Mountaintop Church

Everyone, regardless of age, desires to find a place where they can belong. If we look long enough, we might just discover that belonging beings with seeking Jesus. In the Kingdom of God, you don’t have to do anything to be accepted. And once you find that you belong, the presence of Jesus begins to transform you. No matter who you are or what you’ve done, you BELONG with Jesus.

Desperate times call for desperate measures... In today's message, our Special Guest, April Farmer, tells the story of a desperate woman who turned to Jesus as a last resort and was healed by her faith! By turning to Jesus, she finds healing and freedom, and same opportunity exists for each of us.   Learn more about Mountaintop Church at https://mountaintopchurch.com   VIDEO: https://youtu.be/...

As the United States barrels toward November elections, the topics that we've talked about thus far in this series are going to be used to divide us. Someone is going to try to convince us that THEY are the problem. “THEY” being the other side. And they are going to demonize the other side. Here’s the problem with that: When we demonize someone, we strip God’s image away from them. Politics ma...

Gender Identity is complex because we’re often not sure where the line is between God-given gender and cultural stereotypes. And right now, it's a part of our national conversation in regard to ethics, morality and sexuality. It can be easy to make generalizations, but the truth is, every story is unique. And the stories aren’t just stories. Every story belongs to a person. And Jesus came to s...

Abortion is an incredibly complex issue. It’s a topic that is culturally and politically explosive, and it will be weaponized in a few months to try and sway your vote one way or another. But we’re not interested in political perspectives. We want to know what the Bible says about it, where the Bible says it, and what else the Bible says. We want to know how we can live out our faith in the midst...

When people sit down for a conversation and fundamentally disagree about what the Bible says, a complex conversation can get even more complicated. Perhaps there’s no issue in our modern culture (and even in the Christian church) that people disagree about more than  homosexuality . It's complex. Truthfully, no one has all the answers on this side of eternity. All we can do is the best we can...

Humanity bears the image of God. Not just one of us, but all of us. You have never looked into the eyes of someone who did not bear the image of God. Every nation in creation shares this image-bearing mark. This is a core, foundational belief for people of faith. However, this understanding creates some complexity. When it comes to disagreements, politics and even military conflict and war, we eas...

You’ve probably got some strong opinions about these complex issues: RACE, HOMOSEXUALITY, ABORTION, GENDER IDENTITY AND POLITICS. That's OK. This series, Complex Conversations, is not about what to think but about how to think, especially about the Bible and our mission as Christians. We aim to present a faithful and honest interpretation of God’s Word and ask you to consider how your opinions...

The resurrection is the reason that we can experience the joy of the presence of God through the Holy Spirit. That doesn’t mean life will always be easy or feel like a party; it just means that God will always be with us. The resurrection launched a New Life that is available to all who believe. And it’s available to you. So, the question, kids (and all of us) is: Will you join the party Jesus sta...

How many times in your life, have you ended up somewhere for the 100th time and you don’t even remember getting there. You don’t even know why you are there at that same empty well, confused about why it’s not fulfilling you… Maybe, right now, you can feel a fresh wind blowing or a new fire burning… Maybe you're wondering, “What's next? Where do I go now? Because I can't go back to the...

Today, we’re going to see Paul experience a different world than every other town he’d visited. Paul had a strategy with every town he visited. He would go to the  Synagogue  & talk to  Jews  first, and then to  God-fearing Greeks . He was speaking in a religious setting to religious people who respected the Hebrew God. But when Paul arrived in Athens, he saw a city unlike any city he had been...

There are no promises that the opposition will quit. There are no promises that there won’t be adversity. There are no promises that problems won’t chase you down. There are no promises that it will ever be  EASY . In fact, it won’t be easy.  And that is a lesson Paul learns. Paul is sent away from the town where he's preaching the Gospel for his own safety and the believers think Paul’s work...

More than ever, as a society, we are really good at drawing lines in the sand. After all, a distinctive trait of the modern world is that WE ARE DIVIDED. It's us versus them. It's the way we do it versus the way they do it. It's what seems right to us versus what seems right to them. We draw lines about behaviors, political platforms, cultural ideologies… And we Christians have a tende...

About 2,000 years ago, the Apostle Paul ventured out on a road trip, and it changed the world. It is not hyperbole to say that The Apostle Paul changed the world more than any other human besides Jesus. In fact, you could say Paul amplified Jesus’ impact on the world. He let the world outside Jerusalem know who Jesus was. Paul is doing what he’s been called to do, led by the Holy Spirit, confirmed...

Do we really want God in our marriage? Or do we only want God in our marriage if it's comfortable? Because God's design for winning in marriage is a lifelong exercise in losing… Marriage, at its best, is a picture of Christ and His church. Jesus died for the Church, surrendered, deferred, put us above himself. And our response in loving him back is to die to ourselves, to yield authority i...

Every sermon I heard on sex growing up was pretty much: Don’t do it. That seemed to be targeted at teenagers and single folks. Those sermons seemed to center around the dangers of sex to our society. But I remember the day that our youth pastor said that sex was a good thing, a beautiful thing meant to be enjoyed by a husband and wife. Sex was not a dirty thing; it was part of the created order of...

While there’s not a ‘marriage’ book in the Bible, God’s Word says a lot about marriage, sex, relationships, commitment, and  God’s design for marriage . Marriage is God’s idea.    Learn more about Mountaintop Church at  https://mountaintopchurch.com  

Sometimes it can feel like our situation on earth reveals our sitting in eternity. If life is good, then God must be good with us. But our situation has nothing to do with our eternity. Our fortune has nothing to do with our eternity. Our luck has nothing to do with our eternity. How blessed we feel has nothing to do with our eternity. Our DECISIONS are what count… Download the Study Guide: https:...

Today we will lean into one of the most famous stories from the Gospel of Luke, and it's about a young man who was seeing green – greener pastures and dollar signs! But it turns out that when he got what he wanted, it wasn't what he had hoped for… Download the Study Guide: https://mountaintopchurch.com/events/jesus-a-research-project/ Messages from the previous two years of this series can...

I think we all need a reminder to be humble from time to time. Jesus says that our reflex should be to put others first, to practice humility and selflessness. And I need that reminder because I am really good at putting ME first. But humility and hospitality capture the heart of God. So how do we live that out on a day-to-day basis?   This series, JESUS, is part of a Five Year Journey we're o...

In this series, JESUS: A Research Project, we’re studying teachings, miracles and parables of Jesus that are found only in the book of Luke, and it’s amazing how many of them have to do with material possessions and money. I think those stories resonated with Luke, who was a well-to-do Greek Physician. He didn’t know Jesus personally, but he thoroughly investigated Jesus's life by talking with...

What is love, really? People seem to have different definitions of love. People seem to say it and not show it, or they have funny ways of showing it… And who gets to decide what love is? That’s a really important question if love is one of the fundamental traits of following Jesus and being his witnesses in the world. This series, JESUS, is part of a Five Year Journey we're on as a church, wh...

Have you ever had dinner turn into a disaster? A date that was an absolute dud? An friendly gathering that turned into a political debate? A nice night that turns into an awkward evening? In this message, we'll look at a dinner at a Pharisee's house that absolutely did not go to plan. And I think the host had high hopes for this dinner because it was a dinner to which he had invited Jesus…...

Luke wasn’t a disciple of Jesus, but he was a disciple of someone who was:  Peter . So, when you read Mark, you’re hearing the stories Peter told him. Mark was written first, which makes some sense given Peter’s prominence in the early church. Most scholars believe the other gospel writers had access to Mark as they were writing their accounts. When Luke was writing his account, he had to do some...

You are not the only one who struggles. We all struggle. And when we begin to follow Jesus, we grow and mature, but we'll continue to have a nature that steers us in the wrong direction. But there is hope. The heart of our faith is that we believe in a savior who came to Square One to take us to the finish line through His grace, mercy, and forgiveness. Your destiny is determined by the One wh...