Philippians 1:1-11
In this opening message in a study of Philippians, Pastor Derek discusses the importance of friendship in this journey of knowing, loving, and serving Jesus. Don’t take your friends for granted. Follow Paul’s lead and thank God for them.
Everybody worships something. As followers of Jesus, we worship the Lord. In this message, Pastor Derek discusses worship as our response to who God is and what God has done. We worship both with the way we live our lives and we worship in weekly, public gatherings in the local church. Worship both glorifies God and restores the rhythm of our souls.
In this message on financial stewardship, Don ten Bensel teaches on the biblical principles of money management. Don is a trained counselor with Crown Financial Ministries and serves as an elder at Cornerstone Church. He, and his wife Carol, have lived out these financial principles for many years and have help countless others understand God’s view on personal finances.
While there is only one road to God, truth, and salvation, there are many pathways along that road. These spiritual pathways are the activities we do that puts us in a place where the Holy Spirit can change us. In this final message in the Inner Change series, Pastor Derek discusses ten common spiritual pathways.
The doctrine of the Trinity is a gift from the historic church to the contemporary church. This doctrine describes God as a holy, loving community. The Holy Spirit, as a member of the Trinity, is at work changing Christians from the inside out in the context of a loving, holy community of another kind, the local church. In this message Pastor Derek describes how the Spirit does his work of inner change as Christians fulfill the “one another” commands.
Inner change is a part of God’s salvation project. God has saved us not merely to take us to heaven when we die, but he has saved us in order to restore us to our original created design. The restoration process of inner change is the work of the Holy Spirit. We do not change ourselves, but we are being transformed by the Spirit.
With the growing popularity of Jesus in pop culture, it is important for the Church to rightly understand who Jesus is. The Jesus we worship is truly God and truly man and he is the model of our transformation. The Holy Spirit is changing us into the image of Jesus in his humanity, giving us the mind of Jesus, the heart of Jesus, and the attitude of Jesus so that we ultimately act like Jesus.
In Session 3 of Marriage Weekend 2008, Pastor Derek discusses the role of covenant love in a marriage. Marriage is described in Scripture in terms of a covenant. This session includes the “Ten Commandments of Covenant Love,” ten helpful tips on keeping covenant love strong throughout a lifetime of marriage.
In Session 2 of Marriage Weekend 2008, Pastor Derek talks about the role of passion, romance, affection, and sex in marriage. Affectionate loves fuels a marriage with vitality and life by maintaining your spouse’s emotional bank account, stoking the fires of romance, and a healthy sex life.
In Session 1 of Marriage Weekend 2008, Pastor Derek discusses the issue of friendship love in marriage. Intimacy is built on the friendship foundation and is sustained by time spent together and healthy communication. This session also includes a blueprint for conflict resolution, when friendship love hits the wall of conflict and a cycle of bad communication.
