Highland Park Pres

In Luke’s gospel, Jesus tells of the incompatibility of placing new wine in old skins as a way of illustrating how a new person in Christ is filled with an unbounding grace and cannot be contained in his old self. New wine brings new hope and new possibilities. (Hall Worship audio. Sanctuary audio unavailable.)

Grace plus anything, equals nothing.

Dive into Paul's letter to the Philippians who writes of contentment beyond our current circumstances. This week's movie, Unbroken, tells of one man's incredible strength, endurance and struggle for survival after a plane crash and P.O.W. camp. However, God teaches us that relying on our own strength to endure hard times will always lead to uncertainty. On whom then should we rely?

God has given us emotions and commands us to be good stewards of them because if we are emotionally immature, it is not possible to be spiritually mature.

God has given us emotions and commands us to be good stewards of them because if we are emotionally immature, it is not possible to be spiritually mature.