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This message from Luke 4:14-21, addresses the issue of healing. This topic can be challenging and complicated because it addresses our greatest needs and desires in life. People are only interested in healing when they need healing or when a loved one needs healing. Everyone wants healing on demand. Any answer but “Yes” is a hard answer that’s rarely understood or well received.  This message will...

The pages of scripture are full of promises for the life of every believer to be filled with divine power. We have studied many of these so far in this series, “Is there more?” But is there one overarching principle or promise that we can look to? Does God have a singular, “ultimate” purpose concerning us? If so, how does it relate to the topic of power?  In this message, William takes a deep dive...

This message from Hebrews 11 is all about faith, but faith is a lot more than believing in a set of beliefs. Tune into this message and learn how operates in: ·      Certainty instead of uncertainty. ·      Confidence instead of doubt. ·      Risk instead of safety. ·      Action instead of agreement. Lastly, all of us have mountain in our life, immovable objects. Yet God promises our faith, confi...

What does the Two Wing approach look like in your life? If the "Word of God" wing is stronger than the "Spirit of God," what is the one step you can take to strengthen your weaker wing?  Support the show

This message from John 14:12-18 answers a big theological question in a powerful and practical way. Verse 12 says, “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these will he do; because I go to the Father.” How can this verse be true? The consequences are too great on too many levels if it isn’t true.  Tune into this message and l...

This message from John 7:37-39 answers the question, “Is There More”? Jesus is at The Feast of Tabernacles when hundreds of thousands of people traveled to Jerusalem and lived in tents for the week. That statement alone should make you curious enough to listen to the message.  What Jesus does at the festival is bold and radical. He made a statement that redefined everything then and is still redef...

In this fourth message of the series, William takes an unorthodox approach to explaining both the role of the Holy Spirit and what a thriving Church looks like from a ministry standpoint. Rather than the dogmatic, didactic rhetoric that is common when attempting to dissect 1 Cor 12, William attempts to weave a much more holistic narrative, and paint a broader picture that should enrich, challenge...

This message from Acts 2 is significant for many reasons, but especially because we are teaching on Pentecost on the actual day of Pentecost. The word Pentecost simply means 50th day. It was originally used to refer to the Festival of Weeks or Shavuot . Leviticus 23:16 instructs people to count seven weeks or “ 50 days ” from the end of Passover to the beginning of the next holiday.  It was origin...

This message from John 15:1-11 maps out God’s process for bearing fruit, more fruit, and much fruit. This progression should be the norm, not the anomaly. Prioritize tuning into this message so that you can be known by abundance, not average.   Support the show

Frequently, when we read scripture there’s a difference between the people’s experience with God then and people’s experience with God now. When it comes to God and His church, most people are asking this question: Is There More? It’s a valid question. The answer is "Yes!" The pages of Scripture and testimonies throughout history, prove one hundred percent that the answer is “Yes!” In th...

In many respects the church feels outdated and out of touch with today’s values and beliefs. That’s true from man’s perspective, but that’s not true from God’s perspective. God’s church has faced all types of adversity and opposition through the years, but the church has done more than survive.  In fact, God uses the challenges to purify and prune His church.  Ultimately, that means God purifies a...

In this second message in the series Understanding God’s Delays, we wrestle with the big questions. Why does God push pause on His promises to us? What good is to be gained from going nowhere? What am I supposed to do in the doldrums of delay?  From this well-known passage in Isaiah, William explores an unconventional path to not merely surviving delays but finding purpose, power and engagement in...

In this second half of our series on Timing, we will turn the tables from looking at our role in stepping out in faith to look at Scripture to understand what often feels like God’s delays. If you have prayed for anything and not seen an answer, it can leave you frustrated and confused. In this message Karin looks at God’s encounter with Abraham and Sarah in Genesis 18:1-15 to explore the timeless...

When you think about an Easter message, what do you think about? If you have history in church, then you might think, I know that story. Yes, I venture to say that over 90% of people know the story about the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. However, what percentage of people have experienced the power of Jesus’ resurrection personally? That is a radically different question.  This...

In this fourth message, we consider the critical role of attention in seeing and seizing opportunities. In consideration of Palm Sunday, we take the events of Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem, as described in John 12:12-19, and pose 3 distinct challenges Jesus faced and learn from the Master how to handle them.  While it’s easy to look at the moments leading up to and following this historic...

In the third message of this series, we will look at the need for restoration. All of us miss the wave from time to time. Some waves are bigger and stronger than others. Wipeouts are not only possible, but if you surf long enough, they are also probable. Some wipeouts have an easy recovery, while other wipeouts can destroy your confidence and courage. If Peter was a surfer, he would be known for t...

In the second message of this series, we will look at the timing elements of God’s vision for the Israelites in Habakkuk 2:1-4. “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it. For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.” Do you see the roller coaster in those v...

Time is tricky. In some seasons, it moves too fast, and in other seasons, it moves too slowly. In the hard seasons, we might accidentally believe we are wasting our time.  In week one of Timing: Don’t Miss Your Opportunity, we will examine Joshua's life and learn how to use the time God has given us and how timing is even more important than time. Get ready to learn how to catch the waves of...

In the eighth message of this series, we look at the famous passage from Ezekiel 37 about the valley of dry bones. This chapter is an amazing picture of the promised fulfilled of the restoration of God’s people to Israel. The exiled people were dead in their idolatry. Here’s the amazing thing about the dead people; dead people can’t help dead people not be dead. They were completely helpless and h...

God’s people have a dire history of crying out to the Lord, being rescued, lapsing into sin, and falling back into punishment. But what if God had a solution that broke the pattern? What if we didn’t have to live doomed to repeat our own history of unfaithfulness? In this message, William explores all of the promises of Ezekiel 36, and the one pivotal promise that trumps them all. This message wil...

In the sixth message of this series, we look at God’s extraordinary promises. Here’s the interesting thing with this chapter, it starts with great disappointment and judgment because the people were defiling God’s name. Most of the time we don’t associate disobedience to God, with extraordinary promises from God. However, we learn in this chapter that God is committed to His holy name. In this con...

In the fifth message of this series, we look at the issue of leadership. In many respects the job description of a Shepherd was determined by the weaknesses of sheep. Leadership is many things, but in a bottom line kind of way, leadership is problem solving.  In Ezekiel 34, there was an abundance of problems with the Shepherds. Most of the time when you have a problem with followers; there’s a pro...

In the fourth message of this series, we look at this statement, “But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned.” This statement is repeated four times in this chapter and many times throughout scripture.  More times than not, we see history repeat itself because sin remains the same throughout history. Unfortunately, sin is accelerating and multiplying today at warp speed. G...

Today, we look at judgment, and all the ways people misrepresent who God is, how He judges, and why He judges. Unfortunately, most people respond to God in extremes instead of understanding God’s balance of love and justice. This message is designed to help respect and honor who God is as the Judge so that we’ll heed the warnings and not experience the consequences.  This message is especially imp...

This series is a study through the book of Ezekiel. It’s all about the importance of receiving a New Heart with a New Spirit. There’s nothing more important in life than the health of one’s heart. When one’s heart is healthy; it is easier for everything else to be healthy. However, when one’s heart is unhealthy; it is harder for everything else to be healthy.  In the second message of this series,...