How do you see yourself?  What’s your core identity and how does that affect how you move through the world?  Those are the questions we’ll grapple with this Sunday as explore one of the most famous and surprising encounters with Jesus in the Gospel of John.

Are you careful or bold? Are you cautious or spontaneous? Are you a saver or a spender? And does it even matter? Does God care? On Sunday we’ll explore another dramatic encounter with Jesus that raises all those questions and suggests some rather provocative answers.

Do you like surprises?  If not, you won’t much like life because life is full of them.  This Sunday we’ll look at someone who had a surprising encounter with Jesus and, in the process, learned a critical life lesson.

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 […]

Did you know that everything we can see was made from what we cannot see? If you knew how to tap this unseen realm to produce more goodness in life, would you do it? On Sunday, we will explore a special miracle story of Jesus which provides some practical application for better aligning our own […]

It happens to all of us.  We get stuck in one or more areas of our life.  We know something needs to change, but it’s not happening.  This Sunday we’ll explore a Gospel story where a man who was terribly stuck encountered Jesus.  We’ll see what wisdom Jesus shared that allowed the man to get […]

If there’s only one sermon you ever hear, make sure it’s this one.  Last Sunday we explored the first half of Jesus’ encounter with the woman at the well in Samaria.  We saw how Jesus shattered all kinds of social barriers to engage the Samaritan woman in the single longest dialogue anyone ever had with […]

They say the quality of a person’s life is not measured by their moments of high drama, but by how they respond to the ebb and flow of ordinary everyday life.  As we continue our “Encounters With Christ” sermon series, this week we’ll study Jesus’ encounter with the Woman at the Well and, in the […]

It’s one of the most oft-repeated and intriguing phrases found in the teachings of Jesus: You must be “born again.”  When Jesus used those words, what did he really mean?  This week we’ll dig deep – past the religious clichés, past bumper-sticker theology – to get to the bottom of the meaning of being “born […]

On Sunday we’ll celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the founding of our church by asking: Why did God raise up a church like ours and what great things are next for us?  To guide our thoughts, we’ll explore three epic moments in Jesus’ life where he made clear what his churches should be like.  Let’s […]

On Sunday Pastor Jeff will wrap up our Faith & Science sermon series inspired by Dr. Francis Collins’ best-selling book “The Language of God.”  This week we’ll explore how a Gospel story, coupled with two powerful experiences from Dr. Collins’ life in science, can help us find God’s will in our life.  If you want […]

The Gospel of Mark tells a fascinating story of a woman who had been sick for 12 years who dared to touch Jesus – illegally. She broke the rules and broke boundaries, but she was healed. This Sunday, a special guest speaker, Lynnette Pullen Bradford, will bless us with powerful practical insights from this remarkable […]