This message was focused on the character Anger, from the movie Inside Out, and explored what Scripture has to say about the emotion we often try so hard hide and/or control. About this Series: Inside Out Four times each year, when a fifth Sunday occurs in a month, we do something special at First Friends: we suspend our […]

About this Series: What does it mean to live in a way that is Truly Free as a follower of Christ? The book of Galatians is one of the earliest biblical letters, written by the apostle Paul to a church that was struggling with how to best understand the grace they had received from Christ. […]

We’ve all been hurt by someone close to us. Sometimes we’ve done nothing to deserve that kind of experience. But, other times, wounds from a friend are intended to help and heal us, not to hurt us. Paul feels rejected by the Galatians, after developing a deep and meaningful relationship, simply because he is now […]

Even after we’ve received the knowledge of God’s great love for us, and experienced the reconciliation with God given to us through the Cross, we still have a tendency to return to our “old ways” and the “old gods” we used to follow. Uncomfortable with navigating the unknown territory of freedom, we sometimes wander back […]