OneLife Church

What can Jesus accomplish in a 24-hour period? This week, Brian Barr continued our sermon series through the book of Mark, looking at when Jesus begins His public ministry. In one astonishing day, Jesus teaches with authority, casts out demons, heals the sick late into the night, and after all this, He wakes up early in the morning to commune with His Father in Heaven. Jesus didn’t waste time; He...

Why doesn’t it work to try to follow Jesus on your own terms? This week, Jeremy Little continued our sermon series through the book of Mark, looking at when Jesus calls His first disciples. Jesus doesn’t call world leaders, great thinkers, or influential people; He calls ordinary workers—fishermen. He meets them in the mundane tasks of life and invites them to a whole new purpose: “Follow me, and...

Who is God? What is He like? This week Chris Nagel continued our sermon series through the gospel of Mark, and we looked at Jesus’ baptism and His temptation by Satan. Many people want a relationship with Jesus, but they want it on their own terms. They want Jesus to orbit them and their life. But in this short passage we get a stunning revelation of who Jesus is. Jesus is the Christ, the Son of G...

You can join our OneLife Sunday morning gatherings via livestream at 9am and 11am CST every Sunday morning. Or if you’re local to the Bay Area of Houston, we’d love to have you join us in person Saturdays at 5pm and Sundays at 9am and 11am! Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join us live on Sunday mornings:  https:// www.youtube.com/@ onelifechurch381 Listen to more messages from OneLife Church a...

What is the gospel? This week Brian Barr kicked off a new sermon series through the book of Mark in the Bible. Mark is an eyewitness account of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection. It was written specifically to Christians who were suffering in Rome under the persecution of Nero. Mark begins by announcing the purpose of his book - to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. The gos...

What is baptism? This week, Brian Barr explained the significance of the practice of baptism, as we celebrated baptizing 21 people over the weekend! In the great commission, Jesus commands that we make disciples, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The first step of becoming a disciple of Jesus is baptism. Many people think they need to wait until they "get good...

What does it look like to conform into the image of Christ? This week, Brian Barr closed out our Conform series by looking at the primary marker of a life transformed by Jesus - our love for others. Our culture has defined love as self-centered and self-gratifying. But the love of God is sacrificial and living for the benefit of others. God’s love is powerful! The instruction for followers of Jesu...

What is the most radical thing that Jesus instructed His followers to do? “Love your enemies.” This week we had the privilege of having Bob Roberts with us from Northwood Church in Dallas, Texas. In a world where people are divided over differing beliefs, ethnicities, and political parties, whole hearted followers of Jesus are commanded to love everyone - even their enemies. This is so countercult...

Every parent has goals for their kids. But as Christians, our greatest desire is that our kids would grow to be wholehearted followers of Jesus! In this Mother’s Day message, Brian Barr gives us five practices of families who are raising wholehearted disciples of Jesus. Discipleship has to start in our homes and in the way we model what it looks like to love God wholeheartedly. If we are emphasizi...

How storm-proof is your life? This week we had the privilege of having Mbonisi Malaba with us from OneTribe Church in Nairobi, Kenya. Mbonisi led us through Jesus’ famous parable of two builders who built their houses on the rock and on the sand. When a great storm came, with violent winds, rain and floods, the house built on the rock stood firm, but the house built on the sand was destroyed. Chri...

What does it look like to grow in spiritual maturity? This week, Nate Miller finished our Disciple: Conform series looking at how we change to be more like Jesus. Like plants produce fruit as they grow, followers of Jesus are also called to produce fruit of the Spirit in their lives. In Galatians, Paul says that we are to “walk by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.” As f...

What should our response to sin be in our lives? This week, Chris Nagel continued our series Disciple: Conform giving us five steps to help us in turning from sin. While we no longer are enslaved to sin when we become a Christian, we will still battle the temptation to sin. It’s not only external threats that we fight against - like Satan or the world, but we also battle the internal threat of our...

As followers of Jesus, our testimony is that we are dead to sin and are now alive to God. But what does that mean? This week, Brian Barr continued in our series Disciple: Conform, looking at how we conform to the likeness of Jesus by fighting sin in our lives. Before becoming a Christian, we were enslaved to sin. But when we turn to Jesus, our old self dies and we experience freedom from the power...

In today’s culture, we desire to pursue lives that are comfortable and problem-free. But the reality is that as Christians, we live in wartime. This week, Brian Barr continued in our Disciple: Conform series looking at how we stand against the schemes of the enemy. When we choose to follow Jesus, we also gain an enemy who works against us to make us ineffective and cause us to disbelieve God’s tru...

Happy Easter, OneLife! Jesus is risen and we have much to celebrate! In this Easter message, Brian Barr encourages us to not just believe in Jesus’ resurrection, but to also live out a resurrection life. Jesus rose from the dead so that all who believe in Him can be spiritually resurrected to new life! All the ways we celebrate Easter are wonderful, but the best and most honoring way we can celebr...

As followers of Jesus, God’s intention is for us to conform to the likeness of Jesus in every area of life - including our minds. This week, Brian Barr continued our Disciple series talking about renewing our minds. There is a war waging for our souls. Our enemy’s biggest goal is to get us to believe lies about God that lead us to reject Him in favor of living independent, self-focused lives. Ever...

What is God’s vision for your life? Many Christians wonder about this question, but God clearly tells us in His Word that He has one goal for our lives - that we be conformed into likeness of His Son Jesus (Romans 8:28-29). This week, Brian Barr kicked off a new sermon series covering the second “C” in OneLife’s grid for what it means to be a disciple of Jesus - Conform. As followers of Jesus, we...

Do you have something worth celebrating in your life? This week, Jeremy Little finished our sermon series through the book of Esther. The Jews in this last chapter inaugurate a celebration of Purim to remember the deliverance of the Jews from the plot of Haman. As followers of Jesus, we also have much to celebrate! We have experienced the greatest reversal of all time - we were once far from God,...

Ever wonder why evil continues in the world? And why the innocent continue to suffer under the hand of the wicked? This week Brian Barr continued in our series through the book of Esther with the demise of Haman and the exaltation of the Jewish people. As followers of Jesus, we can trust God for final justice and a future day where He will overcome all evil! The story of Esther reassures us that G...

Is your response to trials and hardships an acknowledgment of your weakness and a reliance on God’s strength? This week, Chris Nagel continued our series in Esther. Haman’s pride brought about humiliation, in contrast, through Esther’s humility to pray and fast for the freedom of their people, God showed up powerfully to bring about change that would not have been possible apart from Him. It's in...

This week, we had the privilege of having Jeremy Simpkins with us from England who brought a prophetic message of purpose for our current season as a church. As a fletcher crafts an arrow by choosing a stick, shaping it, sanding it down, stretching it straight, and oiling it; God also chooses us, readies us and pours his Spirit into us so that we can be sent out like arrows into the world. God isn...

Are you willing to be used by God, even if it’s a risk to your position, status, influence or income? Following Jesus is a recognition that our lives are meant to be poured out for others. This week, Brian Barr continued our series through the book of Esther looking at the pivotal moment when Esther agrees to go before the king to save her people. While the name of God isn't mentioned in the book,...

Sometimes when we look at the state of the world around us, it can be difficult to see where God is at work. How should we respond, as followers of Jesus, when God appears to be silent and absent? This week, Jeremy Little kicked off our new sermon series, Esther: The Hidden Work of God. We can take great encouragement from the story of Esther, a story in which God’s name is not directly mentioned,...

This week we looked back over 2023 and celebrated all that God has done at OneLife. We have seen people added, lives changed, financial generosity, strengthening through partnering churches and the faithful provision of God at every step. OneLife is a story of God’s grace and intentional calling to the Bay Area of Houston. But if we are going to continue to be people who make a difference in this...

We grow in meaningful connection with God through consistently and intentionally engaging in spiritual disciplines. God gives us practices through which we can experience God as our Father. 1 Timothy 4:7 says to “train yourself to be godly.”  We will not automatically have a close relationship with God because we say “yes” to Jesus. If we are to truly experience God as Father, it will require effo...