom of God is open for everybody. And that has some serious consequences.As followers of Jesus we must constantly be returning to our roots, to the person and ethos of Jesus the Messiah and doing this in a way that acts as a consistent critique of our practices and privileges.Romans 9:1-11:10You can find out more about us at our website www…

The essence of knowing is in the doing. The essence of obedience is in the acting. The essence of loving God is in loving others.In many ways, following Jesus isn’t that difficult to understand, but can seem impossible, at times, to actually do. Visible results are limited at best and immediate, miraculous changes or resolutions rare. This might be…

A lived theology isn’t an orientation toward the Bible, but an orientation toward Jesus and toward one another.Romans 14:7-9, 15:3, 5,7, 12:1-8, 12:14-13:10,14,15, 16:17-20You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.It is a priority for us at Grace Church NWA to make LGBTQIA+, all ethnicities and races, those with disabilit…

In the same space where we break bread, we can build bridges, but the real work begins when dinner is over.Romans 14:1-15:13You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.It is a priority for us at Grace Church NWA to make LGBTQIA+, all ethnicities and races, those with disabilities, and other marginalized people groups feel a…

Romans 16 tells us about Paul’s relationships and ministry influences—both men and women—and introduces us to Phoebe, the woman Paul chose to perform his message to the house churches in Rome.You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.על ידי Grace Church NWA

Paul’s letter to the Romans is primarily an ecclesiological letter meant to be lived out in the life of the Church.You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.על ידי Grace Church NWA

Believing in Jesus is foundational to being a Christian and finding true life. Believing is the end, but also the beginning of our Christian walk. It participates in the means and the end.You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.על ידי Grace Church NWA

"Become" August 22nd 2021 (Teacher: Laura Holland) by Grace Church NWAעל ידי Grace Church NWA

"Belong" August 15th 2021 (Teacher: John Ray) by Grace Church NWAעל ידי Grace Church NWA

"Table Manners" August 8th 2021 (Teacher: Laura Holland) by Grace Church NWAעל ידי Grace Church NWA

Any understanding of the Good News must be centered in the promise and practice of Shalom. Reorienting our understanding away from “personal salvation” towards an expansive restorative vision for all of creation is essential to our understanding and proclamation of the Gospel.You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.It i…

Sorry about the sound quality on this one - we had some technical difficulties.You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.Thanks to this Sunday's teacher, John Ray@ventureservereflect for this week's message!It is a priority for us at Grace Church NWA to make LGBTQIA+, all ethnicities and races, those with disabilities, an…

Choices have consequences. God is always offering us so much more than we can imagine, but never forcing or coercing us. The ultimate tragedy of life is not taking God seriously, not responding to God’s invitations, not understanding the reality of our own agency. Text: Isaiah 66 (NET)You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa…

We can never lose our sense of wonder, our “addiction” to the beauty of God. What are you paying attention to? What are you saying “no” to by saying “yes” to distractions? Text: Isaiah 65 (NET)You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.Thanks to this Sunday's teacher, John Ray@ventureservereflect for this week's message!Ne…

This week we’re taking time to ask the following questions: Where are you finding your truth?Who is going to be your community?How are you investing what you have? Your life?Text: Isaiah 64 (NET)You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.Thanks to this Sunday's teacher, John Ray@ventureservereflect for this week's message!…

What do we do when the life we imagined doesn’t work out, but we still have to go on living?Text: Isaiah 63 (NET)You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.Need prayer? Email us at administrator@gracechurchnwa.org It is a priority for us at Grace Church NWA to make LGBTQIA+, all ethnicities and races, those with disabiliti…

God’s wilder-than-we-can-imagine promises give us a reason to hope regardless of our current situation. You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.Thanks to this Sunday's teacher, Laura Holland for this week's message!Text: Isaiah 61 (NET)Need prayer? Email us at administrator@gracechurchnwa.org…

Our ultimate hope must be placed in the presence and promises of God, regardless of our current experience, circumstances or understanding.You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.Watch this livestream here or meet with us at Pratt Place Barn, rain or shine, all summer while we find a new, more permanent location.Thanks …

Kingdom of God justice is rooted in the very nature and character of God and the recognition of what God has done for us. Sabbath practice is an integral part of understanding and pursuing justice in a way that brings true wholeness.You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.Thanks to this Sunday's teacher, John Ray @ventu…

Jesus live, death, resurrection and assession makes possible the fulfillment of all the promises of the Old Testament. It ushers in the Kingdom of God and is the foundation of the Church. This is all made evident at Pentecost.You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org.Thanks to this Sunday's teacher, John Ray @ventureserve…

We approach life fully awake, we are able to better see things in their own context, not as one of several highlights or greatest hits. Each of us has a story that is important to God—and we need to “expand our tent” to make room for more stories.על ידי Grace Church NWA

The more we understand that God is the Hero of the story, the one working, the one who saves and brings order and justice, the more we can properly understand our own lives. Jesus, as the ultimate witnesses, shows us the way.Join us in person outside at Vesper Point, Mount Sequoyah in Fayetteville or here Live on Facebook at 10:15am. For the entire…