The story of your life is part of the grand story of humanity. If you can read or hear these words then your story is not over yet. Part of your story remains Unwritten. This week we're talking about a New Chapter. In the next season of your li

Trees and Chaff

Jun 4th, 2017

New God

May 28th, 2017

We are continuing our journey through the story of the Church. Today, we're looking at how the Scientific Revolution dramatically impacted our experience with God. Now that we could explain and understand things, it removed some of the mystery

New Order

May 21st, 2017

What's "New" about a man who flees the struggling city of Rome and becomes a hermit? What's inspiring about a man who established multiple communities of monks while Rome was being overrun by barbarians? Some say these monasteries saved western

New Amendment

May 14th, 2017

In the grand story of humanity, we now shift to the story of "The Church" – the 2000 years between the New Testament story and our current story. Throughout that time, there have been many "new" things that have greatly impacted humanity. As pa

New Creation

May 7th, 2017

The New Testament has multiple phrases to attempt to explain that God wants to do Something New in us through Jesus. It's a "New Day" because we can experience "New Life" through a "New Covenant" that allow us to become a "New Creation." Perhap

New Body

Apr 30th, 2017

We all have a desire to feel like we belong somewhere. It's why peer pressure is so powerful and why racial discrimination is so painful. The New Testament refers to the church as the "body of Christ." The body has many unique and wonderful par

New Life

Apr 23rd, 2017

Coming out of Easter we are now moving in the grand story to the section we call "The Revolution." This is the second half of the New Testament. It's the story of Jesus' followers and the revolution of love that they spread throughout many neig

As we enter Holy Week, we're going to look at a phrase that Jesus used when he met with his disciples one final time before his crucifixion. He said the cup represents the "New Covenant." This is a reference to a profound prophecy in the Old Te

Jesus has always had a growing interest in the church. From the very beginning, his hope, plan and expectation is that the church would grow. That will not happen at Mountain Park without you. If this is your church home, have you considered pl

New Response

Mar 19th, 2017

We naturally gravitate toward energizing people in our lives. It's easy to invest in those relationships. But how are we supposed to respond to the people who have hurt us, the people who annoy us, or the people who bore us? In the Sermon on th

New Birth

Mar 12th, 2017

The Kingdom of God is not something you can add to your life, it's something you build your life around.

New Name

Mar 5th, 2017

As we celebrate baptisms this Sunday, we're talking about a New Name. We are all born with a name and throughout our lives, we take on different labels that define who we are. Some are true; some are not. Some are positive; some are not. There

New Heart

Feb 26th, 2017

We typically ask one another, "How are you doing?" which elicits a perfunctory "fine" response. A much deeper question is "How is your heart?" The condition of your heart has nothing to do with the circumstances around you. God promises to give

In our final message under the topic of Exodus (which represents the first half of the Old Testament), we find a very different and somewhat disturbing thought about pursuing Something New: "there's nothing new under the sun." How could that po

New Song

Feb 5th, 2017

Multiple times in the Bible, people are called to "sing a new song." Old songs are great. They connect us with people, memories and places from our past. From a spiritual perspective, people who have been followers of Christ for a long time typ