Southside Church

What if giving was never meant to be an obligation? What if it was always an invitation? Pastor Mike makes the case that generosity isn’t just a moment. It’s a life. Drawing from the book of Acts, he explains how Jesus flipped the script with grace, and then raised the bar on our blessing. You don’t have to give. You get to. Because our God is a giver, not a taker. The people we admire most are al...

There’s a difference between believing in God and actually trusting Him. And one of the clearest places that difference shows up is in how we hold our money. In this message Pastor Mike Mannes continues our journey through the book of Acts and lands on the third posture, give. But this isn’t really a sermon about money. It’s a sermon about trust. Because underneath every act of generosity is one s...

We are living in the loneliest, most isolated culture in human history. Most of us feel it, even when we never say it out loud. In this message Pastor Mike Mannes continues our journey through the book of Acts with the second of four postures that open our lives to God. Gather. It sounds simple, but it cuts against everything our culture says about being strong and self-sufficient. Because needing...

Think about the last thing that genuinely brought you joy. A restaurant, a show, a trip you took. What’s the first thing you did? You told someone. That instinct to share what we love is closer to the heart of following Jesus than we might think. In this message Pastor Phil Hills continues our journey through the book of Acts and lands in Athens, where the apostle Paul stood among a thousand idols...

We are living in anxious times. We track our sleep, our steps, our screens, every variable we can get our hands on, quietly believing that if we just control enough of them, nothing bad can reach us or the people we love. But we can't control it all. And underneath the effort, the fear keeps growing. In this tender and deeply honest message, Pastor Corinne Mannes names the question so many of...

The message of Jesus is still the most compelling thing in the world. So why does the church in the West feel like it is shrinking rather than growing? In this message Pastor Mike Mannes continues our journey through the book of Acts with a claim that reframes everything. It was never a power problem. It is a posture problem. The same Holy Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead is as alive and at...

Have you ever caught yourself just going through the motions? Heart beating, lungs breathing, days passing, and yet somewhere along the way you stopped feeling truly alive. In this message Pastor Mike Mannes zooms in on the centerpiece of the book of Acts, the moment Jesus tells a ragtag, exhausted group of followers, you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. They had every reaso...

Somewhere along the way, we stopped being able to stand beside people who see the world differently than we do. Different politics, different opinions, and suddenly we decide we can't be on the same team. In this message Pastor Mike Mannes picks up the story in the book of Acts, where the early church faced the very same divide between insiders and outsiders. He draws a clear line between unit...

When you lay your head on the pillow at night, does a quiet question ever rise up? Isn't there more to life than this? More than winning, more than pleasure, more than money, because somehow it never quite fills you. In this message Pastor Mike Mannes picks up the story in the book of Acts and makes a simple, bold claim. The more we're all aching for is Jesus. Drawing from the moment the e...

What if there was one simple habit, backed by decades of research, that led to stronger relationships, a more meaningful life, and a deeper sense of hope? There is. And it might surprise you. It might even trigger you a little.

What do you do when hope starts to feel foolish? When you've prayed for the same thing so long that believing for it feels naive, even a little scary? Most of us have something like that. A situation we've quietly filed away. A prayer we stopped praying because it hurt too much to keep hoping. In this message Leah Derksen gently makes the case that we serve a God of miracles, and that even...

Who are the people you've quietly written off? The ones you've stopped praying for, the ones you've filed under "not for me"? If we're honest, most of us do it without even thinking. We split the world into these people and those people, us and them. In this message Pastor Mike continues our journey through the book of Acts to challenge that instinct head on. People are p...

On a tombstone, there are two dates. And a dash in between. The dates are fixed. But the dash? That’s your life. And it hangs in the balance. The moment Jesus saves you, your eternity is looked after. But what happens between now and then is still being written. Pastor Mike draws from the story of Peter and Cornelius in Acts chapter 10 to make a simple but deeply honest case: the quality of your d...

What if the reason you can't hear God isn't that He's gone quiet? What if it's just that life has gotten too loud? In this message Taylor Adams gets honest about what it's like to run so hard you crash. The packed schedule, the constant noise, the nights you lay your head down and feel anything but peace. If that sounds familiar, this one is for you. Drawing from Psalm 46 and t...

We are more connected than ever. And lonelier than ever. How does that happen? In this honest and personal message, Spencer digs into the loneliness epidemic with a real diagnosis. The problem isn't a lack of people around you. It's what's getting in the way of actually knowing them and being known by them. Drawing from Genesis, the words of Jesus, and his own story of sharing the thin...

Most of us are carrying regrets. Things we did wrong, moments we can't take back, patterns we're not proud of. And the world around us is really good at reminding us of all of it. But Pastor Mike offers a better question. Not "why did I do that?" but "what's the best I can do today?" It's a simple shift. And it changes everything. This message walks through Acts...

Have you ever felt like the life you read about in scripture is real for everyone except you? That somehow the extraordinary, purposeful life Jesus offers works for other people, but there's something about you that just doesn't quite qualify? That feeling has a name. And Peter had it too. This message walks through Luke chapter 5 and the story of Peter being asked to do something exhausti...

You can live for pride or you can live with power. But you can't do both. You've got to pick. Most of us have spent more time waiting for a Barnabas than becoming one. We've wanted someone to believe in us, to stand up for us, to speak life over us when everyone else was saying what we're not. And that longing is real. But this message flips it around. Pastor Mike walks through Act...

What do you do when you get everything you thought would fix you, and it doesn't? In this personal and honest message, Geoff shares the story of growing up with an insatiable need for approval, how that followed him into church, into ministry, into marriage, and how a word from an old theology textbook finally started to loosen its grip. That word is propitiation. It means a covering. And it m...

Something happens to a lot of people after they've spent time in church. They go from being amazed at God's love to quietly annoyed at his low standards. From "I can't believe Jesus saved me" to "I don't really believe Jesus would save them." It's not a new problem. It happened in the early church. It happened to Jonah. And if we're honest, it happens to...

A pioneer is someone who goes first. In this Father's Day message, we discover how God uses ordinary people to create extraordinary impact through simple acts of faithfulness. Looking at the stories of Stephen, the woman caught in adultery, and the life of Terry Fox, we're reminded that history often changes because one person decides to take the first step. Most importantly, we see that J...

What if God wants to do something extraordinary through your ordinary life? In this message, guest speaker Aaron Treadway explores the story of Peter and John in Acts 3 and 4 and reminds us that God has always used ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary things. The early church was not built by celebrities, scholars, or spiritual superstars. It was built by people who had been with Jesus. Whe...

What does it actually look like to let God move in your life? Not just in theory, but in the real moments where trust is hard, humility feels offensive, and courage requires you to step into something unfamiliar? This message opens part two of a journey through the book of Acts. Pastor Mike walks through three postures that position us to be shaped by the Holy Spirit: trust, humility, and courage....

Are you tired? Not just physically, but at a soul level? Dissatisfied with where you are but scared to move? Confused about which way to go next? You're not alone. Pastor Mike walks through the book of Jude and makes the case that faith is the mechanism by which God's victory becomes your personal strength. This sermon cuts straight to the practical: if you're feeling defeated, go back...

What if the greatest triumphs of your life have nothing to do with what you've accomplished? This message comes from our archive, recorded by Pastor Mike in April 2017 as part of the Imagine Heaven series. Drawing from near-death accounts and the words of Jesus, it's a sermon that has stayed with people for years — and it's easy to see why. The greatest triumphs of your life will not b...