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Garrett talks about how Jesus fully embodies grace and truth when confronted with the dillemma of a woman who was caught in the act of adultery: uphold the grace He speaks of in His teachings and save her, or uphold the law of Moses and stone her.

Continuing with the Outsiders series, Jake speaks on a group of people not usually thought of when the term “outsiders” is used: Children. He shows us what Jesus had to say about children and how we can act like Jesus by focusing on and blessing children both near and far.

Lepers were quit literally outsiders in Jesus’ day, feared and banished from society. That Jesus guy, though… well, he didn’t treat this leper the way everyone else did.

In our new sermon series, we’re focusing outward rather than inward, not at ourselves but at those Jesus has called us to serve and reach. Zacchaeus was unquestionably an outsider –a short, unethical man despised even among his own people. Bob walks us through the short story of Zacchaeus’s encounter with Jesus and explains the 6 thing Jesus did to invite him in.

In Jesus’s last hours, he asked his disciples to stay awake and pray with him… but it wasn’t easy! How can we, too, stay woke?

Jesus asked a whole lot of questions, and we’ve studied some of the more important ones together over the last few weeks. In the penultimate sermon in this series, Jesus asks the most important question: who do you say I am?

“A certain moneylender had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they could not pay, he cancelled the debt of both. Now which of them will love him more?” Jesus asks Simon Peter this simple question with an obvious answer. Like the questions of Jesus we’ve been looking at in this series, though, there’s more beneath the surface…

Maybe you’ve heard the parable of the Good Samaritan, the humble man who stopped to help a fellow traveler others passed by. Do you remember, though, that his parable was in response to a question, and that Jesus finished it with a rhetorical question of his own? Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?

Jake talks on how none of us are past the point of restoration as long as we have love for Jesus.

Bob talks on what Jesus says we will (or won’t) gain by pursuing things of this world vs. pursuing Him.

You can learn a lot about someone by the questions they ask. Jesus might have already known the answer to every question he asked, but they can still teach us quite a lot about him. This new series explores some of those questions, starting with the deceptively obvious one Jesus asks to his disciples in a storm: why are you so afraid?

Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift… – Matthew 5:23-24. In today’s special message Jonathan Wolfgang challenges us to actually go out and do what Jesus said.

“I am the vine… you are the branches.” Scott dives into this verse from John 15 to help us understand what Jesus really means when he exhorts us to “remain in me.”

You may have read the verse that describes us as God’s “masterpiece”. Today, Jake looks at some different kinds of masterpieces (and other passages in Scripture) to show us what that really means.

The Bible often refers to us as “sheep”… which doesn’t feel much like a compliment. Garrett helps us look past our culture’s obsession with leadership to see why this metaphor is used so often.

Our new series explores what God’s made us to be, and in this first message Jake unpacks the frequent Biblical metaphor of clay in the potter’s hands to help us understand how God shapes us – cracks and all.

In the last sermon in this series, we ask the biggest questions left on the table: how does God speak to us today? And, just as importantly – how can we know, for sure , whether we are hearing His voice?

Rehoboam, Solomon’s son, wasn’t so great at listening to wise counsel. Scott looks at Rehoboam’s life and his own and talks about how to seek and hear wise counsel to help find God’s personal will for our lives.

This week, we start a new series about God’s will, starting with one of the toughest questions people ask: how can I know God’s will for my life? … And if God wants me to follow His will, why does He make it so difficult to find it?

One of the first things Jesus did after his resurrection was to … take a walk with two men who didn’t recognize him. This might not be part of the Easter story that you learned in Sunday school, but those men are a lot like us. What can we learn about Jesus on the road to Emmaus?

Before Jesus’ resurrection, he had to suffer the agony of the cross. In this Good Friday service, we remember His sacrifice.

Helping the lost is both harder than you think … and easier. Guest speaker Jonathan Wolfgang explains the paradox.

It’s tough to talk about addiction, but it’s a reality in our communities and in many of our own lives. Two Arbor members share their stories and Garrett leads a conversation about the effects of addiction–and how to break free.

Have you ever wanted to help someone who’s going through a difficult time… but just don’t know what to say or do? Jake launches our new series on helping the hurting with a very practical message on how to walk with those who are grieving.

Guest speaker Mike Howerton from Overlake Christian Church closes our Sermon on the Mount series with a message about one of the most radical teachings in the whole Sermon: that of a counter-cultural, cheek-turning, mile-walking, outlandish forgiveness.