Fountain City KC

May 14, 2023 - Acts 8:26-40

Pastor James Cottier, Fountain City Church. What does it mean to know God?  And how is that different from knowing about God?  Sometimes it can feel hard to know the difference.  But God wants us to!  This week, from this awesome story with Philip and an Ethiopian Eunuch, we'll see that God wants us to know him, not just know about him. 

May 7, 2023 - Acts 8:9-25

Sometimes you come across certain passages in the Bible and you wonder, why is this in here? On a first pass, the passage this week can seem obscure, misfitting. But, on a closer look, what we see is that it actually has something very important to teach us about faith - the nature of faith, and what kind of faith God wants from us. Through the sad story of one man, we'll learn that the faith God wants - sincere, saving faith - is a faith that sees God as our prize, not as a means to our prize.

April 30, 2023 - Acts 8:1-8

As we live and experience our lives with God, we make interpretations of what's going on, only realize later that something else was the case. When times are hard, it's easy to think God's promises have failed, that we've been duped. But, as we'll see this week, there is always another side to things. In fact, we'll see that difficult times never defeat God's promise to bless, instead they serve it. 

April 23, 2023 - Acts 7

It's not uncommon to wonder why God chose the followers of Jesus, the Christian church, to be his spokespeople to the world. But Jesus made it clear that that's exactly who his followers are: his spokespeople. Another way to say it is that his people are his witnesses. This week, learning from one of the most powerful Christian witnesses ever, we'll see that being a witness to Jesus is as much about a way as it is about certain words: that we witness to Christ by following the way of Christ. 

April 16, 2023 - John 20:24-29

Guest Speaker Jay Fowler at Fountain City Church.

April 9, 2023 - 2 Corinthians 5:14-19

Why do you have hope in life? Ask a few people that question and you'll likely get a diverse set of answers. When you peel those answers back and look deeply into them, the truth is that all of them will fall short. All except one.  There is one reason why we can and should have hope in life - outrageous hope in life. And it has everything to do with Easter and the fresh start we find in it: we can and should have great hope because in Jesus there is a new beginning. 

April 2, 2023 - Acts 6:8-15

Guest Speaker Adam Jones. Ask anyone who has tried and they'll tell you, living the Christian life can be a challenge.  In fact, if left to ourselves, it wouldn't be possible.  So, to ensure we can live the new life Jesus brings us into, God gives us what we need to do it: himself.