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We Are The Church | Week 2 | Not Optional | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma Jesus wants His Church FILLED Acts 2:1-13 (CSB) A church positioned in PRAYER is positioned for POWER God gives the Church a BAPTISM it NEEDS The SOUND of Pentecost The SIGHT of Pentecost The SPEECH of Pentecost From the START, the Church didn't EXIST for ITSELF What does this MEAN? Ephesians 5:15-21 (CSB)

Act: Be the Church | Week One | The Movement Begins | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma TRANSFORMED people TRANSFORM the WORLD Luke 1:1-4 (CSB) Acts 1:1-11 (CSB) JESUS is still at WORK WAITING TIME is never WASTED TIME The Church needs POWER The Church has a PURPOSE The Church has a LIVING SAVIOR who is COMING AGAIN

Grounded in Humility | Pastor Eric Boles | Life Center Tacoma The Will to Learn 1 Peter 5:5 (CSB) The Will to Wait 1 Peter 5:6-7 (CSB)

Born to Change the World | Week 4/Christmas Eve | The Present of Christmas | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma Luke 2:1-20 (CSB) The greatest present our hearts could ever hope for has already been provided. Good News Great Joy All People Christmas isn't a story to just remember; it's a reality to embrace. The Savior that was born in Bethlehem must be born in out heart.

Born to Change the World | Week 3 | The Plan of Christmas | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma The miracle that CHANGED the WORLD didn't arrive without CHALLENGE Matthew 1:18-25 (CSB) God doesn't AVOID the MESS, He ENTERS it. Fully trusting God's PLAN requires fully trusting God's CHARACTER. SUBMISSION to God's plan requires a SERVANT'S HEART. Luke 1:38 (CSB) Matthew 1:25 (CSB) THIS story ha...

Born to Change the World | Week 2 | The Promise of Christmas | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma Long before the world saw the MANGER, God promised a MESSIAH. Isaiah 9:2-7 (CSB) The promise came in an UNEXPECTED PACKAGE Galatians 4:4-5 (CSB) “God’s answer to everything that has ever terrorized us is a child…His answer to the bullies swaggering through history is not to become an even bigger...

Born to Change the World | Week 1 | The "Problem" of Christmas | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma Genesis 1:1 (CSB) Genesis 3:7-9; 14-15 (CSB) Christmas is where God's DESIRE and our DILEMMA meet. The PROBLEM is REAL, but so is the SOLUTION. Romans 5:12; 18-19 (CSB) The HOPE we are looking for isn't found in SOMETHING; it is found in SOMEONE. John 1:1-5; 14 (CSB) Galatians 4:4-5 (CSB) How...

Anthem | Week 3 | On Repeat | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma Repetition is the MOTHER OF MEMORY. What you repeat most in life is FILTERING and FRAMING your PERSPECTIVE. God's faithful love is seen in His CREATION and His REDEMPTION. Psalm 135:1 (CSB) God's FAITHFUL LOVE 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (CSB) God is the one who REMEMBERS ME Psalm 136:23 (CSB) God is the one who RESCUES ME Psalm 136:2...

Anthem | Week 2 | Don't Forget | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma Forgetting is the first long step towards spiritual disaster. We must take seriously the importance of RECEIVING and REMEMBERING the GOODNESS of God "What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." -A.W. Tozer Philippians 4:8 (CSB) Ephesians 6:11 (CSB) Psalms 103:1-14 (CSB) We all nee...

Anthem | Week 1 | When the Praises Go Up! | Pastor Nate Birdine | Life Center Tacoma Big Idea: Through Thanksgiving - we rise above the noise of SELF. Two problems in our present world: 1. Focus on self - comfort, being made well, being made better. 2. A heart of complaint Would we not start with comlpaint, but with thanks Psalms 100:4-5 (CSB) Our praise reminds who is in charge Psalms 100:3 (CSB)...

Friend of Sinners | Week 4 | The Heart of the Issue | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma There are two ways to experience distance: Self-serving ACTIONS and self-righteous ATTITUDES Jesus came to save those who are BROKEN BY REBELLION and those who are BLINDED BY RELIGION. Luke 15:1-2, 11, 23-32 (CSB) ACTIONS can take you to a distant LAND. ATTITUDES can keep you in a distant and defensive P...

Friend of Sinners | Week 3 | Better Than I Planned | Pastor Josiah Thomas | Life Center Tacoma Luke 15:1-3, 11-24 (CSB) HIS PLAN is better than your plan Luke 15:12 (CSB) Luke 15:14 (CSB) Isaiah 55:8-9 (CSB) Luke 15:19 (CSB) HIS LOVE doesn't cost you anything, but it cost Him everything Luke 15:20-21 (CSB) "The father, in his house, clearly represents God. The best understanding of the text is to...

Friend of Sinners | Week 2 | The God Who Rejoices | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma When you think about God, do you imagine Him JOYFUL? What brings God joy? God rejoices in RESTORED RELATIONSHIP Luke 15:1-2, 8-10 (CSB) Restoration required INTENTIONALITY Restoration required INTENSITY The outcome of restoration: JOY! Zephaniah 3:14-17 (CSB) Restoration is found in REPENTANCE

Friend of Sinners | Week 1 | One is Worth It | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma Luke 15:1-7 (CSB) For Jesus, ONE is WORTH it. Ezekiel 34:1-2, 4, 11-12 (CSB) John 10:11 (CSB) Isaiah 53:6 (CSB) Our shepherd SEEKS US OUT Our shepherd JOYFULLY CARRIES US 1 Peter 2:24-25 (CSB) You are so VALUABLE TO GOD!

Our DNA | Week 4 | Love Well | Pastor Doug Myers | Life Center Tacoma 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 (CSB) We Reach Wide | We Build Strong | We Love Well Luke 14:15-24 (CSB) LOVE is our ORIGIN John 3:16-17 (CSB) 1 John 4:9-10 (CSB) LOVE is our IDENTITY John 13:34-35 (CSB) 1 John 4:7-8, 19-21 (CSB) LOVE is what DRIVES us Romans 10:13-15 (CSB)

Matthew 7:24-27 (ESV) Jesus calls us to be His DISCIPLES, and then He TEACHES us how Mark 1:16-20 (CSB) To become a disciple of Jesus we don't have to have a GREAT RESUME, because we SIMPLY PRESENT HIS The journey of discipleship starts with BEING IN RELATIONSHIP with Jesus John 17:24, 26 (CSB) Discipleship is not something that is DONE TO US, discipleship is a DECISION TO ACCEPT HIS INVITATION Th...

Luke 14:15-24 (CSB) God wants HEAVEN CROWDED Bring LIFE IN JESUS to EVERY LIFE in our communities We reach wide Everything has been PREPARED There is ROOM at the TABLE Jesus invites us to REACH WIDE - with the same REACH that RESCUED us

Our DNA: What Makes Us "Us" | Week 1 | It's About Life | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma We are about LIFE, because LIFE is who JESUS is 1 John 5:11-13 (CSB) Our mission is to bring LIFE IN JESUS to EVERY LIFE in our communities John 1:4 (CSB) John 10:10 (CSB) John 20:31 (CSB) We CARRY the life: I carry the life of Jesus WITH ME and IN ME Galatians 2:20 (CSB) We CARE for lives: every life...

A God of Justice | Josh Sperry | Life Center Tacoma David was ANOINTED long before he was APPOINTED. God was shaping him in private before using him in public. Justice: Making things right according to God's character and design. Injustice: The abuse of power, the neglect of the vulnerable, or the failure to act when wrong is done. Psalms 89:11-14 (NIV) 1 Samuel 17:26 (NLT) Justice begins with see...

Jesus is Building Something (Part One) | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma We don't just GO to CHURCH; we ARE the CHURCH. Exodus 19:5-6 (CSB) 1 Peter 2:4-10 (CSB) We have a new STATUS We have a new RESPONSIBILITY When was the last time you OFFERED a SPIRITUAL SACRIFICE to God?

Jonah | Week 4 | The God Who Won't Quit On You | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma Jonah 3:10-4:11 (CSB) God doesn't QUIT on Jonah even though Jonah QUIT on God At the HEART of our PROBLEMS we often find a PROBLEM of the HEART Proverbs 4:23 (CSB) You can OBEY with your FEET and REBEL with your HEART God doesn't just want Jonah to OBEY; He wants him to CHANGE God gets the LAST WORD

Jonah | Week 3 | Mercy for the Mess | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma The God of the Bible is a God of SECOND CHANCES. "Jonah's story shows us a God who doesn't just send storms to stop us - but grace to restore us." -Tim Keller Jonah 3:1-10 (CSB) Life is MESSY because SIN makes a MESS We like to RECEIVE mercy; God loves to GIVE mercy. Exodus 34:6-7 (CSB) Psalms 86:15 (CSB) God is PATIENT...

Communion in message Jonah | Week 2 | Desperate Prayers to a Gracious God | Pastor Doug Myers | Life Center Tacoma The God of the Bible has a plan that cannot be sabotaged. "God is both too holy and too loving to either destroy Jonah or to allow Jonah to remain as he is, and God is also too holy and too loving to allow us to remain as we are." -Tim Keller Jonah 1:17 (CSB) God ANSWERS when we CALL...

Runaway | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma God Doesn't run away from runaways 1. Jesus treated Jonah as HISTORY, not ALLEGORY 2. The Bible locates Jonah in REAL TIME and SPACE 3. MIRACLES in Jonah are consistent with God's POWER Jonah 1:1-16 (CSB) Jonah RUNS from God's CALL Jonah TRIES to run from God's PRESENCE Running from God is COSTLY We can RUN, but we can't HIDE God CARES enough abou...