Purple Cow Week 2: WEIRD… IN A “GOD” WAY     Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. Matthew 7:13-14   IF YOU WANT WHAT NORMAL PEOPLE [...]

Purple Cow Week 1 (From John Maxwell’s The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership) Leadership is NOT…   People have so many misconceptions about leadership.  When they hear that someone has an impressive title or an assigned leadership position, they assume that he or she is a leader.  Sometimes that is true.  But titles don’t have much value when [...]

Introduction If someone asked you how you define yourself, what would you say? Things you would say out loud Things you would say to yourself- Insecurities *Whether we realize it or not, a lot of the motivation for the way we live our lives is governed by our insecurities. (Give examples)   Transition: Tonight, I [...]

Forgotten God Week 1 Has Today’s Church forgotten the Holy Spirit?  Powerful. When is the last time someone used that word to describe you? It doesn’t make sense that Almighty God would have children characterized by fear and insecurity.  He put his spirit in us so we could be known for our power (Acts 1:8; 2 [...]

God has a way of inserting periodic reality checkpoints as we journey toward the fulfillment of our dreams.  From this time on, that would certainly be true of our main character, Saul – now called Paul – along with his partner and friend Barnabas. It all began as the now-familiar sights and sounds of the [...]

Here is a run down of what Ryan preached on last Wednesday at Fuse Worship! Rags to Riches Week 3: The Sound of Silence “Superficiality is the curse of our age,” writes Richard Foster in his book over discipline. “The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, [...]

Rags To Riches: “May I Introduce To You Saul Of Tarsus”   “The apostle Paul.  The converted terrorist, inspired author, amazing teacher, and patient mentor.  This colossal figure strode boldly onto the stage of the first-century world and left an incredible signature of greatness never to be forgotten.  His life?  Magnificent!  And his ministry?  Impressive.  [...]

Here are some verses in Scripture that will help you think and pray through the topic of dating.  Hopefully you will find these helpful! 2 Timothy 2:22 So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is [...]

In a few weeks we will be starting a teaching series for our students called “Rags To Riches: The Life Of Paul.”  We are super excited about it.  To assist us in our planning we are using Charles Swindoll’s book on Paul.  This is going to be an incredible time to look at how God [...]

Sex. Relationships have been hijacked by the idea that “we have to test drive cars before we buy them.” In the same way the world has tainted our view about sex, we are on a quest to challenge students to take a stand and stay pure until they get married. The Bible has a lot [...]