Paul spent the first three chapters telling the narrative of what God has done, but then in chapter 4 there’s this transition toward us and what we are to do and he’s finally begun to answer that question: How do we church?

The Gift of Disorientation

Aug 3rd, 2021 36m 38s

Ephesians 4:1-16

The Experience of Love

Aug 3rd, 2021 39m 12s

Ephesians 3:14-21

For He Is Our Peace

Jul 19th, 2021 25m 59s

The cure for division is to center on Christ, who is our peace, who in his flesh tore down the wall of hostility which separate us. Christ, who is gathering all things in heaven and things on earth, is drawing all people to Himself to be built

Ephesians: Chosen for Adoption

Jul 12th, 2021 21m 21s

Ephesians is about ecclesiology, the church. What should the church look like, who are we? If there’s any question this letter is in response to it is simply this: “But how do we, the church, live, right here, right now?”

Where to Find God

Jul 7th, 2021 21m 12s

We humans are so desperate to see where God is because, I think, we intuitively understand that if we can find Him we will be OK. (2 Cor. 12:2-10)

Transition (Wilma Johnson)

Jun 29th, 2021 53m 11s

Pastor Wilma Johnson brought a word about transition that is very timely and relevant to our recent announcement. I (Zack) apologize for the audio quality on this episode. I dropped the SD card it was recorded to into an abyss and haven’t yet b

Faithful (and Smart)

Jun 21st, 2021 40m 17s

What if we stopped trying to be so-and-so down the street? What if we stopped striving to be something we aren’t? What if we could quit trying to mimic what we see on Facebook or Instagram and, instead, focused on being faithful…and smart?

Donkeys and Regrets

Jun 14th, 2021 29m 26s

What do we do when things don’t go according to plan? What do we do with regret?

Like Everyone Else

Jun 7th, 2021 24m 23s

The way we conduct ourselves in this world is our prophetic witness which leads to God being glorified. As you engage in this world you must always do so with dignity and honor, being careful not to do so like everyone else.(This gets just a

Disagreements & The Triune God

Jun 1st, 2021 24m 27s

There is nothing wrong with disagreements. They are natural. But how we conduct ourselves in those disagreements says everything about what we really believe about God.

Grit & Grace

May 24th, 2021 42m 13s

Pastor Wayne Drain joins us again from Russellville, Arkansas on this Pentecost Sunday with some timely encouragement.

Confident Humility

May 17th, 2021 37m 37s

Dan Kent, author of Confident Humility, visits from St. Paul, Minnesota to teach us about becoming our full selves without becoming full of ourselves.

We Are the Evidence

May 10th, 2021 39m 54s

Jesus asks us to love each other, to love our neighbors, and to love our enemies, and this is the most powerful evidence the world will have that He exists and offers them eternal life.

First Principles

May 3rd, 2021 23m 43s

If we start from any other theological point than the simplicity of “God is love” – without the usual “buts” which may sometimes accompany this truth – we are bound to wind up with a theological system and/or church which may justify some prett

A New Kind of Community

Apr 26th, 2021 18m 29s

Following our model, Jesus the Good Shepherd, we can lay it all down for the sake of those Jesus loves — for the sake of those we are learning to love — as we are being formed into the kinds of people who make up this new kind of community Jes

Of What We May Become

Apr 18th, 2021 25m 26s

Jesus the Stranger, hidden in plain sight but revealed as we gather together to tell the story and the breaking of bread, showing himself in inexplicable ways in our darkest and most solemn moments, and opening our minds to help us keep pressin

The Wheat & The Weeds

Apr 11th, 2021 38m 49s

After a six-month sabbatical Pastor Devon is back in the pulpit with a message about one of Jesus' parables.

The Inward Curve

Apr 5th, 2021 29m 28s

What is love? What are we being saved from? What is eternal life?

Palms to Passion

Mar 28th, 2021 33m 50s

The characters in the story from the Triumphal Entry to the Passion of Christ fail to recognize and live into the reality of the Kingdom of God in the same ways we do. Which of them do you most identify with?

Some Greeks Walk into a Festival

Mar 21st, 2021 18m 52s

Jesus has just recently raised Lazarus from the dead. People from all over have heard rumor of this great feat, his popularity is at an all-time high, and some Greeks would like to have a word with this Jesus. What is it about this moment which

Bridge Builders

Mar 14th, 2021 25m 41s

"The more I am give myself to apprenticeship to Christ, the more my heart becomes softer to differences, the more my mind becomes open to accept all that I don’t know, and the more I come to seek out my neighbor."