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03/07/2021 – Upon This Rock – Part Five - Peter Denies. Jesus Restores John 13:34​-38; 18:15​-18, 25-27; 21:1-19. So far in this series, we have watched Peter leave his nets to follow Jesus, walk on water (albeit briefly), profess Jesus as Messiah, and much more. This...

02/28/2021 – Upon This Rock – Part Four - Tents and Swords Mark 9:2-8; John 18:1-11. If you grew up in the church, you likely have heard Peter described as the disciple who is loud and brash and regularly sticks his foot in his mouth. He’s an act-first, think-later,...

02/21/2021 – Upon This Rock – Part Three - Peter is the Rock ... and the Satan Matthew 16:13-28. In the span of less than one chapter in scripture, Jesus refers to Peter as "the Rock" after Peter's remarkable confession of who He is, but then refers to Peter as "the...

02/14/2021 – Upon This Rock – Part Two - Peter Walks on Water Matthew 14:22-33. Most often, the story of Peter walking on water is reduced to a simple spiritual platitude like, "When Jesus calls, you need to Step Out of the Boat." But faith cliches and spiritual...

02/07/2021 – Upon This Rock – Part One - Peter Drops His Nets Matthew 4:17-20; Luke 5:1-11. Throughout the gospels and the first half of Acts, besides Jesus there is no one mentioned more frequently than Peter — nearly 200 times. Throughout church history, he is often...

01/31/2021 – 5th Sunday Worship with Dr. Donna Battle Genesis 20:1-18; Matthew 8:1-4. 5th Sunday Worship with special guest, Dr. Donna Battle. Several years ago, we decided to commit every 5th Sunday to the topic of Racial Justice. Of course, this issue is part of...

01/24/2021 – Refresh: Pandemic Edition – Part Four - Money Luke 6:27-38. In addition to walking through a few graphs and figures and charts that show our budget and our giving over the past 12 months, today we also ask the question: why should generosity be our...

01/17/2021 – Refresh: Pandemic Edition – Part Three - Community Colossians 3:1-14. Of the four topics in our annual Refresh series, "Community" might be the most challenging to talk about in this current cultural moment. How do we encourage and foster community when...

01/10/2021 – Refresh: Pandemic Edition – Part Two - Discipleship Luke 18:9-14; Matthew 19:16-22. In a previous "Refresh" sermon series, we defined discipleship as "everything we do that shapes our habits and thoughts to be more and more like Jesus." In this message,...

01/03/2021 – Refresh: Pandemic Edition – Part One - Kingdom Matthew 4:17; 5:3, 10; 12:22-28; Luke 9:57-62; 13:18-21. Every January we begin the year with a look back at our first ever sermon series; a series where we tried our best to describe who we wanted to be,...