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589 episodes
Abundance and Acceleration | ryan peterson
08.09.26Over the past season, God has been taking us through a Holy Transition—from crowds to commissioned, from acquaintances to intimacy, and from waiting to birthing—and now He is inviting us into a season of abundance and accelerati...
Is God Enough? | Thomas Toguchi
08.02.26Is God enough, or do we value His gifts more than His face? How easily do we distort the gospel, turning God into a mere tool to get heaven, peace, or purpose? 1 Peter 3:18 and John 17:3 remind us that God Himself is the gospel....
Walking In the Presence of God | Jimmy Coxe
07.26.26To truly abide in Christ, we must learn to live entirely in the present moment. God is eternal, meaning He exists outside of linear time—He lives in the “now.” Therefore, the only place we can actively encounter and exper...
The Fear of God: Does My Sin Cost Others? | Randy Thornton
07.19.26We often forget that we serve a Holy God by emphasizing His love over His holiness. Fearing God is not living in terror, but existing in such awe of His holiness that we hate what separates us from Him—sin. When we lose this fear...
The Faithfulness of God | Dan Lyle
July 12, 2026This week we continue our Character of God Series by considering the Faithfulness of God. His faithfulness means that He is completely true to His character, His promises, and His covenant. This message focuses on His...
The Fatherhood of God: Abiding with Him | Steve Booker
07.05. 2026Earthly experiences shape our view of fatherhood, but Jesus revealed a radical truth: God is not a distant judge, but a loving Father who desires relationship. In Matthew 6, Jesus invites us to approach God as Father—o...
The Overwhelming Generosity of God | Keith Golightly
06.28.26What if God is far more generous than you’ve ever imagined? If He truly is a Giver who delights in blessing His people, why then do so many of us struggle to experience His abundance? In this message, you’ll discover that the is...
Experiencing God’s Love in the Exchanged Life | Jerry Daley
06.21.2026Building on the premise that true success is loving others like God loves, we explore the “How” of Christ’s life: the Exchanged Life. While Jesus declared, “I am the Way,” He modeled a life free of self-reliance, doing ...
The Kindness of God | Hector Ortiz
06.14.2026Part of God’s character is defined by kindness—His goodness and mercy in action. By choosing the single forbidden tree over God’s abundant provision, humanity succumbed to the enemy’s deception, trading divine good for a sinful...
The God-Centered God | Dan Lyle
06.07.2026This week marks the beginning of a new sermon series where we’ll be examining the Character of God. There are no greater questions that we can ask than, “Who is God, and how can I relate to Him?” Throughout this series we’ll he...
Baptism Weekend The Changed Life
May 31, 2026Sermon SummaryBaptism is an important step of obedience that shows others we personally trust Jesus for our salvation. Jesus was baptized when He was on the earth, and we do this to follow His example. When Chri...
Authentic Community and Suffering | ryan peterson
May 24, 2026In conclusion to our series on suffering, we look at the necessity of authentic community. We were never meant to endure life alone. Real community is not supplemental—it is essential. Not mere proximity to people, but a dee...
E̶x̶p̶l̶a̶i̶n̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶G̶o̶d̶ Encountering God | ryan peterson
05.17.2026SERMON NOTESThis week we come to the climactic scene that the book of Job has been building toward: the powerful encounter between God and man. Job comes off the bench with a 2–0 victory over the enemy, exhausting roun...
Discrepancy Between the Reality of GOD and Our Low Experience of Him | ryan peterson
May 10, 2026There is a great disparity between the reality God offers us through the Bible and our limited experience of it. He tends to offer life, peace, joy, and a beauty that is unparalleled, or otherworldly. Yet we continue in the s...
The Function of Suffering | ryan peterson
May 3, 2026We are in our third installment of the book of Job covering the universal, yet unpopular, topic of suffering. Week one we discussed how God uses suffering and week two how we are to respond. This week we will explore the func...
Becoming Valiant for the Truth | Ben Goodman
April 26, 2026Becoming Valiant for the Truth: Training for Life’s ChallengesLife involves inevitable challenges, but Christ provides the foundation for overcoming them. Recognizing that TRUTH is the primary battleground of spiri...
Rejoice in Suffering? | ryan peterson
April 19, 2026Suffering is the shared language of humanity—never chosen, always felt. In this series, we look at Job, a man acquainted with its depths, to understand what pain reveals in our lives. Suffering is not random but should be ...
How Suffering Can Transform the Heart | ryan peterson
April 12, 2026There are certainly common experiences that we are all guaranteed to walk through in life. One we do not choose, but somehow finds all of us is suffering. If life is consistent about one thing, it’s delivering hard circums...
Who Is This? | ryan peterson
April 05, 2026Once a year, people across America pack the church. For many, it’s a glorious day of crowds, beautiful outfits, full stomachs, and busy calendars. But for Jesus, seeing His Church filled is a reminder,“Not everyone who say...
Passion Week | Dan Lyle
March 29, 2026This week as we prepare our hearts for the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection, we’ll pull from three stories within the last week of Jesus’ ministry prior to the crucifixion: The Donkey, The Journey, and The Decision. From...
What Does Success Look Like? | Jerry Daley
March 22, 2026What is success according to God’s Word? Our culture is always attempting to define and redefine what success is. For some it is wealth, others popularity, others climbing the corporate ladder, and yet others it fame or wh...
Contend for the Faith | ryan peterson
March 15, 2026The Church is filled with so many different people. All of us are at different points in our faith and seasons of life; we are walking through different things and facing different challenges. However, the Word calls us to...
Baptism: A Total Surrender | Keith Golightly
March 08, 2026In 1 Peter 3, baptism is compared to the Old Testament story of Noah and his family. Just as Noah surrendered full control to God the moment he shut the door to the Ark, baptism symbolizes a total handover to God’s directi...