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In the story of Esther, we meet several key characters, all of whom will be remembered for something. What do you want to be remembered for? Contrary to what most people want to believe, your character in the little moments determines your legacy in the big moments. If you’re wise, you’ll seek to define what defines you.

Both Mordecai and Esther had a painful past. Mordecai in captivity, and Esther was an orphan. What do you do with painful memories and a painful past? Should be consumed by our past and be held in bondage to it? Should we pretend that it our past just never happened and repress it? Or is there a third option—allowing God to use our past turning it into a wonderful plan for our future?

Most days, life seems quite ordinary. In fact, some days God seems entirely absent. If you can relate to that, you need to meet Esther. Sometimes the little moments are more significant than you think. And you can trust that God is present, even when God seems absent. The book of Esther gives us a surprising example of how that is true. THE BIG IDEA: God is present even when God seems absent.

Accomplishment itself isn’t always enough. In fact, most people experience some kind of let down after they accomplish an astounding goal. Even astounding accomplishment can leave us with an unsettling feeling that there’s something more. What is it? When you discover it, it changes everything and it reprograms your life.  THE BIG IDEA: Knowing Jesus is the one thing that brings meaning to everyth...

Is work life-balance possible? Maybe. But what if that’s not the best way to live? We’ll see how the most effective people rarely shoot for balance. They shoot for something radically different. And if you do it could change so much in your work, your family and your life.  THE BIG IDEA: Passion accomplishes far more than balance.

We all drift. We begin with great intentions, determined to stay the course, but along the way we find ourselves falling back into the places and behaviors we intended to avoid. Somehow our commitments and convictions just aren’t able to help us on their own. There’s a missing ingredient that is necessary if we’re going to Accomplish more in this life. THE BIG IDEA: It isn’t enough to have convict...

So many people are frustrated with the lack of progress they make in life. It’s especially confusing since so many of us feel like we’re so busy. How can you have that much activity and yet have so little productivity? We’ll look at some practical, b!iblical strategies for getting more accomplished.

It’s New Year’s. You’ve got goals. Resolutions. Some will be easy. But there are probably one or two issues that seem too big for you to tackle. What do you do with those? We’ll ask a question that can lead you to an answer that just might change everything for you.

To understand all that God did through the birth of His son Jesus to radically change and redeem our story. God gave us a whole new way to live, to love, and have relationship with him and others…all through the birth of a little baby, born in a forgotten town, to a teenage mother. Today as we close this series, we’re going to look at the word in—how God is not only with. That God is not only for....

To understand all that God did through the birth of His son Jesus to radically change and redeem our story. God gave us a whole new way to live, to love, and have relationship with him and others…all through the birth of a little baby, born in a forgotten town, to a teenage mother. Today, we’re learning that Jesus came to send us into the world. And to do THROUGH us things FOR and WITH him that dr...

Fill in the blank: God is ________ us. What would you fill that blank with? Most of us would probably fill it with some pretty negative words. God is angry. God is frustrated. God is disappointed. There are a lot of things we could put in the place of that blank—but the word for is probably the farthest thing from our minds. This week, we learn that Jesus is God doing FOR us what we could not do f...

Ever felt the chaos of Christmas? Things that start off so beautiful become terrorizing and terrifying by the end of the season. The songs you love to sing become annoying. The food you look forward to eating you get sick of. The parties you been anticipating become a burden. Is that how you want to spend this Christmas? Do you think that this is how God wants you to spend this Christmas? To under...

God wants more for us than we could ever want for ourselves. He doesn’t always do what we want Him to, but we can trust that His plans for us are greater than our own plans.

There is a virus in everyone’s DNA. It renders us half dead & half alive. It leaves us lifeless without meaning & purpose. It cripples us all & is infecting everyone around us. ZOMBIES ARE REAL! But what if there was a cure? Join us on a search for the antidote!

Life is difficult, and at some point all of us walk around with a sense that we are unclean–broken, sick, or just too bad to merit being valuable to anyone. In Matthew 8, Jesus encounters a man who encompasses this condition. His reaction is what shocks us. Everyone else runs away or beats up a zombie…Jesus embraced him. Read this account of the story, watch Dave Thompson bring the story to life,...

When we think of church, why is a building the first thing that comes to mind? Is church a place full of robes and pews? Bands and banners? Or is church meant to refer to something different?

What kind of person does God use? As you read through the Bible it becomes clear that God doesn’t usually use the smartest or the most sophisticated person. He doesn’t often use someone who has all the answers or who knows what he is doing. What does it take for God to do something amazing? All the disciples could muster was five loaves and two fish to feed a hungry crowd of over five thousand. Bu...

People ask a lot of questions. Who should I marry? Where should I live? What car should I buy? Where did I put my keys? While we will never be able to answer every question with confidence, can we have an answer for everyone? Christians aren’t called to have an answer to everything, but to be an answer to everyone.

The Bible, quiet times spent with God, prayer—these are things we need when we embark on a relationship with God. We desire to connect with God, but there are so many things that get in the way or discourage us. Our schedules are jam‐packed and it seems impossible to squeeze God in. Everywhere we turn, there is someone vying for our attention or needing something. But, what trips us up the most is...

Bowe Bergdahl, the 28-year-old U.S. Army sergeant who spent five years as a captive in Afghanistan before being traded for five high profile Taliban leaders, was returned by the Taliban on May 31, 2014. Bergdahl was the only U.S. soldier held captive in Afghanistan and was released in exchange for five detainees from a detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The circumstances surrounding the pri...

She’s one of today’s most popular television personalities. She’s known for her humor, her wit and her charm. For a living, she interviews the most famous people in the world, and has fun doing it. In this message, Chris looks at what would happen in a one-on-one conversation between Ellen DeGeneres and the ultimate guest, Jesus Christ. And as we peek into this interview, we discover some things t...

Robin Williams normally doesn’t fail to make people laugh. But the world was crying on August 11th, 2014 to hear that the legendary comedian and performer Robin Williams had committed Suicide. In public, Robin Williams shared only the joy he found in life, never the sorrow. He was the same man in private, shielding even longtime friends from the darkness of depression that finally enveloped him. “...

Walter has good intentions—he is wanting to provide for his family before he dies. I understand that. If you’re a man, we all understand that, don’t we? We want our family to be okay. Our wife to be financially secure. We want our children to not have to wonder where the next meal is coming to come from. Walter has good intentions. But he makes a bad choice. He breaks the law. In the church world,...