True freedom is experienced through sanctification, when we realize the sins and shame the enemy wanted to use to destroy us now becomes the means we use to not only destroy the enemy but bring others to freedom. This is Peter's story and ours as well.
QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEK: See This weeks Together Group Study
During our February 11, 2026, study, we explored Amos chapters 3-5, where God challenges Israel's hypocrisy, condemning their social injustice and empty religious rituals while calling them to let justice and righteousness flow like a mighty stream.
The Holy Spirit uses ordinary community to do what "reason and strength" never could.
Guys night photos and Big Thinks to those who started Tons of Fun.
In our study of Amos, we explored God's judgment against nations for their social injustices and lack of compassion, revealing the timeless warning against seeking security in worldly power ("becoming Babylon") and the call to find our true identity in God's kingdom rather than in tribalism.
The angel’s specific message to tell the disciples and Peter reveals that Jesus is the Lord who refuses to let your failures cancel His promises.
We launched our study of Amos with an overview, read the book aloud, and discussed true worship expressed through justice and righteousness, Israel’s hypocrisy and idolatry, God’s judgment, and hope of restoration.
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The Creed reveals the Church’s heartbeat is the forgiveness of sins, a gift which replaces our darkness with God's light and leads us to the ultimate feast of the resurrection.