In this sermon, we will look at what we value as a church. Drawing from the imagery and theology of John’s prologue, Pastor Adam unpacks how Jesus, as the Word made flesh, reveals the truth, grace, and changing power of God.By Adam Mabry

In this new series, we revisit the reason why our church exists and what we value as God’s people. We will look at the story of Zacchaeus’ encounter with Jesus and how it challenges us to live out our mission of making disciples because making disciples is the mission of Jesus.By Adam Mabry

How does God balance justice and mercy? In this continuation of Peter’s letter, God brings justice to those who perpetuate false gospels while offering salvation to those who hold fast to the gospel of Jesus. This message challenges us to consider our own lives and faith, urging us to trust in God's ultimate plan of rescue and recompense.…

When everything in life suddenly goes wrong, do you struggle to remain steadfast in your faith? Pastor Clayton Bell tells the story of John the Baptist’s faith being tested amid discomfort and how true faithfulness means being committed past comfort.By Clayton Bell

Sometimes we give out of guilt. Sometimes we give to tilt the divine scales in our favor. For a follower of Jesus, the motivation to give should be completely different. In this sermon, Pastor Adam Mabry explores the surprising and unexpected reason that Christians are called to live generous lives. To learn more about our Big Give offering visit a…

As the church starts to wane in their faith, Peter reminds them of the trustworthiness of the apostles’ testimonies about Christ and warns them of false prophets and false teachings. When we struggle with our faith, Tyler Parker reminds us that we know God is involved in the world because he has spoken to us through scripture.…

At the beginning of Peter’s second letter, we are told how God has done all that it takes for us to participate in his divine nature. Pastor Adam reminds us that God's grace empowers us to strive for godliness, and out of this new nature and new love for God comes fruitfulness for the kingdom.By Adam Mabry

In this final chapter, James brings the believers’ attention to addressing greed that may arise from the selfish accumulation of money and things. Pastor Adam urges us to assess our attitude towards wealth and things and to align our practices with the teachings of Jesus so that we can transform our relationship with wealth and foster a community g…

Everyone makes plans. Some just for the day, others for their whole lives. Tyler Parker delves into the teachings of James 4:13-17, where we are reminded of the fleeting nature of life and the necessity of humility in our decision-making processes as we learn the importance of anchoring our plans in God's will rather than our own.…

The Bible describes wisdom that comes from God as pure, peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. In this sermon, Pastor Don exhorts us to fight for true wisdom in a world that is filled with false wisdom, always drawing close to the Father, and resisting the devil and his schemes.…

Our words hold immense power for both harm and good. In this sermon, Pastor Adam explores the responsibility we carry in controlling our speech and the importance of aligning our language with grace and humility. We learn that taming the tongue can lead to personal and communal transformation.By Adam Mabry

In this sermon, we delve into a more challenging message from James. Pastor Adam shares with us how true faith in Christ, which justifies us, proves itself good, useful, and alive by its deeds. We are called to live out a faith that is alive and active through works of obedience.By Adam Mabry

We are so quick to point out the mistakes of others but do we see clearly enough to point out our own mistakes? In this sermon, Pastor Don emphasizes the importance of honest self-reflection as we study and respond to what the Word of God teaches us for us to become people of integrity.By Don Weiss

Experiencing trials in life is not pleasant but it is necessary if we are to grow in our faith. Pastor Adam takes us on a deep dive into understanding the kinds of trials we face and how they strengthen our faith and bring us closer to Jesus.By Adam Mabry

Pastor Don dissects the profound prayer of Paul in Ephesians 3. We will look into how we can be strengthened by God through his Spirit, understand the kind of love Jesus has, and how we can be filled with the fullness of God.By Don Weiss

The Bible says, “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Pastor Donny digs into our relationship with money and presents the idea that we are either serving money or serving God with our money. At any given point in our lives, we are bound to serve something or someone but a servant can only serve one master.…

What are you longing for in your life? In this sermon, Chris Johnson sheds light on how desperation can either lead to devastation and separation, or revelation and transformation, depending on whose hands it is in. We will learn how living in the direction of God and his righteousness can result in a deeper relationship with Him.…

“Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me.” Tithing is not giving to God but returning what rightfully belongs to him. In this sermon, we look at the importance of tithing in the Christian faith and how it unlocks God’s blessings and purposes in our lives.By Adam Mabry

In Deuteronomy 8, the Israelites are given a picture of a bountiful promised land along with a reminder to remember the Lord as they enter it. Whether in lack or plenty, how we approach money reflects our relationship with God. In this sermon, we are exhorted to remember God for us to manage our money well.…

We're all going to face discouragement. We're all going to have moments of failure. We have to pre-decide to have an eternal perspective. Just like the Apostle Paul, we must fight the good fight, finish the race, and keep the faith. We must pre-decide to persevere.By Adam Mabry

What kind of people do we want to become? In Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, he discusses the transformative power of love and how it should permeate every aspect of our lives, shaping our actions and attitudes towards others. Listen in and learn how we can live a life led by love.By Adam Mabry

We're faced with many decisions that need to be made each day. In this sermon, we take a look at Jesus to see how he consistently made good decisions. We find that consistent faithfulness is the key to long-term fruitfulness. If you want to be fruitful, where do you need to be consistent?By Don Weiss

Making good big decisions in life often begins with making good small decisions. It’s true with health, with money, and, more importantly, with following Jesus. In this first part of the series, we’re looking at one of the essential pre-decisions—pre-deciding to resist temptation.By Adam Mabry

What compels you to give your ultimate or final allegiance to something or someone? In this sermon, Pastor Adam invites us on a journey to discover the true meaning of redemption and salvation found in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, our king.By Adam Mabry

Have you ever asked, “What is God’s plan for my life?” The Bible gives a clear answer to that question—God’s plan is for his people to be priests. Unfortunately, the job of a priest is less familiar for us than it was for the original hearers of the New Testament letters. But by looking at Jesus’ work as our great high priest, we start to grasp wha…

Prophet, Priest, King — these three “offices” of Christ help us understand what it means to be God’s people. The Bible speaks about Jesus as the Great Prophet and we, his prophetic people. How do we live out our calling as his prophetic people? That’s the question we explore in this sermon.By Jim Laffoon

The book of Isaiah ends with a vision of new heavens and a new earth from God for his people. What’s there? What’s not there? How should this vision impact the way we live today? In this sermon, we look to answer those questions and see how the vision of God’s new world points us to the hope we have in Jesus.…

At the end of Isaiah 59, God promises to put the Spirit that’s on Isaiah into a generation of his people. Isaiah lived by the Spirit in his day, so what does it look like to live by the Spirit in our day. In this sermon, we look at questions we should ask of a prophetic, Spirit-empowered generation.By Adam Mabry

The Israelites were in geographical exile, but all humanity is in spiritual exile. We try to deal with our exile through life hacking and technique, but God has a better answer—the Servant. The Servant is the true answer to our exile, and in this sermon, we explore what the Servant does to end our exile.…

From chapter 40 onward, Isaiah’s message is addressed to God’s people after the exile. But God wasn’t done with his people. God’s discipline was carried out in love, and his message to the exiles is one of comfort. In this sermon, Pastor Adam Mabry shows one of God’s major promises to his people—his presence.…

Every now and then, a story is inserted into the poetry of Isaiah that acts like evidence for the message. This week’s story is about King Hezekiah. He faced odds that were totally against him, but it turns out chance and odds don’t apply to those who are called to trust God.By Don Weiss

A “woe” in the Bible is an expression of dissatisfaction, anger, and sadness from God. In Isaiah 28, God’s woe is directed at the leaders of Judah who have chosen to trust political alliances rather than God. God’s woe against them shows us just how fragile and damaging self-reliance is, as well as what God has done to offer us something better.…

Priests were an important part of keeping holiness going for Israel, but they were flawed. Whether or not we realize it, we treat certain people like priests, but any priest we trust is flawed…except Jesus.By Adam Mabry

How do we measure holiness? Many people think that morality is the measure of holiness. That’s certainly part of it, but Paul describes a holy life as one that pleases God. He also describes where we get the power to live that kind of life.By Adam Mabry

How can a holy God be around an unholy people? In the Bible, when unholy people get around the presence of a holy God, they die… unless there’s atonement. In this sermon, we explore what the atonement sacrifices from the Old Testament point to, and what it means for how people approach God.By Adam Mabry

Understanding the holiness of God helps us to see our unholiness and how only God can make us holy. God is not so holy that he wants nothing to do with us. But he is so holy he wants everything to do with us.By Tendai Musikavanhu

How do you feel about God’s plan for the future—scared, excited, indifferent? However you feel about it, we can’t ignore it. This future hope that God has given is meant to revolutionize how we live in the present.By Steve Cabral

When Gabriel announced Jesus’ birth to Mary, he addressed her as “favored one.” What God does for Mary is a small taste of what he does for the entire world through Jesus. In this sermon we look at how God’s favor impacts Mary, because that same favor is available to everyone who believes in Jesus.By Adam Mabry

There is a deep longing in our hearts for the promises of God. In this sermon, Pastor Donny shares how God speaks to our longing through Jesus, who becomes for us the proof that God keeps his promises.By Donny Fisher

We love the idea of being helped by others but have we stopped to consider being a helper to others? In this sermon, we will learn about God’s nature as our helper and how it is the foundation of our love, our hope, and our encouragement.By Adam Mabry

God is a giver. In this first week of our Big Give teaching series, we look at God’s first gift—life itself. What kind of life has God given us? What response is required of us?By Adam Mabry

Those who love the lofty city with its promises of immediate gratification await God’s judgement. In contrast, those who remain faithful to God will reap the rewards of the heavenly city. God’s message through Isaiah tells us that what we love today, what gives us joy and pleasure, reveals where we live.…

Chapters 13–23 are full of judgment passages against seven different nations. The passage addressed to Egypt makes the target clear—pride. God confronts their pride, yet judgment is the very instrument God uses to transform Egypt into a worshiping nation. In this sermon, we explore what Egypt’s story has to do with us.…

We all have our coping mechanisms, and so did Ahaz. When Ahaz ruled Judah, he faced a threat from surrounding kings. God sent Isaiah to tell him that he didn’t need to fear, only to trust. Ahaz chose to trust in something other than God. We face the same choice and the same outcomes.By Don Weiss

God promised to transform Judah from something rotten into something beautiful. But how? Instead of getting the “how” we get to the “who.” God promises to use Isaiah in the transformation process. Isaiah’s call informs the call of every disciple of Jesus, and shows us how God uses us in his plan to renew our world.…

We kick off season one of a series in Isaiah this week. The first chapter introduces us to the book as a whole, and what we see is a promise of transformation for Judah. It leaves us with the question: How will this Judah become that Judah? And that question leads to other questions: How will this church become that church? How will this me become …

Sadness is a fact of life for everyone. But sadness doesn’t need to lead to despair. In this sermon, we look at how the Scriptures equip us to deal with the reality of sadness by hoping in God.By Adam Mabry

What do you do when there’s a big gap between the person you think you should be and the person you are? That gap is called shame, and handling the wrong way will lead us to self-hatred or arrogance. But there’s a better way, a way to be healed of our shame.By Adam Mabry

You might not think of yourself as an angry person, but we’ve all been angry at someone. Relational anger is a big deal, and if we mishandle it, Paul says we give “an opportunity to the devil.” But there's a better way—a way made possible by the gospel.By Don Weiss

Anxiety is something we all experience. Yet just because it’s a normal experience, the Bible says we don’t need to remain consistently anxious. In this sermon we look at where anxiety comes from and how to ensure that it doesn’t stick around.By David Fulton