By Carey Nieuwhof, Teaching Pastor I hear it all the time, and maybe you do too. People are open to Jesus, they just don’t like Christians. Why? Because many people think Christians are hypocritical, judgmental and self-righteous. In 20 years I don’t think I’ve ever preached directly on that subject. But tomorrow at Connexus, that […]
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By Carey Nieuwhof, Teaching Pastor So maybe you’re angry with God. We all get there sometimes. (Yup, even pastors do.) If you don’t consider yourself a Christian, your anger might be what’s keeping you from trusting Christ and becoming a Christian. If you are a Christian, you probably feel guilty for feeling angry with God.
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By Carey Nieuwhof and Joe Sangl There’s a money trend in life, you’ve probably seen it. It seems that the short-term urgent things tend to trump the long-term significant things. Right? That’s true in time management (I didn’t get all my work done AGAIN this week!). But it’s also true in money (how’s the RSP fund coming?). Here are two
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By Carey Nieuwhof, Teaching Pastor So you had a great Easter weekend. Maybe you even took some time leading up to Easter to dust off your Bible and prepare your heart for Good Friday and Easter Sunday. If you did, that’s awesome! But now we’re back to the grind. Making lunches. Dropping the kids off
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By Carey Nieuwhof, Teaching Pastor Sometimes when you look at your life or at the world, you might be tempted to think God really has no idea how terrible things can be. That’s why today matters so much. This is the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter—the day between Jesus’ death and resurrection. Saturday must
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By Carey Nieuwhof, Teaching Pastor Have circumstances ever gotten so terrible for you that you thought “There’s no way God could possibly be present?” I’ve wondered that at times. Honestly, I think most of us have. Maybe you’ve Lost your job Had someone very close to you die tragically Seen your family fall apart And you ask
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So if you really mess up, does that end your relationship with God? It’s a great question. The reality of most of our lives is this: we promise we’ll obey God, then we don’t. Does that ever mean God will simply reject you? That you’ve gone too far and it’s over? Can you actually fail
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By Carey Nieuwhof, Teaching Pastor Ever have a hard time forgiving someone? Especially someone who has hurt you…deliberately? It’s hard to imagine how Jesus must have felt the final week of his life. He had come to offer God’s forgiveness and grace to each of us, but the very people to whom he extended that grace and
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By Carey Nieuwhof, Teaching Pastor If you had ultimate power, what would you do with it? My guess is you would change some things you’ve always wanted to change, likely for you and for others you’re close to. But then what? Interestingly enough, when people become powerful in this world (think business leaders, politicians and
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By Carey Nieuwhof, Teaching Pastor Hey Connexus…it’s finally here! Our brand new website is live. It’s been completely rebuilt from the ground up not just to make your experience better, but to create a much better way to invite your friends to start a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. It’s the easiest to use site we’ve
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