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In this text, the Sadducees take a theological swing at Jesus, only to come up short (just like the chief priests and and teachers of the law before them). The difference was that the Sadducees held a liberal view of the Old Testament text, which skewed their view of reality. Jesus corrects their thinking by using an Old Testament Scripture that they did respect. Amazingly, Jesus' argument was bas...

When religious leaders bait Jesus into a trap, pitting him between the Romans and the Old Testament law, Jesus threads the needle perfectly. He effortlessly responds to them in perfect wisdom while also challenging them to reconsider their own relationship with government and political power. This timeless teaching also weighs on us today in significant ways.

Paul is at the end of his life and writing a letter to his disciple, Timothy. In it, Paul exhorts Timothy to keep the faith, be on mission, prize & preach the Word, and live for what matters on Judgment Day. This message is particularly pertinent to those that we send out of our midst into the world, as a community with a large portion of college students.

The religious leaders question Jesus' authority, and Jesus, as he often does, answers them with a question of his own. Forrest Brown exegetes this passage, focusing on the authority of Jesus, the conflict with Jesus, and what we do with him.

Happy Easter! He is Risen! Listen as Forrest returns from paternity leave to finish out our series in the book of Isaiah. 

Join us as we read the crucifixion story from the gospels of Matthew and John.

Pastor Taylor Frank from Harvest Bible Chapel preaches on Isaiah 52-53, focusing on Jesus as the suffering servant.

Tim Carpenter preaches on Jesus as our Savior, the one that redeems his people.

Muchun Yin continued our series in Isaiah, this week looking at the greatness of God.

Tyler Shirley preaches on the shoot of Jesse--Jesus--that is the prophesied perfect king to come. 

JC Herring preaches on Jesus' fulfillment of the Holy Spirit empowering him for ministry.

AJ Gillespie preaches on the prophecy of Jesus' birth.

This is a time to learn what the gospel is, how to tell others about it, and what to do if it is being received well or poorly. We know that people have a lot of questions when it comes to sharing the gospel. Please come prepared with any questions you may have. Also, if you don' know how to share the gospel with a friend, feel free to simply bring them to this class.

In this passage, we see the complexity of Jesus' emotions as he receives praise, weeps over Jerusalem and clears out the temple in anger. All of this points to someone that is both fully human (like us) and yet wholly separate (receives due praise as God). Additionally, we see the heart of Jesus, who truly and deeply cares about people.

Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords. Luke presents the account of Jesus entering Jerusalem to kick off the first holy week. At that time, Jesus affirms that He is King and He will be glorified as such. In this message, Forrest takes us through Scripture, from Genesis to Revelation, to unpack the weight of that claim in the through-line of biblical history.

In this passage, known as the Parable of the Ten Minas, Jesus has difficult words for his listeners. He warns them to spend all of the resources at their disposal--their time, energy and money--for the sake of the kingdom. He conveys that a safe life is a wasted life. And if we do not live with any risk in our lives for the kingdom, we ought to question if we are actual followers of Christ. Grante...

As Jesus narrows the focus of his ministry toward Jerusalem (and the cross), he overtly prophesies his disciples that he will be abused, killed and raise again on the third day. And yet while he is looking into the eyes of his own death, he takes the time to respond to a blind beggar and a tax collector. This shows us Jesus' tremendous patience, his care for seemingly insignificant in society as w...

The story of the rich, young ruler is both widely known and often misunderstood. The Holy Spirit found it fitting to pair the stories of Jesus inviting little children to come to him while the wealthy ruler walked away in sadness. In order to come to Jesus, we must become like little children with nothing in our hands, nothing that we depend on for our righetousness. The stark contrast between the...

What do we actually trust in for our righteousness--in our own ability to perform or in Jesus' performance on our behalf? The longer we are a Christian, the better we get at hiding how we depend on ourselves, which makes this passage all the more timely.

God's desire for his people is that they continually come to him in prayer and not lose heart. In this passage, Jesus uses the example of a sinful judge's treatment of a vulnerable widow in order to contrast that with God's character as a perfect judge. And Jesus is in search of those that have faith to continually plead for God's kingdom and justice to come in fullness.

What is the kingdom of God? Jesus talked about it more than anyone. He responds to the Pharisees by telling them that the kingdom is already here and yet it's also to come (some call this the already/not yet kingdom). In this text, Jesus gives us clues as to what the end times will look like and he challenges his hearers to be all-in for the kingdom.

Tim Carpenter preaches a Christmas message on Christ's presence being the real gift of Christmas. He walks through a biblical theology, from Genesis to Revelation, showing that's God's design was always to be with his people and that even now (prior to heaven) we can walk with Jesus each day.

In this passage, the apostles ask Jesus to increase their faith. We can see that faith is the foundation for sanctification. And faith, when it is carried through, results in gratitude for all that the Lord has done for us. At the end of our best days, we are still dependent children on the work of the Spirit in us. And we serve a God that generously gives his Spirit to help us.

We invited Bob Petty, our District Superintendent, to preach at our Sunday gathering because of the significance of the day--we commissioned college students graduating from Indiana Wesleyan and Taylor Universities. Additionally, we commissioned Dave Lloyd, our bookkeeper of 7 years, and we also ordained our pastor Forrest Brown. Bob preached on the mission to which we are all called to complete--...

Jesus gives some of his strongest language in all of Scripture as he addresses sin, temptation and faith.