It has been said that atonement is like a multi-faceted diamond. What Christ accomplished on the cross is massive, and its window into the heart of God is grand, but what about after? What did Jesus do after he died? Where is he now and what is he doing?
To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.
Week 1: Easter
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on April 20, 2025.
Christ has risen and ascended to the right hand of the Father where He reigns and intercedes for us as our Great High Priest!
It has been said that atonement is like a multi-faceted diamond. What Christ accomplished on the cross is massive, and its window into the heart of God is grand. In this series, we study the many things Jesus’ death and resurrection achieved as we prepare our hearts and minds for Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday.
To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.
Week 1: Substitution
Week 2: The Cross as the Cure for Shame
Week 3: Redemption
Week 4: Adoption
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Week 6:
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To faithfully follow Jesus, our faith must be marked by action. Our belief should lead us into good works and obedience. In the book of James, we are challenged by the brother of Jesus to examine the authenticity of our faith and to ensure that it fills each area of our everyday lives.
To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.
Week 1: Complete & Lacking Nothing (James 1:1-12)
Week 2: When He Is Tempted (James 1: 13-18)
Week 3: Be Doers of the Word, and Not Hearers Only (James 1:19-2:13)
Week 4: Is It Faith? (James 2:14-26)
Week 5: Taming the Tongue (James 3:1-18)
Week 6: What Causes Quarrels Among You? (James 4:1-12)
Week 7: You Are a Mist (James 4:13-5:6)
Week 8: Establish Your Hearts
“Known and loved.” That’s a powerful phrase.
At some level, all of us are looking for places in life where we feel known and loved. Some of us have that, and some of us don’t. Others of us are looking for that in family, romance, friendships, or any number of things - and have felt hurt or betrayed in the process.
And yet, the beauty of Scripture says this is what Jesus offers us when we follow Him.
For this series, we’ll spend three weeks looking at how Scripture calls us to be known and loved by God, known and loved by each other, and making Jesus’ love known to our neighbors.
To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.
Week 1: Known and Loved by God
Week 2: Known and Loved by Others (1 John 4:7-12)
Week 3: Knowing and Loving Our Neighbors (2 Corinthians 5:14-20)
SERMONS | ADVENT PROJECTS | RESOURCES | TEXT-IN QUESTIONS
The word Advent means “arrival,” and this time of year, the global church celebrates the arrival of the birth of Jesus. But this celebration is not an end in itself. It’s a reason to hope as we look ahead to the second Advent - the return of Jesus.
For the next four weeks, we’re looking at the book of Revelation and what Jesus’ second Advent will look like. Far from being a book filled with hidden codes and secrets, Revelation teaches us how to live between the first and second Advent. Because Jesus was born, we can live with the hope that Jesus will return. All our hope for the future is tied to a baby that gives us a “no matter what” hope for the future.
This series is part of our Year of Biblical Literacy initiative.
To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.
Week 1: The Lion & The Lamb That Is Worthy
Week 2: Signs Of Victory
Week 3: The Coming Praise
Week 4: All Things New
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BOOKS | COURSES | ARTICLES
Throughout the year, we want to know the concepts and passages you wrestle with. We'll answer some of these questions in podcast episodes throughout the year.
To submit your topic or question, text "TWO NOTCH" followed by your topic to 855-855-0655.
Sermon by Justin Gates on November 24, 2024.
We are often distracted many different things that gain our attention and focus. This week we look at the Apostle Paul's words that show us 3 distinct benefits of focusing our attention on the Lord.
SERMONS | RESOURCES | TEXT-IN QUESTIONS
Near the tail end of our Year of Biblical Literacy, we come to the rich, dense book of Hebrews. It’s full of callbacks and history, threads pulled from all across the Old Testament. The author assumes intimate knowledge of the old covenant –the sacrificial system, the tabernacle, the promised land–and then shows that they were incomplete, only “copies and shadows.”
Each is an arrow pointing to Christ, who himself becomes the mediator of the new covenant–the perfect high priest, the meeting place between God and man, the source of eternal rest for those united to him.
This series is part of our Year of Biblical Literacy initiative.
To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.
Week 1: Christ and the New Covenant
Week 2: The Descent and Ascent of Christ
Week 3: Do Not Harden Your Hearts
Week 4: Stand-Alone: Following Jesus Like Ananias
Week 5: Take Care, Brothers
Week 6: Jesus, The Ultimate Temple, Priest, & Sacrifice
Week 7: The Hall of Faith
Week 8: Lay Aside Every Weight
Week 9: Do Not Regard Lightly The Discipline Of The Lord
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BOOKS | COURSES | ARTICLES
Throughout the year, we want to know the concepts and passages you wrestle with. We'll answer some of these questions in podcast episodes throughout the year.
To submit your topic or question, text "TWO NOTCH" followed by your topic to 855-855-0655.
SERMONS | RESOURCES | TEXT-IN QUESTIONS
How would you summarize Jesus’ teachings? Depending on who you ask, you’re likely to get different answers. However, Jesus’ summary statement is actually one of his first statements in the Gospels: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
In other words, Jesus’ life and teachings are all about ushering in God’s loving rule and reign on Earth as it is in Heaven. So what might His kingdom look like in our city, and how do we faithfully follow Him in our time and place?
Join us for five weeks as we examine Jesus’ teachings and consider how we can experience more of His kingdom in Columbia as it is in Heaven.
This series is part of our Year of Biblical Literacy initiative.
To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.
Week 1: The Kingdom of God Is at Hand
Week 2: The Acceptance You’ve Always Wanted
Week 3: Forgiveness In The Kingdom
Week 4: The Soil Of The Kingdom
Week 5: Honored In The Kingdom
Check out our Year of Biblical Literacy site for more articles, podcasts, and book recommendations.
BOOKS | COURSES | ARTICLES
Throughout the year, we want to know the concepts and passages you wrestle with. We'll answer some of these questions in podcast episodes throughout the year.
To submit your topic or question, text "TWO NOTCH" followed by your topic to 855-855-0655.
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The Psalms are a unique collection in the Old Testament: 150 poems, songs, and prayers covering approximately 1,000 years of Israel’s history. The writers cover everything from hatred to pure joy and nearly everything in between. Some of the language and honesty in the Psalms are shocking–even uncomfortable to hear–because of how unfiltered they come across.
Amidst the raw emotions, the Psalms offer a beacon of hope. They guide us to understand what’s going on in our hearts and how to realign ourselves with reality, offering a path to transformation and spiritual growth.
In this series, we’ll spend six weeks looking at specific chapters as we ask how God wants us to shape us as His people.
This series is part of our Year of Biblical Literacy initiative.
To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.
Week 1: A Theology of Song
Week 2: The Bible as Meditation Literature
Week 3: Forget Not All His Benefits
Week 4: Our Chosen Portion
Week 5: Hope For The Downcast Soul
Week 6: Create In Me A Clean Heart
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BOOKS | COURSES | ARTICLES
PSALMS OUTLINE
Throughout the year, we want to know the concepts and passages you wrestle with. We'll answer some of these questions in podcast episodes throughout the year.
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SERMONS | RESOURCES | TEXT-IN QUESTIONS
The prophets are a diverse group of writings. They come from different periods, face different issues, and are written in different genres.
The book of Habakkuk, in particular, speaks to us on our journey to Christian maturity. It mirrors the moments we all encounter—when our understanding of God’s character seems at odds with our current circumstances, when we question God’s plans, and when injustice, both individually and collectively, seems to prevail.
When that happens, what do we do? How do we respond? How can we trust God is still in control of it all? We’ll spend the next four weeks in Habakkuk exploring these questions.
This series is part of our Year of Biblical Literacy initiative.
To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.
Week 1: How Long, O LORD?
Week 2: How Can This Be?
Week 3: The Cup That Is Coming
Week 4: Wrestling Toward Maturity
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BOOKS | COURSES | ARTICLES
HABAKKUK OUTLINE
Throughout the year, we want to know the concepts and passages you wrestle with. We'll answer some of these questions in podcast episodes throughout the year.
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SERMONS | RESOURCES | TEXT-IN QUESTIONS
How do we become people who build our lives on God’s wisdom rather than ruining them? How do we navigate life and all its complexities? How do we make sense of death and suffering? How about friendships, wealth, and decision-making? What about sex and marriage?
These questions are where the Old Testament’s wisdom books come in. Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs depict how to navigate life’s complexity. Through poetry and narrative, the Bible shows us following Jesus is more than just acquiring knowledge. It’s about seeing reality the way God sees it and learning how to live within it—in short, it’s about becoming a person of wisdom.
This series is part of our Year of Biblical Literacy initiative.
To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.
Week 1: Wisdom and the Fear of the LORD
Week 2: Wisdom and Decision-Making
Week 3: Wisdom and Pride
Week 4: Wisdom and Wealth
Week 5: Wisdom and Sex
Week 6: Wisdom and Friendship
Week 7: Wisdom and Conflict
Week 8: Wisdom and Work
Week 9: Baptism Sunday
Check out our Year of Biblical Literacy site for more articles, podcasts, and book recommendations.
BOOKS
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Throughout the year, we want to know the concepts and passages you wrestle with. We'll answer some of these questions in podcast episodes throughout the year.
To submit your topic or question, text "TWO NOTCH" followed by your topic to 855-855-0655.
Sermon by Ant Frederick on March 31, 2024.
Christ has risen and ascended to the right hand of the Father where He reigns and intercedes for us as our Great High Priest!
SERMONS | RESOURCES | TEXT-IN QUESTIONS
The story of Ruth centers around one of the most vulnerable and marginalized figures in the Old Testament. This series examines God’s sovereignty over all of life and how God uses unlikely people to bring hope and healing to the world.
This series is part of our Year of Biblical Literacy initiative.
To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.
Week 1: Compromise, Bitterness, or Faithfulness?
Week 2: Behold A Redeemer
Week 3: The Risk of Hope
Week 4: The Story Behind the Story
Check out our Year of Biblical Literacy site for more articles, podcasts, and book recommendations.
BOOKS
VIDEOS
Throughout the year, we want to know the concepts and passages you wrestle with. We'll answer some of these questions in podcast episodes throughout the year.
To submit your topic or question, text "TWO NOTCH" followed by your topic to 855-855-0655.
It’s often said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
As we look at the first five books of Scripture, stories abound of those who trusted God and those who did not. Some, through faith, went on to be ancestors who blessed those after them. Others proved to be ghosts that haunt their lineage with heartache and pain.
As we learn to interpret the narratives in the Torah, both the negative and the positive, we’ll see how God works in the midst of it all and calls us into his story, inviting us to walk in the steps of our ancestors who came before us.
To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.
Week 1: The Two Paths
Week 2: Abraham
Week 3: Esau
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Week 4: Jacob
Week 5: Leah
Week 6: Moses
Week 7: Aaron
Week 8: Joseph
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BOOKS
PODCASTS
This will be updated as we progress through the series. Stay tuned!
VIDEOS
Throughout the year, we want to know the concepts and passages you wrestle with. We'll answer some of these questions in podcast episodes throughout the year.
To submit your topic or question, text "TWO NOTCH" followed by your topic to 855-855-0655.
SERMONS | ADVENT GUIDE | ADVENT PROJECTS
"Advent" means "arrival." And since the early church, God's people have celebrated the arrival of Jesus' birth during this time of year. As we remember his first arrival, we also look ahead to Jesus' promised second arrival - when He will return and make all things new. So, each week, we'll look at different aspects of Christ's coming and how that should shape how we think, feel, and react to the Christmas season.
To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.
Week 1: Hope
Week 2: Peace
Week 3: Joy
Week 4: Love
To help us prepare our hearts for the Christmas season, we wrote an Advent devotional guide for you and your LifeGroup to work through during this season. The suggested donation is $8 per copy.
One of our goals as a church family is to be generous people. So every year around the holidays, we press into generosity to think about God’s generosity to us and to talk about how we can grow in walking in the kind of generous love He’s shown to us.
This year, we are focusing on three practical ways to grow in generosity:
We consider tithing a spiritual practice that helps develop a lifestyle of sacrificial generosity. We are encouraging members of our church to set up a recurring tithe because the gospel transforms us not just to be generous around the holidays but throughout the entire year. It’s also specifically how we fund and fuel all we do as a church in our city.
We want to equip our church family to be spiritually healthy by stewarding the financial resources God has entrusted us. On January 27 from 9am-12pm at our Downtown church, we’re hosting a practical training class to manage your finances, pay off debt, invest well, and practice biblical generosity.
Serve the City is our initiative as a church family to partner with local organizations serving the most vulnerable people in our city. This year, we want to fund the various Serve the City events we do throughout the year to serve these organizations and the people they work with. These funds will also go towards our Serve the City Weekend on March 16, 2024. We partner with the following local organizations:
Transitions
Home Works for America
The Ezekiel Center
Epworth Children's Home
Daybreak
Salvation Army
Sermon by Ant Frederick on November 19, 2023.
The bible tells us that the lies of the devil enslave us, and the truth of Christ sets us free. Let's explore what the Word of God of find truth and freedom in Christ.
Oversimplified narratives about our bodies surround us. Through conversations and airwaves, we are constantly told what we should pursue with our bodies, how we should think about them, and what dangers follow disagreement with the cultural ethos of desire, gender, sexuality, and marriage.
But these messages skip over some very essential questions–questions like: what is your body, exactly? What is your body for? Who created it, and with what purpose? What is the eternal destiny of our bodies, and how does that inform what we do on a normal week?
Join us for an eight-week series unpacking God’s plan for the human body–a majestic story from beginning to end.
Parents, please be advised that this sermon series will address sensitive topics, including sex and gender. We encourage you to consider your child’s age and maturity level before bringing them into the service.
To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.
Week 1: Telos
Week 2: Ish and Ishah
Week 3: Union
Week 4: Eros
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Week 5: Epithumia
Week 6: Resurrection
Week 7: Incarnation
Week 8: Q & A
During our Embodied series, we had over 70 questions texted in. To cover these questions more fully, we’re releasing a handful of extra podcast episodes to further equip you.
During the series, we want to know the concepts and ideas that you wrestle with the most or would like to learn more about. We'll base the final sermon of the series off of the submissions we receive.
To submit your topic or question, text "TWO NOTCH" followed by your topic to 855-855-0655.
It's almost hard to believe its been 10 years since a small group of brothers and sisters in Christ, were sent out by our Downtown Church to show the love of Christ to our neighbors along Two Notch Road.
For 10 years now, God has been faithful to us. For 10 years, we have sought to respond to God’s faithfulness by being faithful to Him as a Jesus-Centered Family on Mission with Him. So, with this sermon series, we’ll look back on and celebrate God’s faithfulness to us and how we, as his church, seek to faithfully live out what He calls us to in His Word. We will also look forward and consider how we can continue to grow in faithfulness to God over the next 10 years.
Being faithful as a Jesus-Centered Family on Mission hasn’t always been easy, but it has always been worth it. Let’s step into the next chapter of what God has for us with great unity, excitement, and hope.
Week 1: People of the Pages
Week 2: A People Of God's Love
Week 3: A People Of God's Mission
Week 4: A People Who Honor
Week 5: A People Of Generosity
Week 6: A People Who Teach Them Diligently
Jesus Christ controls the universe with His power. He is supreme, and how you view Him changes how you view everything else. But Jesus is also intimately personal - what does Jesus have to say about you? What does He say to you in your hurt? What does He have to say to you in your doubts? What does He have to tell you when you screw up?
For this series, we’ll spend seven weeks looking at how Jesus interacts with different types of people in Scripture and what He has to say to us too.
To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.
Week 1: Jesus & the Hurting
Week 2: Jesus & the Disappointed
Week 3: Jesus & the Little Ones
Week 4: Jesus & the Doubter
Week 5: Jesus & the Desperate
Week 6: Jesus & the Jealous
Week 7: Jesus & the Bully
