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In this week's Still They Speak message, we listen to the enduring witness of Jael and Benaiah, two lesser-known Old Testament witnesses whose lives point us to Jesus. Through Jael, we see that God often brings victory in the most unexpected ways, ultimately fulfilled in Christ's triumph at the cross. Through Benaiah, we learn to trust God enough to step into the battles He calls us to f...

In this episode, Pastor Gary continues the Still They Speak series by exploring the life of Mephibosheth. Through David's remarkable kindness to this seemingly forgotten and undeserving man, we catch a glimpse of God's overwhelming mercy toward us in Christ. We discover that we are Mephibosheth, crippled by the fall and living in a land of desolation, while Jesus is the truer and better...

In this week’s message from our Still They Speak series, we listened to the witness of two fathers: one from the Old Testament and one from our own day. Through the life of Elkanah, the father of Samuel, we saw the example of a man who remained faithful to God in a spiritually corrupt generation. His life reminds us not to let the faithlessness of others determine our own faithfulness to the Lord...

In this week’s message from our Still They Speak series, we listen to the witness of Miriam, the young girl who courageously watched over her baby brother Moses during one of Israel’s darkest moments. Though she was only a child, God used her faith, courage, and wisdom to help preserve the future deliverer of His people. As we listen to the witness of her faith, Miriam still speaks to us today, ca...

In this message from our Still They Speak series, Pastor Gary explores the remarkable story of Ittai the Gittite (2 Samuel 15). At the lowest point of David’s life, when many abandoned him, Ittai chose to stay. His unwavering commitment provides a powerful picture of faithfulness in a culture that often values convenience over covenant. Together we discover how Ittai’s example points us to Jesus,...

In this final message from Galatians, Pastor Nate explored what it means to "ive by the Spirit." Paul reminds us that the Spirit-led life is not mystical or abstract, but practical and visible in everyday relationships. Those who are spiritual restore others with gentleness, bear one another’s burdens, support the work of the gospel, and persevere in doing good. Throughout the chapter, P...

In this week’s message from Galatians 5, we explored Paul’s powerful call to stand firm in the freedom Christ has given us. Paul warns the Galatians not to return to the slavery of trying to earn salvation through obedience to the law, but instead to continue walking by faith through the power of the Holy Spirit. The sermon contrasted the burden of the law with the freedom found in grace, showing...

This week’s episode from Galatians 5:22–26 focuses on the Fruit of the Spirit and the truth that real spiritual transformation comes not through human effort, but through the work of the Holy Spirit in those who belong to Christ.  Using the imagery of trees and fruit, we saw that good fruit is the result of being made a “new creation” in Christ and then remaining close in relationship with Him by...

This episode is Sunday’s teaching from Galatians 4. It explores Paul’s powerful contrast between the slavery of the Law and the freedom of the Gospel. Using illustrations like the household servant charged with disciplining the children, Roman adoption, and the story of Hagar and Sarah, we see that the Law was never meant to save us, but only to lead us to Christ. Through Jesus, we are no longer s...

In this message from Galatians 3, we confront a vital question: Did we begin by the Spirit, only to try to grow by the flesh? Paul reminds us that both our salvation and our transformation are entirely the work of God’s Spirit—not by us doing works of the law. Through Abraham, we see that righteousness has always come by hearing with faith , while obedience simply reveals that faith is real. The l...

In this week’s message from Galatians 2, we explored the unshakable foundation of the gospel message: we are justified by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone, not by works of the law.  Paul boldly defends this truth, showing that his message came directly from Christ and is in full agreement with the other apostles. Yet even in the early church, false teachers were pressuring believers to ad...

In this episode, Pastor Nate continues our “Galatians - In Christ Alone” series with a look at chapter 1 verses 11-24. These verses reveal Paul’s powerful transformation: from a persecutor of the gospel and Christ’s church to a bold preacher of the very message he once tried to destroy. Paul points to his changed life as evidence that the Gospel he proclaims came directly as a revelation from Jesu...

In this opening message from Galatians, we are reminded that the true Gospel, salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone, is not just a doctrine to understand, but a true display of God’s glory. Paul confronts the Galatians’ drift toward a “different gospel,” warning that adding works of the law to Christ’s finished work doesn’t just mislead people, it attempts to rob God of the glory...

In this Easter message, we walked through Gospel of Mark 16 and were reminded that experiencing the glory of Jesus changes everything . The women came to the tomb expecting death, not resurrection, but God moved anyway, proving that His power is not limited by our expectations. Then, when all the other disciples encountered the risen Christ, they were transformed from fearful and confused to bold...

In this sermon from Mark 15, we walk through the final hours of Jesus including His unjust trial before Pilate to His crucifixion, death, and burial. What unfolds is not only the failure of human justice, but the fulfillment of God’s perfect plan, as Jesus willingly endures suffering as the true Passover Lamb. At the cross, we see the heart of the gospel: Jesus becomes sin (2 Cor. 5:21) and bears...

In this episode, Pastor Gary walks us through Mark 14 and the final hours before the cross. We will move from the intimacy of the Passover table, to the anguish of Gethsemane, the injustice of Jesus’ arrest and trial, and Peter’s heartbreaking denial. We see Jesus redefine Passover, not as a memory of deliverance from Egypt, but as the moment pointing to Himself: the true Lamb whose body and blood...

In this episode, we continue through Gospel of Mark as Jesus teaches about the destruction of Jerusalem, coming deception, persecution, tribulation, and His promised return in glory. His repeated command to His disciples, and to us, is both simple and urgent: watch and be alert , not trying to predict the day, but living with faith, endurance, and discernment. We also reflect on Second Timothy 4:7...

In this episode, we continue our Jesus Glorified series from the Gospel of Mark in chapter 12 following Jesus through a series of powerful encounters in the temple. From the parable of the vineyard, where Jesus warned the religious leaders about rejecting God’s messengers and ultimately His Son, to His response about taxes, resurrection, and the greatest commandment, each moment revealed both His...

In this episode, Pastor Nate continues the Jesus Glorified series with Mark 10:46-11:33 following Jesus on the road to Jerusalem as His glory is revealed and hearts are exposed. The central theme we see in this teaching is the contrast between religious appearance and genuine faith . Mark 10:46 begins with a  blind man named Bartimaeus in Jericho , who recognized Jesus as the Messiah and cried out...

In this week’s message from our Jesus Glorified: Transfiguration to Resurrection series, we continued through Mark 10, where Jesus reshapes how we understand salvation, greatness, and the culture of God’s kingdom. In this chapter, starting at verse 13, Jesus welcomes and blesses little children. In a culture that measured spiritual worth by knowledge and obedience of God’s Law, Jesus declared that...

This episodes marks the beginning of our series in the Gospel of Mark by exploring the difference between believing facts about Jesus and truly understanding who he is. In chapter 8, Peter correctly confessed that Jesus is the Messiah, yet he could not grasp what that meant: that the Son of God would suffer and die. That gap between belief and understanding leads chapter 9 and the Transfiguration,...

In this episode, Pastor Nate teaches the final message of The Church Imagined series. He explores Paul’s picture of the church in 1 Corinthians 3 as God’s field . Speaking to a divided and spiritually immature church, Paul reminds believers that real growth doesn’t come from elevating leaders or choosing sides, but from learning to live in Christlike love. We also see that spiritual maturity is no...

In this message by Pastor Gary from our The Church Imagined series, we explore Paul’s powerful picture of the church as the Body of Christ  from 1 Corinthians 12. Jesus never designed believers to follow Him alone. We find spiritual strength and purpose in loving unity. Like parts of a human body working together, every member of the church is connected, necessary, and valuable. This sermon highli...

This episode is the fourth teaching in our series “The Church Imagined” and it challenges us to further understand our identity as the church through one of Scripture’s most enduring images: The Flock of God . Psalm 23 and John 10 (along with many other passages of scripture) make it clear that we are the sheep, and Jesus is our Good Shepherd . Like real sheep, we are created to live in dependence...

In week three of The Church Imagined series, we explored another identity-shaping image of the church in the New Testament: the Royal Priesthood . 1 Peter 2:9 reminds us that the church is not a building or an organization, but a holy people chosen by God, called out of darkness, and set apart to proclaim His praises. By looking back the role of the Jewish priesthood in the Old Testament, we saw h...