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What is the gospel? That question has divided the church throughout the ages but it stands as the foundation upon which the church is built.  Listen in as Pastor Arnaldo helps to unpack the gospel background, gospel content, gospel benefits, and gospel fruit. We pray you're blessed by this teaching and hope to see you at one of our Gatherings soon. 

Our emotions are major prophets in our lives; they often tell us what we don't want to hear.  This week Pastor Arnaldo will lead us through Jonah 4 as we explore both anger and sadness in the emotional lives of Jonah and God and what they reveal.  We pray this teaching was helpful and hope to see you at our Gathering soon. 

"REPENT OR BURN!"  When we hear the word "repentance" many of us hear and experience a negative word or idea. Maybe we've had an abusive past experience at church where repentance was used as a club rather than a sweet invitation into life.  This week Pastor Arnaldo will take us through Jonah 3 to help us understand repentance in a whole new light.  We pray this teaching has been he...

Join us as Pastor Arnaldo open up the second sermon in our 4-part series through the book of Jonah. This week we'll be diving deep into Jonah chapter 2 and experience with Jonah his own rock bottom. We'll learn that the very vehicle of death is hijacked to be the place of new birth.  We pray this teaching was a blessing to you and hope to see you at one of our Gatherings soon. 

Jonah, the rebel prophet, demonstrates that you simply can't run from the presence and call of God! Are you running?

Join us as we close our 3-month journey through the Upper Room with Jesus and the Twelve! Today Pastor Arnaldo will guide us through John 17:20-26 and highlight Jesus' desire and prayer that the church all be one, even as Jesus and the Father are one.  We'll learn that our unity confirms two things: that Jesus said who he said he is, and that God loves the world. This is a high calling! One w...

This week Pastor Arnaldo helps us explore John 17:6-19. He reminds us that being sanctified is not about separation; being sanctified is about distinction. Being set apart as the church is not about remaining separate from the world; being set apart as the church is about remaining distinct in the world for the sake of the world.  You are not of the world, for the sake of the world.  We...

Where do you turn in the face of life's troubles? What do you look to? Who do you put your trust in?  James Wong walks us through the final verses of John 16 where Jesus speaks of the unavoidable reality of trouble; but also shows us where we can find courage and strength for this life. 

We are far better off without Jesus.  That's not something you'd expect to hear, but that is exactly what Jesus will say this week as we explore the reality of his absence and the coming of the Spirit of God. Join us as Pastor Arnaldo walks through John 16.  We pray this teaching is a blessing for you and hope to see you at one of our Gatherings soon. 

God. Is. Love.  But what does this love look like in a world that is ravaged by both personal and systemic injustice and sin? As Cornel West reminds us, "Justice is what love looks like in public." Join us this week as we hear from our Pastor Arnaldo and Liz Wells about our partnership with International Justice Mission whose vision is to rescue millions, protect half a billion, and make just...

In a culture that is obsessed with approval, one of the greatest costs to following Jesus is his warning that if the world hated him, it will hate us too.  Listen in as Pastor Arnaldo explores the reality that to associate ourselves with Jesus in this life incurs the possibility of hatred from the world.  We pray you're blessed by this teaching and hope to see you at one of our Gathering...

We are created for communion, for companionship, for friendship.  One of deepest aches we can feel is that of loneliness, of being left on the outside. One of the most powerful experiences we can have is being befriended.  Imagine if the Creator of the universe calls you friend ... Join us this week as Arnaldo walks us through John 15:12-17 where Jesus calls us 'friend'. We pray you are...

What does it mean to abide in Jesus?  This week, Pastor Arnaldo will walk us through some of the most famous words of Jesus in John 15. We'll explore what it means to abide, what practices we need to begin to abide, and what the fruit of abiding in Jesus is. We really hope you're blessed by this teaching and pray we get to meet you at one of our Gatherings soon.

Obedience. We all have different experiences and relationships with the idea of obedience. Many see obedience to a command as oppressive to our true selves. But Jesus paints a different picture. A picture that doesn't coerce obedience but one that sees obedience as a beautiful invitation to enjoy and express God's love, rather than earn it.  We pray this teaching has blessed you and we hope t...

You will always have troubles.  This is a given in life. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, or creed we can all agree, that in life, we will experience pain and disillusionment. The difference is in how we deal with it.  In our text (John 14:1-14) Arnaldo will guide us through the trouble that Jesus perceives in the heart of his disciples as he prepares them for his departure. And we'll le...

What does it mean to be the people of God? What has to be true of the church for the church to be true? This week we're continuing our series through John 13-17 "The Upper Room".  Our pastor Arnaldo will walk us through John 13:31-38 what it means to have love as the defining characteristic of being the church. We pray this teaching is a blessing to you and hope to see you at one of our gathe...

We're launching a brand new series through the Gospel of John 13-17 over the next couple of months called "The Upper Room," where we're going to have the opportunity to get up close and personal with Jesus during his last hours on earth.  This week, Arnaldo will look at the reality that true greatness comes through humility and service, rather than domination and being served.  We pray t...

Axioms are assumed truths; they are rarely questioned and often believed by most people within a culture or subculture.  One of today's axioms is self-autonomy.  We believe it is an inalienable right to belong to ourselves and none other; and any type of external authority, especially on our physical bodies, is seen as the utmost betrayal of basic human rights.  The question we need...

What is the church? Who are we going to be as a church? Join us this week as we dive back into our DNA, the nuts & bolts, who we are and who we are seeking to become. We believe God is always at work and raising up new life from old places and we want to be a part of what he is already doing.  Our call is to do whatever it takes to bring the wayward home. Will you join us? We pray this te...

We began this journey through the book of Ecclesiastes "Full of Weariness" but we are ending it "Full of Hope."  Join us as Pastor Arnaldo closes off our series VANITAS as we look at the conclusion of the matter and see how Jesus is the only and ultimate answer to the existential cry in our souls. We pray you're blessed by this teaching and hope to see you at one of our Gatherings soon. 

Qohelet, or "The Preacher" has been going on about how finding our identity and purpose in things like sex, money, possessions, and work are a dead end. And for many Christians, that doesn't come as a surprise.  But this week, Ecclesiastes will also say that religion is equally worthless in helping us achieve "enoughness" - and so things that have been traditionally considered "bad" won't get...

We can conquer the known world like Alexander the Great, sell records like Kanye, own real estate like Trump, be crazy successful like Oprah and yet be left with an itch that nothing can scratch. An eternal itch can only be remedied by an eternal scratch.  Join us as we continue to explore the book of Ecclesiastes as we look at the vanity of searching.  We hope to see you at one of our G...

"Grow up!" Something we've said, something we've heard said to us.  In many ways, that's great advice; we do need to grow up, take care of ourselves and others, and take on new responsibilities.  But in the kingdom of God, growing up looks different. We grow up as we grow down; the more childlike we are as we relate to Jesus, the more effective we actually become. This is the Paradox of...

"Whatever makes you happy" has become gospel in our culture. We believe that it is our absolute 'right' to pursue happiness, and at just about any cost. We're often discipled to pursue happiness through pleasure and possessions but does it deliver on its' promises?  The desire, the belief, that we can discover or create a meaningful life through pleasure and possessions is one that each and e...

We have amassed an incredible amount of data and knowledge over the past 50 years. We know more about more things than any period in human history. And the promise of our incredible advancements in technology and the sciences are that we would usher in a period of flourishing, we would create utopia, in a word, the promise is that we would find salvation. But is this the case? Can it be the case?&...