Podcast Fox Valley Church

Ephesians 4:11-16 Theme: After having discussed our high calling and the importance of unity in the church, this week we will investigate the spiritual gifts that God has freely given. God has equipped leaders to do what? To equip the saints to do the work of the ministry. In modern Christianity, many Christians think that the pastors do the work, …

Ephesians 4:1-6 After three chapters describing what God has done for us, giving us new life and a spiritual family, the focus shifts to our response and how we are to live considering God’s love and mercy. What does it look like to walk in our high calling? How does this high calling impact the way we deal with one another in love, humility, and g…

The Best Joy Psalm 4:7-8 The Lord is the one who gives you joy and brings you peace. Learn how you can experience the Lord's comfort and peace while navigating life's tough times.Bởi foxvalleychurch

Passage: Revelation 21:1-22:5 Theme: The Bible begins in a garden and ends in a city - paradise with God forever, no more sin, and no more pain and suffering. This is what life will look like when sin and death are fully removed from Christians’ lives and world through the power of the cross!…

Passage: Lamentations 3 Theme: God is sovereign through sorrow; trust the process. God planned for Jesus to be brutally tortured and murdered, and yet, this crucifixion is precisely what brings Christian's salvation and life. God often ordains bad, painful, and even evil circumstances to bring about wonderful ends…

Passage: Zephaniah 3:17 Theme: God doesn’t merely love you - he likes you too! He enjoys you! And he sings over you! His love for you is so great that he joyfully planned redemption to pay the price for your sins, that you might become his family member forever.Bởi foxvalleychurch

Passage: Isaiah 55:6-13 Theme: John 1 says Jesus is himself the incarnate Word! The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and as God’s Word, Jesus powerfully accomplished God the Father’s intention to save his people.Bởi foxvalleychurch

Passage: Isaiah 6 Theme: God’s holiness requires his just wrath for sins. Why was Isaiah not consumed by God’s holiness? Jesus took Isaiah’s “guilt away” and “made atonement” for his sins - and he can do the same for you too!Bởi foxvalleychurch

Passage: Exodus 34 Theme: God is simultaneously described as forgiving, yet unwilling to clear the guilty. How does God solve this paradox? The answer is Jesus Christ. Rather than arbitrarily clearing the guilty, God punished Christians’ guilt on the body of Jesus, so that those who exercise repe…

Matthew 10:34-39 There is a cost to following Jesus; it’s one He himself calls us to. But to follow with our whole selves, not just part of us, means life and freedom and victory.Bởi foxvalleychurch

Passage: Matthew 1:18-25 Theme: The angel, a messenger of God, brings another reason why we need Christmas. This angel gives Joseph a fuller understanding of God’s plan to be among His people through this One called Jesus and Immanuel. [Note: There is good cause to take the angelic quote all the way through verse …

Passage: John 18:37 Theme: One person we have not yet considered is what Jesus says about Christmas. He finds Himself in a conversational trap with Herod and is asked whether He is a King. Jesus says “for this He was born: to bear witness to the Truth.” We need Christmas because we need truth about God, about ours…

Passage: Matthew 2:1-6 Theme: We get an unlikely source with the chief priests and scribes that we need Christmas because of the promises of God being fulfilled. God’s promises are rich and full. If one of them failed it would be impossible to trust Him for the promise of eternal life. We were promised a Ruler who…

Passage: Luke 2:25-35 Theme: Simeon, carried along by the Holy Spirit, shows us in another way why we need Christmas. With clarity and insight he reveals God’s promised salvation with Jesus’ birth. He describes this salvation with a strong mood of hope as Light comes for the nations and glory for Israel. By implic…

Passage: Luke 1:66-75 Zechariah got pulled into the unfolding plan in a most mysterious way and adds an insight into God’s work (the Benedictus). He is filled with the Holy Spirit (67) and gives tremendous insight on these events. God’s visit of His Son is a gracious act of redemption from our enemies (the world, the flesh…

Passage: Luke 1:46-55 Theme: Mary is thunderstruck with the announcement that God chose her to bear the holy offspring. In her exuberance and by the Spirit, she gives us a unique insight into the work of God. She understands what God is doing and she breaks out in praise (the Magnificat) to the Almighty O…

Passage: Philippians 3:12-17 Theme: God changes us when we persevere. So many Christians today are fainthearted and weak. We know that trials and tribulations bring about perseverance . . . and hope which does not disappoint. The word is an anchor for our soul and so few Chris…

Passage: 1 Peter 1:22-25 Theme: God’s Spirit enables us to obey; love supernaturally, and overcome the world. But how does this happen? We see change take place when we practice repentance and live by faith. What keeps us from change? A failure to keep a posture of humility (r…

Passage: 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 Theme: Change feels impossible and sometimes we wonder whether deep, resilient change can really happen. The gospel promises the power of God to change us from the inside out. This process is often painful and always gradual, but significantly purposeful.…

Passage: Romans 11:25-32 Theme: With God’s plans, purposes and promises there is mystery. It is this mystery that moves against any possible snobbery (25). The mystery is openly revealed—Jews and Gentiles are co-heirs, equal beneficiaries of the promises of God. God’s plan br…

Passage: Romans 11:11-16 Theme: The gospel is now unshackled and spreads “riches” throughout the world as Israel stumbled and fell. The Gospel brings hope, freedom and deliverance and will one day again bring “greater riches” to Israel. With a Gospel turn towards the entire w…

Passage: Romans 11:1-10 Theme: Rejection is a terrible thing. God has not rejected His people and there is evidence for this statement. However, the issue is God’s electing, redeeming love received as justification came by faith. God did harden His people, but it is not permanent and it is not hopeless.…

Passage: Romans 10:14-21 Theme: Telling and showing the story of Jesus is essential. Through a string of questions that begin with tellers being sent and ending with people far from God getting delivered, but what about Israel? Have they heard? Yes, read Moses, read the psalm…

Passage: Romans 10:1-13 Theme: If chapter 9 focused on God’s plans and purposes, we now see the human condition and factors. The gospel becomes front and central—Christ is the telos (goal, end, or termination, etc.) of the OT. Jesus is our Righteousness! Even while others loo…

Passage: Romans 9:14-33 Theme: With anguish and sorrow over people far from God and due to His electing, sovereign ways it forces three questions: is God unjust? And Is God fair? What can be said? To choose some for salvation and overlook others by looks like a failure of justice. Not when we look through the lens…

Passage: Romans 9:1-13 Theme: The church at Rome was filled with Gentile and Jewish believers. With the gospel being a central part of the letter, it surfaced many questions, not least, What about the Jews? (or anyone else far from God for that matter!) There is also no denyi…

Passage: Psalm 127 Theme: For Labor Day the psalmist lays out a contrast between blessing and vanity. This wisdom psalm brings a response among the wise to be God-centered and puts everything else in perspective, including work. As we understand a life yielded to God, we see the blessings of the Lord on the family.…

Passage: Revelation 3:11-13 Theme: There is an exhortation for the church to persevere (“hold fast”), to press on and to keep pressing on in the right things. No one wants to be disqualified or lose the crown of life. Rather we seek to be overcomers. As FVC looks at Why Church…

Passage: Revelation 3:14-22 Theme: Why church Now? The simple answer is “Jesus is knocking now!” There is an urgency now that will not last forever. But the “knock” is not merely about salvation, but the sustaining nature of the church—people white-hot for Jesus. God wants our…

Passage: Revelation 3:1-6 Why Church? The church holds the “keys” of life and death. Without faithful churches who tell the story of Jesus, there would be no hope in these crazy times. It is easy to lose sight of the main things that only Jesus controls all things. He will on…

Revelation 2:1-7 With little disagreement from which ever vantage point, people recognize that we are in crazy times. Jesus’ plan for hope is the church. But, what church? As part of the crazy, some say the church the church is “out of touch,” others seek long-standing tradition in deciding what church, others have given up on any “organized church…

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Ruth 4:1-22 Boaz stands as a testimony of one to follow because of his wise and prudent negotiations to become a kinsman-redeemer. We can think of other biblical stories that reflect God’s work (e.g. Abraham and Isaac, the exodus, Passover, etc.), so here Boaz takes Ruth as his wife and their first child is born that shows redemption, but even more…

Ruth 3:1-1 Ruth takes a risk and makes her interest in Boaz known. As we saw Ruth’s care for Naomi, Boaz shows a humble and loving response to Ruth. With the huge generosity of Boaz, we see the redemptive kindnesses of God. It would be difficult to miss the restoration/redemption of Naomi and Ruth from the loss, brokenness and “famine” through whic…

Ruth 2:1-23 The next move of the plot is one of great need. Boaz, the human hero of Ruth’s story, makes his appearance with masculine strength that seeks to protect and provide for Ruth from their very first providential meeting. Ruth shows a tender mercy with her focus and care upon Naomi. Here we are introduced to Boaz as the kinsmen-Redeemer (2:…

Passage: Ruth 1:1-22 Theme: Broken hearted people start the saga, one death event after another. Soon the tragedy leaves three widows and no heirs—no one to redeem the situation. Vulnerable, hurting, there is only one place to go for hope, security and strength—to the God of Israel and His people.Bởi foxvalleychurch

Passage: Ephesians 6:1-3 Children take their lead from the mother and father. So, if there is a breakdown of order or authority, the child(ren) become confused. Also, with the breakdown comes fear and anxiety. A home where faith is lived out and nurtured brings hope, joy and peace.

Passage: 1 Peter 3:7; Ephesians 5:25-28 A tone, even a mood is set in the home when dads follow God’s pattern and plan. Husbands are called to lay down their lives for their wives. As a husband models this, the home flourishes. Bởi foxvalleychurch

Passage: 1 Peter 3:1-6 Cultural trends try to minimize or even remove the differences between men and women, and thus, in moms and dads. However, God shows how each can complement the other as each live by faith. A home where mom can flourish as she exercises her gifts magnifies the glory of God.…

Hebrews 11:8-11 This first message lays the foundation for the family, looking at Abraham and Sarah believing the promises of God. Even though they did not yet receive all that was promised they led with hope and confidence in God and his plan. The family is where we learn about faith, authority and bonding to fulfill God’s purposes. There is no pe…

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Passage: Mark 5:24-34 Theme: Mark captures the story with an amazing line: “Jesus kept looking to see.” He is interested in God’s work, but then Jesus listened to her entire story. Perhaps one of the best ways we can show people dignity is to listen without judging. So, as we …

Passage: John 5:1-15 Theme: Jesus shows a pattern of loving people. Jesus met with people where they were. Jesus listened, touched, and reached out to them. He initiated. He engaged! In this encounter, Jesus sees a man who is lame (aren’t we all!) and takes the initiative and …

Passage: Proverbs 1:7-9 Moms bring powerful perspective and wisdom. It is the wise son or daughter who listens and seeks the counsel of his or her mother. It is through a godly mother that children learn to fear God and live to live for a greater reward. Moms blaze the way towards true kingdom living because of the …

Passage: Romans 8:31-39 Since God is working on our behalf, we have great confidence nothing can ultimately work against His plan. Amazingly, Jesus is praying for us every step of the way. We are reminded that nothing can separate us from God’s love and we are more than conquerors through Jesus. …

Passage: Romans 8:28-39 The strength and power of God’s love allows us to persevere. We are reminded that God is providentially at work in ways that we will never see and never know, but will work out for our good. Bởi foxvalleychurch

Passage: John 5:24-27 Jesus, even just mentioning His name, raises controversy. It is true today as it was then. But He responds to those who stands opposed to His claims. With a firm directness, Jesus lays it all out there: eternal life is through the Son of God. The beauty is that He provides the way of escape fro…