A local church used to be a symbol of something solid in the community. But decades of national scandals involving finances have diminished people’s trust in churches. One key to BG’s growth is talking openly about how we raise and
What can we learn from a genealogy? In the record of Jesus’s family lineage, we can actually find the whole story of our need for a Savior. A study of Matthew 1.
The Bible’s Christmas story has a scandal at the center of it: God forgives our wrongdoing. A study of David’s sins of adultery and murder in 2 Samuel 11-12.
A foreign woman named Ruth seeks food in a barley field, but she ends up finding a redeemer who rescues her from poverty. This is another story about the coming of the ultimate Redeemer, Jesus. A study of Ruth 4.
Two women in Jesus’s genealogy were waiting for justice. In this first week of Advent, we look at the story of Tamar in Genesis 38 and Rahab in Joshua 2. (Pastor Raley answers a question about this sermon in the
We need confidence in order to make decisions. Since we can’t be confident about knowing the future, or even knowing our own motivations, where should our confidence be? We have to trust God, who sees through the fog of our
It is hard to make decisions when the future is a fog. But even worse is trying to make decisions when our own motivations are shrouded in the fantasy of serial sincerity. A study of Proverbs 30.32-33.
Wisdom is about decision-making. But how can we make wise decisions if the future is shrouded in fog? A study of Proverbs 14.12-18. (Pastor Raley answers questions about in this sermon in a second video below.)
Like all living things, wisdom grows. The liberating reality is that the wise life is not a static one, but a growing one. A study of Proverbs 1.1-7.
The DNA of wisdom tells you what you should do in your roles. But the word we need to use for this information is one we don’t use anymore: duty. A study of Proverbs 1.1-7.
A cell has parts that each play a role in its life. When we look closely at wisdom, we find roles that contribute to our flourishing. A study of Proverbs 1.1-7. (Pastor Raley answers questions about this sermon in a
Just as we can see the behavior of organisms under a microscope, we can see the virtues of wisdom when we zoom in close. A study of Proverbs 1.1-7.
In this special family service, we start putting wisdom under a microscope. We discover that wisdom is a living whole. A study of Proverbs 1.1-7.
BG seeks wisdom from four seasoned guides about the future of global missions. Pastor Raley talks with Chuck and Barbara Grimes and Dave and Joyce Jones.
What should you do when your journey to Wisdom gets on the wrong track? A study of Proverbs 3.7.
There are places of enjoyment in our wisdom journey where we arrive at healing. Due to technical problems, this sermon recording was cut off. But we were able to recover the majority of it.
Whenever we journey to a new place, we need a guide–a person who will show us where to go and what to avoid. In this study of Proverbs 3.1-6, we observe three guides for our journey to wisdom. (Pastor Raley
All journeys to wisdom depart from the same station–what Proverbs calls “the fear of the Lord.” This study of Proverbs 1.7 probes the reasons why our journey needs to start here.
This year, we start a journey to Wisdom in the book of Proverbs. In this study of Proverbs 8, we hear an invitation from Wisdom herself. (Pastor Raley answers questions about this sermon in a second video below.)
Like Jesus’s authority to turn water into wine, the Bible has authority to give light in the darkness. A study of John 12.44-50.
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