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QUESTIONS JESUS ASKED (AND WE MUST ANSWER) Week 9 – "WHAT DOES IT PROFIT A MAN...?" Mark 8:34-37

So we are deep into our summer series, "Questions Jesus Asked (And We Must Answer)." And today's question hits us right between the eyes. It's from Mark 8, and Jesus asks: "What does it profit a man to gain the whole wor

QUESTIONS JESUS ASKED (AND WE MUST ANSWER) Week 8 – "DO YOU LOVE ME?" John 21:1-17

As we continue our summer series on Questions Jesus Asked (And We Must Answer), we come this week to what might be the most personal question Jesus ever posed. It's a question that cuts through all our religious performa

QUESTIONS JESUS ASKED (AND WE MUST ANSWER) Week 4 – "WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?" Matthew 16:13-17

Welcome. It's good you are here today, because today's question is, without a doubt, the most important one Jesus ever asked. There are many important questions in life. Where will you go to school? What career will you

QUESTIONS JESUS ASKED (AND WE MUST ANSWER) Week 3 - "DO YOU WANT TO BE HEALED?" (John 5:1-15)

Throughout this series, we have been examining some of the questions Jesus asked during His earthly ministry. That may seem a little unusual at first because we often think of Jesus as the One who provides answers. Peopl

ACTS: THE MOVEMENT THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Week 9 - GO Part 2 - "THE CHURCH, BOTH SENDING AND SENT"

Have you ever noticed that one of the very first words children learn is the word "mine"? Mine; my toy. Mine; my blanket. Mine; my cookie. Mine; my seat. Nobody has to teach a child to say "mine." In fact, my dad did NOT

ACTS: THE MOVEMENT THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Week 8 - GO Part 1 - "THE HUDDLE AND THE HARVEST"

In football, they have the huddle. The whole purpose of the huddle is to give the team about thirty seconds to call the next play. That’s it. Now, here’s what’s funny—sixty thousand people might be watching that huddle.

ACTS: THE MOVEMENT THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Week 7 - SERVE Part 2 - "THEY TOOK NOTE..."

There are certain people in life who leave a lasting impression on you. Spend enough time around someone and eventually you begin to sound like them. You start using their phrases, picking up their habits, laughing at th

ACTS: THE MOVEMENT THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Week 5 - GROW pt 2 - REFINED BY THE PROCESS

Remember the old tv game show Name That Tune? Where you are given a certain number of notes and you have to figure out what song is being played? Well this morning I want to play a version of that game. We’ll call it Nam

ACTS: THE MOVEMENT THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Week 3 - CONNECT PART 2 - COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY

Let me start with a confession. I like being independent. I really do. I like making decisions without asking for help. I like solving my own problems. And at times I see that tendency creeping into how I do ministry. I

ACTS: THE MOVEMENT THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Week 2 - CONNECT PART 1 - POWERED BY THE PRESENCE

There are moments in history when everything seems to be falling apart, and yet at the very same time, God is quietly at work doing something that changes everything. You can see it in different places and different time

ACTS: THE MOVEMENT OF MISSION Week 1 - TO THE GLORY OF GOD

There’s something in all of us that drifts toward making things about us, even when they weren’t designed that way. Have you ever noticed that? You go somewhere beautiful—a sunset, the beach, the mountains—and instead of

RESURRECTION SUNDAY - “INDEED”

You know, there are certain words in life that carry more weight than others. Not because they’re long. Not because they’re complicated. But because of what they settle. Just a single word - or a simple phrase for that m

HOLY WEEK, PART 3 - WHAT HAPPENS AT THE TABLE

There’s something about “last things” that just carry a different kind of weight. If you’ve ever been with someone near the end of their life, you know what I mean. The conversations change. People don’t talk about trivi

HOLY WEEK, PART 2 - KEEPING THE SACRED SACRED

"The next time someone asks you 'What Would Jesus Do?' remember that flipping over tables and chasing people with a whip is within the realm of possibilities." It's funny because it shatters our image of Jesus. We like t

HOLY WEEK, PART 1 - NOT THE KING THEY WERE LOOKING FOR

You know, there are moments in life when expectations collide with reality in ways that aren’t just disappointing, but heart-wrenching. Most of us have experienced that at some point. Maybe it’s something small, like ord

HALLELUJAH! WEEK 5 THE HARD-FOUGHT HALLELUJAH

This past week, with the Olympics just behind us, Pastor Ethan brought up one of the greatest sports movies in history: Miracle, about the true story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and their player-turned-coach, He

HALLELUJAH! WEEK 4 THE OBEDIENT HALLELUJAH

One of the interesting things about human nature is that we don’t really struggle with obedience in general — we struggle with who we’re obeying. For instance, if a stranger in a parking lot tells you to move your car, y

HALLELUJAH! WEEK 3 - THE REFOCUSING HALLELUJAH

HALLELUJAH! WEEK 2 THE FLUENT HALLELUJAH

When it comes to praising God, have you ever found yourself in an awkward position because the language of worship is a foreign language to you. I mean, even the word Hallelujah, someone asked me last week, they said the

HALLELUJAH! WEEK 1 THE CHOSEN HALLELUJAH

Hallelujah is a powerful word, a powerful concept. It brings in the power of God into the circumstances of our lives in a way that no other word truly can. If we turn it off, we could easily fall into the habit of forget