Have you ever found yourself doing the very things you know you shouldn’t do? In Romans 7 we discover that real freedom starts not with trying harder, but by honestly admitting our need for Christ’s transforming power. Whether your struggle is addiction, anxiety, bitterness, people-pleasing, or something else, this biblical message offers hope for lasting change.
“Ten Words: Remember the Sabbath” -Exodus 20:8
Sabbath is God’s gift to us, freeing us from the burden of performance and inviting us to trust in his care over us. It foreshadows the ultimate rest that we will one day enjoy at the renewal of creation.
“Ten Words: Make No Graven Image” -Exodus 20:4
God forbids us from making images of him because the moment we do, we reduce him to something familiar and manageable within creation. But the God of the Bible is utterly holy, infinitely beyond comparison and far greater than anything our minds could ever fully comprehend.
“Ten Words: Have No Other Gods Before Me” -Exodus 20:3)
This series explores the Ten Commandments as “Ten Words” spoken by a loving God who rescued his people and now invites them into a life of flourishing, fruitfulness, and communion with him rather than mere rule-keeping. The first commandment calls us to worship and trust God alone, because we inevitably become like whatever we give our ultimate love and allegiance …
“From Struggle to Surrender” -Genesis 32:1-32
Like Jacob, we often exhaust ourselves trying to make life work in our favor, but God’s agenda is often not to deliver us from hardship as quickly as possible, but to teach us through our struggles.
Graduation: “Divine Interruption” -Genesis 32:22-32
We want a new season to solve our deepest longings, but God in his grace will trouble that search and turn our gaze back to him.
“Because You Are Willing” -1 Peter 5:1-5
The danger of leadership is that we can drift into many ulterior motives for serving God, but Jesus gives us the ultimate example of what it means to shepherd others out of genuine love for them.
“Hearing God” -Deuteronomy 6:1-9
God has blessed the ICC church family with a new home, and we will spend many years hearing the Word of God proclaimed in this house. But it is important to know that simply hearing the words is not what it means to hear the voice of God. We will explore Deuteronomy 6:1-9, one of the most foundational passages for …
Beholding Glory “A Place in God’s Story” -John 21
Jesus lovingly restored Peter after what must have felt like a disqualifying failure, revealing the depth of his mercy to welcome even the most broken people into his story.
Easter Sunday:”He is Risen!” -John 20
In Jesus’ death and resurrection, God enters our pain, reveals himself personally to us, and invites us to believe and find new life in him even in the midst of our unresolved questions.