Captivate Podcast

About 80% of Americans say they would have some interest in attending an Easter service if invited. That's the good news. The bad news is only about 3% of the church invite the unchurched to come. With most of us feeling inadequate when it comes to sharing our faith, Wes talks about some practical and powerful ways to do this.

This week we jumped into Part 2 of our study through the book of Romans with a message called, “The Struggle is Real”. In these chapters, Paul takes a deep look at the tension of having a new identity as Christ followers and yet continually falling into sin. It's a tension that believers know all too well. Luckily, though, the Bible says that God gives us the Holy Spirit, and through Him the power...

Join us as we break down what different issues and stages of dating and relationships look like, from singleness to cohabitation.

Several weeks ago we talked about what divides the church as we broached such topics as politics, race, homosexuality, and alcohol. That was fun right? Well now we get to talk about what actually unites the church when we live on mission for Jesus together.

Have you ever asked yourself, "Is my faith real?". If so, you're not alone, and it may mean you're in a good place because this seems to be the beginning of God helping you make your faith your own. We hope you can join us this Sunday as we continue to go through the book of Acts. This upcoming week's reading will be Acts 21-25, and as you will see, it gives us a detailed account of the cost Paul...

Sometimes we get so comfortable with worshipping our idols that God's call  makes us respond in a way that we never would if He was actually on the throne in our lives.

The truth is there is a lot of division in the church today, and we will be unpacking what really divides us as we touch on subjects like politics, alcohol, race, homosexuality, and even Dodger fans. 

It's wild to read about how "on-fire" the first believers were as the church began. Ask yourself these questions, “How do I become a committed follower of Jesus like that? How do I truly transform?" Well, this next week's section of Acts lays out powerfully how we truly transform and we cannot wait to share it with you!

Join us as we jump head first into the book of Acts! We believe that this study together will mess us up in the best way possible. God's on the move in our church and we can't wait to take a deep dive into Acts 1 with you as we hear a message titled, "The Church Begins." We will learn how to grab ahold of a message we are wiling to die for in order to spread it to the world that needs it.

Throughout this series we’ve been examining not only the fact that Jesus came, but also the way in which He came. In this message, we’ll be looking at how Jesus walks with us in what can be one of the most challenging things for believers to understand: when our prayers go unanswered. We’ll take a look at how God, through his infinite love and wisdom, uses things even as difficult as unanswered pr...

The Christmas Story sheds so much light on how deeply our Heavenly Father wants to enter in and heal what’s troubling us most in life. We'll see that when we learn to rely on God in the midst of adversity, a faith is built within us that God can use to help change the world around us.

Too often, we give our life fighting for something that Jesus already gave His life to fight for. Listen in as we talk about how to live knowing that our earthly status does not affect the significance that God has placed on our lives. 

The truth is, we are surrounded by darkness in our culture. But we know that light always overcomes darkness! We will talk about what it looks like to live as “light” for Jesus in a dark world so others can see him high and lifted up.     

We are continuing our series, “The Forgotten Ways” with a message called, “Unity.” Our culture and its leaders are doing a poor job of this right now and the truth is, the unity of the church is not much better.  In this message we will look at how unity over our Jesus will be how the world will truly see Him and know He’s alive. Listen in as we unpack more of it with you. 

Vulnerability can be hard for us, but in church we often do not get the healing we really need because we do not come as the person we really are.  This message is called "Unfiltered" where we learn what filters we often use with each other and how to take them off. Listen in as we unpack it more with you.