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Pastor Nathan delivers a beautiful message on trusting God with our everything. Even in the midst of suffering.

Inho Suh gives a motivational message on how we cannot be a child of God by works. The work must be done by Christ. In turn we can only be the salt of the earth by Christ.

In this installment of our 1st Peter series, Pastor Nathan shares God's plan for how we are to interact with a world that may at times be hostile toward our faith and beliefs. God's answer is faithfulness to the WAY of Jesus Christ, gentleness, and respect.

This sermon discusses how the Church community is called to be a safe haven for all who enter into it's fellowship from 1 Peter 3:8-12.

On Christmas Eve we talk about ideas of HOME; about peace, joy, love and security. Our loving Father wants to give us these things if we will only receive Him!

As Christians, we must accept that we will never fully belong in this world for we were made to live in the fulfilled Kingdom of God, with Jesus as Lord. So, how to we live as a loving exile?

Bosnian International worker Kathy Eikost kicks off our 2024 Mission Conference with an inspiring message about faithfully continuing to scatter the seeds of the Gospel and trusting the outcome to God!

Bosnian International Worker Mark Eikost concludes our mission conference week sharing the second sermon of our 1st Peter series, "How to Live & Love Righteously in an Unbelieving World".

As Christians, we are following a very different pattern from those around us who do not follow the way of Jesus. It could make us feel like exiles in our own lives. But its OK to embrace being different, in fact, it is essential! It is how others may come to know Jesus and how we will experience full joy!

This sermon is about putting off the basic ways of the world and our own sinful tendencies, and craving the pure spiritual milk of the Word of God instead! This turning from one thing to another is where the joy happens!

In this sermon, Pastor Nathan explores what the Bible means when it asks us to submit to human institutions such as emperors, presidents, governors or prime ministers.

In this sermon, Inho shares about the Advent theme of Hope, and Jesus' calling that we receive and give hope to all others around us; salt of the earth, light of the world in the footsteps of Jesus!

In this sermon, Pastor Nathan explores what it means to submit to overseers who are unjust for the Lord's sake. In so doing, we follow in the footsteps of Jesus, the "Suffering Servant" and show God's love to all of those who do not know Him in our workplaces including our bosses and managers.

In this sermon, Pastor Nathan teases out the nuance of this text to show us how to submit to and love one another in our marriages that many who do not know Jesus may come to know Him.

This sermon is an open forum and discussion between two of our Pastoral elders concerning Matthew 5:21-22 where Jesus reveals that He has a much higher standard for us who follow him than simply "do not murder".

Pastor Nathan wraps up Titus 3 by encouraging us to live and handle each other in a Christ-like way.

Pastor Nathan leads us into a brief introduction and preview of our new upcoming series on 1&2 Peter. He gives little tastes of the study book our small groups will be walking through together.

Pastor Nathan teaches on the type of foundation and overall tone that Elders and leadership set for a church. He expresses the importance of what culture leadership can create in a church and why it is a position to not be taken lightly.

In this short sermon series, Pastor Nathan Detweiler delves into the book of Titus, examining the qualifications for eldership and the path for those called to this significant responsibility. Eldership is a calling not to be taken lightly.

Pastor Nathan explains the call to increase the faith--breaking down it down into three ways: Through the Holy Scriptures, listening to the Holy Spirit, and by Holy Community.

Guard the good deposit that God has entrusted in you.

Pastor Nathan delivers the final chapter of Galatians with a few highlights of encouragement along with a warning. It is the Holy Spirit that does the finishing work on us, there is nothing else as it is a free gift. The Holy Spirit will teach us the way in which He wants us to walk and how He is going to change us. It is not by works of anyone but the Holy Spirit. Being a Christian is hard, take...

Pastor Nathan Detweiler continues in our sermon series talking about walking in step with the Spirit by the Spirit.

Michael Yuhasz, our special guest speaker, delivered a heartfelt message titled "Jesus Christ Is My Hero." In his message, he highlighted the courageous compassion, faithfulness, trust, and humility of Jesus.

Galatians 5, walking in step with the Spirit. When four children had entered Narnia and spent time with Aslan something about them changed--they went from children to the refinement of Kings and Queens. That is what it is like walking in step with the Spirit. Letting the Spirit refine us and remove all that entangles us.