LWF Resource Page
“As believers we are not just called to only have the bare minimum knowledge of God and Christianity, 1 Peter 3:15 says we should be able to give an account to anyone about the hope that lies within. This resource page is built to help us do that by providing you great resources to grow your Biblical knowledge, enjoy!” -Pastor Justin
CHRISTMAS FAMILY DEVO
Christmas is the time of year for family and fun but it’s also important as parents for us to teach in this season about who Jesus is and his birth and life and what it means. Download this great devo by Mannahouse to do that with your family.
ADVENT DEVOTIONAL
Advent starts on December 3rd and we found this simple advent devotional to walk you through the four weeks of the season; hope, peace joy and love!
Advent Devotional #2
LW Kids Advent
Journey Board
This advent game is setup like a board game. As you move a piece each day of advent there is a scripture to be read. This is a great way to teach your juds the story of Jesus and why he came!
Why Care About Politics?
Read this paper that covers 7 reasons why Christians should care about politics.
Government & Activism
To lay a foundation for what a gospel centered approach to activism should be, we must first lay a biblical foundation of understanding for the role of government in society and the role of the church with it.
One Nation Under God
What happens when my rights as a Christian interfere with my rights as an American?
PRESIDENTIAL COMPARISON
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DUAL CITIZENSHIP
What does It mean to be a citizen of heaven and the United States. Read this paper and explore the idea
Christian Influence in Government
Should Christians try to influence laws and politics? Historically, Christians have disagreed. This booklet offers a historical and theological overview of the disagreement and offers an answer that lends itself to thoughtful action.
The Probability of Jesus
Math nerds and truth seekers click above for some amazing statistical evidence to the probability of Jesus being who He said He was.
Chronological Easter Reading List
There’s four gospels which makes it hard to get the entire story in the right order when you read! Use this guide to help you walk through the gospels and capture the entire story of our savior Jesus!
VALIDITY OF THE BIBLE
21 Reasons For The Ressurection
Post-Modern society would like us to believe Jesus was a fairytail of sorts. The reality is He was a recognized historical figure outside of the Bible who was recognized by the world as someone different and maybe even God. Download and decide for yourself!
Archeological Proof of Jesus
If you like history, logic and are like Thomas from the Bible then touch the nail scarred hands of Jesus through the archeological proof of His existence. But know that Faith and salvation comes from faith not knowledge so let this be a bridge to take you there.
Historical Evidence of Jesus
N.T. Wright one of the most well known Biblical scholars breakdown many historical proofs of Jesus life.
It’s a simple question with a clear answer in this downloadable PDF. Read it and gain confidence in what God’s Word says about the life of Jesus.
THE BIBLE ON RACE
SANCTITY OF LIFE
Parenting Conference
Biblical parenting in todays culture is challenging to say the least. Watch this short seminar for some concepts to incorporate into your parenting. This is a great resources for both parents to watch and discuss together if married but if you aren’t God will empower you to lead your home as a single parent and we are here to help you as a church too.
TYPES AND SHADOWS: THE PASSOVER LAMB
The Passover story isn’t just the story of Isreal’s redemption it is an amazing type and shadow of our redemption as Christians in the New Testament! Check out this amazing chart comparing the Passover Lamb to the Lamb of God!
This study is designed to help you grow in Bible literacy. In doing so, it has two goals: first, it seeks to teach you the book of James in a way that will enable you to think maturely, retain what you learn, and grow in understanding. Second, it seeks to train you to ask better questions of any biblical text on your own.
Women In Ministry
It is challenging to discern the role of women in ministry due to the culture of the time that the Bible was written. In the end of Romans we see Paul acknowledge several church leaders including a female deacon and a female missionary. Other areas of scripture seem to speak against this, so what is the correct answer?!?! Download this document for support in determining your beliefs on this.
What About Divorce?
Another challenging subject in the Bible is the idea of divorce. Download this document to study and gain clarity about what the Bible says about it and what we believe about Gods Grace and Mercy in this area.
WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT ABORTION?
With. the reversal of Roe vs. Wade we as believers should take a look at God’s perspective on this issue by seeing what His word says about it.
Romans 13 Gov. Control
In our series “ROMANS: THE WAY” we encountered some difficult passages in Romans 13. Understanding it involves some time studying word, definitions, cultural context and church politics. Luckily someone did all that for you!
Romans 13 Explained
Don’t want to read that boring article about Romans 13?! Don’t worry I got you! This guy does a great job explaining it in detail.
How To Interpret The Bible
The Bible can sometimes be difficult to understand and discern meaning. When this happens we often get demotivated, understand God wrongly or see God as confusing or hypocritical. Proper interpretation can help us overcome much of this. Download and check it out!
Romans 9 Explained
In our series “ROMANS: THE WAY” we encountered some difficult passages in Romans 9. This chapter would tend to prove a Calvinist view of our salvation but it doesn’t. Watch this teach walk through the scripture to explain verse by verse.
Romans 11 Explained
Here is another shorter teaching on Romans 11 that dispel the Calvinistic ideas that have been taken from this chapter.
Romans 9-11 summarized
Here is a very short video walking through Romans 9-11 refuting Calvinism and affirming Arminianism.
Rule of Life Worksheet
In our series “Unhurried Life” we talked about crafting a “rule of Life”, which is just framework that we can build our lifestyle thats grounded in Jesus on. Download it and recenter your life to match the lifestyle of Jesus, a lifestyle of the easy yoke.
Rule of Life Examples
Here are some great and creative examples of how to put together a “rule of Life” page! There is no hard set rule on what these should look like. There should be understandable and enjoyable to you alone.
Miracles of Jesus
In John 21:25 the writer says Jesus did more miracles than could be contained in books! Wow thats a lot! Click the link to download a list of 37 key miracles laid out in the gospels.
In Him Bible Verses
In our series “In Him” we talked about who Jesus is, what He did for us, what the new covenant means and how that covenant with us the believer promises us great things here and in the next life. Click download to meditate on some of the many Bible about who we are and what we have in Christ!
The Names of God
God is amazing and His Word reveals to us all we need to know about God’s character, how He works, who He is and why He does what He does. The attached YouTube playlist is an amazing collection of very short videos illustrating the many different names of God. Enjoy and take time to Thank God for being our awesome wonderful God!
Baptism of the Holy Spirit
I’m just gonna say it, speaking in tongues is weird! Church’s like ours believe in it but rarely take the time to explain actually Biblical doctrine around all the spiritual gifts. In our series “The Spirit Himself” which you can view on our “past messages” page We took 5 weeks to explain the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. More recently on EMPOWER NIGHT we walked through specifically the doctrine of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. Click above to listen to Pastor Justin teach on it.
FF Chapter 2
Pastor Justin discusses chapter 2 Lordship and obedience. He also discusses a document on “how to interpret your Bible. That document is listed in an above section separately.
FF Chapter 3
Pastor Justin discusses chapter 3 repentance and Baptism
FF Chapter 5
Pastor and Elder Ray Hopfer discusses chapter 5 having a spiritual hunger for Gods word
FF Chapter 6
Pastor Erin discusses chapter 6 discipleship and leadership.
FF Chapter 10
Pastor and Elder Mike Hanratty discusses chapter 7 Biblical prosperity.
FF Chapter 7
Ukiah discusses chapter 7 and the church family. There was an issue with this recording so only notes are available.
FF Chapter 11
Pastor Lacey Discusses the role of missions and outreach in the life of the believer and the church as a whole from chapter 11.
FF Chapter 4
Pastor Justin walks through chapter 4 explaining who the Holy Spirit is, fruits of the Spirit, spiritual gifts and intro the subject of speaking in tongues.