Sunday was my last sermon at the Big Sky Church. Farewells are a part of our life, but we rarely do them well. I took queues from Paul on how one ought to bid farewell.

Paul talks about us having the armor of God - what if he means that we should dress ourselves in the image of God? What if our battle plan isn’t to rush off and fight, but to stand firm?

On Sunday we talked about how God calls us to live a counter-cultural life that is foolish by the standards of the world.

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On Sunday we talked about what mutual submission is all about. Why the Bible tells wives to submit to their husbands and why it tells husbands to love their wives. You can grab the link above to hear it, or use the SlideShare presentation below to see the visuals along with the sermon.

Paul tells us in Ephesians that we were once darkness, and now we are light. We are to live as light - exposing darkness and revealing the Son of God. The thing is, most people don’t live in darkness because they love it. Most people live in darkness because they are hiding. Can we show them a better way?

New, this week, you can see the PowerPoint synced up with the audio below. Kinda neat.

Often preachers have a bad name in the world.  There are all sorts of bad examples of preachers.  With so much going wrong, what is the right role for a preacher.

Things got a little bit tough on Sunday when we discussed what Good News really is.  What is good news to the broken hearts of people in Helena?  How can this little church speak Good News into the lives of this city?  Freely we have received, freely we must give.

We were blessed to have a great group from Florence, Alabama come to encourage us last week.  Buddy Baker, an man who has preached in over 50 countries, shared this message with us about how we ought to serve.

There are those things that keep us apart.  Who did you vote for?  Who is your team?  Coke or Pepsi?  But when it starts getting to religion, the divisions get deeper and more sensitive.  Jesus said he came to “tear down the dividing wall of hostility” (Eph. 2:14), to get rid of the divisions that cause so much pain.