Parenting

His & Hers

American society attempted a social experiment of flattening gender differences for the promise of a hyper-egalitarian, androgynous future with equity of outcomes as the goal.

The result of this experiment is that by and large, men are not doing well…women are not doing well…and marriages are not doing well. And we often don’t know how to talk about why.

At times, we lack the clarity to see that some of our biggest problems go all the way to our God-given, gendered design. There is a lot of deep confusion, and the topic of gender differentiation is often incredibly contentious.

But what if it doesn’t have to be? What if a better understanding of our God-given design sheds light on many of our problems?

God’s Word extends an invitation to find our joy in God’s good design for our gender. The Biblical foundation of two genders made with fundamental equality AND unique wiring, skills, and responsibilities is both more in line with reality and more helpful for human flourishing, healthy marriages, and an overall healthy society.

To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.

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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 "DOWNTOWN" followed by your topic to 855-855-0655.

The Family of God

Volatile issues consume our newsfeeds, but we need to approach these issues biblically. As a church family, we want to fix our eyes on Jesus, and become a people of peace, hope, and love as we follow Jesus.

Jesus says the two greatest commandments in our formation are to love God and to love our neighbor. How we love our neighbor reflects our love for God, and how we love God manifests itself in how we love our neighbor. And the reality is, while our “neighbor” encompasses everyone, it most immediately applies to who we share a home with and see every day. So for this series, we want to train ourselves to look more like Jesus by learning to grow in our love for our closest neighbors - whether that means our spouse, kids, roommates, or friends.

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To help you worship at home, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.

Week 1: Trinity Love

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Week 2: The Family You Were Made For

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Week 3: Dealing With Your Past

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Week 4: Dating in the Family of God

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Week 5: Marriage in the Family of God

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Week 6: Passive Men & the Women Who Resent Them

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Week 7: Kids Have Imaginary Friends, Adults Have Imaginary Enemies

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Week 8: The Power to Heal the World

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Week 9: Parenting Part 1: Proactive Discipline

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Week 10: Parenting Part 2: Reactive Discipline

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