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May 16 Thoughts from the Study - 1Cor 10:1-22 - Behavior, Affections and Idolatry

Posted by Brad Bell

Behaviors, Affections, and the Heart. This weeks message walks us through the progression of idolatry and the implications on our life.

May 16 Including Others into Your Community

Posted by Valentine Kovtun

During this Serve Dei season we are continuing to explore what it looks like to be a disciple of Jesus on mission, we have come to the area of Inclusive Community. So far, we had talked about being an Intentional Blessing, which involves finding ways in which we can give of our time, talent and…

May 9 Thoughts from the Study - 1 Cor 9:19-27 - All Things to All Men

Posted by Jerrod Rumley

What does it mean to surrender our rights and become "all things to all men"? Paul brings clarity to our rights and freedoms in how we interact with a lost world, and he pushes believers to remember the race we are in and why we run in it the first place. This life is not about us and we need to set…

May 8 Should Christians Isolate from or Imitate Culture?

Posted by Valentine Kovtun

The Well currently in a season of highlighting the idea of what does it mean to not serve on a day, but to serve God every day. We call this "Serve Dei." To learn more about Serve Dei visit the Serve Dei Website. As we become disciples of Jesus Christ, an important question arises in our journey…

May 3 Serving as a Lifestyle, Not an Event

Posted by PJ Lewis

My wife Sheri and I moved here the fall of last year, so this is my first experience with Serve Dei at the Well. As a Campus Pastor, I was able to see the Serve Dei packet a few days before they went out at services at North AM. Before I went and told someone they misspelled "Serve Day" on the…

May 2 Thoughts from the Study - 1 Cor 9:1-19 - Rights, Freedoms and Love

Posted by Brad Bell

Paul gives a personal example of how he sets aside his rights for the sake of greater influence to those around him. He demonstrates the importance of considering others as more important than ourselves and of setting our sights on the movement of the gospel and not our own personal comfort.

Apr 25 Thoughts from the Study - 1 Cor 8 - Letting Love Outweigh My Rights

Posted by PJ Lewis

Our relationship with God is based on love, and how we display this love to others matters. We know we have freedom in Christ, but our love for Him and others needs to trump this knowledge. Sometimes we need to lay down our rights to help others in their relationships with Christ. Whether we want to…

Apr 25 Intentional Blessing - Serve Dei

Posted by Greg Zuffelato

As our relationship with Jesus Christ develops we are shaped by being humbly submitted to Him and allowing the Bible to form our lives. Looking at the Anatomy of a Disciple we find the core, Humbly Submitted and Biblically Formed, shaping the areas of our will and compassions, which are the outer…

Apr 24 Discipleship

Posted by Jason Shields

Discipleship. That “thing” Christ told us all to do after He came back from the dead. Most Christians respond to Discipleship like Micah (the 3-year old boy my wife babysits) responds to cake. He likes cake, he knows cake is good, but he has no clue how cake comes to his plate or even what it is…

Apr 23 Serve Dei 2012

Posted by Andrew Feil

For the past several years, The Well has paused during the spring season to remind you of God’s call to love your community. As we continue to reorient mission from a “Day” of service to a lifestyle of service for “Dei” (which is Latin for God), we want to help you understand the full breadth of…