A good life has to navigate the stages and transitions of life. Relationships are central to both the stages and the transitions. One relationship needs to stay at the center. June 25, 2023, Sermon 2

The Good Life: Rebelieve Relationships

Jun 11th, 2023 24m 9s

We say good things about the importance of relationships, but we're wired personally and culturally, in so many ways, to resist relationships. In order to love, we will rebelieve relationships. Matthew 19 June 11, 2023

Be Better Built

May 7th, 2023 23m 26s

There are a number of practical reasons to be part of a local congregation. It is frequently difficult to be part of congregation and go through the experiences, on a regular basis, that will really form us into God's people. But Jesus was crus

A new person into a new world

Apr 23rd, 2023 21m 59s

There are so many good things in our world, but there is plenty too that we'd like to be rescued from. There is an offer to make us new people in this world; and there is an offer to give us a new world. But Christian salvation offers us salvat

First steps: You can pass the test

Apr 17th, 2023 24m 30s

After the disciples thought they saw Jesus dead and risen, the whole thing almost came to a halt for various reasons. They were stuck in the mess of their time. They were changed, and they went forward with fresh confidence and boldness. Will w

He lives!

Apr 10th, 2023 20m 43s

Everything in life has results and consequences. Some we like, some we don't. If we go to school, we can probably get a job and make a living. If we find a spouse, we can have kids. One action had more consequences than anything else in life -

Come and eat

Apr 6th, 2023 16m 16s

The struggle with evil, with pain, with difficulty, with challenge is real. We sit and wait for deliverance, freedom, and liberation. While we sit, we eat. This is food for the fight. Not burgers, but the food of Christ, the true Passover Lamb.

You can live in the light. You can live in the truth.

Mar 19th, 2023 22m 13s

Even the Bible does not always seem to tell the truth or the facts. Did Jesus tell the truth? There is a lot that we need to investigate and search out. But there is a depth to the truth that we cannot imagine. Darkness fell on Jesus so we can

Questions give clarity to avoid a crisis

Mar 12th, 2023 24m 4s

Life is filled with tough questions and difficult, dangerous situations. God provided a tabernacle for the people to provide security and safety for their difficult journey. Jesus is the true tabernacle for safety and security on our trip. Ask

Stop, sin.

Feb 27th, 2023 25m 7s

Jesus meets a man paralyzed for 38 years. He doesn't just heal him. He stops sin in its tracks. Will we? If he has stopped sin, will run the other way and keep away from sin? John 5:1-15

We might not feel good. He will fill us with good.

Feb 19th, 2023 22m 1s

I marvel that the woman talked to Jesus about so many problems in her life and still went away saying, Come and see. That's not how we tend to feel. Jesus might not always make us feel good. But he will give us something different than we can g

Not just a better you, a different you

Feb 12th, 2023 24m 6s

Religious people often have the impression and give the impression that God wants better people. It's true Jesus teaches basic principles and truths to live better lives. That isn't the main thing. Chiefly, Jesus wants us to have a new life. A

Only Jesus gathers people to God

Feb 5th, 2023 22m 42s

The temple was established by God as a way to get near God. Jesus came in and rejected the conveniences it offered in an attempt to help people get God's gifts. None of it could get people close to the holy, consuming God. What are we relying o

Come to the party. Enjoy the party. Be part of the party.

Jan 29th, 2023 24m 27s

This new world that Jesus gives us is not only or primarily a world of rules, codes of conduct, regulations, and ways to live a better life. It is first and foremost a world of grace, where God in Jesus pours out his good gifts to us to cover o

Live in the light. Reflect the light.

Jan 22nd, 2023 20m 25s

God gives us a new world in Jesus - a world of connection (love), creation, reconciliation, justice, and forgiveness. Jesus reveals God's light to lead us into this new world. He directs us to hope, peace, a future, and forgiveness. That is whe

I want God’s world

Jan 15th, 2023 22m 47s

Big businesses want to offer us a very specific world. A world driven by consumption and dopamine hits from trivial pursuits. The devil wants to offer us a world of self-gratification. God offers us a world defined by connection, reconciliation

Love has come down

Dec 25th, 2022 11m 15s

There is really only one gift of true love for this world - Jesus. If you feel the pressure to love everyone around you well enough that they can finally enjoy life again, let his love be the love of their (and your!) life.Merry Christmas1 Jo

Come and help: We will wait

Dec 11th, 2022 23m 1s

It's easy to tell people who are waiting for someone else compared with people who don't. If you're waiting for grandpa and grandma to visit, you might clean the house quickly and excitedly watch from the window. If you're waiting for a new bab

Come and help: Repentance reveals

Dec 4th, 2022 25m 39s

Just what are we saying when we say, "Come and help"? Certainly we do a lot of good and there is a lot of good about our lives. There is also a lot of good in the world. When we say, "Come and help", we are saying that nothing else in the whole

Come and help!

Nov 28th, 2022 17m

God shows us what a great helper we can expect. That's why we say, "Come and help". Matthew 21:1-11

Unexpected thanks

Nov 20th, 2022 20m 55s

We normally give thanks for good things we get. But there are lots of things that even God gives us that we don't think are good things - when God doesn't do what we want, or when God doesn't tell us why, or even weakness or pain. These unexpe

Christ alone

Nov 14th, 2022 20m 17s

There are all sorts of rulers and powers that claim control and influence over our lives. Most of them end up destroying our lives as much as helping them. The Son is different because he holds all things together. Colossians 1:15-23

Satisfying Scripture

Nov 7th, 2022 20m 13s

Everyone recognizes that there is a kind of slavery only truth can get us out of, and that slavery runs deep. Scripture tells us a story that can break the slavery of lies. John 8:31-36

Fabulous faith

Oct 30th, 2022 20m 55s

We can either live a live that is lived through faith or through our works and performance. There are good reasons to live through faith. Romans 3:19-28

Great grace

Oct 23rd, 2022 21m 54s

Most relationships are dictated by laws and our adherence to certain standards - performance standards, relational standards, behavioral standards, etc. How amazing to have a relationship with the king of the universe based on grace.Romans 6:1