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Our big mouths can be destructive, but they also have the power to build others up. What we say can impact the quality, and even the direction, of the lives of the people around us. How can we use this power for good?

Like a small spark that has the potential to scorch an entire green forest, our tongues are untamable, with the power to control our whole bodies. We have a tool that can be used to build up those around us or tear them down in just a few words. What do we do with that kind of power? We can’t lock it away. But we can, by God’s grace, learn to control it.

We all know what it’s like to be hurt by someone who just couldn’t listen long enough to understand us. Maybe in their attempt to be right, they damaged a relationship that could have been saved with a little patience and curiosity. You’ve probably been on the other side of that coin too. Taking the verbal offense may have won the argument, but you lost relationally. What if we didn’t settle for b...

It’s so easy to worry, and if you’re honest, it probably seems a little annoying when Jesus tells you to simply stop worrying (which he does). The real question is how? We’ll look at what Jesus says the chief causes of worry are, and what to do about them.

In a world of outrage, it’s easy to be angry. Whether your anger shows up in private, public or whether it’s just something you feel but rarely show, what’s underneath that? We’ll look at where your anger comes from, how to deal with it, and how to replace it with profound gratitude.

Remember when you were a kid and trusted at a level that seemed, well, childlike? But our trust gets broken. Over time, we become suspicious of people, organizations and even God. What happens to us when suspicion becomes our dominant view? Everything changes when you stop assuming the worst and start believing the best.

We live in a culture where we’ve never had more options to choose from, but in many ways, we also feel chained down by those same choices. We can feel the pressure that comes from being tied to our job, to a broken relationship, to our past, to our financial situation, to inner battles, etc. No matter how hard we try, why is it so hard to feel free in our daily lives? We long to be better, but can...

Every week you spend time with people who don’t know Jesus, and opportunities to have a conversation come up. How exactly do you have a good conversation with someone about your faith? How do you start and what do you even say? Jesus gives us a few examples of conversations he had with people on the journey to faith. Let’s look at his example of how to have a truth and grace-filled conversation ab...

In a culture where people are spiritually curious, they are looking for people who are willing to have open and honest conversations. At the same time, it can be difficult to understand someone’s journey to Jesus. When does God show up in someone’s life? How do we play a role in that? How do we trust God to show up? How do they trust us as a safe person to help them on their journey?

78% of people who don’t attend church are open to a conversation with a Christian about what they believe. At the same time, on average, Christians share what they believe with less than one person a year. Christians can feel an awkwardness or reluctance to sharing their faith. Often we can rationalize our reasons, but perhaps it comes down to a heart issue, not a head issue. What compelled early...

Everyone loves a good LOVE story right? However, anyone who has been in a relationship for more than 5 minutes knows that is not the way they usually work! The truth is, life doesn’t resolve itself in 90 minutes. A healthy marriage takes work. A healthy and God-honoring relationship takes work. It takes selflessness and it takes a serious commitment to unity.

You may not have it all together, but at least pastors have it all together, right? In this message, Chris & Kim Edmondson talk openly about the struggles and tough seasons they’ve come through in their marriage. Things haven’t been nearly as easy as they thought they would be, but they’ve been worth it.

We have all been to High School or college where teachers and professors have dismantled our faith and discounted the Bible. They were smarter than you, had more degrees than you, so you just left God and the church. Now when someone brings up the Bible? Or says, “You should read it!” You just ignore what they say, because you remember some claims that a professor made years ago that you never inv...

From the Christian down the road who never practices what he preaches, to witch hunts, to the crusades, what is the deal with Christians who look nothing like Jesus? You told us that the hypocrisy of Christians is one of the top problems you have with God. So let’s go there.

Here’s the question millions of people have asked: if God is good and if God is all-powerful, why is there suffering? Every world religion and world view (including atheism and agnosticism) has to answer that question. Christianity has an unbelievably different kind of answer that almost everyone misses.

So many people believe there’s an irreconcilable tension between science and Christianity. If you become a Christian, you can’t embrace science. If you embrace science, you can’t have faith. What if faith and reason aren’t enemies, but friends?

So maybe you think that to believe in God requires a giant leap of faith. And maybe you think that essentially, there’s zero evidence for God’s existence apart from the Bible. Is that true? Is there any evidence for God outside of scripture or blind belief? We’ll explore those questions in part one of The Problem of God.

Have you ever met someone that later you wish you’d never met? Is there a person you wish your husband, wife, son, or daughter had never met? Sometimes people are our greatest regrets because they influence us to ignore what we know to be true, and eventually, we become just like them.

In this session, we are talking about redeeming our regrets. Redemption is what happens when unexpected good comes out of a situation that you could only expect to result in something bad. We could call this the long view of our mistakes. God wants to take our biggest mistakes; he wants to buy them back and redeem them. We’re not just talking about getting over regret, and we’re certainly not talk...

When we have done something wrong or when something undeserved has happened to us, we can easily get hung up in guilt, blame, and grudge holding. The questions and emotions inside us can prevent us from moving past our regrets in a new direction. Once we recognize our regrets, it’s time to begin to release them. This is a critical step that often demands that we forgive or seek forgiveness moving...

Learning to recognize your regrets seems simple enough, doesn’t it? Maybe too simple? Yet the human mind has some reflexive responses to powerful emotions – such as regret - that can make it hard to honestly face reality. One unhealthy way of relating to your regrets is to dwell on them and play them over and over again in your mind. Another detrimental way of responding to your regrets is to hide...

In our culture we often hear the idea of ‘have no regrets’. The problem is we all fall short sometimes— mistakes, bad choices, and hard lessons learned are part of what it means to be an imperfect human. Our regrets may entail something we wish we hadn’t done or a missed opportunity we didn’t take action on. Our regrets might even entail details that are outside our control. Going even further, by...

Maybe you wandered away from the church. Maybe the church pushed you away. You lost interest. You got busy. You got hurt. You thought you were done with God forever. But then you started to miss the peace. Despite everything you had experienced, you sensed a light out there. The doubt, the anger, the disappointment with God, the sin, and the shame didn’t put out the light. And here you are in chur...