Recent Blog Posts
My Least Favorite Verses – Part One – A Quiet Life
05/02/2021 – My Least Favorite Verses – Part One – A Quiet Life 1 Th 4:11. "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life." To watch this message on our YouTube channel, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUDkBfrtzso&t=278s
Changes – Part Three – Heaven’s Gates and Hell’s Flames
04/25/2021 – Changes - Part Three - Heaven's Gates and Hell's Flames Revelation 22:12-17. We Evangelicals often conflate our thoughts and doctrines and dogmas to be the gold standard, and reflective of all Christianity. But they are not. When it comes to thoughts and...
Changes – Part Two – Turning 40. Seeing the Cash Registers
04/18/2021 – Changes - Part Two - Turning 40. Seeing the Cash Registers Philippians 3:1-14. To watch this message on our YouTube channel, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYQFh7TVV2U&t=300s
Changes – Part One – The Wrath
04/11/2021 – Changes - Part One - The Wrath Romans 5:6-11; Luke 15:11-24. When our theology says "God doesn’t change", it makes reimagining God really hard, because it feels as though we are changing God and being unfaithful. But perhaps spiritual change — even...
Upon This Rock – Part Eight – Shepherds and Sheep
03/29/2021 – Upon This Rock – Part Eight - Shepherds and Sheep Today we take a closer look at first Peter chapter five and the encouragements to "Shepherd God's flock". How do we walk in humbleness as both the shepherd and the sheep in need of a shepherd? To watch...
Upon This Rock – Part Seven – More Thoughts from First Peter
03/21/2021 – Upon This Rock – Part Seven - More Thoughts from First Peter 1 Peter 2:11—3:9. The letter of 1 Peter contains some controversial texts. But when we look closer these texts point to the larger theme of the letter ... suffering and how we respond to it. To...
Upon This Rock – Part Six – Healing Through Pain
03/14/2021 – Upon This Rock – Part Six - Healing Through Pain Peter encouraged 1st Century Christians to find meaning and healing in the midst of their struggles. How can we, as 21st Century Christians, lean into our struggles in a way that would perhaps create...
Upon This Rock – Part Five – Peter Denies. Jesus Restores.
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...
Upon This Rock – Part Four – Tents and Swords
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,...
Upon This Rock – Part Three – Peter is the Rock … and the Satan
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...
Can’t find what you’re looking for? Type in a keyword or phrase (e.g., prayer, block party, Guatemala, etc) and click “Search.”