Change that Sticks in 2026 2 Kings 5:1-18 Tim Nay December 28, 2025 “It is no good choosing a change you’d like to see in someone else. You can’t choose ‘well-behaved children’ or ‘more attentive friends.’ You must choose something about you—such as ‘not shouting at my children’ or ‘getting less irritated by my housemates.’” (Chester, You Can Change, p. 19) “Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the Lord had...

Share the Light Luke 2:15-20 Tim Nay Part of The Light Has Come December 18, 2025 “When the angels went away from them into heaven..” —Luke 2:15a God will use anything to get our attention. What is God using to get your attention? 24 “The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, 25 nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath an...

Welcoming God’s Light Brings Peace Luke 2:8-20 Tim Nay Part of The Light Has Come December 14, 2025 “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.” —Isaiah 9:2 Christmas can be a ‘Dark Time’:• Loneliness • Financial stress • Family conflict • Unrealistic expectations • Stress/anxiety • Grief/loss • Addictions increase • Unexpected crisis GOOD NEWS: We do not have...

The Light of Prophecy Isaiah 9:2-7, 60:1-13, Micah 5:2-5 Mike Maglish Part of The Light Has Come December 7, 2025 Darkness is OPPRESSIVE. —Isaiah 9:2 . —Isaiah 9:3-7 1. Wonderful Counselor: God’s wisdom guides perfectly. Imagine a king who never makes mistakes, always leading with insight and righteousness. 2. Mighty God (El Gibbor): God’s strength is unmatched. He is unstoppable against any enemy. 3. Everlasting Father: God cares for His people tenderly and et...

Our Identity is in the Cross Galatians 6:11-18 Tim Nay Part of Galatians November 30, 2025 14 “But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.” —Galatians 6:14 14 “But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.” —Galatians 6:14 14 “set free from the stifling atmosphere of pleasing others and fit...

The Satisfying Work of Mutual Support Galatians 6:1-10 Tim Nay Part of Galatians November 23, 2025 1 “Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” —Galatians 6:1-2 19 “Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of a...

Feed What You Want Galatians 5:13-16 Mike Maglish Part of Galatians November 16, 2025 Galatians 5:13-18 Paul pits the SPIRIT against the FLESH. He frames it as a conflict, a battle, a choice. Flesh - σάρξ (sarx) - “Body” or “Human nature apart from God” Spirit - πνεῦμα (pneuma) - “God’s living presence within us. Shapes us more like Jesus.” Flesh (σάρξ / sarx) • Romans 7:18: “I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh.” • Galatians 5:17: “The fl...

Sinner, Lay Your Burdens Down Galatians 5:1-12 Mike Maglish Part of Galatians November 9, 2025 “For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” —Galatians 5:1 2 “Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you.” —Galatians 5:2 GRACE brings FREEDOM 21 “that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the ch...

Harassment vs. Freedom Galatians 4:21-31 Tim Nay Part of Galatians November 2, 2025 21 “Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman. 23 But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while the son of the free woman was born through promise.” —Galatians 4:21-23 The Law vs. Promise 1 “Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a fe...

A Spiritual Parent’s Emotional Appeal Galatians 4:8-20 Tim Nay Part of Galatians October 26, 2025 8 “Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods. 9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more? 10 You observe days and months and seasons and years! 11 I am afraid I may have labored over you in va...

No Nanny Needed Galatians 3:23-4:7 Tim Nay Part of Galatians October 19, 2025 23 “Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed.” —Galatians 3:23 16 “You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.” —Leviticus 19:16 17 “You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur...

Standing in the Courtroom of Heaven Galatians 3:15-22 Mike Maglish Part of Galatians October 12, 2025 STANDING IN THE COURTROOM OF HEAVEN (Not Guilty By Abraham Solomon) —Romans 3:19–20 The Law SHOWS our GUILT 19 “Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary. 20 Now an intermediary implies more than one, but God is one. ...

Foolish, Bewitched and Cursed - Without the Cross Galatians 3:1-14 Mike Maglish Part of Galatians October 5, 2025 “O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.” —Galatians 3:1 τίς ὑμᾶς ἐβάσκανεν tis hymas ebaskanen → “Who has bewitched you?” • ἐβάσκανεν = “to cast an evil eye on, cast a spell, bewitch, deceive.” Paul uses a strong word implying spiritual deception or enchantment. “O f...

Justification by Law or Christ? Galatians 2:15-21 Tim Nay Part of Galatians September 28, 2025 11 “But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party.” —Galatians 2:11-12 14 But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If...

Exposing a Hypocritical Gospel Galatians 2:1-14 Tim Nay Part of Galatians September 21, 2025 1 “Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. 2 I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain. 3 But even Titus, who was with me, was not forced to be circumcised, though he wa...

When Man Corrupts Gospel Galatians 1:11-24 Mike Maglish Part of Galatians September 14, 2025 Galatians 1:11-12 Acts 9:3–6 Galatians 1:11–12 Received (παρέλαβον, parelabon) — v. 12 • A rabbinic word for receiving tradition from a teacher. • Paul says, “I didn’t receive the gospel like a tradition handed down.” The GOSPEL comes directly from JESUS What is Man’s Gospel? 1) Not divine, but man-made 2) Based on works, not grace 3) Coordi...

Jesus Is Enough Galatians 1:1-10 Mike Maglish Part of Galatians September 7, 2025 “The Judaizers’ heresy was not that they denied Christ, but that they insisted that you cannot be saved by Christ alone. You must add your works of the law to His work of the cross.” -John Stott (On Galatians) “The gospel is not advice to be followed; it is good news to be believed. The Judaizers had turned it back into advice - something we do - rather than something Christ has done.” -Tim Ke...

Fruit Comes Where the Spirit Leads Acts 16:6–10 Derek Murphy August 31, 2025 “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about?” —Judges 6:13 NIV“6 Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. 7 When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but t...

A Different Spirit Numbers 13 & 14 Tim Nay Part of Wanderings & WondersLessons from the Wilderness August 17, 2025 Numbers 13:1-17 THE STORY: • Twelve warriors INVESTIGATED the land. Numbers 13:17-20 Spies Sent to Investigate the Promised Land: • Are the people strong or weak? • Are the people many or few? • Is the land (soil) good or bad? • Are the cities, camps or strongholds? • Is the land rich or poor? • Are there trees...