Karis Preaching: Expositional Sermons

Faithful sermons have two characteristics. The first is that they're expositional.

Kevin P. Larson, VisionKevin P. LarsonJanuary 12, 2017Preaching

Coming Soon: A Study through Jonah

Join us January 22nd, as we begin a new series through the book of Jonah in Karis Church.

Kevin P. Larson, Karis Church, JonahKevin P. LarsonJanuary 6, 2017Jonah, Grace

Consider a Year-End Gift to Karis

Could you consider giving an end-of-the-year donation to Karis Church?

Karis Church, MissionRob GaskinDecember 27, 2016Giving

Adore the Gracious One: week four of Advent

As we celebrate advent, we are praying that we would fall in love anew with God's Karis, the Greek word for grace.

adminDecember 21, 2016

Let's Read the Bible Together in 2017

Join in with Karis Church as we read through the Bible in a year using this great plan from The Bible Project.

Karis Church, Kevin P. Larson, ResourcesKevin P. LarsonDecember 20, 2016Jonah, Bible Reading

All Gatherings canceled on 12/18

Due to Mid-Missouri's winter weather this weekend, all Gatherings in Columbia and Jefferson City have been canceled this morning.

Janice SeagravesDecember 17, 2016

Looking for a Bible Reading Plan? Three Recommendations and a Resource

Now's the time of year when we tend to think about changing our habits. Maybe you've even thought about reading through the Bible in its entirety in 2017. What a great idea! But maybe you don't know which plan to choose. I'm here to help. Based on doing this many times, here are my two favorite plans. I'll call one the SENSIBLE plan. I'll call the other the INSANE plan. I highly recommend both. I'll also throw in another one I'm considering.

Karis Church, Kevin P. LarsonKevin P. LarsonDecember 16, 2016Bible Reading

Fruit of the Spirit: Finding Peace in a Stressful World

This is the third post in our blog series by Karis Women on Galatians 5:22, check out the rest of the series here.

It is a badge of honor in our world today to be able to reply, when asked how you are doing, that you are “busy” and “stressed.” In a culture that so idolizes stress, it is almost unheard of to exude a strong sense of peace – and yet, Paul writes in Galatians 5:22-23 that peace is one of the fruits of the Spirit, a characteristic we should expect to see in all who are followers of Christ and have the Holy Spirit in them. We know then that we are to be pursuing and praying for peace in our own lives.

Karis WomenAlison BallouDecember 15, 2016Fruit of the Spirtit by Karis Women, peace, galatians, adoption

Adore the Righteous One: week three of Advent

Righteous means being in right standing before God, worthy of standing before God the Father, faultless. Jesus is the only man to ever live on the earth who lived a perfect life, without fault. Not needing to feel shame or guilt or regret. We, however, feel the weight of this shame and guilt and regret when we look into our hearts and into our souls. We feel the tension between who we want to be and who we are not. We have no righteousness of our own, but thanks be to God the Father for sending Jesus, who paid our debt and bought the ability to declare us righteous by swallowing up our sin and failures—by imparting His perfection on those who would call upon His name.

adminDecember 14, 2016