Grace Church Teaching

Matt contrasts the idolatry of the heart which seeks glory from the world against suffering for Christ for the glory of heaven.

Matt discusses Jesus sending out the disciples to preach the arrival of the kingdom, giving them authority to perform miracles. Jesus later debriefs them and performs a great miracle feeding a multitude of five thousand.

Luke: Rise & Fall | Powdersville | Kingdom Come: Where is your faith?

In Luke 8, Jesus calms a raging storm in front of his terrified disciples. From this passage, Scott Mozingo teaches us that what we fear is tied to where we place our trust, and often our fears reveal a lack of faith in a God who always has our best in mind.

Luke: Rise & Fall | Spartanburg | Kingdom Come: Fear to Faith

Matt Williams teaches from Luke 8:1-21 and discusses the parables of the sower and the lamp, which depict the hearer's response to the truth presented by Jesus. Matt emphasizes the importance of not only hearing the truth but also pursuing an understanding of it and responding to it with obedience.

Luke: Rise & Fall | 14 | Kingdom Come: Surprised by Love

Luke: Rise & Fall | 13 | Follow Me: Forgiven & Forgiving

Matt discusses the different forms of persecution Jesus said His followers would suffer, how they are rewarded and how a lack of suffering can indicate a lack of relationship with Him.

Luke: Rise & Fall | 11 | Follow Me: The Lord of Life

Bill continues our series by explaining that Jesus defined His ministry in terms of people's needs and His followers were characterized by weakness. But Jesus came to meet their deepest deficit---which was even greater than their most pressing need.

After Jesus miraculously provides bountiful fish for Peter and several other fisherman, Peter responds by confessing his sin. Jesus then calls Peter to follow him, a call that Jesus presents to us all as believers and disciples.

As an elder-led church, elders are very important in the life and body of our church. Matt discusses the role, authority, qualifications and responsibility of this shared office just as Stephen Jones is ceremonially ordained as the church's newest elder.

Bill White finishes chapter 4 in our Luke series by teaching that Jesus is not just someone who can sympathize with us, but one who has absolute authority and power over all things - the seen and the spiritual unseen.

As Jesus announced his role as Messiah, the people of his his town were both amazed and opposed. Matt explains that Jesus' coming exposed the hardness of their heart in their own expectations and rebellion toward God and His plan.