Arbor Church

We’re a church that says that we believe in missional living … in fact, we believe it’s the key to making disciples. Jake kicks off the series by unpacking some of the Biblical metaphors that call us to let our faith be known.

Bob wraps up our series on Ruth with the story of Ruth’s redemption through Boaz, and the ways in which it parallels our own redemption through Jesus.

Ruth’s story is about both providence and redemption, and today Jake brings these themes together to talk about the way God provides for us in ways that often aren’t at all obvious at the time.

In the first of a three-part series on Ruth, Bob teaches through the first chapter of Ruth, and talks about the bitterness and sweetness of following God.

Do we have to forgive those who’ve wronged us? If so, why? And, more importantly … how can we ever do it, especially when the wrong is repeated and the offender unrepentant? How do you know if you’ve forgiven someone? Jake tackles these questions and more in his final message on the One Anothers.

Guest speaker Rory Eldridge tells us what’s up with all of the passages in Scripture that tell us to encourage each other, and illustrates just how powerful our words can be.

The scripture often exhorts us to “be unified” – but what does that even mean? Garrett takes a look at what unity is (and isn’t) and why it’s so important in a time when the church and nation are more divided than ever.

Guest speaker Todd Arrambide talks truth: the right context for telling it, and the truth we tell to each other, to our culture, and the world.

Jake kicks off our new series on the “one anothers”–phrases used throughout Scripture that teach us how to live life, be a community, and accomplish great things together. We start with humility, one of the most frequently mentioned “one anothers” (if not the most popular!).

Thomas is a disciple so famous for his unbelief that he’s often referred to as Doubting Thomas , but his faith wasn’t always weak. Jake paints a more complete picture of Thomas from the handful of other accounts of him in the Gospels, revealing a man who was also courageous, and from whom we can learn a lot about true discipleship.

Bob Lee talks about Matthew the Tax Collector and Simon the Zealot and how we are united under Jesus, no matter the differences we have with each other.

Jake Goetze talks about the lesser-known disciple Andrew and his very important role in bringing others to Jesus.

Peter is one of the most famous disciples, known both for his boldness and his collapses. In the second message in the Disciples series, we take a deeper look at who he was and what we can learn from him about being a disciple of Jesus.

Bob Lee opens our series on the disciples of Jesus with some background on what it meant to be a disciple in Jesus’s day, and then focuses on one disciple in particular: John, the “disciple whom He loved.”

In the final message in the Heaven series, we learn how to live in the light of our new Home: how the reality of Heaven can and should affect our day-to-day lives here on Earth.

What will the new Heaven be like, exactly? Are we going to be young or old? Will it be like an eternal church service, or are we going to float around with harps? Will we remember our life, or become bored with eternity? Drawing from Scripture and the best resources we have, Jake answers some of the most frequently asked questions about where we’ll spend eternity.

Heaven will be wonderful… but it has an opposite. Bob tackles the hard question of why a place exists apart from God, and how anyone could deserve to be sent there.

What will Heaven be like? Jake opens the series by collecting hints from Scripture about what we can expect after we die, focusing in this first message specifically on Heaven as it exists today, before God makes all things new at the end of history.

You’re at a coffee shop with Jake, and he’s got 20 minutes to convince you to follow Jesus. What’s his pitch? (Hint: the resurrection of Jesus, and the overwhelming evidence for its reality, is a centerpiece.)

In this special Good Friday service, we are invited to remember a unique and holy pain: the redeeming pain of Jesus as he suffered his final hours.

Stories of deep pain and redemption told firsthand by Arbor Church members: chronic physical pain, loss of loved ones, broken families and marriages, and God’s faithfulness.

How do we–and should we–respond to pain? Jake discusses the three typical responses to pain, and Davy joins him to talk about how they are responding to the pain in their lives. We learn some practical ways to respond to pain from the apostle Paul, who was no stranger to it.

Jake launches our series on pain by talking about the reality of pain, drawing from his own experience walking through some of the deepest pain any parent can feel. God can feel very absent in these times, and Jake uses the unlikely example of John the Baptist to illustrate this difficult response.

Special guest Pat Swanson uses the story of Dorcas to teach us how to excel at the art of neighboring by knowing and loving those who live near us.

Bob shares from Acts 8 about how God uses really difficult circumstances for good.