Pastor Marshall Ochs | September 8, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from 1 Kings 19-20. These chapters cover the aftermath of Mt Carmel and the resistance from Jezebel. Elijah expected nationwide revival, but Ahab’s wife stood in the way. These chapters reveal how Elijah dealt with this disappointment and how God comforts His people i…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | September 1, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from 1 Kings 17-18. These chapters cover the early ministry of Elijah and the showdown between Yahweh and Baal. Whenever a nation turns to false gods and idol worship, the Lord faithfully raises up prophetic voices to call the people to repentance. Elijah was a man wi…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | August 25, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from 1 Kings 15-16. These chapters cover the downward spiral of sin in Judah and Israel. Each nation sins in their own unique way, but they are both accountable to God for rejecting His word. These chapters raise important questions on the long-term impacts of sin on a …

Pastor Marshall Ochs | August 18, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from 1 Kings 13-14. These chapters cover the final days of Jeroboam’s reign in Israel and Rehoboam’s reign in Judah. The story begins with a prophet from Judah speaking judgment on Israel, but ends with Judah participating in the same sins of Israel. The author emphasiz…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | August 11, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from 1 Kings 11-12. These chapters cover the final days of Solomon’s empire and the division of Israel. God raises up a replacement king and Israel splits into two nations — Judah and Israel. The primary theme of these chapters is the turning of Solomon’s heart and the …

Pastor Marshall Ochs | August 4, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from 1 Kings 9-10. These chapters take an in-depth look at the character of Solomon. The chapters contrast the value system of God with the value system of Solomon. The Lord is concerned with Solomon’s heart, but Solomon is concerned with building an empire. However, the…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | July 28, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from 1 Kings 7-8. These chapters cover the construction and dedication of Solomon’s temple. The narrative includes details about the temple furniture, but also the purpose of the temple. It was a place of prayer and a home for The Name of Yahweh. These two aspects have im…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | July 21, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from 1 Kings 5-6. These chapters cover the construction of Solomon’s Temple. The story begins with Solomon cutting a covenant with Hiram of Tyre to secure cedar from Lebanon and ends with 7 years of construction. In the middle of the story, the Lord visits Solomon with a …

Pastor Marshall Ochs | July 14, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from 1 Kings 3-4. These chapters cover the early years of Solomon’s reign over Israel. The chapter begins with Solomon forging an alliance with Egypt and marrying foreign women. He also offers sacrifices to the Lord, but he makes his offering at the high places of worship…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | July 7, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from 1 Kings 2. This chapter covers the death of David and the beginning of Solomon’s reign. David gives Solomon advice on how to establish the kingdom and the importance of being a man and walking in God’s ways. This includes rewarding those who are generous and bringing …

Pastor Marshall Ochs | June 30, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teach from 1 Kings 1. This chapter opens with a striking look at Israel under an aging King David. David has suffered the consequences for his poor decisions with Bathsheba and the entire nation has felt the impact. Solomon has been declared the next king of Israel, but Solomon’s…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | June 23, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 24. This chapter covers the resurrection narrative and the several appearances of Jesus following the resurrection. The chapter reveals a pattern of people feeling confused, an invitation out of that confusion into deeper understanding, and the results of an exp…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | June 16, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 23. This chapter argues for a literal and historical account of the crucifixion of Jesus. In light of this account, we must make a decision about what we believe about Jesus. The chapter includes major and minor characters that demonstrate different responses to…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | June 9, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 22:39-71. This chapter covers the events following the Passover meal, leading to the midnight arrest and trial of Jesus. The tribulations of the evening begin in the garden where Jesus tells His disciples to pray against temptation. The Lord’s instructions invite…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | June 2, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 22:1-38. This chapter covers the final Passover meal Jesus celebrates with His disciples. The meal is filled with symbolic imagery of the exodus and Jesus reinterprets that imagery for a new covenant. The new covenant is marked with the bread and wine of communio…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | May 26, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 21. This chapter begins with a picture of religious excess and ends with a warning against worldly excess. The middle section is a lengthy teaching on the destruction of the temple and the return of Jesus. The sermon on Christ’s second advent is bracketed with a …

In this message, Pastor Lyell teaches from Luke chapter 20. This chapter covers the final time Jesus confronted the religious leaders of his day before his arrest and crucifixion. Each section of Luke 20 allows us to see how Jesus dealt with religious hypocrisy in his day and how our lives line up to Jesus. We also see Jesus’ warning about becoming…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | May 12, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 19. This chapter includes the salvation of Zacchaeus and the events of Palm Sunday. Each story and parable reveals a king that approaches His people to inspect their faithfulness. The king rewards the faithful and brings consequences to the unfaithful. This entir…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | May 5, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 18. This chapter continues our study in what a disciple looks like. Jesus builds on the themes of faith and gratitude, with persistence, humility, and surrender. These themes are difficult for the apostles to grasp, in a way they are blind to them. Luke answers th…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | April 28, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 17. This chapter draws our attention to two core themes — faith and gratitude. Jesus teaches a parable on the duty of a disciple and those same duties show up in the healing of the 10 lepers. These themes are corner stones of God’s kingdom, but many of the lead…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | April 21, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 16. This chapter includes two parables and a rebuke of the Pharisees. Jesus uses negative examples in his parables to contrast how disciples should invest in God’s Kingdom and the dangers of living as a Pharisee. The negative examples in His parables remind us …

Pastor Marshall Ochs | April 14, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 15. This chapter covers the Pharisee critique that Jesus is receiving sinner and eating with them. The theme of meals has surfaced multiple times in Luke. It speaks to the primary vehicle Jesus used for spreading the Kingdom, and informs how we should view evan…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | April 7, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 14. This message continues the theme of examining our focus. The setting for this chapter is a sabbath dinner. The guests should be focused on God and His faithfulness over the years, but they are more concerned with positions, titles, and receiving honor. This …

Pastor Marshall Ochs | March 31, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 13. This message was recorded on Easter Sunday and follows the many ways humans are prone to focus on the wrong issue. Disciples, Pharisees, and members of the crowds would regularly ask Jesus questions about the daily news, the sins of others, and even the law…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | March 24, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 12:22-59. These verses challenge Christians to consider how they are stewards of God’s resources, rather than owners. We do not own our possessions, our talents, our bodies, or our time. Instead we steward them because they belong to God, and one day we will ha…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | March 17, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 11:37-12:21. These verses cover the contrast between the Pharisees and the disciples. These verses outline the outer life and inner life of those who follow Jesus. It covers numerous exhortations to forsake hypocrisy, walk in obedience to Jesus, and count the c…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | March 10, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 11:1-36. These verses cover a series of teachings that Christ gave the disciples. Jesus teaches on prayer, the spiritual realm, and the connection between your eye and your inner self.By Marshall Ochs

Pastor Marshall Ochs | March 3, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 10. These verses reveal the growing and consuming nature of God’s kingdom. It increases in numerical value, expands into enemy territory, and produces change in our outer life. Luke communicates this reality through the sending of the 72, the parable of the Good…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | February 25, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 9:28-62. These verses cover the transfiguration and the disciples inability to cast out a demon form a young boy. These two important stories are followed by the journey to Jerusalem. This message looks at what happens when Jesus sets His face toward Jerusal…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | February 18, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 9:1-27. These verses outline a pattern of identifying God’s provision and recognizing the response to that provision. Jesus gives authority to the 12 disciples and feeds the 5,000. Between each provision Luke injects a question — who is the Lord? Peter ultim…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | February 11, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 8. This chapter begins with a summary of who is following Jesus in Galilee and moves to the parable of the seed and lamp. Jesus warns the crowd to take heed when they listen to these parables because we are accountable for what we know. When God spreads the …

Pastor Marshall Ochs | February 4, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 7. In Luke 6, Jesus teaches about the kingdom but in Luke 7 Jesus demonstrates the power of the kingdom. This message tracks the power of God’s kingdom and the marvelous ways it transforms our life. The wisdom of God is not a collection of abstract theories, …

Pastor Marshall Ochs | January 28, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 6. This chapter covers the contrast between the old way and the new way. Jesus picks his 12 disciples and teaches the multitude about the kingdom of God. The sermon reveals the expectations of those who follow Christ and the contrast with those who live for t…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | January 21, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 5. This chapter covers the early ministry of Jesus and the call of His disciples. We see Jesus call Peter, heal a leper, a paralytic, and call Levi to forsake everything and follow Him. The joy in this chapter is found in the simple message — forsake everythi…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | January 14, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 4. This chapter covers the temptation of Jesus, his early ministry, and His authority over the physical and spiritual realm. To help the church cultivate a hunger for God’s Word and a deep understanding of scripture, Pastor Marshall uses a summarization metho…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | January 7, 2024 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 2:41-3:38. These verses track the story of Jesus in the temple at age 12 and the early ministry of John the Baptist. Luke uses these stories to highlight the value of family and how the good news flows from family to the world.…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | December 24, 2023 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 2:21-40. These verses track the faithful obedience of God’s people during the first advent. Mary, Joseph, Simeon, and Anna are all portrayed as obeying God’s word and receiving a reward for their faithfulness. The picture Luke paints is an invitation to cons…

Pastor Sean Doughtie | December 17, 2023 In this message, Pastor Sean teaches from Luke 2:1-20. These verses track Joseph and Mary's trip to Bethlehem and the birth of Jesus. The story serves as a character study in faith and obedience, that leads to action — culminating in the first Advent. This message also looks at the significance of God announ…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | December 10, 2023 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 1:39-80. These chapters cover Mary, Elizabeth, and Zechariah’s response to God working in their life. The prominent theme of advent is the transformative nature of this season. God is working peculiar things in His people and changing the lives of those who …

Pastor Marshall Ochs | December 3, 2023 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Luke 1:1-38. These verses cover the angelic announcement of John’s birth and Jesus’ birth. The two accounts are recorded together so we can see the parallels in the story. The message from Gabriel was similar, but the reactions were very different. Zechariah respo…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | November 19, 2023 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from 2 Thessalonians 2-3. Paul closes his letter to the church with a warning against Christians who live idle lives. In light of the glorious new life Christ has given to us, we should be hard at work in God’s vineyard. When Jesus returns He should find us accomplish…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | November 12, 2023 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from 2 Thessalonians 1-2. The church is concerned that they have missed the Day of the Lord. Paul addresses their concerns by making reference to Jesus’ teaching in the Olivet Discourse. They have not missed the Day of the Lord because certain events must take place b…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | November 5, 2023 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from 1 Thessalonians 4-5. These chapters cover the Day of the Lord and the resurrection of the saints. Paul clearly outlines the order of events at Jesus’ second coming to encourage the church to overcome the fear of death, for themselves and their loved ones. This mes…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | October 29, 2023 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from 1 Thessalonians 3-4. Paul wrote this letter shortly after planting the church and his desire was to check on their spiritual condition. Timothy gave news that the church was healthy and fruitful, but a few key areas needed addressing. In these chapters, Paul addre…

Pastor Sean Doughtie | October 22, 2023 In this message, Pastor Sean teaches from 1 Thessalonians 1-2. These chapters address the faith of the young Thessalonian church and the impact of their testimony on the region. Paul address the nature of his character in ministry, using the language of parenthood to describe his care for etc people. He thank…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | October 15, 2023 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from 2 Samuel 23-24. These chapters cover David’s final reflections on leadership and the consequences of taking a census. These chapters help us see the wonderful blessings that godly leadership brings to God’s people as well as the warning to not idolize leadership. …

Pastor Marshall Ochs | October 8, 2023 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from 2 Samuel 21-22. These chapters cover the influences in David’s life as well as the influence David had over Israel. The story invites us to consider our influences and how they shape our behavior. The story concludes with a song of worship as David reflects on God’…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | October 1, 2023 In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from 2 Samuel 19-20. These chapters cover the return of King David and his tribulations with his commander, Joab. David and Joab have very different ways of solving problems and the author contrasts their leadership styles for personal reflection. When rebuilding after …

Pastor Marshall Ochs | September 24, 2023 In these chapters, Pastor Marshall teaches from 2 Samuel 16-18. These chapters pair with the previous three chapters with Absalom and David. God disciplined David because of his shepherding failures in Israel and at home. However, God loved David, and through his discipline and consequences for sin the Lord…

Pastor Marshall Ochs | September 17, 2023 In these chapters, Pastor Marshall teaches from 2 Samuel 13-15. These chapters cover the consequences of David’s sin. David was called to shepherd Israel, but he took advantage of God’s sheep. Judgment fell on David’s house and the applications for us are abundant. The message looks at the shepherd as God’s…