Exit Church Teachings

Sin violates relationships and the pursuit of restoration often includes confession and forgiveness. Join us as we unpack the what, why, who, and how of both confession and forgiveness.

Jesus Christ, our intercessor and our confidence.

Godly leadership is service: leading for the benefit others at the leader's expense.

In this beautiful passage, we see Jesus expressing his affection for his follows. He "earnestly desired" to have the last supper with them, and it was finally time. During the meal, Jesus showed how the passover that happened during Israel's time in Egypt was actually a precursor to his death and resurrection on behalf of his people--to save them from experiencing the death they deserve. Last, Jes...

In this passage, we see Judas, one of Jesus' own disciples, betray Jesus for the sake of money. He turned against the very master that had selflessly taught him for years. What led him to do this? And how can we learn from his mistakes?

In this passage, Jesus instructs his disciples on how to live expectantly, even when we have every reason to fear. We are to keep watch and pray. 

Jesus predicts the pending destruction of Jerusalem accurately to his disciples. In doing this, He gives the Church some timeless principles about following Him. See Jesus, expect persecution, hope in His promises, be all in.

Proper order of worship is one of the major themes of Scripture. In this passage, Jesus addresses this them by contrasting the sacrifice of a poor widow to that of the rich. To our amazement, Jesus commends the poor widow because she gave to the Lord that which was most meaningful to her. The Lord asks for all of us. He desires to be in first position of our affections, time, energy and money. Lis...

In this passage, Jesus warns of the character and content of false teachers. Jesus loves his followers so much, that he warns them, apparently within earshot of the false teachers themselves, to avoid them because they are leading his people astray. This is as true today as ever. Listen in as Forrest preaches on Jesus' words from Luke 20:45-47.

In this passage, the author speaks to his son about God's good design for sex as well as its cheap substitutes. The Christian sex ethic is profoundly different from that of the world around us. And while sexual expression outside of God's design appears so incredibly attractive, it will always ultimately lead to death. God's ways are good and pure, and he longs to depend on him to meet our needs....

In this passage, Forrest Brown explains the this difficult passage surrounding the seven things that God hates. He addresses the question of how a good and loving God could hate at all. And finally, he adderesses how we are to live in line with what pleases God, not out of a desire to earn God's affection but because of the cross of Christ. 

In this Proverb, Tim Carpenter highlights what it means to walk in wisdom in relation to our finances and work ethic. He highlights the dangers of wandering from the Lord's ways and the joys of heeding his wisdom.

In this passage, Daniel Kiteck preaches on the wisdom of a father as he passes down wisdom to his own sons (or those in whom he's in charge of). He exorts them to follow the right path and avoid the wrong path. This, like many Proverbs, point us to Jesus, whom is called the wisdom of God (1 Cor. 1:30). He was the only one to perfectly walk in this kind of perfect wisdom. 

The wisdom of being a loving neighbor.

After having an encounter with God, Habakkuk experiences a major shift in the posture of his heart. Often times, an encounter with God and the resulting change in perspective is the right medicine for a bitter heart. Habakkuk's circumstances are not going to improve, in fact they are about to get worse, yet he leaves his encounter with God singing with joy.

Judgment is coming for Babylon, along with all people in all times and places.

In the first chapter of this new book (for Exit) Habakkuk cries out in desperation and frustration to the Lord that his own people are acting unjustly with seemlingly no consequences. How do we respond when the Lord seems to be silent in our pain and suffering? How can we trust that the Lord is still good and all powerful when he's silent in our suffering?

Forrest Brown takes us through two sections of Psalm 119 to show us all over again that our proper response to the word of God is to be people of Hope even in the face of opposition, people who have the words of God in our mouths, people who live out His words, and people who delight in them.

Forrest takes us into a moment of David's life when he confronts a time of darkness by putting his hope in God. Are times of depression a mark of immaturity? Or is something bigger going on?

Forrest Brown preaches through Psalm 5, which records David's desperate cry that the Lord would keep him walking in righteousness. 

In this Psalm, Forrest Brown hightlights the way we were created to allow the Lord to work in an through us in all that we do. If we simply become laborers for the Lord but neglect heart-connection with him, we work in vain. But when we plug into the life that he gives and serve him in view of his grace for us, we experience abundant life. 

Is your God too small? Most of the spiritual problems that we have today—like apathy, lack of emotion, doubt and insecurity—are the result of us minimizing God. Even as Christians, our hearts calcify over time, just as plaque builds up on teeth, and the dentist has to scrape it off. Similarly, we as believers need regular encounters with the living God to remind us of just how spectacularly massiv...

In this Psalm, David describes the Lord in his might and power, using imagery of a mighty storm. And this kind of power makes God worthy of all praise. The beauty of it is that his power also makes him powerful enough to abide in when our lives face their own storms and troubles since he sits above it all on his throne. Listen as Tim Carpenter preaches.

Tim Carpenter preaches on Psalm 110, which focuses on the messiah as both the coming king and priest forever. How can one person fulfill both aspects of these prophecies unless is it Jesus Christ?

Forrest Brown preaches on this passage as Jesus now asks the religious leaders a challenging theological question. But unlike the religious leaders, Jesus doesn't ask out of insecurity, his desire is to prove that he is the Messiah, and he is worthy to prase and to trust with their lives.