Episodes

SERIES: Sermon on the Mount TITLE: Love Your Enemies (Seriously?) SCRIPTURE: Matthew 5:43-48 PREACHING: Matt Knapp, Associate Pastor Matthew 5:43-48 might be the hardest command in the Sermon on the Mount, "love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you," What does that look like in an election season, in our families, and at the communion table.

Sermon Series: The Sermon on the Mount Sermon Title: Keep Your Hands to Yourself Preaching: Pastor Brandon Goad Text: Matthew 5:38-42 Description: Jesus calls for us to break the cycle of mutual destruction by calling us to an active, costly pursuit of restoration that absorbs hostility rather than returning it. Relinquishing our right to get even frees us to embody the disarming, reconciling love of Christ in a culture obsessed with payback.

Sermon Series: Sermon on the Mount Sermon Title: Keeping the Covenants that Keep Us Sermon Text: Matthew 5:33-37 Preaching: Angela Rajnus, Discipleship Coordinator Description: We often measure integrity by our biggest decisions—the contracts we sign, the crises we endure, or the moral lines we refuse to cross. But in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus reveals that integrity can be won or lost in words you say and the promises you make.

SERIES: Sermon on the Mount TITLE: What About Lust? SCRIPTURE: Matthew 5:27–32 PREACHING: Brandon Goad, Lead Pastor Jesus moves past outward compliance to address the hidden intentions of the soul. While religious tradition treated adultery and divorce as mere legal boundaries to manage, Jesus recalibrates the standard back to God’s original, holy intent. This message calls believers to examine their inner desires, take decisive action against temptation, and cherish the covenant of marriage...

Sermon series: Sermon on the Mount Title: The Anatomy of Anger Text: Matthew 5:21-26 Description: Destructive actions on the surface of our lives are actually symptoms of untreated anger and contempt bubbling up from within our hearts. Jesus' radical cure for stepping out of resentment is reconciliation. Question for the countdown in the first service: What would it take for you to turn your feelings of malice towards someone into genuine feelings of goodwill?

SERIES: Sermon on the Mount TITLE: What does it mean to be in God's family? SCRIPTURE: 5:13–20 PREACHING: Brandon Goad, Lead Pastor In Matthew 5:13–20, Jesus begins the Sermon on the Mount by teaching his followers what it means to live as members of God’s family. Because our adoption precedes our instruction, we are called to bear the family resemblance, embrace the story of God’s faithful work, and learn to represent our Father by following his Son.

SERIES: Sermon on the Mount TITLE: The Beatitudes SCRIPTURE: Matthew 5:1-5:12 PREACHING: Jonathan Montejano, Associate Pastor We live in a culture that measures a "blessed" life by our comfort, our bank accounts, and our success. But two thousand years ago, Jesus sat down on a hillside and introduced an upside-down kingdom that completely flipped our definition of the word.

Series: Dear Church Title: Resurrection Life Text: 1 Corinthians 15 & 16 Preacher: Lead Pastor, Brandon Goad Description: Because Christ has conquered death and we will share in his resurrection, we can live resurrection life now. We leave behind the ways of life shaped by death and live steadfastly in Christ, serving others with confidence that our labor in the Lord is never in vain.

Series: Dear Church Title: Building up the Body of Christ Text: 1 Corinthians 14 Preacher: Lead Pastor, Brandon Goad Description: Any of us can be that person on any given day, focused on our own spiritual needs, unaware of how our posture detracts from the building up of Christ’s body. And here’s the counterintuitive truth: when we all focus on building up Christ’s body, we will be built up personally. Because we are part of the body that is being built up. That’s what Paul has been saying ...

Series: Dear Church Title: Love is Good Text: 1 Corinthians 13 Preaching: Pastor Brandon Goad In a world where it is easier than ever to avoid difficult relationships, Paul calls the church to a different way: a love that is patient, kind, and enduring. This Sunday we’ll explore how the friction of life together becomes the place where Christ forms us into his people.

Series: Dear Church Title: The Greatest Gift Text: 1 Corinthians 12 Preaching: Brandon Goad, Lead Pastor

SERIES: Dear Church TITLE: Who Do You See? SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 11 PREACHING: Brandon Goad, Lead Pastor

Sermon Series Dear Church Sermon Title: Liberty Sermon Text 1 Corinthians 8-10 Preaching: Angela Rajnus

Sermon Series: Dear Church Sermon Title: Holiness Sermon Text: 1 Corinthians 5 & 6 Preaching: Matt Knapp, Transitional Lead Pastor Description: Biblical holiness and discipline function as God's purpose and process for shaping His people. Moving past rigid legalism, we can navigate difficult scriptures with curiosity, embrace community accountability, and rest in our identity as a new creation in Christ.

Series: Dear Church Topic: Leadership Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3/4 Preaching: Discipleship Coordinator, Angela Rajnus Questions: Where do you see yourself drawn toward comparing leaders or elevating personalities instead of Christ? As God’s people, what are we building with—what truly lasts, or what merely feels easy or comfortable? Who has helped build your faith, and how might God be calling you to do the same for someone else?

Series: Dear Church Topic: Wisdom Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-2:16 Preaching: Lynette Sanchez (Guest Preacher) Questions: What markers for success in the world (for example: education level, career, family, wealth, health, lack of conflict) were you taught are important? How does the wisdom of God in Christ challenge those norms for success? What can you do intentionally this week to pay attention to the presence of the Holy Spirit and resist the wisdom of the world?

Series: Dear Church Topic: Unity Text: 1 Corinthians 1:1-17 Questions: 1. For the Head: How does the Gospel clash with some of your worldviews? 2. For the Heart: What are some emotional lines you have let your “tribes” draw for you? How has that affected your relationships? 3. For the Hands: Who will you be more curious about this month? What will you do to learn more about them?

Topic: In The Waiting Text: John 11:1-44 Preaching: Director of Student Ministries, Jonathan Montejano Questions: What are you waiting on God for? What are your expectations of God in your waiting? Have you given up on waiting?

Topic: In the Resets Text: 1 Kings 19:1-18 Preaching: Transitional Pastor Matt Knapp Questions: For the head: Where do you expect to find God showing up? Is it possible he is showing up somewhere else? For the heart: What are you carrying right now? Not what you tell people you are carrying - what you're actually carrying? For the hands: Who are your "seven-thousand?" Who can you reach out to for support this week?

Series: Staying Grounded Title: In the Detours Text: Luke 24:13-35 Preaching: Lead Pastor Candidate, Brandon Goad

Series: Staying Grounded Title: In the Wilderness Text: Exodus 3:1–12 Preaching: Transitional Lead Pastor, Matt Knapp Three questions: For the head: In what area of your life do you feel "delayed" or stuck right now? For the heart: What is the biggest fear or excuse that surfaces when you think about God using you in this season? For the hands: What is one "ordinary" task you can do this week with more attention, as if it were holy ground?

Series: Back to Life Title: Dreaming Again Text: Revelation 21:1-15 Preaching: Transitional Lead Pastor, Matt Knapp Questions: For your head: When life gets hard, do you try to fix everything yourself, or do you usually just want to give up? For heart: What is one specific area of your life where you need to start dreaming again? For your hands: If God is writing a good ending... how does that change your approach to your day-to-day?

Series: Back to Life Title: Hope for the Neighborhood Text: Isaiah 58:1-12 Preaching: Discipleship Coordinator, Angela Rajnus Three questions: For the head: How does Isaiah 58 challenge your understanding of what God considers “true worship”? For the heart: Where is the Spirit stirring compassion, mercy, or a burden for justice as you consider injustices or brokenness in your “neighborhood”? For the hands: What is one concrete step our church, or your small group, or family can take to be...

Series: Back to Life Title: Resurrecting Relationships Text: John 21:1-17 Preaching: Transitional Lead Pastor, Matt Knapp Three questions: For the head: How is holding onto your "right to be right" actually keeping a relationship dead? For the heart: What is it costing you to keep running from a dead relationship? For the hands: What is one act of grace you can give to someone in your life with whom you have a dead relationship?