This Sunday we'll begin a new sermon series called "By Their Fruits You Shall Know Them -- 8 Core Characteristics of Followers of Jesus."  This series will give each of us an opportunity as we start the New Year to do a personal assessment of where we are in our walk with Jesus and where […]

Facing the truth about our shortcomings can be painful.  So we avoid it.  But by doing so, we end up trapped, unable to grow and make progress.  What's the solution?  In this week's Gospel story, Jesus shows us how to find a healthy balance between self-denial and self-love.  This is the fifth installment in our sermon series on "Women […]

Here are two of life’s most important question.  Why am I here?  What’s my purpose?  Those are the questions we’ll tackle this Sunday, as we take a deep dive into a passage of Scripture that gives us an amazing, beautiful answer.

This Sunday we’ll launch a new sermon series called “Dinner With Jesus.”  Jesus seems to have loved nothing more than making conversation with people over dinner.  In this new series we’ll explore six of those pivotal dinner conversations, imagining that we’re there and grappling with what Jesus words mean for us to, starting this week […]

Last we launched a new sermon series called “The Baddest People in the Bible,” recognizing that we can learn a lot from the mistakes of others.  There’s nothing like a powerful negative example to cause us to say, “I don’t want to be like that!”  The Bible character we study this week will surprise you […]

Who has hurt you most in life?  And how is that affecting you?  In your life right now, who do you struggle to forgive?  Forgiveness sounds good, but is hard to do – really hard.  This week we’ll study a parable where Jesus shares insights that can help us get a lot better at forgiving […]

This Sunday is the finale of our sermon series on “Who Killed Jesus?”  In this series, we’ve been trying determine who bears ultimate responsibility for Jesus’ death,  This week we’ll examine the final suspect – a surprise witness who, it turns out, is ultimately responsible for Jesus’ death.  Can you guess who that surprise witness […]

Sin and Grace – those are two key words that Christians throw around a lot.  The word “sin” has been used as a club to beat us over the head, so we tend to want to avoid it.  The word “grace” sounds nice, but seems vague.  This week we’re going to tackle both words, exploring […]

Each Sunday in December we're talking about the incredible gift of Jesus in our lives, guided by Isaiah's famous four-part Christmas prophecy.  This coming Sunday we'll explore the daring claim that Jesus was "God with us" -- and why that matters in our everyday lives.  Our special music this week will be presented by Soul-to-Soul, a neo […]

Those are some of the worst words in the English language.  You know the feeling.  You got caught or you catch somebody “in the very act.”  You have them dead to rights, or they’ve got you dead to rights.  What now?  What happens next is CRITICAL to both the offender and the offended.  That’s what […]

We always hear church people say, “On the cross Jesus paid for our sins; if he hadn’t died we couldn’t be forgiven.”  But why?  What does that really mean?  Nobody ever takes the time to break it down and explain it.  On Sunday we will, as we continue to explore The Meaning of the Cross.  We’ll […]

As Christians, we believe Jesus’ death on the cross was the most pivotal event in the history of the world.  On Sunday we will launch a new sermon series that explores why.  Over the next four Sundays we’ll look at four different meanings of the cross, each taking us deeper in the understanding of our faith and […]