Branch Church

The best thing you can do as a Christian is to commit to READ, STUDY and APPLY God's Word to your life. Why? Because the Bible has the power to influence and change your life for the better. Millions of men and women have changed history because God used the Bible to change them.

Why were the shepherds selected to witness God’s Glory and receives history’s greatest birth announcement? History tells us that shepherds were social outcasts, rough characters on the fringe of Jewish society. They were officially labeled “sinners” – a technical term for a class of despised people - yet they were chosen to see Jesus that silent, holy night. In this message we see that the shepher...

We live in a society that is obsessed with comfort. We can even begin to believe that God's aim for our earthly lives is comfort. This message looks at our culture's view of comfort (counterfeit comfort) verses God's desire for comfort (authentic comfort).

Many Christians continue to pursue God's forgiveness after salvation because they do not "feel" forgiven. But Jesus' sacrifice is enough! This message looks at "4 mistaken ways of thinking" that are common among those who struggle with God's complete forgiveness.

God has placed inside each of us a hunger for purpose and destiny. The hunger is there... the chase is constant... but it seems just outside of our reach. God shares in His Word that the source of that purpose is found in Jesus. We can try to pursue anything this world has to offer but it will always fall short when it's not founded in Jesus.

This message chases the carrot of approval. Becoming obsessed with what people think about you is the fastest way to forget what God thinks about you.

Our culture's understanding of "being rich" is TO HAVE MORE. The line or the carrot always seems to be a little bit more ahead. There is one simple key if you want to know how to be rich, and it's all about perspective.

The phrase "fear not" is the most repeated command found in the Bible. And if we're honest - fear captures all of us. This message looks to encourage us to be shaped by FAITH instead of FEAR.

God embedded us with emotions to be a gauge not a guide. God never created emotions to lead us. Our feelings should not lead our faith - our faith should lead our emotions towards truth. In this message, we'll see that our emotions are not always trustworthy. There are times when we need to speak truth into our emotions.

God embedded emotions into our humanity to serve a useful purpose in our lives. Just as our minds enable us to think and our free will enable us to choose - so our emotions enable us to respond.

The Greater Boston area continues to be the most un-churched, post-Christian region in America. Can this change? Is there hope towards spreading the Gospel in our region? This message looks towards the future and expansion of Branch Church. We're going "All In" because somebody is waiting on our YES!

In Romans 12:14-21, we see that doing good to those who have done evil to us is one of the most counter-cultural things we can do in our faith.

In Romans 12:9-13, Paul hones in on love and how we are to love others. Our capacity to love is much more than a natural response to a feeling - our capacity to love is supernatural because we are children of God and God lives in us.

In Romans 12:3-8, the Apostle Paul explains how everyone plays a role in God's rescue mission. Everyone has a role and gift to use to further God's Kingdom.

In Romans 12:1-2, Paul unveils how we are to respond to God's incredible gift of salvation. We'll look at 4 ways we are to live the Christians life.

Where does the Jews stand with God? Has God abandoned them because they rejected His salvation through Jesus? Paul answers this question in Romans 11.

In Romans 10:1-13, the Apostle Paul shares the road to salvation in Christ.

In Romans 9:6-18, Paul gives 3 assurances in the promises of God. Paul is going to say, "Here is why God's promises have not failed and will not fail."

In Romans 9:1-5, Paul lets us inside his heart. We get a glimpse of what motivates him. A Christian who has a heart for God will have a heart for people.

In Romans 8:35-39, Paul ends chapter 8 by exhausting all the various forces that threaten God's eternal love for His children. As Paul interrogates them all - he concludes - nothing can separate us from the love of Christ.

In Romans 8:31-34, the Apostle Paul asks several questions for us to understand and believe. You can know that GOD IS FOR YOU!

In Romans 8:28-30, Paul explains how ALL things work together for good. This includes the fortunate, difficult, tragic and blessings.

In Romans 8:26-27, Paul explains a forgotten - but important ministry of the Holy Spirit - He intercedes in prayer for us. In do this - the Holy Spirit helps up align with the perfect will of the Holy Spirit. Francis Chan says, "God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan not mine."

Why does God allow suffering? If He is All-loving, why does He allow so much pain and hardship? In Romans 8:17-25, the Apostle Paul shares how suffering effects God's Creation and God's Children.