Understanding the Shepherd: Why It Matters More Than You ThinkThe most important thing that will ever happen between God and your soul is to love and to be loved.Let me say that again. The most important thing that will ever happen between God and your soul is to love and to be loved. That is the entire character and heartbeat of God Himself, He wants you to love Him, and He wants you to be loved ...  Read More

There's a common thread that runs through the entire life of Jesus, from the manger to the cross. That thread is obedience to the Father.Jesus summed it up perfectly in John 6:38 when he said, "For I have come down from heaven not to do my will, but to do the will of him who sent me." That single statement revealed the heartbeat of his entire 33-and-a-half-year ministry on earth.Jesus only did wha...  Read More

Picture yourself holding a mirror. Most of us live our lives with that mirror facing us—focused on our needs, our preferences, our  Read More

The real question isn’t just, “Are we living in the last days?” but “Am I ready for the last day?”   Read More

You know that feeling when something you know you shouldn't do suddenly seems incredibly  Read More

The holiness of Jesus means he is your final judge and the only one who can save you from that judgment.  Read More

When we gather as a church, it's easy to think the building is what makes us the church. But here's the truth: the church is not this building, the church is you. The church doesn't exist in these walls until you show up. It's about each one of us bringing what we have together.Hebrews 10:24-25 reminds us not to forsake gathering together because we're supposed to love and serve one another. The p...  Read More

"No one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are destroyed. Instead, they put new wine into new wineskins and both are preserved." - Matthew 9:17This verse paints a vivid picture of something we all experience but often resist: change.In biblical times, wine was stored in animal skin containers. When fresh juice was poured into a new win...  Read More

There's a crucial difference between feeling bad for someone and actually doing something about it. Today, I want to talk about compassion, specifically, the compassion of Jesus that reveals the Father's love for us.But first, let's clarify something important. Last week we talked about grace, God's undeserved favor, giving us what we don't deserve, like salvation through Jesus. Compassion is diff...  Read More

Grace. It's one of those church words we use a lot, throw around frequently, but may not fully understand. The Greek word is charis, meaning favor, kindness, or goodwill freely given. It's the unmerited love toward the undeserving.That's how God dealt with us. He was moved by mercy, moved by compassion, and dealt with us by grace when Jesus died on the cross. We can have the free gift of eternal l...  Read More

Last week we talked about the authority of Jesus, how absolute and definitive it is, how the Father transferred that authority to Him. Today, we're talking about how Jesus transferred that authority to us.We were saved so that we would live. We were not saved to be dead. Jesus took the cross not for us to be zombies walking through life, but to walk in resurrection power. That authority is in ever...  Read More

We're starting a sermon series that will run through December, six months focused on the name of Jesus. Why so long? Because the name of Jesus is kind of a big deal. It's definitive, not debatable.If you miss these first messages, you'll wrestle with everything else that's coming. There's a foundational principle you must understand first: the authority of Jesus. Authority is the God-given right a...  Read More