Life comes at us quickly! No time to think! So we tend to operate on automatic pilot, allowing events to sweep us along.

But here we are at the turn of a New Year — a great time to stop, think, evaluate, and plan.

Create a little time in your schedule to pause, worship, hear a sermon of encouragement, and equip yourself with some ideas and resources that will help you live the New Year more reflectively.

Many of us tend to be idealists, romantics even. We find a new church and it seems so wonderful, and we’re convinced we’ve found the perfect spiritual family. Then something bad happens and we’re shattered and push away. Alone again. . . .

But it doesn’t have to be like that. This sermon looks at the brilliant way the earliest Christians dealt with conflict. Their approach will help us not just at church, but in the workplace and with our families.

Most of us are introverted. Most of us are cautious. Most of us are really reluctant to open ourselves to church community. “What if something goes wrong? What if I get hurt? What they want more from me than I can give?” So we go it alone and end up spiritually anemic.

This sermon takes a look at how some of the earliest followers of Jesus built community together, and explore why that made such a powerful difference for them.

What if someone who encountered Jesus in the flesh, nearly 2000 years ago, was able to be transported into our world today to tell us about it? What could we learn from that?

In a rare instance of time travel, Simon the Pharisee visits LifeJourney Church today. Simon will share with us his own encounters with Jesus, how it changed his view of faith, and changed his life.

You’ll be surprised at the insights we can gain when sparks fly at a dinner party.

This sermon explores that most loaded of Christian words — salvation.

You’ve probably heard a preacher say (or shout), “If you died right now do you know for sure you would you go to heaven, or would you go to hell?”

Is that even the right question? Maybe we could ask, “In your life right now are you living in heaven, or are you living in hell?” Join us as we explore what the scriptures say.

How does your family’s past affect you today? That’s a huge question — scary even! For most of us, it’s a mixed bag. We carry both blessings and wounds from our upbringing.

As we wrap up our sermon series on “The Inferior Kings of Israel and Judah”, we’ll take a look at how dysfunctions accumulated over generations finally led to national bondage, and apply the lessons we learn to our own personal past. This is a message of great hope!

Remember when you were growing up and your mother would say, “I work so hard to keep this house clean, but then you kids just come along and mess it up. I don’t know why I bother!”

Every one of us has experienced that same feeling. We work really hard to build something, only for someone else to come along and tear it down. Why bother?

In this sermon we’ll learn from an Old Testament king who faced the same dilemma.

At some point, it happens to us all, or someone we love — that time when the doctor sighs and says, “I’m sorry, but. . . .” When that time comes, when our health begins to fail, when some chronic disease is diagnosed, how should we respond?

Next week (really, we mean it this time!) our webcast is going to look a lot different! It will have a larger, higher-quality picture, and faster download times with less waiting. It will be cross platform (it’ll work on a Mac!) and can be easily shared on your own website or on facebook. You’ll notice today’s webcast was recorded with just one camera. Please bear with us as we transition to the new system.

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This sermon explores a story of remarkable change buried deep in the Old Testament. The story tells how a group of people determined to exact revenge underwent a complete change of heart and ended up tending to the needs to their former enemies. What caused such a remarkable transformation? And how can we learn to create that kind of change in our families, workplaces, and communities?

Today’s scripture: 2 Chronicles 28:1-15

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Have you had your 15 minutes of fame? Probably not — most of us never will. We live; we die, and this great big world barely even notices.

This sermon looks at someone in the Bible who lived like us — obscure, anything but famous. Yet, in God’s eyes, he lived very well. From his example, we’ll gain insight about “the meaning of it all.”

Today’s scripture: 2 Chronicles 27:1-9

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We’re exploring one of those Bible stories that makes you cringe, but also makes you think deeply about important questions like: Are all religions created equal? And, if not, what should we do about it?

Today’s scripture: 2 Chronicles 14:1-8

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We have good intentions about a consistent prayer life. Then life happens. Time gets squeezed. We think we have things under control on our own. But do we really?

Today’s scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10

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