July 5 Jubilee (Lev 25, Luke 4)
June 28 Your Next Step (Luke 19)
June 21 Dads, Bacon, and the Purpose of Life (Mt. 22, 28)
June 14 The Vision of the Church (Acts 2)
June 7 The Danger of Being Fine (Luke 7:36-50)
May 31 The Colonization of the Western Mind (Ex. 34)
May 24 Jesus’ Anxiety (Mark 5)
May 17 Faith That Travels (Acts 2:42-47)
May 10 What Faith Does For Family
May 3 When Faith Stops Working (Mt. 14)
April 26 Passing on Generosity (1 Tim 6)
April 19 Life Lived Right
April 12 Spiritual But Not Religious Never Works (1 Tim 4)
April 5 Easter
Mar. 29 Palm Sunday
Mar. 22 The Bible and Women
Mar. 15 Home (1st Tim 3)
Mar 8 Qualities of a Leader (1st Tim 3)
Mar 1 Passing on Prayer (1st Tim 2)
Feb 22 Passing on Grace (1st Tim 1)
Feb 15 Gospel of Weightlifting (Gal 6)
Feb 8 Life in the Spirit (Gal 5)
Feb 1 Heirs (Gal 4)
Jan 25 Unlearning Our Way to God (Gal 3:1-14)
Jan 11 Worth Fighting Over (Gal 2)
Jan 4 Straight From God (Gal 1)
Dec 21 Not What They Expected (Isaiah 53)
Dec 14 The Coming King (Isaiah 9)
Dec 7 A Birth Foretold (Isaiah 7)
Nov 30 Holy Night (Isaiah 6)
Nov 23 Remembering to be Thankful (Psalm 136)
Nov 16 Healthy and Thankful (Psalm 103)
Nov 9 Giving (2 Corinthians 8:1-9, 9:6-8)
Nov 2 Final Things: Be Ready (Mt. 24-5)
Oct 26 Final Things: How Could a good God create hell? (Eph. 6)
Oct 19 Final Things: How to Get Ready (Mt. 13)
Oct 12 Fellowship With God In Suffering
Oct 5 Can God Heal My Anxiety? (Matthew 6)
Sept 28 When God Is For Us (John 9)
Sept 14 Mending a Broken World (Psalm 30)
Sept. 7 Service (Mk. 10)
August 31 Outreach (Mt. 28)
August 17 Worship (Deut 6)
August 10 How to Pray Fiercely (Luke 18:1-8)
August 3 How to Follow Through (Matthew 21:28-32)
July 27 How to Prepare for Heaven (Matthew 25)
July 20 What Love Looks Like (Luke 10)
July 13 Why Are Christians Hypocrites? (Luke 16)
July 6 What Has Washington to do with Nazareth (Mark 12)
Jun 29 What Jesus Said About Money (Luke 16)
Jun 15 Jesus’ Autobiography (Mark 12)
Jun 8 Trading Up (Mt 13)
Jun 1 IYKYK (Mark 4)
May 25 Hope for Heaven (John 14, Rev. 21)
May 18 Hope for Rest (Ex. 20)
May 11 Hope for Home (Deut. 6)
May 4 Practicing the Way
Apr 27 Practicing the Way
Apr 20 Easter (John 20)
Apr 13 Palm Sunday (John 12)
Apr 6 At The Table: That All Might Be One (John 17)
Mar 30 At The Table: How to Hear God (John 16)
Mar 23 At The Table: The Vine & The Branches (John 15)
Mar 16 At The Table: How to Pray Powerfully (John 14)
Mar 9 At The Table: The Way It Is (John 14)
Mar 2 At The Table: Betrayal (John 13)
Feb 23 At The Table: Better Than Me (John 13)
Feb 16 The Art of Faith: Sermon on the Mount (Prov 3)
Feb 9 Art of Faith: Return of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15)
Feb 2 The Art of Faith: Abraham, Abraham (Genesis 22)
Jan 26 The Art of Faith: The Son of Man (Romans 3)
Jan 19 The Art of Faith: The Creation of Adam (Ephesians 2)
Jan 12 The Art of Faith: The Starry Night (Psalm 19)
Jan 5 Our Daily Bread (Matthew 6)
Dec 22 Witnesses: Mary (Matthew 1)
Dec 15 Witnesses: Magi (Matthew 2)
Dec 8 Witnesses: Herod (Matthew 2)
Dec 1 Witnesses: The Shepherds (Luke 2)
Nov 24 The Spiritual Art of Thanksgiving: The Blessings of Thanksgiving (Philippians 4:10-20)
Nov 17 The Spiritual Art of Thanksgiving: Focus on Thanks (Philippians 4:1-10)
Nov 10 The Spiritual Art of Thanksgiving: Sorbet (Philippians 1)
Nov 3 One King (John 6)
Oct 27 Unclean (Mark 5)
Oct 20 The Nation God Wants (Exodus 19)
Oct 13 Not In It To Win It (John 13)
Oct 6 Categories of Kings (Acts 1)
Great News!
Sept 29 Great Faith (Matthew 8)
Sept 22 Great Joy (Luke 15)
Sept 8 The Greatest Serve (Matthew 23)
Sept 1 The Great Banquet (Luke 14)
Aug 25 The Great Commission (Matthew 28)
Aug 18 The Greatest Commandment (Matthew 22)
Better
The book of Hebrews promises us that life with Jesus is better than anything else. In this series, we’ll explore the biblical promises of all that life with Jesus holds for us. The Christian life has better promises than any other faith or philosophy ever will, and beginning to follow Jesus now will lead to a life of blessings down the road.
Aug 11 This Story is Better (Hebrews 11)
Aug 4 Better Life (Hebrews 10)
July 28 The Spirit is Better (Hebrews 8)
July 21 Growth Is Better (Hebrews 5)
July 14 The Rest Is Better (Hebrews 4)
July 7 Faith is Better (Hebrews 3)
June 29 Up Close is Better (Hebrews 2)
June 23 Jesus is Better (Hebrews 1)
This is Real Life
This two-week series will look at practical ways that we can take a step closer into relationship and community as a church. Anchored in the teachings of Jesus, discover what it means to deepen your connection to God by investing in connections with those around you.
June 9 How We Grieve (John 11)
June 16 Investing Where it Matters Most (Mt 25:14-30)
The Sermon on the Mount
Jesus preached a life-changing, world-changing, counter-cultural, counter-instinctive, counter-intuitive, power-upending, kingdom-bringing sermon called the Sermon on the Mount. It has changed history, and if we take it seriously, it will change us.
May 26 Wise and Foolish (Mt 7)
May 26 True and False (Mt 7)
May 19 Two Roads Diverge (Mt 7)
May 12 Don’t Judge (Mt 7)
May 5 Don’t Judge (Mt 7)
Apr. 28 When You Worry (Mt 6)
Apr. 21 When You Fast (Mt 6)
Apr. 14 When You Pray (Mt 6)
Apr. 7 When You Give (Mt 6)
Mar. 31 Easter (Mt 28)
Mar. 24 Palm Sunday (Mt 21)
Mar. 17 Enemies (Mt 5)
Mar. 10 Love Stuff (Mt 5)
Mar. 3 Thoughts of Murder (Mt 5)
Feb. 25 The Law (Mt 5)
Feb. 18 Salt and Light (Mt 5)
Feb. 11 The Opening Curtain (Mt 5)
Resolutions
The end of the year is a time for making plans and setting expectations for the year to come. People who follow Jesus know that he will be with us in good times and in bad. In this series, we will look at 5 core spiritual practices that will help us walk closely with Jesus through all of 2024.
Feb. 4 Generosity (Malachi 3)
Jan. 28 Service (John 13)
Jan. 21 Outreach (Matthew 28)
Jan. 14 Community (Matthew 18)
Jan. 7 Worship (Deut 6)
Dec. 31 Prophecies for the Year to Come (Jer. 17:7-8)
Christmas is Coming!
Dec. 23 & 24, 2023 Christmas eve services
Dec. 17 The Arrival
Dec. 10 The Word Made Flesh
Life Changing: Studies in James
The book of James teaches us to live a coherent life - a life in which our beliefs and our behaviors match up. Followers of Jesus can have a great impact on the world when they see the change that Jesus brings about in our lives. We are changed lives that are changing lives! Join us for a study in the kinds of things that make for a healthy, faithful, world-changing kind of life.
Dec. 3, 2023 “Draw Close to God” (James 4)
Nov. 26, 2023 “The Power of Wisdom” (James 3)
Nov. 19, 2023 “Playing Favorites” (James 2)
Nov. 12, 2023 “Faith Drives Deeds” (James 2)
Nov. 5, 2023 “Changed Lives Changing Lives” (James 1)
A Light In the Darkness: Spiritual Warfare
What do we do with the biblical stories of angels and demons, spiritual forces, witchcraft, and Satan? Are we supposed to take this seriously or read it as ancient superstition? And what do we do if and when we experience things in this life that we can’t explain through normal means? What if we find ourselves confronted with spiritual forces that we don’t know how to deal with? In this series we confront some issues that many Christians try to avoid or ignore, because we want to take the Bible seriously and be prepared for whatever challenges we face in this world - natural and supernatural.
Oct 28, 2023 “Demon-proofing Your Life” (Acts 19)
Oct 22, 2023 “The Dangers of Dabbling” (1 Samuel 28)
Oct 15, 2023 “Fallen Angels” (Mark 1)
Love at the Center: Studies in 1st John
John, the beloved disciple of Jesus, wrote a letter to his congregation encouraging them to keep the love of Jesus at the center of their lives and their community. Too often churches look for other purposes to feel like they are having a bigger impact in the world. But what if we sought to live out the lives that Jesus called us to? What if we sought to love God and our neighbors and nothing else? In this series, we’ll experiment with putting love at the center.
Oct 8, 2023 “IYLYK” (1 John 4)
Oct 1, 2023 “Ministry and Murder” (1 John 3)
Sept. 24, 2023 “Antichrists and Interceptions” (1 John 2)
Sept. 17, 2023 “A Love/Hate Relationship” (1 John 2)
Sept. 10, 2023 “What If We Tried” (1 John 2)
Sept. 3, 2023 “Squeezing a Christian” (1 John 1)
Holiness
The call to holiness is not a simple attempt to manage sin and control behavior. It is a radical invitation to freedom, empowerment, and life in the Spirit. In this three week series, we will look at what holiness means for people living in, but not of, the world of 2023.
Aug 27, 2023 “The Power of Holiness” (James 5, 1Kings 18)
Aug 20, 2023 “A Tale of Two Gardens” (Gen 3, Rom 12)
Aug 13, 2023 “Holiness Sets Us Free” (John 17)
How to Be a Better Heretic
The Bible serves both as a treasure map and as cautionary tape - inviting us forward and warning us about wrong paths. Historically, when the church has made decisions about “cautionary tape,” about wrong teachings, it has called them “heresy.” In this series, we will look at places that the Bible and the Church have put up cautionary tape and see how some of those warnings have been ignored in our modern world. However, Jesus holds open to us the promise of healthy, loving, and good life which can be found in him.
August 6, 2023 “Orthodoxy Matters (Acts 17)
July 30, 2023 “The Church Matters” (Acts 2)
July 23, 2023 “Love Matters Most” (Luke 18)
July 16, 2023 “God’s Power Matters” (Matthew 5)
July 9, 2023 “Cosmology Matters” (John 1, Hebrews 1)
July 2, 2023 “Grace Matters” (Ephesians 2)
June 25, 2023 “More Than Matter” (John 10)
June 18, 2023 “Body Matters” (Genesis 2, John 1)
Work Ethic
We live in an era in which people are tired of work, avoiding work, and quitting work. We’ve developed technology and artificial intelligence which make it increasingly possible to automate our work. And yet, the need to be productive and purposeful is written on our souls. In this series, we’ll look at how to find God’s peace and purpose in our daily projects and tasks, returning the sacred to the secular.
June 11, 2023 “Generosity” (Matthew 13)
June 4, 2023 “Speaking of Jesus” (Matthew 28)
May 28, 2023 “Sabbath” (Genesis 2, Exodus 20, Matthew 11)
May 21, 2023 “Maps” (Luke 9)
May 14, 2023 “Tend the Garden?” (Genesis 1, 3)
The Word
How can anyone trust the Bible today? What role does it play in my life, and why are there so many questions about how it was written, how it contradicts itself, and how the Church has misused it? Everyone faces questions like these at some point in their life of faith, so this series will be a good place to start the conversation.
May 7, 2023 “Can I Trust the Bible?” (John 1)
April 30, 2023 “Shema” (Deuteronomy 6)
April 23, 2023 “What Good is the Bible?” (Psalm 19)
April 16, 2023 “Overthrowing the gods” (2 Kings 22)
Who Was Jesus?: Studies in the gospel of Luke
Was Jesus who we thought he was? It seems like everyone who thought they knew him at some point or another was caught off guard by what he said and did. That probably means that people who spend a lot of time around church might still be surprised if they met Jesus face to face. Luke wants to teach us about the Jesus we never knew, the Jesus who can still surprise us.
April 2, 2023 “Palm Sunday” (Luke 19)
Mar. 26, 2023 “Transformation” (Luke 19)
Mar. 19, 2023 “All for the One” (Luke 15)
Mar. 12, 2023 “How to Throw a Party” (Luke 14)
Mar. 5, 2023 “The Last Supper” (Luke 22)
Feb. 26, 2023 “The Narrow Door” (Luke 13)
Feb. 19, 2023 “Heavenomics” (Luke 18,21)
Feb. 12, 2023 “Heavenomics” (Luke 16)
Feb. 5, 2023 “Wealth and Worry” (Luke 12)
Jan. 29, 2023 “Samaritan DNA” (Luke 10)
Jan 22, 2023 “The Lost Parables” (Luke 15)
Jan. 15, 2023 “Blessings” (Luke 9)
Jan. 8, 2023 “Sent to Sow” (Luke 8)
Dec. 18, 2022 “Christmas Surprises” (Luke 2)
Dec. 11, 2022 “Surprising Jesus” (Luke 7)
Dec. 4, 2022 “Fruit and Foundations” (Luke 6)
Nov. 27, 2022 “Love and Judgment” (Luke 6)
Nov. 20, 2022 “The Upside Down Kingdom” (Luke 6)
Nov. 13, 2022 “Facades, Pharisees, and Faith” (Luke 5)
Sun. Nov. 6, 2022 “Jesus Knows” (Luke 5)
Sun. Oct. 30, 2022 “Jesus Cleans House” (Luke 4)
Sun. Oct. 23, 2022 “Not Who You Thought” (Luke 4)
Forgiveness: Reactions Speak Louder Than Words
Jesus’ teachings on forgiveness set him apart from every other faith and philosophy. There are over 90 Bible verses about forgiveness, but none of them say exactly how to do it. In this series, we’ll spend time thinking about what forgiveness is, how to do it, and the power and health it releases in our lives.
Sun. Oct. 16, 2022 “Forgiveness 3": Healing Through Forgiveness” (Luke 7)
Sun. Oct. 9, 2022 “Forgiveness 2": This Side of the Cross” (Galatians 3)
Sun. Oct. 2, 2022 “Forgiveness 1: How to Forgive” (Matthew 18)
Influence: The Power of Invitation
Jesus gives us lives of meaning and purpose and then sends us out in the world to be influencers in his name. In this series we’ll explore the true power of influence that Jesus gives to those who follow him. When life feels meaningless or full of wandering, Jesus is the source of our deepest purpose.
Sun. Sept. 25, 2022 “Influential Generosity” (Exodus 36)
Sun. Sept. 18, 2022 “On the Calming of Storms” (Mark 4)
Sun. Sept. 11, 2022 “The Little Things” (Mark 5)
Sun. Sept. 4, 2022 “The Algorithm of Sacrifice” (Luke 9)
Sun. Aug. 28, 2022 “A Fiery Tale” (Luke 10)
Sun. Aug. 21, 2022 “The Heart of Jesus” (Luke 15)
Encountering God
Tired of having a second-hand experience of God, where everything you believe came from someone else? Wish you could have a first-hand experience of God’s presence and work in your life? In this series, we’ll talk about how God longs for us to encounter him and what that looks like when we pursue it.
Sun. Aug. 14, 2022 “More” (Exodus 33)
Sun. Aug. 7, 2022 “Worship” (Rev 5)
Sun. July 31, 2022 “His Terms and Ours” (Luke 5)
Sun. July 24, 2022 “Two Worlds” (Mark 1)
Sun. July 17, 2022 “Playing Catch” (Acts 8)
Sun. July 10, 2022 “Prophecy” (Isaiah 6)
Sun. June 19, 2022 “First Hand Faith” (John 4)
Sun. June 12, 2022 “The Lord’s Prayer” (Matt 6)
First Things: Galatians
The first letter written by the Apostle Paul is passionate and fierce, as he seeks to defend the central teachings of the Christian faith against religious legalism on the one hand and reckless liberality on the other. Two thousand years later, the message is still just as relevant and essential as when it was first written.
Sun. June 5, 2022 “The Fruit of the Spirit” (Gal 5)
Sun. May 29, 2022 “The Heart of It” (Gal 4)
Sun. May 22, 2022 “Faith v. Works” (Gal 3)
Sun. May 15, 2022 “Faking It” (Gal 2:11-21)
Sun. May 8, 2022 “Growing Up” (Gal 4:1-11)
Sun. May 1, 2022 “With and Without You” (Gal 1:11-2:10)
Sun. April 24, 2022 “Start at the Core” (Gal 1:1-12)
Stand alones
Sun. April 17, 2022 “Easter” (Luke 24)
Sun. April 10, 2022 “Palm Sunday” (Luke 19)
Sun. April 3, 2022 “Let it Go” (1 Samuel 1)
Sun. Mar. 27 “Cancel Debts, Not People” (Matthew 18)
Rich
A preacher once said that when it comes to money, Christians should gain all they can, save all they can, and give all they can. How should we move from living in a state of worry to living with a spirit of generosity?
Sun. Mar. 20 “Give All You Can” (Esther 4)
Sun. Mar. 13 “Save All You Can” (Matthew 6)
Sun. Mar. 6 “Gain All You Can” (Luke 16)
Territories
The kingdom of God expands on the earth as we claim spiritual territory - loving people and introducing them to Jesus, and as we claim physical territory - dedicating space for worship. Join us in this series as we explore the expansion of the kingdom through the Scriptures, and join us in a 21 day fast to prepare for what God will do.
Sun. Feb. 27 “To the Ends of the Earth 2” (Acts 15)
Sun. Feb. 20 “To the Ends of the Earth 1” (Acts 1)
Sun. Feb. 13 “Rebuilding (Ezra)” (Ezra 3)
Sun. Feb. 6 “A House of Worship (David)” (2 Samuel 7)
Sun. Jan. 30 “Expanding Territories 2 (Joshua)” (Joshua 5)
Sun. Jan. 23 “Expanding Territories 1 (Caleb)” (Numbers 13&14)
Sun. Jan. 16 “A Place to Call Home (Abraham)” (Genesis 12)
Sun. Jan. 9 “Fasting Part 2” (Matthew 6)
Sun. Jan. 2 “Fasting Part 1” (Matthew 11)
Remember Christmas
While we celebrate Christmas with excitement, we often forget the true nature of its story - the wonder, the humility, the counter-intuitive contrast to what was expected from a Messiah, and the power of the story to overturn an empire. This season, we revisit Christmas to remember Christmas.
Sun. Dec. 19 “Remember Where” (Luke 2)
Sun. Dec. 12 “Remember Who” (Luke 2)
Sun. Dec. 5 “Remember Why” (Matthew 2)
Sun. Nov 28 “Remember its Humility” (Luke 1)