Sunday, December 2, 2018, Evident Grace looked at Isaiah 9:1-7: Isaiah 9:1 But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. 2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in…
Sunday, July 8th, Evident Grace Fellowship looked at 1 Samuel 21: 1 Samuel 21:1 Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came to meet David, trembling, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one with you?” 2 And David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has charged me with a matter and said to me, ‘Let no one know anything of the matter about which I send you, and with which I…
What is missing from most men’s ministries? To sum it up, I would say “intentionalism”. In literary theory, intentionalism is when you judge a piece of literature by the intent the author had for it. For example, when reading Shakespeare, you would ask, “What did Shakespeare intend for us to take away from this play?” The opposite of this approach is functionalism. Functionalism is when you take away whatever meaning you want from a play. Both have their place in…
Sunday, June 24, 2018, Evident Grace Fellowship looked at 1 Samuel 19: 1 Samuel 19:1 And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted much in David. 2 And Jonathan told David, “Saul my father seeks to kill you. Therefore be on your guard in the morning. Stay in a secret place and hide yourself. 3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in…
Sunday, May 13, 2018, Evident Grace Fellowship looked at 1 Samuel 16:1-13: 1 Samuel 16:1 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.” 2 And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And…
As Evident Grace moves into the second half of summer 2014, we are launching a 6-week sermon series entitled “Life Together” on July 27th. “Life Together” will give a clear picture of what it looks like for us to live out our 3 distinctives: Community, Worship, and Service. Our series is going to give us the opportunity to explore these “Life Together” distinctives in two different ways. We are going to explore Community, Worship, and Service by celebrating. As we…