OneLife Church

Everything in life changes when we experience God as Father. For the Christian, this is our reality through Jesus! This new identity - as a son or daughter of God - is the most significant truth about us. The temptation is for us to find our identity in the things we do or the things that have happened to us. But it's through our relationship with God our Father that we find our worth, true identi...

What is your aim in 2024? As Christians, we are called to be disciples of Jesus - our aim is already set for us! Discipleship is apprenticeship - the highest form of intentional training. Being a disciple requires us to invest in our relationship with Jesus - spending time with Him, hearing His voice, and doing life with Him. But many Christians today struggle to experience a meaningful life with...

With the closing of 2023 and the beginning of a new year, what should we be expecting God to do in us and among us at OneLife? This week, we heard from several of our Elders and their prayers for us at OneLife in 2024. May we be people who grow in our love of God, hear His voice, and desire to live whole-heartedly for Him this year! One of the ways we grow as followers of Jesus is through daily Bi...

Today we celebrate the birth of Jesus! God’s promise to His people was that He would not leave them alone in darkness, but would send Jesus, the Immanuel, “God with us.” This is the miracle of Christmas! Are you living your life on a firm foundation, marked by God with you? Or are you living a life based on trust in your own abilities and wisdom? Jesus is available to you, today. His followers exp...

Are we aiming to make our lives count for this world that is passing away? Or are we living to make our lives count for the coming King and His eternal Kingdom? This week, Chris Nagel pointed our hearts towards the incredible day to come when Jesus returns to usher in His kingdom. As adults, we have learned to temper our excitement due to past unmet expectations. But for those who follow Jesus, we...

As followers of Jesus, we live at war between the kingdom of this present age, led by our enemy Satan, and the Kingdom of God. So how should we orient ourselves to live in this moment in time? This week, Brian Barr continued our Advent series, “Anticipating Christ”. As Christians we have been transferred from the kingdom of this age into the Kingdom of God; so by default we have been inserted into...

The Christmas Season is here! This week, Brian Barr kicked off our Christmas series entitled “Anticipating Christ.” The Christmas holiday is all about celebrating the coming of Jesus. But when Jesus came, He taught (to everyone’s surprise) that He would come twice. In His first coming, He was slain like a lamb for our sins; in His second coming He will fully deal with evil like a lion. Christmas i...

We had the best time this weekend worshiping God together at our Family Service! We laughed, we danced and we made much of Jesus together! Nate Miller brought us through some helpful distinctives as we honor God within our family units and our greater church family. There’s a role God gives to parents, children, grandparents, aunts and uncles that enriches and protects the family and brings glory...

What should the church be known for? Is the goal of the church only to grow larger? Or are there other values the church should be distinguished by? This week, Brian Barr continued our series through Acts looking at the early church as a model for us at OneLife. The church isn’t a building or meeting, it’s the family of God. We see in Scripture that the early church was serious about Jesus, the me...

What should be the main focus of the church? How can we tell if we are drifting from the true purpose Jesus has in mind for His church? Rather than looking to our experience or our preferences, we must look to God’s Word. This week Brian Barr continued our sermon series in Acts looking at the first sermon ever preached in the church - Peter’s sermon on the Day of Pentecost. The Holy Spirit had jus...

How can we discern the will of God for our lives? This week we had the privilege of having Steve and Deb Tibbert with us from Kings Church in London. As Christians, we aren't left to figure out life on our own. We can have confidence because God speaks to us! He makes known to us His direction and purpose for our lives. But how can we be sure that we are hearing the voice of God? Steve shares with...

What is the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives and in our church? This week Jeremy Little continued our series Acts: A Return to the Authentic. In the book of Acts, the Holy Spirit plays a key role in the early church, empowering believers to accomplish the mission of Jesus, which would be impossible on their own. We need the Holy Spirit to do the same in our lives today. We eagerly desire the g...

Is your Christian life marked by growth towards spiritual maturity? This week, Rigby and Sue Wallace joined us from Common Grounds Church in South Africa. Rigby preached through Paul’s great prayer for the church in Ephesus - but it is not just a prayer for them, it's a charge for us today to walk in spiritual maturity. As followers of Jesus, we cannot outsource our identity to culture, but rather...

Are we embracing a version of church that is catering to our preferences? Or are we actually an authentic version of what Jesus intended the church to be? Brian Barr kicked off a new sermon series this week entitled “Acts: A Return to the Authentic.” Over the next several weeks, we will look at some of the major themes in the book of Acts. We want OneLife to be a church filled with disciples of Je...

Christianity claims to be the only true way to God. Isn’t that prideful to say? In this week’s message, Nate Miller addresses the accusations against Christianity’s claim of being the only true faith. As Christians, we believe the Bible in which Jesus Himself claims “I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except through me” in John 14:6. Many believe that all roads of fai...

In a cultural moment that encourages sexual freedom, many would say that Christianity’s view of sexuality is oppressive. Should sex really be limited to within the confines of a marriage between a husband and a wife? This week, Brian Barr continued in our Questioning Christianity series looking at the Biblical view of sexuality. The Bible is not anti-sex, but when it’s used outside of God’s design...

Aren’t Christianity and Science incompatible? Chris Nagel continued in our Questioning Christianity series this week looking at the question, “Hasn't science disproved Christianity?” Cultural thought is that when you come to Christianity, you have to deny much of modern scientific discovery and leave your brain at the door. But the opposite is true! Christianity and science are complementary! Chri...

What is the source of our suffering? And if God is in control, why doesn’t He use his power to end suffering? This week, Jeremy Little continued our series Questioning Christianity looking at how a loving God can allow suffering. The very fact that we are outraged at suffering actually points us to the existence of a God who is the standard of morality and the standard of how things “ought to be”....

Isn’t Christianity a dying religion? Does Christianity really benefit the world? In this week's message, Brian Barr continued our series, Questioning Christianity, by presenting a big picture of global Christianity today. While many claim that the Christian faith is dying, the research disagrees. Jesus told his followers that His global movement would start small, but would continue to spread to t...

This week, we kicked off our new sermon series Questioning Christianity. We are living today in a Post-Christian culture where many people are leaving and deconstructing their faith. During the next several weeks, we will evaluate the claims against Christianity and give persuasive reasons for why we believe what we believe and why it’s the best hope for the world!  In today’s message, Chris Nagel...

What does it mean to be consecrated to God? We live in a time when worldliness runs rampant - sin looks normal and righteousness seems strange. As followers of Jesus, we are to be set apart. We are to look different from the world and live whole-heartedly for God. We cannot be more influenced by the world than we are by our Father and His Word. Let us be a people who refuse to allow worldliness in...

How can we live as joyful people in a world that is full of skepticism and despair? This week, Brian Barr closes our three-week series on Romans 14:17 by looking at how we can live a life full of joy in the Holy Spirit. As followers of Jesus, we should be the most joyful people around! Our culture says to do whatever makes you happy, but the superpower for a Christian is to be full of joy no matte...

How can we have peace when the world is not a peaceful place? This week, Jeremy Little continued our sermon series on Romans 14:17, diving into the reality that God’s kingdom is where true peace is found. There is a war for peace within our souls. So often we think our peace depends on our circumstances, but God offers peace that is strong enough to face difficulty. His peace will never run out be...

What pleases God? This question is at the heart of what the Bible says about righteousness. This week, Brian Barr kicked off a new 3-week sermon series on Romans 14:17 - a verse that reminds followers of Jesus what is most important to the Christian life. Pursuing righteousness means living to please God wholeheartedly. Sometimes we can feel like “loser” Christians because we try, but fail and don...

Jesus alone is sufficient for us! But in a world that easily sweeps our hearts towards materialism, we can drift towards a poverty mindset. A poverty mindset rejects the sufficiency of God and focuses on what we lack. It is not the way of Jesus. The message of the Gospel is that Jesus alone is sufficient for our lives and we find our satisfaction in Him. Rather than focusing on what we lack, we ne...