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 […]

As we continue our intensive study of the New Testament book of Colossians, this week we come to a passage where Paul paints a vivid picture of the positive values we're called to embrace as followers of Jesus.  Paul's list includes some very familiar values -- the kind you'd expect.  But it also identifies three […]

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 […]

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 […]

The next character in our study of “The Baddest People in the Bible” is Satan himself.  We’ll begin by wrestling with whether thoughtful 21st century people of faith believe in Satan and, if so, why?  Then we’ll explore what powerful lessons we can learn from Satan’s profoundly negative example.

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 […]

This week we will explore the single most important concept for us to understand if we’re going to be followers of Jesus.  The explosive power of Jesus’ message comes from this core concept.  Do you know what it is?  Have you internalized it?  Are you living it? Sermon Video Reference