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Paul wrote some of the most joy-filled words in the Bible from inside a prison cell. That's not a coincidence. In this message from Philippians 1, pastor John Orozco unpacks why real joy was never about our circumstances lining up, it's...
You've probably seen it: on a coffee mug, a bumper sticker, maybe cross-stitched on a pillow. "Choose joy." But what if that phrase is actually setting people up to fail? Nearly two thousand years before "joy" became a...
In Matthew 8, a Roman centurion, an outsider with no religious standing, runs straight to Jesus in his moment of crisis. Jesus calls it the greatest faith he's found in Israel. So why do so many people today run away from the church instead of...
A desperate father takes his son to Jesus and asks for him to be healed of a demon that plagues him and causes him seizures and Jesus takes the opportunity to not only show his divinity, but offers us an important lesson and poses an important...
Peter told Jesus he would never walk away. A day later he denied even knowing him, three times. Then, days after the resurrection, instead of running toward the risen Christ, Peter went back to his old fishing boat. Why do we retreat after we fail?...
Most of us are waiting for clarity before we take the next step. But what if certainty isn't what faith actually requires? In this message from Mark chapter 8, pastor Steve Ingold looks at a healing story that happens in stages, and what that...
Where is God when a child has been moved from home to home, with no one who has chosen to stay? Pastor Chris Stockhaus shares his own family's story of fostering and then adopting their two sons, and what the Bible has to say about God's...
Most of us picture God as serious, powerful, maybe a little intimidating. But what if that picture is missing something? In this message from Luke 15, pastor Chris Stockhaus walks through three parables Jesus tells back to back, and in every one...
Most of us have wondered where God is. Maybe not in a dramatic way, but a quiet sense that we used to feel closer, and we don't quite know how to get back. When we ask that question, we usually start in familiar places. Church. The Bible...
Somewhere along the way, many of us learned to pick a side. Either you care about personal holiness, or you care about justice. Either you're a Bible church, or you're a justice church. And the two camps tend to look at each other across a...
Most of us grew up with some version of who God is. Distant. Demanding. Holy in a way that keeps people at arm's length. But what if that version is missing something fundamental? In this message, we look at one of the simplest and most...
Most of us aren't questioning whether life has purpose. We're just wondering whether we're actually living ours. This message takes that question seriously, starting from the very first pages of Scripture and following it all the way to...
Most of us know what it feels like to work hard at something and still feel like we're falling behind. And when growth is slow, a subconscious voice can start to whisper, "Maybe something is wrong with me." In this message, part...
What were we actually made for? In this message, Pastor John Orozco walks through what the Bible says about why human relationships are so essential, why they so often feel broken, and what Jesus did to bring them back. Starting in Genesis with the...
Many of us are exhausted from trying to prove our value. We push harder, seek approval, and wonder if we will ever measure up. But what if the thing you are trying to earn is something you already have? In this message, pastor Diane Rutledge takes...
"God helps those who help themselves." Many people assume Jesus said this. He didn't. And the idea behind it has done more harm than we realize. In this message by pastor Steve Ingold, we look at a story Jesus told in Luke 16 about a...
Most of us were taught that faith begins with saying the right words. But what if that was never the whole story? This Easter, pastor Steve Ingold looks at one of the most common phrases in Christian culture, "Pray the Sinner's...
You've probably heard it said: "God won't give you more than you can handle." It sounds comforting. But what if it's not actually true, and what if believing it is making things harder? In this Good Friday message, Pastor...
You've probably heard the phrase "hate the sin, love the sinner." It sounds compassionate, kind, Christian. But Jesus never said it. And what Jesus actually did instead changes things. In this message, Pastor Steve Ingold looks at a...
"Submit to authority." It's one of the most quoted phrases in the Bible. It's also one of the most misused. Throughout history, these words have been used to silence protest, protect the powerful, and keep vulnerable people in...
When someone we love is hurting, we reach for words that feel comforting. But what if one of the most common things Christians say in those moments is actually making the pain worse? In Part 1 of "Stuff Jesus Didn't Say," Pastor...
What if prayer isn't something you have to figure out on your own? In this message, we look at Luke 11, where the disciples ask Jesus to teach them to pray after watching the way he lived. What he gives them is more than a script. It's a...
Most of us have kind of a built-in gauge for how we're doing spiritually. But what if we are using the wrong measuring stick? In this message pastor Becky Fitch looks at what Jesus actually says about spiritual health, and it might not be what...
Your life runs on repetition. The real question is whether your rhythms are forming you in hope and freedom, or perhaps shaping you in worry and distraction. In Part 2 of our Basics series, Pastor John Orozco explores Colossians 3 and the life-giving...
