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Big Questions

“Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?” — Matthew 11:3

With this one question, John the Baptist gives us the reassurance that regardless of a person’s spiritual maturity, there will always be lingering issues, doubts and questions. The difference between John and many of us, though, lies in the fact that when he was faced with doubt and disillusionment, he pursued Jesus for the answer rather than trying to figure things out for himself.

In this series, we tackle some of the most nagging questions of faith and life to see what the Bible has to say about them and why we should believe the Bible in the first place. For five weeks, we will be dealing with the biggest questions of faith and taking on-the-fly questions from the congregation at the end of every service.

Here are the currently scheduled questions:

  • Why is this world so full of tragedy, pain, and general crud?
  • What is the deal with the Bible—human authors, years of translation, political conflict—is it really the Word of God?
  • What’s the deal with all the different churches, and while we’re on the topic, why are church people so hypocritical, divisive, and judgmental?
  • Is Jesus really the ONLY way to heaven?

Be sure to make it for every week.

Most Recent Message in this Series

Dec 6, 2009

05. Is Jesus It?

In this final message of our Big Questions series, Pastor Jeff addresses the question ultimately underlying all the others. “Will I trust Jesus?” The claim of Christianity is that Jesus validates the Bible, Jesus rules the church, and Jesus reveals God to us, so the question of our relationship to him is really the most […]

All Messages in this Series

Nov 3, 2009

Big Questions (intro)

Next week, we begin our new series called “Big Questions” in which I tackle some of the largest questions of life… yours. Seriously, for the next few weeks, we will be addressing YOUR questions about life, faith, family, anything. We’ll even have live question / answer sessions at the end of every Sunday lesson. You […]

Nov 8, 2009

01. What do I do with my questions?

In this introductory message, Pastor Jeff opens the discussion of how to approach the big questions of life and faith. We see that even John the Baptist faced serious doubt, and we learn from his example that we need to bring our questions directly to Jesus and be ready to hear even a surprising answer […]

Nov 15, 2009

02. If God, Why Evil

The oldest spiritual question is the one that remains unanswered today. Though many good answers have been given, none are fully satisfying to us. This should tip us off that maybe the question itself is misguided. Perhaps, rather than putting God on trial for his management skills, we should address the Big Question behind this […]

Nov 22, 2009

03. Is the Bible for Real

In this message, Pastor Jeff tackles what he claims is actually the most important spiritual question of them all. Where do you get your spiritual authority? or What is your spiritual authority? To answer that question, we are pointed to the Bible and are taught the three key elements to trusting the authority of the […]

Nov 29, 2009

04. Which Church Is Right?

Beginning with Matthew 16:13, Jesus guides his followers into an understanding of what his followers should do and be after his death. In this message, Pastor Jeff addresses the questions related to all the different kinds of churches in the world. Why are there so many churches? Why can’t they all get along? More importantly, […]

Dec 6, 2009

05. Is Jesus It?

In this final message of our Big Questions series, Pastor Jeff addresses the question ultimately underlying all the others. “Will I trust Jesus?” The claim of Christianity is that Jesus validates the Bible, Jesus rules the church, and Jesus reveals God to us, so the question of our relationship to him is really the most […]

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November 7, 2009

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