Restored Church Temecula Podcast

Mike Harrelson - October 19th 2025 The Father’s heart is for every lost, wandering, and wounded child to come home. This week, Mike continues our King and His Kingdom series in Matthew 18:10–14 , revealing the Father’s relentless love through the parable of the lost sheep. Using vivid stories—from Disney World to the shepherd’s care for fallen sheep—Mike paints a picture of a God who guides, prote...

Jarek Berga - October 12th 2025 Jesus calls us to cut off what will destroy us and humble ourselves like children. This week, Jarek continues our King and His Kingdom series in Matthew 18:1–9 , where Jesus confronts our obsession with greatness and status. Using vivid imagery about cutting off limbs and gouging out eyes, Jesus invites us to take sin seriously—not by mutilation, but by transformati...

Josh Lewis - October 5th 2025 The church is not a business or a building — it’s the dwelling place of God’s presence. This week, pastor Josh Lewis visits us from our sister church, Anthem Denver, and teaches from Ephesians 2:19–22 , calling us to rethink what “church” really is. God isn’t inviting us into a club or a consumer experience but into His family and temple — a people built on the founda...

Tom Logue - September 28th 2025 Jesus knows, reigns, loves, and provides — offering a greater freedom than self can give. This week, Tom continues our King and His Kingdom series in Matthew 17:24–27, where Jesus instructs Peter to find a coin in a fish’s mouth to pay the temple tax. Through this surprising story, Tom unpacks four stunning truths about Jesus: He knows what we need before we ask, He...

Jarek Berga - September 21st 2025 Prayer is the counterplay to the enemy’s schemes. This week, Jarek continues our King and His Kingdom series by walking us through Ephesians 6 and the armor of God.  Using the analogy of a football playbook, he shows how knowing the enemy’s plays—strained relationships and angry feelings—helps us stand firm. Jarek unpacks Paul’s call to prayer as the way we “put o...

Tom Logue - September 14th 2025 Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good. This week, Tom pauses our King and His Kingdom series to address the events surrounding the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk and the reactions that followed. From Romans 12 and Ephesians 6, he reminds us that the greatest war we face is not political or cultural, but a cosmic war against evil itself . Our...

Mike Harrelson - September 7th 2025 Every false hope will sink, but Jesus—the true King—never will. This week, Mike continues our King and His Kingdom series in Matthew 17:22–23, where Jesus again predicts His betrayal, death, and resurrection. Just as the Titanic was thought to be “unsinkable,” the disciples’ misplaced expectations of a political Messiah blinded them to God’s true plan. Mike shar...

Tom Logue - August 31st 2025 God’s chief emotion toward you is love. This week, Tom continues our King and His Kingdom series in Matthew 17:14–20, where a desperate father brings his suffering son to Jesus. After the disciples fail to heal the boy, Jesus reveals not only His power but also His heart: He is emotionally engaged with His people. Tom unpacks how Jesus responds to unbelief, frustration...

Tom Logue - August 24th 2025 When Jesus is transfigured, His disciples are transformed. This week, Tom continues our King and His Kingdom series in Matthew 17 with the story of the Transfiguration . As Peter, James, and John encounter Jesus in His glory alongside Moses and Elijah, they discover that Jesus is supreme —greater than the Law, greater than the Prophets, and worthy of our full attention...

Ebony Logue - August 17th 2025 God is both a Father and a Gardener, pruning us so we can bear lasting fruit. This week, Ebony shares a powerful message from John 15 about abiding in the true vine, Jesus . Through personal stories, the picture of pruning, and the reminder that God is both a Father and a Gardener , she invites us to see how God’s loving discipline produces lasting fruit in our lives...

Jarek Berga - August 10th 2025 This week we paused our King and His Kingdom series for a timely message on avoiding the two ditches that can derail our walk with Jesus— independence and codependence . Drawing from Hebrews 10 and Galatians 6, we're challenged to embrace interdependence : owning our personal load while helping bear one another’s burdens in Christ. Along the way, Pastor Jarek shares...

Tom Logue - August 3rd 2025 Deny Yourself. Take Up Your Cross. Follow Him. Jesus makes clear: the path to true life comes through the cross—not just His, but ours too. In this message, we explore what it means to surrender our self-rule, embrace repentance, and follow the King who laid down His life for us. The invitation? Come and die… so that you may truly live. Learn more about our church: http...

Mike Harrelson - July 27th 2025 Church isn't about showing up — it's a body that's growing up. In this pastoral message from Ephesians 4:1–16, we’re reminded that spiritual maturity doesn’t happen in isolation. Jesus gives diverse gifts to His people for the building up of the body—until we grow into His likeness together. This teaching invites each of us to step into our part—not passively, but w...

Jarek Berga - July 20th 2025   Jesus doesn’t just build the Church—He builds us into it. In The King & His Kingdom series, we arrive at Matthew 16:13–20, where Jesus asks His disciples, “Who do you say I am?” Peter’s confession of Jesus as the Christ becomes the foundation for a powerful promise: I will build my Church. This message presses us to consider the same question—and challenges us to...

Vin Latteri - July 13th 2025 The danger isn’t just around us—it’s the subtle influence that shapes us from within. As we continue our The King & His Kingdom series in Matthew 16:1–12, Jesus is met with demands for signs—and offers a warning instead: beware the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees. This message challenges us to examine what’s forming our thinking. Are our expectations causing u...

Jarek Berga - July 6th 2025 Jesus doesn’t just meet needs—He invites us into the miracle. As we continue The King & His Kingdom series in Matthew 15:32–39, we see Jesus moved with compassion for a weary crowd. He invites the disciples to participate in the distribution—and still today, He includes His followers in His work. This message reminds us that Jesus is offering bread that truly satisf...

Tom Logue - June 29th 2025 The mountain was full of need—and every need found healing at the feet of Jesus. This week in our The King & His Kingdom series, we slowed down with just three verses: Matthew 15:29–31. The crowd came up the mountain carrying the blind, the lame, the mute, the broken—and laid them at Jesus’ feet. He welcomed them. He healed them. And the result? Worship. This message...

Maria Horta - June 22nd 2025 Wisdom isn’t just about what you know—it’s about who you’re becoming. This week, we paused our King & His Kingdom series to hear from one of our gospel partners—a trusted voice who led us through the book of Proverbs. As we listened to the competing calls of Lady Wisdom and Lady Folly, we were reminded that the choices we make are forming us, moment by moment, into...

Tom Logue - June 15th 2025   Jesus isn’t pushing you away—He’s drawing out your faith. As we continue our The King & His Kingdom series in Matthew 15:21–28, we encounter a Canaanite woman who boldly cries out to Jesus for help. Though seemingly ignored and dismissed, her faith presses through offense, silence, and delay. This message challenges us to see how Jesus invites us into a deeper kind...

Tom Logue - June 8th 2025 True worship starts where no one else can see—in the heart. As we continue our The King & His Kingdom series in Matthew 15, Jesus calls out empty external worship and reminds us that what truly defiles a person comes from within. This message invites us to examine our hearts, repent where needed, and embrace the cleansing power of Jesus’ blood. In a world obsessed wit...

Tom Logue - June 1st 2025 Hypocrisy can hide in the most devoted-looking lives—how do we make sure it’s not hiding in ours? As we continue our series The King & His Kingdom in Matthew 15:1–9, Jesus calls out the Pharisees not for breaking the law—but for replacing it with their preferences. It’s a sobering look at how easily we trade the heart of worship for appearances, and God’s commands for...

Jarek Berga - May 25th 2025 When self-effort sinks, grace takes hold. As we continue our series The King & His Kingdom through the Gospel of Matthew, we come to Matthew 14:22–33—where the disciples are caught in a storm, rowing through the night, and Peter steps out of the boat, only to lose confidence and begin to sink. This sermon explores what it means to follow Jesus through exhaustion, fe...

Tom Logue - May 18th 2025 Discipleship isn’t safe. It’s supernatural. This week in The King & His Kingdom series, we look at the feeding of the five thousand (Matthew 14:13–21) and see not just a miracle—but a model. Jesus doesn’t just meet needs; He invites His disciples into the impossible. This message is a call to trust God’s compassion, bring what we have, and step into faith—even when th...

Tom Logue - May 11th 2025 What’s really driving your life? This week in The King & His Kingdom series, we explore the story of John the Baptist’s death in Matthew 14—and what it reveals about fear, compromise, and courage. While Herod is ruled by the fear of people, John remains faithful, even to death. This message calls us to ask: What do we fear most? And where do we go with our pain? Jesus...

May 4th, 2025 Celebrating 7 Years of God's Faithfulness to Our Church Family! We set aside time to hear stories from our community—real moments of meeting with Jesus, being changed by His love, and walking with Him together. These testimonies remind us that the church is more than a service… it’s a family formed by the grace and goodness of God. Whether you’ve been here for years or you’re just tu...