Two Cities Church

In Revelation 2:1-7, we get a picture of a church that is all head and no heart, which makes us ask, what do we do if we realize we've left the love we had at first for Christ?

We all want clearer vision for our life. In Revelation 1 verses 1-20, we learn where, how, and from whom we can gain this vision.

In Matthew 19:27-20:16, the parable of the generous landowner makes us ask: What lens will we see life through? The lens of God's grace or one of grumbling?

In Matthew 2:1-16, King Herod, the chief priests and scribes, and the wise men all have a different response to Jesus' birth, and in this we see that everyone responds to Jesus in either anger, apathy, or adoration.

Through the Parable of the Prodigal Son found in Luke 15, Jesus teaches that there are two ways to be lost, rebellion and religion, but only one way home, a relationship with him through repentance.

In Luke 14:1-24, Jesus uses the Parable of the Great Banquet to illustrate for us the importance of inviting in and honoring those who cannot repay us as that's what he did for us.

What does it look like to invest wisely versus foolishly? In the Parable of the Rich Fool in Luke 12:13-21, Jesus answers this question as he warns us against storing up riches for ourselves and calls us to lives of gratitude and generosity.

In Luke 18:1-8, Jesus confronts our arrogance, anxiety, hurriedness, and every other excuse we bring with the encouragement to keep on praying in faith.

In Matthew 18:15-35, Jesus uses the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant to teach us how foolish and dangerous unforgiveness is in the light of how greatly we've been forgiven.

In Luke 10:25-37, Jesus answers these two questions through the Parable of the Good Samaritan: Who is my neighbor? And what does it look like to love them as much as I love myself?

In Matthew 25:14-30, Jesus gives us the parable of the talents, showing us that God has made an investment in each of us. We learn that God wants a return on his investment which looks like our maturity and his mission carried forward.

Walking through Acts 20, we learn what it looks like to live a missional life as Paul makes 6 declarations that define his life and must define ours if we're going to live on mission long-term.

In Acts 19 as Paul confronts the idols of the Ephesians, we learn how to expose and destroy our own idols and are warned of the resistance we'll come up against as we do.

In Acts 17 as Paul is provoked by the city full of idols, we learn not only how to confront our own idols, but how to identify the false gods of others and see them as opportunities to share Christ.

Jesus is the only way, but there are many ways to Jesus. We see this in Acts 16 as Lydia, a slave girl, and a Philippian jailer all come to Jesus through different means.

In Acts 13 and 14, the church at Antioch shows us what it means to be a missional church that values commissioning people more than collecting people.

In Acts 11 and 12, we see the church's response to being persecuted, showing us that our problems should lead us to deeper partnerships and dependent prayer.

God is always preparing both the believer and the unbeliever for the next gospel conversation. We see this in Acts 10 and 11, as God is getting Cornelius ready to hear the gospel while also working in Peter's life to get him ready to share the gospel.

Saul had nothing going for him when it comes to encountering and being changed by Christ, and that's exactly where God met him. In Acts 9:1-22, we see that God can save anyone, and that everyone needs Jesus.

What does it look like to seek forgiveness even though we have been hurt? In Genesis 45-50, we see Joseph seeking real forgiveness with family, and we learn what it looks like to forgive as forgiven people.

What does it look like to seek out true reconciliation after you've been wounded? In Genesis 42-44, we see Joseph seeking out true reconciliation of relationship with his brothers, and we learn what it looks like to truly deal with our personal wounds.

In Genesis 40-41, Joseph's actions show us what it looks like to follow God and serve others in suffering and success.

In Genesis 39, Joseph's refusal of Potiphar's wife shows us how to avoid temptation and walk in the favor of God.

Following Joseph's story in Genesis 37, we see the dangers of dysfunctional families and are encouraged by the way God still works through them.

We're all in a spiritual battle, but in Christ, victory is possible. In Ephesians 6:10-20, we learn what we're fighting against and how to fight the battle.

Why do we work and what should our dynamic with our boss look like? How does God want us to approach parenting and being parented? We find the answers to both of these questions in Ephesians 6:1-9.

What does it really mean for husbands to love their wives like Christ loved the church? This week, we talk about how husbands can be loving leaders and the 5 types of love that Paul lays out in Ephesians 5:25-33.

Ephesians 5:22-24, 33 What is marriage, and what is the wife's role? In Ephesians 5, we talk about Biblical marriage, submission, and how Jesus redeems and revolutionizes our marriages.

In Acts 19:1-10, we see that the Ephesians church was birthed by the power of the gospel, the power of the Holy Spirit, and by proclamation. Looking back at how it all began presents specific ways we can be charged up and challenged as a Church.

In Ephesians 5:15-21, we learn that we have access to true wisdom and the ability to truly worship.

Ephesians 5:1-14 makes us ask, what is love? And what's the difference between the culture's definition and God's?

In Ephesians 4:17-32 we see how new life in Christ results in a new lifestyle that makes Christians look different than the world.

In Ephesians 4:1-16, the Church is called to be unified and to use its gifts to serve each other.

In Ephesians 3:14-21, we see God's purposes of power and of love and are encouraged to pray to those ends.

In Ephesians 3:1-13, we see Paul's missionary mindset that sees purpose in where God has placed him, is willing to suffer, and wants to make the mystery of Christ known.

In Ephesians 2:11-22, Paul explains that while sin separates us from God, ourselves, and others, Jesus brings us near and gives us peace.

In Ephesians 2:1-10, Paul gives the world a spiritual diagnosis: We are hopeless apart from Christ, but God gives us the opportunity to be saved by grace to walk in good works.

In Ephesians 1:15-23, Paul prays that those in Ephesus would have the eyes of their hearts enlightened, pointing us to the question, what does it mean to see with the eyes of our hearts?

In Ephesians 1:1-14, we see that because we have been adopted into the family of God, we are blessed to be a blessing.

In Ephesians 1, Paul refers to the saints in Ephesus as those "in Christ," showing us that it's primarily about what Christ has done before it's about what we need to do.

Luke 24:1-9 "Why are you looking for the living among the dead?" The woman at the tomb were greeted with the same question Jesus asks us today.

In Joshua 24, Joshua sets an example of remembering and sharing stories as a way of keeping and passing on the faith.

Joshua 20 // Through the cities of refuge appointed by the Israelites, we see how the Church should be a people of refuge.

Joshua 9 shows us how the Israelites were deceived by the Gibeonites and gives us an opportunity to think through how we are deceived and how we can cultivate discernment.

In Joshua 8, we see how God moves toward sinners and failures and helps them to fight again.

John 20:19-21 Pastor J.D. Greear teaches us what it means to be a SENT people.

What are you hiding? In Joshua 7, the Israelites' defeat at Ai shows us how secret sin and spiritual pride only lead to destruction.

Joshua 6 // Through the salvation of Rahab and the judgement of Jericho, we see that you cannot separate God’s judgement from God’s mercy.

In Joshua 5, we see a picture of what it looks like to wait expectantly on the Lord.

Joshua 3-4 // As the Israelites crossed over the Jordan, we see a picture of obedience, remembrance, and God's faithfulness.