Text: Ecclesiastes 4:9-12, Proverbs 27:5-10, 17 We return to our ongoing “super” series on the Spiritual Habits. If you missed our previous series on Prayer, Worship, or The Word, you can watch or listen to them on our website or app. Now we turn our attention to Accountability. When it comes to Accountability, the truth is we don’t practice biblic…

Text: 2 Kings 4:18-37 Summary: This story begins with the death of the Shunammite Woman’s promised son. But the woman’s response is surprising: “All is Well” Is this a lie? Is she being deceptive? How can she respond this way to the death of her beloved son? There is a core belief that this woman seemed to have that allowed her to have a focused pu…

Text: Revelation 21:1-7 Summary: Throughout the summer we have explored the mission and values of Wildwood through the lens of Scripture. This fall, we will take a look at practical wisdom issues revealed in Proverbs. Today though, we take an interlude to remember our end goal; our final destination, the ultimate prize we have been promised. Yet ou…

Text: Luke 2:52, 16:10; Philippians 1:6; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Summary: The way a company, institution, family, or individual behaves reveals what they value. Values guide people. They are the standards and beliefs that shape who we want to be and how we want to work. Wildwood church has eight values that determine how we treat people and how we cond…

Text: Genesis 1:26-27, 1 Peter 2:13-17 Summary: The way a company, institution, family, or individual behaves reveals what they value. Values guide people. They are the standards and beliefs that shape who we want to be and how we want to work. Wildwood church has eight values that determine how we treat people and how we conduct ministry. It is ou…

Text: John 14:15-24, 1 John 4:7-12, 19 Summary: The way a company, institution, family, or individual behaves reveals what they value. Values guide people. They are the standards and beliefs that shape who we want to be and how we want to work. Wildwood church has eight values that determine how we treat people and how we conduct ministry. It is ou…

Passage: Judges 6:11-27 Summary: Gideon’s story is one of miraculous triumph, but also, when you look closely, one that displays Gideon’s fear and anxiety. Each time Gideon is afraid, God answers by displaying His power and showing His presence. But God’s displayed power, and tangible presence are only Old Testament things right? Today we look at G…

Text: Jonah 4 Summary: We now come to the stunning conclusion of the book of Jonah. He just completed a very powerful preaching assignment through which the city of Nineveh, the King and his subjects turned from cruelty and wickedness. But instead of celebrating, Jonah is exceedingly angry and begs to die. Today we explore why Jonah was so angry an…

Text: Jonah 3 Summary: Jonah is now given a second chance to obey the commandment of the Lord to go to Nineveh. We are told that Jonah arose and went to Nineveh “according to the word of the Lord”. This is a key mark of a true disciple. He is one who believes and obeys the word of God. Jesus said this plainly in John 14:21-24. Jonah had a unique mi…

Text: Jonah 2 Summary: This month we are looking at the book of Jonah against the backdrop of the Wildwood mission statement. Last week we saw that Jonah did not “serve freely”. This led to his being thrown overboard as a sacrifice. But the Lord provided an amazing rescue. He was in the stomach of a great sea creature for 3 days. The Lord now has J…

Text: Jonah 1 Today we begin a 4 part series on the book of Jonah. In each of these 4 weeks we will discover a connection between Jonah’s mission and the current Wildwood mission statement, “serving freely, moving hearts, making disciples and caring deeply”. In Jonah’s case he failed significantly at serving freely and caring deeply. As we work thr…

Text: Zephaniah 3:9-20 Summary: In an effort to combat pride, the Church has rightly emphasized the sin of man and the grace of God. This has been true since the Church began in the first century AD. One of the unintended consequences for many of us is that we feel the displeasure, rather than the delight, of God. We find it easy to believe He is d…

Text: Ephesians 2:1-10 Summary: The Gospel means the Good News. It’s God’s plan to rescue us from our hopeless condition by sending Jesus to live the life we couldn’t live and die the death we deserved. But most people, including many in our churches, don’t understand the message of the Gospel. God made it all. We lost it all. Christ did it all. We…

Everyone faces eternal death and judgment. Nothing less than perfection in thought, word, action, even motive can fix the problem. So who can rescue us? Only God. Jesus claimed to be God and the only Way a person can be made right with God again. He came to earth, fulfilled all of God’s laws by His life, and received all the punishment of our sin b…

Text: Various passages Summary: Sin is any thought, motive or deed that goes against God. Adam and Eve were morally perfect in the Garden and after they rebelled, moral imperfection was born. Sin has impacted every relationship in creation. It broke our fellowship with God as well as with each other and with all creation. It even shifted how we rel…

Text: Acts 17:22-29 Summary:The term “gospel” is used so often that many of us don’t know what the gospel actually is. We know it technically means good news, but several questions come to mind. What is this good news? Good news for who? What is the bad news? Why should it matter to me? Many of us simply do not know what the gospel is. The gospel i…

Text: Acts 1:1-11 Summary: We all want to experience something significant. At times, significant moments can leave us still and speechless. 2000 years ago Jesus did something no one could imagine and it caused those who experienced it to stare on speechless. Two angels appeared and asked them a profound question, “Why do you stand looking into hea…

Text: John 17:18-23, 1 Corinthians 1:10 Summary:We began our Last Kingdom series with a history of God’s People as revealed in the Old Testament. We then zoomed in to God’s Church from the New Testament to present day and took a closer look at a few believers who expanded the Kingdom through care and courage. Today, we zoom in further to God’s Pari…

Texts: Numbers 27:12-23, 1 Samuel 18:6-16, Matthew 28:18-20, Romans 15:20, Romans 1:5 Summary: The dichotomy between following God as part of His people, no matter the cost, and the mundane rhythms of life sometimes leaves us bored or forgetful of the reality of the Last Kingdom. Today, we look at what the Spirit has done since the Resurrection; ca…