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Lies We Believe | Part 6 | Lies Men Believe | Chris Voigt

Lies Men BelieveLies We Believe and the Truth That Sets Us FreeFebruary 6, 2022
News of a baby on the way brings great joy and excitement to a family. But the ability to know whether baby will be a boy or girl has given rise to a whole new genre of celebration: the gender reveal party. It seems the ways to make the big announcement are limitless. Whether it’s confetti, balloons, the color inside a cake, or even fireworks... one thing is constant... blue means boy, pink means girl. Right? An article from a June 1918 trade publication for children’s clothing said, “The generally accepted rule is pink for boys, and blue for girls. The reason is that pink, being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl.” Apparently, blue and pink have traded places! Our culture feeds us a lot of ideas that are, at the very least, confusing if not completely upside down, inside out, or just plain wrong. As we’ve seen over the past several weeks, we live in a world that is saturated with so much untruth, we don’t even stop to question whether what we believe IS true. We’ve looked at lies that impact our beliefs about ourselves, others, life, and God. This week, we’re going to look at some lies that the enemy of our souls often uses to damage the hearts and minds of men in particular. God has uniquely designed us, men and women, on purpose, for a purpose. Let’s not allow the enemy of our souls to infiltrate our thinking and warp God’s incredible design for us.

Lies We Believe | Part 5 | Lies We Believe About God | Jon Sprouse

Lies We Believe About GodLies We Believe and the Truth That Sets Us FreeJanuary 30, 2022
A friend of mine recalls this story from her childhood...When I was about 10 years old, our family traveled to British Columbia for the wedding of my mom’s cousin. At the wedding reception, wine was served. We never had beer or wine in our home growing up, and I’d never seen my parents drink. I don’t remember how the glass of red wine ended up on our table. What I do remember is my baby brother – who was in a high chair, so probably around 18 months old – demanding to have the “juice.” So, mom gave him a sip! Suffice it to say, it was not at all what he was expecting! The look of confusion, distaste, and disappointment was hilariously obvious. As this story illustrates, sometimes our preconceptions lead to incredible disappointments. We see one aspect of a thing and end up drawing conclusions that are simply not true. Red liquid in a pretty glass must be sweet, right? Past experience said it was so. But the reality was a startling disappointment. We are in week five of our series, Lies We Believe and the Truth That Sets Us Free. Over the past few weeks, we’ve talked about the lies we believe about ourselves, others, and life. This week, we’re taking a look at the lies we believe about God. For some of us, our ideas about God were shaped by our families and our early experiences at church. But increasingly, there are many people whose ideas about God come from social media memes, movies, school, or other worldly influences. Regardless of where your first understanding of God came from, it’s likely that you have been influenced by lies about Him. We are drawn to the good or “sweet” characteristics of God...His love, compassion, kindness, and goodness.  But as we experience more of life, we begin to realize that God is less like grape juice and more like red wine. He is complex. And sometimes those complexities are unpalatable to us. They cause us to question and doubt. Like the little boy with the red wine, we experience confusion, distaste, and disappointment. Have we misunderstood God? Is He not who we think He is? Having an accurate understanding of God is essential to every aspect of our lives. I hope you’ll join us!

Lies We Believe | Part 4 | Lies We Believe About Life | Chris Voigt

Lies We Believe About LifeLies We Believe and the Truth That Sets Us FreeJanuary 23, 2022
Simplicity is the virtue of living an uncluttered life. After all of the extra “stuff” that comes with the holiday season, many people kick off a new year with a renewed interest in getting rid of some of the “extra” that has found its way into their homes and lives. In a lot of ways, this can be a healthy thing.Simplicism, on the other hand, is a way of thinking that can be unhealthy and even damaging. According to Dr. Jeff Myers, author of the book Unquestioned Answers, “Simplicism...distorts simplicity into a conviction that something isn’t really true unless it is easy to understand and summarize.”Bumper stickers, social media, and advertising taglines are filled with great examples of simplicism. A catchy rhyme or clever slogan will stick in your brain, regardless of whether or not it’s true. And the more you hear it, the “truer” it sounds.  Simplicism caters to our desire to live in an uncomplicated and self-centered world and robs us of the ability to think deeply and communicate clearly about things that matter.We are smack dab in the middle of a sermon series we’ve entitled Lies We Believe and the Truth That Sets Us Free. This week we’re taking a look at the lies we believe about life. We are immersed, 24/7 in a sea of messages about what’s important, who we are, what we should believe, think, and do. The messages come from sources we think we should be able to trust. They are purposefully packaged to stick in our brains. And we find ourselves believing things without ever questioning whether or not they’re actually true. Because they make sense on the surface and they sound so right!The truth, God’s Word promises, will set us free. Let’s pursue that freedom together.

Lies We Believe | Part 3 | Lies We Believe About Others | Chris Voigt

Lies We Believe About OthersLies We Believe and the Truth That Sets Us FreeJanuary 16, 2022
Throughout the western United States, you’ll find beautiful gorges and canyons. The incredible Columbia River Gorge is right in our own backyard. Other canyons such as Bryce Canyon in southern Utah, Royal Gorge Canyon in Colorado, Waimea Canyon on Kauai, and of course, The Grand Canyon in Arizona, draw tourists from all over the world. A canyon is a deep, narrow valley with steep sides. The most common way a canyon is formed is by the power of water. The water pressure of a river digs deep into the surface below it, while at the same time eroding and carrying away the sediment further downstream, which creates the distinctive deep and narrow channels so characteristic of canyons. Slowly, over thousands of years, the layers of rock are worn away and a huge gap is created in the surface of the earth. These gaps are beautiful in nature, but when gaps occur in relationships, the results are often more heartbreaking than breathtaking. We are in week three of our series, Lies We Believe and the Truth That Sets Us Free. This week we’re focusing on lies we believe about others. Lies infect every aspect of our lives, and our relationships with family, friends, co-workers, and even strangers are not exempt from the damaging effects of our faulty thinking. But it doesn’t haven’t to be that way! We don’t have to live in bondage to the fallacies that have warped our perspectives and beliefs. There is truth we can count on and that has the power to transform our lives, set us free, and heal our relationships!Together, we’ll learn how to bridge the gaps in our relationships with the powerful truths of the Bible. I hope you’ll join us.

Lies We Believe | Part 2 | Lies We Believe About Ourselves | Chris Voigt

Lies We Believe About OurselvesLies We BelieveJanuary 9, 2022
Two Truths and a Lie is a classic icebreaker game. Each person in the group introduces themselves by stating two truths and one lie. The object of the game is for the rest of the group to determine which statement is false and to discover things that are true about others. Even when dealing with just three sentences, it can be challenging to determine which is true and which is not. There are endless numbers of ways to manipulate language and make false statements. Discerning the truth can be difficult. In a game scenario the stakes aren’t so high – you’re just having fun. But what about in life? Is there a source of truth we can really trust? I have a young friend who is a truck driver. On a recent drive, traveling a stretch of highway just outside a small town in south central Oregon, he saw those dreaded flashing lights in his rearview mirror. His GPS told him the speed limit was one thing. The officer who pulled him over said it was something else. He hadn’t passed a speed limit sign. So, how do you know what the truth is? One source says one thing and another source says something else. It can be exceedingly frustrating, not to mention confusing and mentally exhausting to sort it out! In this case, the guy with the badge holds the trump card. But just because he has authority doesn’t necessarily mean his statement about the speed limit was true. Last week we launched a new sermon series titled, Lies We Believe and the Truths That Set Us Free. Conflicting messages come at us from every direction, about almost every subject. This week we’re taking a look at some of the lies we believe about ourselves. We have an enemy who is desperate to do whatever it takes to defeat, discourage, and destroy us. He has embedded lies about our identity, purpose, and worth in absolutely everything. But God’s Word contains the truth about who we are, why we are, and where our value comes from.Join us as we dig into God’s Word and remind ourselves, or maybe discover for the first time, what God – the One who created you – has to say about you. It’s truth you can trust.

Lies We Believe | Part 1 | And the Truth Shall Set You Free | Chris Voigt

And The Truth Shall Set You FreeLies We BelieveJanuary 2, 2022
Everybody knows the phrase. I’m sure you can finish it with me...Liar, liar..... pants on fire. Even though the rhyme is well known, apparently no one knows where it came from! There is no interesting backstory or definitive origin that can be identified. At least, not by a Google search. We tried that! And we all know they know everything! But what I do know…is that if it really worked that way...if a liar’s pants caught on fire when a lie was told, it would be a whole lot easier to identify the lies! Our world is saturated with lies. We hear them every day. So much so, that it can be incredibly difficult to tell the difference between what is true and what is not. We’ve heard them for so long, and from so many sources we think we should be able to trust, that we have begun to believe them. We’ve even gone so far as to build identities and lives around them. Sadly, we too often go around not even realizing the damage these lies do to our view of God, our view of others…and even to ourselves. Contrary to popular belief, truth is not subjective. There is only one source for truth...and it’s not us. There is no “my truth” or “your truth.” Something is either true or it isn’t. God is the source of all truth and His Word is the resource we can trust. We are starting a brand-new year with a brand-new sermon series: Lies We Believe and the Truth That Sets Us Free. In the absence of britches that burst into flames with every lie spoken, we will need to do the work to develop biblical discernment. I invite you to join us as we uncover some of the most pervasive and persuasive lies in our culture...and discover the truths that can give us real freedom. Jesus said that His followers would know the truth and that the truth would set us free. But the truth won’t just fall into our laps...Jesus’ promise is based on our obedience. We are called to be intentional, faithful followers...learning, discerning, living out the truth of God’s Word so that the world can see what real truth looks like.I invite you to join us as we learn to more faithfully follow Jesus together.

2021 Year in Review | Chris Voigt

2021 Year in ReviewLook What God Has DoneDecember 26, 2021
Well, 2021 is almost in the books. We’re closing the final pages in the next few days and The End (of another year) is in sight. Whether you think it was a good year or not, it wasn’t 2020, so I guess we can be thankful for that! I got a new car this past year. It has a bunch of fun technology in it. For example, the rearview mirror is so cool! If you flip it one way, you have a normal mirror, with a reverse image of what’s behind you. But if you flip it the other way, you have a camera view of what’s back there. But with the camera, the depth of field is slightly altered. Things behind you on the camera view look much closer than they actually are! So... your choice...mirror or camera...two different ways of looking back, each with a different perspective.Isn’t that how it usually works? With looking back, I mean? If we look back too long, that can mess up our forward progress. But it’s still important to be aware of what’s behind us, if we want to move forward in a healthy, productive way. So, that’s what we’re going to do this Sunday.Before we step into the pages of a brand-new year, let’s pause together and get a little perspective. Remembering where we’ve been will help us as we move into what God has ahead for us. I hope you’ll join us!

Unexpected Christmas | Part 5 | And Everything Changed | Chris Voigt

An Unexpected Christmas
And Everything Changed
December 24, 2021
As followers of Jesus, we celebrate the birth of Christ because we believe He was the greatest gift ever given. Because of Him, we have a restored relationship with God the Father. But it’s not just our own personal stories that have been impacted by the gift, the life of Jesus. His name is known on every continent around the world. He elevated the status of women, children, the sick, the poor. When Jesus came into the world, everything changed. This is what we celebrate at Christmas...that because of Jesus, we have reason to sing, to laugh, to be joyful, to worship.

Unexpected Christmas | Part 4 | Promise Keeper | Chris Voigt

Promise KeeperAn Unexpected ChristmasDecember 19, 2021
Remember the days of newsy Christmas letters? In our social media saturated culture, the tradition of sending an annual Christmas letter seems to have disappeared. Much like the usual Facebook or Instagram feed, the typical Christmas re-cap is full of only the good stuff...how fast the kids are growing, where they are excelling in school, sports, or music. Updates on graduations, engagements, weddings, babies, promotions, vacations or retirements...all the best moments, carefully edited to make life look and sound amazing. Because those are the things we want to remember; the things that are fun, happy, and make us feel (and look) good. We tend not to include the hard stuff...the struggles and failures. Even though we know that everybody experiences them, that’s not the kind of news we deem Christmas letter worthy. Throughout the Christmas season, we’ve been taking a look at some of the people in Jesus’ family tree. We’ve discovered that the gospel writer Matthew included a few names in Jesus’ genealogy that we probably would have left out of our only-the-good-stuff Christmas letter! This week, we’ll look at the most famous ancestor of Jesus who, for all his incredibly shining moments, was also a colossal failure. Why would Matthew choose to remind his readers of the struggle and sin of David when there were so many good things he could have highlighted instead?

Unexpected Christmas | Part 3 | Label Makers | Chris Voigt

Label MakersAn Unexpected ChristmasDecember 12, 2021
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.”According to this line from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, names are a rather meaningless thing…at least from Juliet’s perspective. But I’m not sure that I would agree. One of the very first tasks that God gave to Adam in the creation story is the naming of all the animals. Naming is both important and powerful work. We give names or labels to all kinds of things. Names communicate value, purpose, and quality. They can identify aspirations or create expectations. But for all the good and positive things that names can imply or communicate, names or labels can also be damaging or hurtful.Do you remember the generic label trend from the 70’s and 80’s? Those no-name white boxes, bags, or canned products with plain black lettering? For too many years, we lived on many of those, what were then less than high-quality brand substitutes. Generic mac and cheese? Gross! But eventually, the no-name trend gave way to the power of store brands…with recognizable names and reputations we could trust, that taste as good and sometimes even better than the brand name products. Oh, how far we’ve come! Although, I’ll never eat generic cornflakes again, no matter how good the store brand is. Names carry power and have meaning. Names can be an indicator of value or importance. No-name brands didn’t have the same pull.This Christmas season we are looking at the names of the people in Jesus’ family tree. We’ve discovered there are a few surprising and unexpected inclusions in Jesus’ genealogy! This week, we’ll be taking a look at the story of someone who carried not only a distinctive name, but who also bore an eyebrow-raising label.