JR Quigley kicks off our series on marriage and relationships by discussing God's design for marriage. Marriage is one of the most significant ways that God prompts growth in us, and while it can be challenging, it is also a tremendous blessing.
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Development Series, Part 3
We've discussed the importance of developing as individuals, but how does MHCC develop corporately? JR Quigley spends this Sunday discussing what the Bible has to say about development in the local and global church contexts.
Development Series, Part 2
MHCC’s values are Authenticity; generosity; commitment; development; and family. We are doing the work of making disciples. Proverbs 29:18, with expanded meanings of the words, says that “Where there is no prophetic vision (revelation of God and his word) the people cast off restraint (are discouraged, neglected, lacking [guidance], uncovered), but blessed (happy) is he who keeps the law (direction, instruction, wisdom, ways).” God told Adam and Eve to “be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 1:28), and said he would make of Abraham a “great nation” (Genesis 12:2). It is God’s plan for us to multiply, not only physically but spiritually. In God, there is ALWAYS more. But in order to grow, we must believe this. We are called to love and serve one another in freedom.
Develpoment Series, Part 1 – The Value of Vision
What are we doing? We’re made not to just get saved and wait for Jesus, but to bear fruit – to pursue vision and growth, and to make many disciples. Development of vision is one of MHCC’s core values. Do we have vision? Do we listen and respond when God gives it? Or do we believe the lie that God’s plan is so big, it doesn’t really matter what I do? God has promised that HIS vision will come to pass. Are you asking him where you fit in—how you can be an active part of it?
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Christmas Eve Service
JR Quigley shares the Christmas story out of Matthew Chapter 1-2 and Luke 1-2.
Assumptions In The Christmas Story
Let God challenge your assumptions! The Magi did: God did something new, and they searched the scriptures and followed his leading. Like them, we should stay open to new ideas from God, trust him to guide us into the future, cultivate an exceptional faith, and find guidance in God’s word.
Mission Sunday
JR Quigley recaps his trip to South Africa and shares about some of the missions teams that MHCC supports.
God Pursues Us
Sometimes we go through seasons where we don't feel like engaging with God. Thankful, God's faithfullness doesn't depend upon our mood!
The Priority of Worship
Perpetual worship can reveal God’s will for you, as it did for Isaiah, because as we worship, God changes and leads us. Worship isn't simply singing songs to God, it's a lifestyle of submission and obedience.
Influencer
What does it mean to be an influencer? Despite our pop culture definition, Scripture teaches that we are all meant to influence others toward Christ.
The End, Part 5
Is the “tribulation” all or partly fulfilled by events that have occurred already—like Romans destroying the Temple and killing all the Jews in 70–78 AD? If so, is there still one final “week” of tribulation yet to come? Is the Rapture pre- or post-tribulation? “One will be taken, the other left”—but is the first one the believer, or the unbeliever? We don’t know. We don’t even know if the beast, antichrist, and man of lawlessness are one thing, two things, or three things – or whether each is a person, or is instead more like the spirit of the world (as in “the spirit of antichrist is in the world”). And “the mark of the beast” could be a literal/physical mark, or it could be a metaphorical/spiritual mark (as in Exodus 13:9 and Deutoronomy 6:8). The purpose of Bible prophecies is not to reveal the exact future, but to strengthen and prepare us for it. So, our doctrine can’t be based on concrete interpretations (or misinterpretations) of prophecies; the Jews did that, and even missed Jesus because of it! Instead, we should be like the Bereans, who used scripture to test everything Paul said.
The End, Part 4
Is the antichrist one being, or a symbol for many – like Proverbs’ adulterous woman? Is it the beast or the man of lawlessness, or both? Or neither? May details are unclear. Yet the purpose of prophetic scripture is NOT to predict the future, but to strengthen our faith! God tells us some things about the end so we can prepare to be steadfast.
The End, Part 3
The exact details are fuzzy, but it is clear Christ will return and reign for 1,000 years on earth; before that, deception will greatly increase throughout the earth, with great sin and evil abounding more and more. “Terrible times will come…” (2 Timothy 3:1-5), and Satan will try to deceive “even the elect” (Mark 13:22). So what are we to do? We are to live the mission!
The End, Part 2
Scripture teaches that the end is coming. This week JR begins to dive into different schools of thought on Jesus' return by addressing premillennialism, amillennialism, and postmillennialism.
The End, Part 1
The end is coming! What matters most? Acting like Jesus, not being right on disputable details. We can’t know exactly when or how the end will come (Mark 13:32-33), but we do know Christ will return suddenly, visibly, and bodily (Acts 1:10-11, Luke 17:24, 1 Thessalonians 4:16). We are “on mission” to this broken world, and it matters how we act. God says to avoid quarrels (Romans 10:1) and “establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand” (James 5:7-8).
The Thread of Fellowship, Part 4
JR Quigley continues in our series on conflict and relationships.
The Thread of Fellowship, Part 3
We must be like Jesus, who forgave the adulterous woman but said, “Go and sin no more”—and was killed unjustly yet forgave his killers. Like him, we can’t condone sin—yet we must learn to love. Similarly, especially with other believers, we must learn to recognize non-essential “meat-eating” issues (Romans 14) on which not all believers agree—issues like COVID masks and vaccines, how to run a Sunday service, and whether the charismata are still available today.
Resilient – Mark Spencer Workshop
Pastor and counselor Mark Spencer hosts a workshop on the interactions between rest, relationships with each other, and our relationships with God.
The Thread of Fellowship, Part 2
We must learn to compromise—not on God’s standard of right and wrong, which never changes, but on yielding to others in love. God is perfect, and would’ve been perfectly justified in wiping us out for our sin; yet instead he “compromised” by taking all of it upon himself in love. And since God loved us, we also ought to love one another (1 John 4:9-11).
The Thread of Fellowship – Mark Spencer at MHCC
Scripture calls us to remain in relationship with other believers - but what do we do when conflicts arise?