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Why It's Worth It is a question every follower of Jesus eventually asks. When serving feels exhausting, change feels constant, and the mission gets difficult, how do you keep going? In this message, we discover the deeper reason it's worth continuing to invest your life in what God is doing. The apostle Paul faced challenge after challenge, yet he never lost sight of what motivated him....

Finding Your Place | What’s the biggest problem in your life right now? Maybe it’s stress, relationships, money, purpose, anxiety, or feeling stuck. We all have problems—but what if the problem you’re devoted to solving is shaping the kind of life you live? In this message from our Losing Religion series, we explore the mission Jesus gave His followers after His resurrection—and how finding your p...

Letting Go of Loopholes | Have you ever looked for a loophole? A way to justify what you want, avoid what’s hard, or explain away what you know is right? We all do it—and it impacts our relationships, our choices, and even our faith. In this message from our Losing Religion series, we explore the powerful new command Jesus gave His followers: “Love one another as I have loved you.” And when you re...

All Mixed Up | Have you ever wondered if you’re really good with God? Maybe you’ve felt close to Him one moment—and uncertain the next. Maybe faith has started feeling more like pressure, guilt, or performance than a real relationship. In this message from our Losing Religion series, we explore how many people unknowingly mix old religious thinking with the new way Jesus introduced. And when that...

Out With the Old | Have you ever felt like you were slowly losing your faith? Maybe not because you wanted to walk away from God—but because disappointment, hurt, doubt, or religious pressure made faith feel exhausting instead of personal. In this message, we explore why Jesus didn’t come to make religion better—He came to remove the barriers keeping people from a real relationship with Him. Looki...

Life can feel confusing when your heart is heavy and the world feels divided. You can be deeply burdened by what’s broken around you and still choose gratitude for what God is doing in the middle of it. In this message, we explore what breaks God’s heart, what should break ours, and what it looks like to follow Jesus in a world full of fear, division, and noise. If you’ve ever felt discouraged by...

In Luke 23, Jesus does the unthinkable. While suffering on the cross, He forgives the very people who mocked, rejected, and crucified Him. His followers watched Him live out everything He had ever taught about mercy, love, and forgiveness—even in His final moments. The same invitation is in front of you. Sometimes the biggest breakthrough in your faith is not learning more about Jesus, but finally...

What If They’re Not Bad… Just Lost? is for the moment when frustration, judgment, or self-righteousness begins to shape the way you see the people around you. In Luke 15, Jesus tells the stories of the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son to completely redefine how God views people—not as good or bad, but as lost or found. The same shift can happen in you. Sometimes the biggest breakthrough...

Which Way Will We Walk? That question sits at the center of one of Jesus’ most well known stories—the Good Samaritan. In a world full of division, opinions, and “us vs. them,” Jesus offers a completely different path—one that challenges how you see people and how you choose to live. In Luke 10:25–37, Jesus is asked a simple question: “Who is my neighbor?” But instead of giving a simple answer, He...

One Step From Jesus is for the moment when you know Jesus is inviting you forward—but the next step feels inconvenient, uncertain, or even unreasonable. In Luke 5, Peter had every reason to say no. He was tired, frustrated, and done for the day. But one small step of obedience opened the door to an encounter that changed his life forever. The same is true for you. Sometimes the biggest breakthroug...

The Best Kind of Faith starts with a question that gets personal fast: If your life is a commercial, what are you advertising? This message invites you to move beyond a faith that only believes and into the kind of faith that actually does what Jesus says. If your spiritual life has felt stagnant, routine, or disconnected, this message from Luke 3 will help you rediscover what real faith looks lik...

How Did We Get The Bible | If you’ve ever wondered where the Bible came from—or whether Christianity really depends on “because the Bible says so”—this message helps you start in the right place: with Jesus. In this episode of Discovering Jesus, we explore the question behind so many doubts: How did we get the Bible, and can it really be trusted? The answer begins with an event, not a book. Before...

Does Easter Make Any Difference? If you’ve ever wondered whether the resurrection actually changes anything in your real, everyday life—you’re not alone. Maybe you’ve asked the honest question: Is it even true? And even if it is… what difference does it make when the world feels unstable and your life feels uncertain? Over the last few years, it’s felt like crisis stacked on crisis—pandemic, finan...

How to remain hopeful when life feels like it’s falling apart? How to remain hopeful when what you trusted doesn’t hold—and everything feels more fragile than you expected? In Part 3 of When The World Breaks, we wrestle with a question that hits close to home: how do you maintain hope in a hopelessly broken world? At some point, all of us experience the moment when the “wall” we leaned our life ag...

Can God Change Me Even When Nothing Else Is Changing? You’ve prayed. You’ve asked. You’ve hoped. But the job didn’t come through. The diagnosis didn’t change. The relationship is still strained. And now you’re wondering if God is absent—or if He’s just silent. In Philippians 4:4–7, the apostle Paul writes about joy and peace while sitting under house arrest, waiting to stand trial before Emperor N...

When the World Breaks is the question we all ask when life feels dark and uncertain. Is God still working when everything feels unstable? When prayers seem unanswered? When the future feels unclear? In this message from Mark 14:17–29, we look at one of the most uncertain moments in history—the night before Jesus’ arrest. His closest followers were anxious, confused, and afraid. Betrayal was coming...

The Simple Plan to Financial Freedom isn’t complicated—but it does require a shift in how you think about money. Many people keep repeating the same financial mistakes and wonder why nothing ever changes. Pain without progress leaves you stuck. In Part 2 of our Unlost series, we talk about why people don’t learn from financial mistakes and how God provides a clear, practical framework to help you...

Why Jesus Talks So Much About Money may feel uncomfortable—but it’s not because He wants something from you. It’s because He wants something for you. Many people don’t realize they’re lost financially until the stress, anxiety, and pressure start shaping every part of life. In this message, we kick off a new series called Unlost by addressing one of the most personal and powerful areas Jesus spoke...

Intentionality Creates Deeper Connection in relationships, even when life feels busy, overwhelming, and out of control. Many of us want deeper relationships, but our calendars, commitments, and priorities quietly work against what matters most. In Part 3 of the series The Things Nobody Tells You About Relationships, we explore why deep connection doesn’t happen accidentally—and why intentional rhy...

Vulnerability Creates Deeper Connection in relationships—even though it often feels uncomfortable, risky, or awkward. Many of us want deeper relationships, but we avoid the very thing that makes them possible: honest vulnerability.

Generosity Creates Deeper Connection in relationships—but not in the way most of us think. When life feels busy and overwhelming, we often try to create connection through gifts, trips, or special moments. But those things don’t always deliver the closeness we’re hoping for. You’ll discover: Why generosity creates deeper connection than gifts or experiences How giving yourself matters more than gi...

We all have excuses that sound like reasons but act like barriers. In this teaching series, Free Me, we’ll discover how Jesus helps us see them for what they are and step into the life we were created for.

We all have excuses that sound like reasons but act like barriers. In this teaching series, Free Me, we’ll discover how Jesus helps us see them for what they are and step into the life we were created for.

Remarkable Grace // Matt Johnson The real Christmas story isn’t a polished Hallmark movie — it’s full of sinners, scandals, and messy pasts. In Sinners and Scandals: The Christmas Story They Never Told You, discover why God chose to include them in Jesus’ story and why that’s good news for you.