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When the title “Chrsitian” is used today, what associations are often made? Unfortunately over recent decades “Christian” evokes images of the Jan 6 2021 capitol storming, protesting outside abortion clinics, and judgemental hypocrisy.But how did the nickname come to be in the first place? Join us as we explore how being a Chritian is a call to rad…
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When the title “Chrsitian” is used today, what associations are often made? Unfortunately over recent decades “Christian” evokes images of the Jan 6 2021 capitol storming, protesting outside abortion clinics, and judgemental hypocrisy.But how did the nickname come to be in the first place?Join us as we explore how being a Chritian is a call to radi…
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Testimony (Mark & David) We as a church have a clear vision of inviting our community to belong to Jesus, believe in Jesus, and become like Jesus. I've asked Mark to share a brief testimony about how God has been opening doors and opportunities for him to do just that at his work place. 1. Tell us about the recent conversations you've been having w…
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Did you know Yahweh commanded His people to love foreigners (immigrants) more than 30 times in the Old Testament? In the biblical story there’s what we know as the “quartet of the vulnerable” which included the orphan, widow, poor, and the immigrant. Interestingly enough, the first three of this quartet was standard ancient near eastern practice an…
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ALL CULTURES AND SOCIETIES THROUGHOUT ALL OF TIME HAVE VIEWED IMMIGRANTS AS A THREAT OR A BURDEN OR BOTH… FOLLOWERS OF JESUS ARE CALLED TO SOMETHING RADICAL, UNCOMMON, AND COUNTER-CULTURAL WHEN THEY ARE CALLED TO LOVE AND WELCOME IMMIGRANTS. JOIN US AS FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRANT CONNECTION PASTOR ZACH SZMARA BRINGS A COMPELLING WOR…
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Abram the wanderer… Joseph the trafficking survivor… Moses the refugee… Ruth the marriage-based petition… David the asylum seeker… Daniel the faithful exile... The reality is, the major biblical characters in the Old Testament tell both compelling and challenging stories of migration which ought to inform how we view trends in migration today. But …
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Why is there such a crisis at the southern border? Why is there great disparity between people groups today? Join us as we explore part 2 of our teaching series, “Migration and the People of God” through the account of The Fall in Genesis 3. In short, alienation and displacement are the result of the humanities fall, not God’s good creation.…
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In the biblical story, God is credited for the creation of everything - particularly humans, who in the words of the author of Genesis says are, “made in the image of God.” But what does that mean, and what are the implications in our conversation on migration? Join us this Sunday as we dive into part 1 of our 6 part teaching series entitled “Migra…
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Greetings, We are so excited to host guest Global Partners missionary to Cambodia, Collette Nybakken, for worship tomorrow at 10am. While attending Oklahoma Wesleyan University, Collette felt the strong call on her life to serve God long-term overseas. She had the opportunity to spend the summer in 2016 serving alongside Global Partners missionarie…
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What has influenced your perspective of foreign-born individuals? How much of that has been the Bible? Join us as we begin a new teaching series about becoming a faith community of loving welcome in a culture of fearful hostility. The Biblical story has a unique invitation for God’s people to embrace and welcome the sojourner… the foreigner… the im…
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When Jesus died, Matthew 27:51 tells us that the giant veil that separated everyday people from the holy of Holies was torn in two. At that moment, holy architecture was completely undone. It used to be that God was over there and I’m over here… but not anymore… God’s spirit is right here. The currency to build a pathway to God’s presence was blood…
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So last week we talked about why and how we fast, I want to take the next two weeks to have a conversation about why and how we pray. And regardless of how this first week went for you, whether you felt like your prayer life was on fire or you just couldn’t get into it, I take a lot of solace from the fact that even Jesus’ first disciples took awhi…
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Well here we are church, tomorrow is officially the first day of our 21 days of prayer and fasting… raise of hands if this is the first time you’ve ever participated in something like this?I’m super excited and a little nervous tbh for these next three weeks. I’m excited because I think the Church is at her best when she is seeking God intentionall…
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I really believe Jesus & His church are the hope of the world.I really believe eternity is on the line.I really believe the Kingdom of God is unshakable.I really believe the great commission matters. Our journey with Jesus starts something like it did with the disciples “come follow me.” The Bible uses this metaphor of “sheep” and “shepherd” to des…
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Why do I follow Jesus? Jesus has changed my life.I really believe Jesus & His church are the hope of the world.I really believe eternity is on the line.I really believe the Kingdom of God is unshakable.I really believe the great commission matters. Our journey with Jesus starts something like it did with the disciples “come follow me.” The Bible us…
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When thinking of the words "consumer" and "steward", what comes to mind? Is the former a person "consuming" and never caretaking? Is the latter a person that simply watches over what they have been responsible for, but never investing and making something better of it? When following Jesus and wanting to shift our soul to his image, we are all call…
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The parable of the prodigal son has been told many times ever since Jesus shared it with the disciples. Does this mean that it is a one and done, meaning there is nothing else we can learn from this parable of a son walking away from his father and family and that is it? Or can we reevaluate this story and reflect on our own lives to see what God i…
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It may seem like the Old Testament can't be related to in these modern times because it takes place thousands of years ago. But the story it tells and the poem it writes about our God is consistent and His character is never changing. As we wrap up the book of Exodus, what does it tell you about God and how He looks at us through His character? Joi…
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In the book of exodus, the hebrews struggled with submitting themselves to other false gods and idols rather than putting their faith in God. But even today we can make false idols when anything takes our attention from God whether that is hurry, social issues, and even good concepts like love more than finding love in God. What are idols that wind…
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In the Old Testament, statred in the Exodus from Egypt to settling in the new homeland, the Hebrews worship God in the tabernacle. This is the hallowed place where God comes down from heaven to meet with them. In the New Testament, Jesus' sacrifice on the cross began a new process of the Tabernacle, where the Holy Spirit comes down not to a place b…
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Many skeptics believe that the laws and teachings in the bible, especially the ten commandments in exodus, are just God telling us what to do. But if you really look at what they all teach and show, they point back to the covenant God desires for us: to uphold this beautiful marriage of Christ and the church, to love more than ourselves and our ear…
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We all have a journey to travel. The struggles might feel like they go on forever, but we are reminded in the gospel that the sun rises in the morning. We can see the same journey the Hebrews went on is the same journey we all go through but in Christ - the day comes with hard news, the night comes with sin and suffering that feels like the longest…
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God desires perfection, without sin, and in order to provide that, a perfect sacrifice is requred. For the Hebrews still in Egypt, it was a lamb free of imperfections, to be sacrificed delicately to God. For us and everyone else now, it is the perfect lamb of God, Jesus Christ. What renewal and removal of the imperfections of sin needs to happen in…
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As we continue this series on the book of Exodus, we come across the ten plagues God sent down upon the egyptians. Some say that this was cruel and too far, but we can see from who He is that this was a physical application of His desire to soften the hearts of all egyptians, especially Pharoahs. The way God softens our hearts today is the hard con…
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So what's this secret Paul is talking about? If you're a bit skeptical about some "secret" to a joyful life, this episode is for you! Join us as Pastor David dives into some of the historical and language naunces of Philippians 4:10-13 to answer the question, 'how does The Way of Jesus actually help me deal with the real anxieties and harships of l…
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