Matt Reynolds :: The Constitution of The Kingdom :: 08.14.11
Sunday we’ll conclude our summer series on the Kingdom of God looking at Jesus’ famous sermon on the mount in Matthew 5-7. Was Jesus trying to give us a new law or reveal a completely different way to live? How can we know for sure what Jesus was trying to communicate in this sermon?
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Chris Moerman :: Suffering and Sonship :: 05.22.11
Living in the tension of the ‘now but not yet’ reality of the Kingdom means that we have tasted and seen glimpses of what is to come, but we must still grapple with the fallenness of our humanity.
How do we balance the miracles and healings of Jesus, with the clear teaching He gives to us on suffering? Is there a greater purpose that God is inviting us into, that perhaps we cannot yet see? Perhaps our eternal inheritance in heaven and our suffering here on earth is more connected than we like to think?
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Matt Reynolds :: Encounters with Jesus | A series in the Gospel of John | John chap. 20 | Breathe :: 05.01.11
Post resurrection, Jesus began to appear to his disciples at various times “teaching them about the Kingdom of God over a period of 40 days” (Acts 1:3). In John 20:21-23 we encounter Jesus commissioning his disciples to be kingdom builders in a new way. He breathed on them and told them to “receive the Holy Spirit”. He was sending them into the world with the very same power and direction from the Holy Spirit that he had been given by the Father. Have we forgotten this gift altogether as the modern day church!? Have you encountered Jesus breathing His Holy Spirit onto your life?
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Matt Reynolds :: The Seasons of Life :: 09.12.10
I grew up playing a special song on the recorder in elementary school.
“To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn) There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn) And a time to every purpose, under Heaven. A time to be born, a time to die A time to plant, a time to reap A time to kill, a time to heal A time to laugh, a time to weep.”
That song was set to the poetic turn that Ecclesiastes takes in chapter 3, but what did Solomon intend to communicate to us through his observation of the different seasons we experience in life? Read the chapter before coming this week!
Matt Reynolds :: Seasons of Life :: 09.12.10 from Mark Cole on Vimeo.
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Matt Reynolds :: Binding the Strong Man and Plundering his House :: 08.15.10
I’ve heard from many of you that last week’s message was incredibly timely as we unpacted Ephesians chapter 6. Now that we understand that we are fighting a spiritual battle, how do we make sure we are victorious? How can our names not only be written in heaven, but feared in hell? Mark chapter 5 verses 22-27 gives us Jesus strategy for bringing down the Kingdom of darkness which allows us to never live in fear again. What’s more than that, once the “strong man is bound, we are able to plunder his house” and lead many to freedom! We want to learn to live lives of plunder. This week will serve as a part 2 in many ways, so catch up on last week if you missed.
Matt Reynolds :: Practical Relationships & the Kingdom of God :: 07.25.10
Our study through Ephesians has been absolutely life-changing for most of our congregation. I hear stories weekly of all that God as been teaching and training our body to know through this wonderful letter that was written to a church just like Grace-Midtown. The book of Ephesians answers the questions that we didn’t even know we were asking, and this week’s question is the most practical in our every day life: “What are relationships supposed to look like in the Kingdom of God?” Paul address 3 specific relationships at the close of chapter five and the beginning of chapter six; (husbands and wives), (children and parents), (employees and bosses). This is should be an interesting Sunday…
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Buddy Hoffman :: Free to love? :: 07.04.10
Does Freedom matter? Is it Biblical? Freedom has been called a “dangerous idea”. What about liberty could be considered dangerous?
The words at the base of the Statue of Liberty read…
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me.”
What is freedom? Why should we care? Is freedom a “spiritual yearning” placed there by God or a “sinful lust” to be independent?
Is it evil to yearn for liberty? Should we care for those without liberty? Is political freedom and spiritual freedom related? Is it a universal desire, or just representative of our culture?
Sunday we are headed into 1 Corinthians 8, and we will see what God has to say about this desire to be free, and the responsibilities that go with it.
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Buddy Hoffman :: Marriage is a Kingdom Thing :: 06.06.10
The passages we have been in the last few weeks are 1 Corinthians 7 and Genesis 1-3; this week I want to expand that to Revelation 19, where we see the Kingdom is coming into its fullness. We are told a vast crowd in heaven is shouting and it is a sound so loud that it is compared to “the roar of mighty ocean waves or the crash of loud thunder!” The event is called “the wedding feast of the Lamb!”
Marriage matters to God! Marriage is a Kingdom thing!
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Matt Reynolds :: Easter :: 04.04.10
What time was it on Easter Morning? Isaiah prophesies a Great Light will come to shine on all who live in darkness. That light is Jesus and He has risen. He still shines on all darkness that surrounds people and now is the time, the moment of opportunity, to either allow what God is doing to change us and our city or to totally miss out on a great move of God. Which will you choose?
Grace Midtown Easter from Mark Cole on Vimeo.
Grace Midtown Easter Testimony Video from Mark Cole on Vimeo.
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Buddy Hoffman :: The Puzzle of Palm Sunday :: 03.28.10
The people of Jerusalem failed to recognize the time of God’s coming to them. Will we miss out on what God is saying in these times? Listen as we explore what Luke accounts in his Gospel of Jesus’ triumphal entry.
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Matt Reynolds :: Palm Sunday :: 03.28.10
The people of Jerusalem failed to recognize the time of God’s coming to them. Will we miss out on what God is saying in these times? Listen as we explore what Luke accounts in his Gospel of Jesus’ triumphal entry.
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Matt Reynolds :: Joshua 23-24 :: 03.21.10
To finish our series through Joshua we look at the last two chapters of the book and see Israel passing on the knowledge and the inheritance of God to the future generations. Joshua did two things: He reminded Israel of God’s goodness and he commissioned the nation to respond to His Goodness.
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Buddy Hoffman :: The Kingdom :: 02.14.10
The Kingdom of God of God is still advancing in Atlanta. Every covenant God has made with his people has come with a commission.
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Buddy Hoffman :: Mark 10 :: 07.12.09
(Evening Message) We continue in Mark 10, what must a rich man do to inherit the Kingdom of God, and how what will the reward look like for those who labor for his Kingdom. Listen in Here
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Matt Reynolds :: Luke 13 :: 06.21.09
(morning message) This week as we continue the Gospel of Luke we find ourselves in the middle of this extensive narrative. It’s easy to get lost in the many parables, miracles, and teachings of Jesus. What is God trying to communicate through all of this, and what is the main message? Listen in Here
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