Ekklesia Maui

What if self-control isn't about having more discipline, but about experiencing deeper transformation? In this final message of "Fruit of Formation" (and "Becoming Like Jesus")  series, we discover how the Holy Spirit produces self-control in every area of life; from our thoughts and words to our habits and relationships. Jesus isn't just calling us to restrain ourselve...

Gentleness isn't weakness- it's undercover strength. Our culture celebrates being loud, aggressive, and unapologetic, but Jesus describes His own heart as  gentle . In this message, Pastor Chris explores why gentleness is "strength under control," how Hannah models it in the face of false accusation, and why the Holy Spirit wants to cultivate this overlooked fruit in every follow...

The Lord produces HIS faithfulness in us when we walk in step with the Spirit...but how does he do this when He is unchanging in nature and we are not? In this message, Pastor Chris walks through three areas of imitating God's faithful nature in our everyday lives.

How is God calling our church community to become more like Jesus? In this 2 Year Anniversary celebration, guest Pastor Bill Pruitt brings a word for Ekklesia Maui from John 1:14 on grace and truth. 

How does God produce kindness and goodness in us, and how do they work together? Pastor Chris walks us through the original Greek words that the Apostle Paul chose for kindness and goodness and how understanding their context leads us to an understanding: they are all or nothing. 

Are you stuck waiting? On God or on others? Galatians 5 lists patience as a key fruit of the Spirit produced in the life of the believer! Pastor Chris unpacks several principles that will be helpful for becoming people of patience and persevering through times of waiting.

If the Bible promises peace, then why are so many Christians anxious? In this series covering the fruit of the Spirit, Pastor Chris tackles the gift of peace and how to protect the deposit that God has given in our minds from the thieves that threaten it.

Joy is produced in us by the Holy Spirit as we walk in step with Him! Pastor Chris unpacks what our sources of joy are as well as how that joy manifests in our lives practically.

Pastor Michael Weintraub preaches on the first Fruit of the Spirit (Love) through the lens of Luke 15 and our Heavenly Father's heart of love for us.

What should my life look like if I am becoming more like Jesus? Pastor Chris teaches from Galatians 5 and the Fruit of the Spirit vs the Desires of the Flesh to learn what spiritual formation actually becomes in our character!

In the final sermon of the series 'Life Together', Pastor Chris teaches 1 Corinthians 12 and the way the body of Christ was designed differently- both from the world and from each other!

We know when we gather as the church, good things happen, but what about when we are not together? In this message, Pastor Chris teaches from Acts 2, 7, and 8 to show that the community of Christ lives in a rhythmic cycle between gathering and scattering: and we need both.

How do we meet needs in our community if we don't even know what they are? In this follow up to the previous message, Pastor Chris teaches from Acts 8 and how we can watch, ask, and listen in the places God brings us to find where there are needs.

What are relationships in spiritual community meant to look like? Through Acts 2, Pastor Chris teaches how there are rhythms to an authentic spiritual community that must all be embraced in order for us to be the kind of church Jesus intended.

"Who is my neighbor?" was once asked of Jesus, and how he responded changes everything for those of us who follow him. There must be no limit to our love, as there was no limit to his love! In this message, Pastor Chris exegetes the Good Samaritan parable in light of the current political divide in the US.

In Part 3 of "Life Together", we walk through several events and teachings from the life of the Apostle Paul to learn how some expectations we place on our spiritual families may not be what we will really experience.

What would life in the church look like if we truly saw and believed that Jesus reigned and lived in each other? In Part 2 of "Life Together", Pastor Chris teaches from John 17 on the communion of the saints and the unity Jesus desired for us.

In the final sermon of 'Pain Into Purpose', we close out the story of Joseph with the powerful reminder that God can take was meant for evil and use it for good!

How do we cope with the role that evil has played in our past and the pain it still causes us? In the penultimate message on the life of Joseph, Pastor Chris teaches on embracing the reality of a past filled with sin through the transformation of Joseph's brother Judah.

Although many Jesus Followers have forgotten this ancient practice, the Bible actually gives us a clear solution for how to process our pain and suffering with God: lament. In Part 6 of Pain Into Purpose, Pastor Chris unpacks what Biblical lament looks like and how it may help us process our pain.

What is life like on the other side of your suffering? In Part 5 of "Pain Into Purpose", our journey through the life of Joseph, Pastor Chris answers this question and more for how suffering can lead us closer to Christ.

Is there a point to our pain? In Part 4 of the series "Pain Into Purpose", Pastor Chris teaches on the life of Joseph in Genesis 41.

Part 3 of "Pain Into Purpose": a study through the life of Joseph to learn how God uses our suffering for his glory and our good.

In Part 1 of a new series on suffering, 'Pain Into Purpose'- we study the early life of Joseph to learn from the way that he was let down by those he should have been able to trust.

A break down of theology and church history on the health and wealth gospel and word of faith movement: Pastor Chris teaches on these common doctrines in the church today that lean more towards preference (what we want God to say) rather than true interpretation (what he really says).