Sunday, 6/4/17, we looked at this Big Picture Question: How is God hope for the hopeless? And we lookd at 1 Samuel 1:1-8 to answer our question: 1 There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephrathite. 2 He had two wives. The name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other, Peninnah. And…
Sunday, 5/28, we started our 1 Samuel Series entitled, “King of Hearts”. In it, we asked this Big Picture Question: What is God’s heart for His People? And to answer that question, we looked at Judges 2:16-23: 16 Then the Lord raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them. 17 Yet they did not listen to their judges, for they whored after other gods and bowed down to them. They soon turned aside…
Big Picture Question: What do we learn from Peter about loving Jesus? We looked at John 21:15-25 to answer that big picture question: 15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” 16 He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?”…
Sunday, 5/14, we looked at this Big Picture Question: How does Jesus send the church out? We looked at John 20:30-31 to answer that question: 30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. And we found these 3…
Sunday, May 7, 2017, we looked at this Big Picture Question: Big Picture Question: How does Jesus ease our doubt? And we looked at John 20:24-29 to answer it: 24 Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the…
Sunday, April 30, 2017, we attempted to answer this Big Picture Question: Big Picture Question: How do we receive the peace of Jesus? And we looked at John 20:19-23 to help us. John 20:19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20 When he had said this, he…
On Sunday (4/26/17), we looked at this question, How are we all like Mary? And we looked at John 20:11-18 to answer that question: 11 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. 12 And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. 13 They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said…
On Easter 2017, we looked at this Big Idea: Why is Easter about believing? And we looked at John 20 to answer that question: John 20:1 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them,…
It is Easter, and we are ready to celebrate at Evident Grace Fellowship. Friends, we are so excited about our Easter Week activities. These are going to be transformative events for you and your family. Please invite folks to be a part of this with us. Here are the details: Thursday (4/13) – Maundy Thursday Service and Dinner (6:30 pm) at the Fox Point Clubhouse 6120 Blackstone Blvd Fredericksburg, VA 22407 A Maundy Thursday gathering is a celebrative meal reminiscent…
On Sunday (4/9/17), Evident Grace looked at this Big Idea: Big Idea: You Can’t Mess Up God’s Plans or And we looked at these scriptures: John 19: 12 From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.” 13 So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place…