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Exodus 20:1-7 Louis Tamburro The big idea of the message is that God’s laws prove we’re great failures, in need of a greater Savior. They prove just how powerless we really are at living out the life God wants us to live. They even prove how powerless a skeptic is, because most skeptics I know agree with many of the 10 Commandments, especially the last 5-6. They agree the last 5-6 commandments are...

Exodus 3-12 Remember who God is when you’re struggling with who you are. We all came in here today like Moses, carrying struggles and insecurities. We’re carrying struggles and insecurities as parents, as spouses, as children. We’re carrying struggles and insecurities as students, as athletes, as employees, as leaders. We’re carrying struggles and insecurities as Christians, or as skeptics. We all...

Genesis 39-50 Louis Tamburro Life doesn’t always go as you planned, but God still has a plan for your life. This doesn’t mean God will do things according to your plans, your timeline, or even within your lifetime. Sometimes we get to see the good of God’s plans unfolding within our lifetime, but sometimes we won’t see it until after this lifetime when we enter into eternity. Either way the story...

Genesis 27-30 Zack Casey Man-made schemes are never greater than God-ordained plans. God is big enough to redeem any situation and any person, just like we see with Jacob and his family. This is a beautiful story of God’s sovereignty, compassion, mercy, and forgiveness. He still loves you, and he can still use you. He can use even our worst mistakes to bring about his perfect plans. So give thanks...

Genesis 16:1-6 Louis Tamburro Our unfaithfulness doesn’t change God’s faithfulness. Just as God was faithful to keep his promises to Abram, Sarai, and Hagar, he’ll keep his promises to us.

Genesis 11:1-9 Louis Tamburro The Tower of Babel was a Tower of Disappointment, but today we are still trying to build our own towers.  That will only lead to more towers of disappointment. We have to build our towers, our lives, and our plans on Jesus. So whose plans are you living for?  Whose guidance and strength are you relying on daily to achieve those plans? Whose kingdom and glory are you c...

Genesis 6-9 Louis Tamburro The flood of God’s wrath demonstrates the flood of God’s love, because it means God isn’t willing to let our lives be destroyed by evil forever. He loves us enough to punish evil, and He loves us enough to give us a way out of evil. That way is through faith and trust in Jesus. 

Genesis 3 Louis Tamburro Sin leads to the fall of humanity, but Jesus leads to the restoration of humanity. It’s easy to blame God and others for the world being so messed up, but the reality is we’ve contributed to the world being messed up too. Every time we sin, lose our temper, ignore somebody’s cry for help, indulge in our desire to be in control, we contribute to the problem. I love what G.K...

Scripture: Genesis 1 Pastor: Louis Tamburro The beginning starts with God, and He brings light into the darkness. The beginning of The Story , the beginning of creation and life starts with God, and He brings light into the darkness. Genesis 1 teaches your life wasn’t an accident, it wasn’t formed by luck, it was formed by the very hands of God. Your life will never be complete, until you align yo...

Psalm 119:1-4 Louis Tamburro The big idea of the message is the bible gives information, that can lead to our transformation. The bible’s been transforming the lives of both skeptics and believers for years, and if you commit to reading and applying it this year, it’ll transform your life too. It’ll lead you into a deeper relationship with the God who came to save and transform your life, which is...

Matthew 2:1-18 Alex Robinson When it comes to Jesus, the choice is either joyful, submissive worship or outright, selfish rejection.

Matthew 11:1-6 Louis Tamburro Jesus is an approachable Savior. You can go to Jesus with your sins and sufferings, because Jesus is an approachable Savior. He’s an approachable Savior who put flesh on his love through his incarnate birth. He chose to enter our world to love us intimately, restore us fully, and save us eternally. Do you want to be forgiven of your sins? Do you want a fresh start, yo...

Matthew 20:29-34 Emmanuel Bellon Doing life is complicated and continues to be stressful and unpredictable. We experience difficult situations of hurts, pains, failures, brokenness, isolation, rebellion, and abandonment. The gift of Jesus' compassion produces mercy that no one else can give us in our times of trouble. Our comfort comes from the gift of Christ's compassion expressed in me...

Hebrews 7:23-27 Louis Tamburro There’s peace for your life in the daily intercession of Christ. There’s so much peace for your life, your relationships, your career, your identity, your insecurities, your guilt, your life and eternal life, in the daily intercession of Christ. Life’s too hard to go at it alone, and heaven’s too pure for you to enter on your merits alone. You can try being your own...

Matthew 11:28-30 Louis Tamburro There’s rest for your burdens in life in the gentle heart of Christ. His heart is just as gentle and humble today as it was in the past. Whatever your burdens, worries, doubts, insecurities, failures, and sins are, they’re never bigger than the heart of Christ. So come to him daily. Come to him, pray to him, study him, reflect on him and his teachings saying “Lord I...

Isaiah 9:1-7 Zack Casey This is an invitation to unwrap the gift that fulfills God’s promise, meets your needs, and exceeds your expectations. There is so much more to Jesus than his work on the cross. That’s not to downplay the significance of his death and resurrection. It means everything to us. But if that is all you know of Jesus then you are missing out on so much. You may know about the wor...

Luke 10:25-37 Louis Tamburro Generosity can be displayed through your time, talent, and treasures, but you’re going to fail at living that out. Both skeptics and believers are going to fail at being generous, fail at loving God and our neighbors, at the level we desire and Jesus requires. See the primary point of this parable is that we’re the lawyer. We’re all the lawyer, we’re all failing to lov...

2 Corinthians 9:6-15 Louis Tamburro The heart of the giver, the attitude of the giver, is more important than the amount of the giving. Like I said a few weeks ago, if a pastor talking about money is an issue for you, then give somewhere else. I say that not to give Christians an out on giving to the church. I say it because I want you to know we care more about the treasure in your heart than the...

2 Corinthians 2:10-9:2 Louis Tamburro Giving benefits you, those around you, and the restoration of creation. The good news of the gospel is that all the treasures you’re pursuing in life require you to make sacrifices to obtain them, but Jesus is the one who sacrificed to obtain you. All the treasures you’re pursuing require you to purchase them, but Jesus is the one who died for your sins to pur...

2 Corinthians 8:1-9 Louis Tamburro Both skeptics and believers would agree it isn’t good for us to live in a world of greed.  Imagine living in a society full of greed, a society where nobody’s ever generous with their time, talents, or treasures. Imagine living in a society where nobody’s ever willing to help when your car breaks down, help bring you meals when you’re sick, help when you’re strug...

Louis Tamburro, Kristen Wood, Emmanuel Bellon, Zack Casey This discussion closes out our series on living as a graceful resistance. We address 9 questions that dig a little deeper into the topics we've addressed over the past few weeks, and hopefully give some more practical insight on how to live with conviction in a culture of compromise. 

Genesis 2:15-17 Zack Casey Our spiritual freedom should compel us to be good stewards of our religious freedoms. We are free to live as strangers and aliens in this world because we are no longer slaves to the world. Jesus said in John 8:36, “if the Son sets you free, you really will be free.” If we have placed our trust in Jesus, then we should never fear being enslaved by laws or men. The world...

Genesis 1:27-28 Louis Tamburro God’s design for humanity includes the beauty of gender. When God created human identity and gender He said it’s very good , but we distorted the image of God we were created in with our sin. Jesus came to die for our sins, to restore our distorted identity, and to give us eternal security in an eternal relationship with him. Our weary souls will never find rest, unt...

Romans 1:25-31 Louis Tamburro  You can still be loving, without affirming or alienating. The cultural narrative is that Christians and same sex orientation people should either affirm or alienate each other. But Jesus gives a 3rd option, which is to love without affirming or alienating. Jesus held the highest view of scripture and holiness, while still loving those who didn’t. He shared meals with...

Ephesians 2:11-16 Louis Tamburro It's the gospel of grace that can heal our issues with race. Racism is a sinful offense against Jesus and his atoning work on the cross. Jesus died on the cross to open the door of salvation not just for whites, blacks, or latinos. It’s for all people so that whoever believes in him will not perish, but shall have eternal life! So if you’re a skeptic believe J...