Teaching by Book: Acts
Reconciliation: Crossing Thresholds
Racial reconciliation happens in the seats, not in the pulpit. You must walk with people who are different in order to love them.
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Missions Sunday: From the Field
The decisions we make really do have consequences. If the decision lies before you, would you choose to suffer for Christ?
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The Conscience
We tend to think of our conscience as a thermometer that registers the moral temperature around us. In reality, the conscience is more like a thermostat, which can be "reprogrammed" by the influences around us.
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Before the Throne, Part 3
What happens when we pray?
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The Next Generation Church: Loves Locally
As we continue our series on The Next Generation Church, Pastor Mike looks at the aspect of loving locally. Loving locally as a church is a direct expression of the generosity of the people of God.
Watch / ListenThe Next Generation Church: Makes Christ Known
Pastor Mike draws lessons from the apostle Paul’s debate with the philosophers at Mars Hill to demonstrate how the next generation church can make Christ known. To help others know Christ requires us to know the culture and to recognize that "church" goes beyond just a Sunday meeting.
Watch / ListenThe Next Generation Church: Knows Christ
Pastor Mike begins a series that will look at the next generation of our church. What will Reston Bible Church look like as we move forward in stewarding all that God has given us? The greater intimacy we have with Jesus, the greater the impact our story will have for His glory.
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The World System: It’s Where You Live, Part 5
The world system is designed to lure believers into loving the world in such a way that they have no impact on the world. Jesus says we are to be in this world, but not of it. How do we being “in the world” reach those who are “of the world” without compromise? We must be tactfully inviting, intellectually stimulating and lovingly warning.
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Give & Take: The Power of Encouragement, Part 1
Without encouragement, there can be no hope, and without hope, there can be no life. The temporary encouragement we give in life builds the platform to communicate eternal hope through the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Moses: A Reluctant Leader, Part 2
Though we may express it in different ways, we are all people of passion because we are created in the image of a passionate God. Passion is a useful tool for the kingdom of God, unless your zeal overcomes your discretion. In the life of Moses, we see the peril of passion as he rushes ahead and tries to force the hand of God.
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The Greatest Movement Ever, Part 5
The Gospel is a threat to 1) Religion, 2) Idolatry, 3) The Economy, and 4) The Human Intellect. Of all the societal institutions, the church alone is equipped with an eternal value system that can change the world.
Watch / ListenThe Greatest Movement Ever, Part 2
There is a false dichotomy prevalent in our culture that draws a dividing line between the laity and clergy – only “special” Christians participate in “real ministry.” We must recalibrate our thinking of “church” to rest primarily upon a biblical view, where all believers in Christ are saints and are thus equipped for the work of ministry through His power. There should be no mere spectators in the arena of the local church.
Watch / ListenThe Greatest Movement Ever, Part 1
What is “church”? We tend to think mainly in terms of “going to church” – church as a building or a service with a start time and an end time. Yet, the New Testament presents a wholly different view of church. Instead of “going to” church, it’s time we start being the church.
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Sharing Our Faith, Part 2
Part 2 of the Sharing Our Faith workshop with teaching from Acts 3 – One of the greatest hindrances to sharing our faith with people is that we tend to see most people as either “machine people” who exist only to serve us, or “scenery people” who are just background noise. To really share our faith, we must see people through the Holy Spirit of God.
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People of the Spirit, Part 3 – Controversial Views
As we continue our teaching series on the Holy Spirit, Pastor Mike tackles the “Big 3” in controversial views of the Holy Spirit – tongues, prophesy, and healing.
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