By Scott Osborne

By Nate Bauers

By Scott Osborne

By Nate Bauers

By Nate Bauers

By Scott Osborne

By Scott Osborne

By Scott Osborne

Matthew did not write his Gospel to inform us how to escape our sin and hell, but he wrote to inform us of the new story to which we must now adopt with our lives. The coming of Jesus changes everything, including the story by which we determine our meaning and purpose. In today’s passage, we examine two requirements to follow Jesus in His story. T…

As we start Matthew 17 we see Jesus lead his disciples up onto the mountain of Transfiguration. As he appears in glory with Moses and Elijah, we are made to ask: is this where his victory is achieved, or will it come somewhere else? In a similar way we too must ask, where is our victory achieved?By Nate Bauers

What does the future life of those who belong to Jesus look like? How can we be sure that we will undergo resurrection? In this sermon, we examine 1 Corinthians 15, where Paul states that Jesus is the firstftruits of resurrection; therefore, we are guaranteed of our resurrection of the same kind as Jesus'.…

As Jesus sets his face toward Jerusalem and the impending crucifixion, he reminds his disciples of what it is going to cost to continue to truly follow him, namely their lives. The way to find life is through death, just as Jesus set the example.

In Matthew 16:13-20 we come to one of the most controversial passages in all of church history! This passage is the famous passage that has divided the Catholic and Protestant church, all regarding the declaration of Peter that Jesus the Son of God and then Jesus’ response that he will build his church “on the rock.” In this sermon we examine not o…

In Matthew 16:5-12 Jesus warns his disciples, and us, about what we should be perceptive and on guard against! His warning may shock and alarm us though. He warns against the one thing that will keep us far from the Kingdom, even though we often think we are close. If we understand this warning, we realize that deep within each of us is a bent towa…

Jesus performs another feeding miracle by providing for 4,000 people. The disciples are confused again how they are going to feed so many people with so little food, even though they witnessed a similar event a few chapter earlier. This demonstrates that our natural hearts are bent towards a scarcity mindset, not an abundant one. In Jesus we have a…

This sermon explored a strange encounter between Jesus and a Canaanite woman. A demon oppressed the daughter of the Canaanite woman. The woman approaches Jesus and pleads for his help. In a surprising turn of events, Jesus seems to ignore her and then insult her for being a Gentile. We explore the tension of walking through the silence of God while…

In Matthew 15.10-20, Jesus makes an outrageous claim - or at least outrageous to the Jews of his day - that defilement comes from inside, not the outside. He states, "What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.” In this teaching, Pastor Scott analyzes the nature of defilement bo…

Jesus despised traditions that had no genuine love for God at their root. In Matthew 15.1-9, Jesus calls out the hypocrisy of the elders of Israel by honoring God only with their lips or their outward shows of purity and not loving God with their hearts. Pastor Scott then highlights seven different ways religious people act and think over against a…

When Jesus invites Peter to walk out on the water, it is an invitation to walk with him over the chaos dragon of the sea. Our greatest enemies are not the ones we can see, but the ones behind the things we see. In this sermon, Pastor Scott points out how our faith in Jesus keeps us above the waves and storms of this life.…

In Matthew 14:13-21 we explored Jesus feeding the 5000. We see that Jesus is much more than just a compassionate provider, as we see him call his disciples into participation with him but then also we see Jesus give a preview of where the provision for all of God’s people will ultimately come from.By Nate Bauers

John the Baptizer sets an example for us to be faithful to Jesus even to death. However, he also foreshadows the Messiah who would be rejected by the leaders and murdered by their hands. We come to see that we can give our lives to Jesus like John when we first see that Jesus gave up his life for us.…

The incarnation of Jesus does far more than we initially think. We are all aware that he came to deal with our sin, but he also came to liberate us from the power of the one who holds the power of death. In this sermon, Pastor Scott analyzes Hebrews 2 to demonstrate how we can be free from all of our greatest enemies through the incarnation.…

In this sermon we examine the faith of Mary as she receives the announcement that she will give birth to the Son of God. Mary functions as an example of what true faith looks like, which doesn’t mean the absence of doubt but rather looking to the source of faith as its grounding.By Nate Bauers

The message of Christmas often gets trivilalized into sentimentality and false, generic hope that somehow good will triumph over evil and darkness. But in the True story of Christmas, we are confronted with both the darkness of our world and our our own hearts, but then paradoxically with the extravagant grace of Jesus in breaking into our darkness…

The reason for all of our conflicts, James tells us, is our own evil desires. In other words, all of our relational strife comes from not believing and appropriating the Gospel in our hearts. In this sermon, Pastor Scott deconstructs why we all struggle with relationships and then reconstructs how to apply the Good News of Jesus to our hearts to st…

Since sin is fundamentally a failure to realize the implications of the Gospel, the New Testament writers seek to implant the Gospel to their hearers as the motivation to change. In this sermon, Pastor Scott analyzes the five graces of generosity, purity, humility, love, and kindness, showing how realizing the Gospel is the remedy.…

In this part 2 on Idolatry, we did a deeper dive into each of the 4 core idols: Power, Approval, Comfort, and Control. Since the gospel is for all of life, that means Jesus can both speak to and replace our idols, and actually empower us to speak the good news into each other as well.By Nate Bauers

By Nate Bauers

By Scott Osborne

We continue our series on Gospel Realization by examining the Nature of the Human Heart. We all know the gospel is important, but how does it apply to all of life? The only way to do this is to understand the Heart. The Scriptures describe the Heart as the Control Center of all Humanity, so in this sermon we examine how our Heart (our Loves) are fo…

By Scott Osborne

In this new series, "Gospel Realization,” we want to examine how the Gospel functions in the everyday life of the Christian. We will see how all of our sin is fundamentally a failure to appropriate or believe the Gospel. This means that the Gospel has power to save us, keep saving us, and finally save us. To delve into this understanding, we must c…

What does it mean to Belong? As the people of Jesus, we are called to Participate in and belong to Each Other, but what does this mean in our lives? In this sermon, we explore the book of Philippians and look at what Paul means when he says we are “partners together” both in and through Jesus.By Nate Bauers

What is the center of your life? This is a question that we must all answer. The answer we hope we get is “Jesus.” But what does it even mean to have Jesus as our center? This week Pastor Scott digs into how a life that is oriented around Jesus means that we live our lives with God’s people for those who do not yet follow Jesus.…

In this conclusion sermon, we look at 1 Corinthians 6 and examine how the Lordship of Jesus over the Body is good news for all people. We also included one final Q & A with Pastors Nate and Scott, and look at questions that have been sent in by folks throughout our series.By Nate Bauers with Scott Osborne

Today we took a short break from our teaching series to engage a series of questions related to sexuality within the life of the local church. This is an important component to our overall series on Sexuality and the Mission of God, so we hope this conversation serves you.By Panel

We live in what many are calling our “Transgender Moment” in history. But how are we supposed to think about this as Jesus’ people who embody his life and love? The mission of the church is to understand how culturally, historically, and theologically we are to grapple with this Transgender Moment, and in this sermon we explore how to walk alongsid…

Is homosexuality compatible with orthodox Christianity? What are the various ways the Church has dealt with this pertinent issue? In this second sermon on homosexuality, Pastor Scott explores the various views within the Church and inspects the biblical material, especially the use of the Greek word (arsenokoitai) for “homosexuals” in 1 Corinthians…

We live in a day where the story of Homosexuality is seen as an appeal to be authentic and true to ourselves. Our inner self and inner voice is where we "must learn who we are." But in God’s kindness, he has actually given us bodies that speak to us and are themselves a “reservoir of meaning.” This means the story and life of homosexuality is offer…

The hook up culture is the worldview that promotes sex as simply for fun and pleasure. Everyone should do it. However, we are finding that this worldview is leaving millions more broken and unfulfilled than ever because sex is more than physical. It involves the whole person. This is the reason the Biblical worldview promotes sex as fulfilling betw…

Sexuality has become the dominant cultural narrative of our day, and whatever you believe about issues regarding sexuality, we all have to admit how fast this change has occurred in our country. The church has not always responded well to this fast-paced, frantic reality. Some churches have begun to embrace the current sexual norms, while others ha…

If discipleship is the progressive transformation of our life story into the story of God as we each play our Spirit-given role, then Acts 1.8 has pertinent information for our journey of following Jesus. In this verse we see that the church becomes witnesses together who each have a Spirit-given role to play. Listen as Pastor Scott concludes his s…

Discipleship is all the buzz in the Evangelical world; however, do we even know what discipleship is and how we should do it? In this sermon Pastor Scott begins to examine and define what constitutes discipleship. He shows how discipleship is not “come and learn,” nor is it “come and obey.” Jesus calls us to “come and follow” him into the story He …

In this concluding sermon to our apologetics series, we explore the reality of knowledge and how Paul and Peter defend the reality of absolute truth through the Lordship of Jesus. We realize that if God is the source of all knowledge, then the only way to know things truly is to know them through the means God has created. And if this is true, then…

By Justin Cassimore

In today's sermon, Josh tackles the question, "How can God be good if there is still suffering in this world?"By Josh Rooney

In today's sermon, Mike talks about the resurrection of Christ and how it is foundation to Christianity.By Mike Lupino

By Dr. Scott Osborne

We all love secrets. In this sermon pastor Scott examines the secrets of the kingdom of God. Jesus, for those who have eyes to see, invites us to participate in his quiet yet powerful kingdom.By Dr. Scott Osborne

In the sermon passage today, Jesus draws his followers and us into understanding what it means to be part of the family of the kingdom of God. When we understand this family, it causes us to re-envision and reimagine our own perceptions on family priorities in light of the already coming kingdom of Jesus.…