Restore Austin

Worship without justice is offensive to God. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert teaches from the book of Amos about God’s desire that all spirituality is accompanied by justice work. We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect . Resources Referenced: The South Africa Kairos Document - 1985 What to the Slave Is the Fourth of Jul...

Justice is a central theme throughout the Biblical story—talked about hundreds of times throughout both the Old and New Testaments. Isaiah 30:18 says, “The Lord is a God of justice.” But it’s vital for us to remember that all healthy justice work is rooted in God’s love for us and for our neighbors. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert kicks off our new message series: God of Justice! We live-stream e...

God is our good shepherd who knows us by name and pursues us with love. Join us this morning as Zach W. Lambert walks us through David’s story! We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect . Resources Referenced: The Jewish Study Bible The NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible

Sometimes faith means obeying God instead of the people in power. Sometimes following Jesus means saying no to kings, governments, or systems that tell us to look away while someone suffers. Join us this morning as Zach W. Lambert walks us through Rahab’s story! We are here live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect . Resour...

Have you ever been hard at work and God uses an unusual situation to get your attention? Moses, one of the most recognized figures in the Old Testament has a testimony of how God sees you and will meet you right where you are. Join us this morning as Dr. Kan’Dace Brock walks us through Moses’ story! We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restorea...

God sees it all and God is with us through it all. This Sunday we are kicking off our next series in our Year of God With Us - The God Who Sees. Join us this morning as Zach W. Lambert walks us through Hagar's story and how we can see that God sees us in our joy and sorrow, our pain and our triumphs, our everyday and our extraordinary. We are here live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d...

How can we worship God when everything is going wrong? How can we trust God when things are so broken? These questions asked by the Israelites in Babylonian exile are the same ones we are asking today as we try to follow God in the midst of brokenness. Join us this morning as Zach W. Lambert talks about how we can follow God when things are difficult. We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If y...

This morning, guest preacher Dr. Dan Lowery will be guiding us through understanding The Law in the Old Testament. What is God's Law, and how should we think about it? What good is it for us today? And, how does God's Law show us that God is with us? We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect .

The Israelites were tempted to repeats the same methods of empire even after leaving Egypt and we face the same temptations today, but we cannot use the tools of empire in the service of Jesus. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert preaches about how we can leave empire behind and pursue the way of Jesus instead. We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www...

From the very beginning, God's intention has always been for deep connection with us. From before we existed, to when God created us, to how God cares for us when we make mistakes - we have a God who prioritizes intimacy with him. Join us today as Lindsay Contreras leads us through recognizing God's desire for closeness as we walk through Genesis 1-3. We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am...

There are times in our lives when it feels like God is calling us to step out in faith and leave something behind. God calling us into something new isn’t only true for us today, it has been part of our faith tradition since the very beginning. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert preaches about God’s call on Abram to leave behind the only place he’d ever known and follow God on a new adventure—and wh...

This Sunday Zach W. Lambert will be kicking off our Year of God With Us! From beginning to end, Scripture is the story of a God who draws near. But, for many of us today, that can feel hard to believe. With so many hard things in this world and in our lives, it's easy to wonder: Where is God? This year, we want to honor that question—not with easy answers but with a journey to notice God's...

This Sunday Zach W. Lambert will be closing out Summer Mixtape 2025 by preaching about how we can read the Bible in ways that lead to healing and wholeness, based on his first book Better Ways to Read the Bible . We are here live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect. Resources Referenced: Better Ways to Read the Bible by Za...

We're so excited to welcome back Sally Gary as our final guest speaker during our Summer Mixtape! She will be preaching the story of Nicodemus' encounter with Jesus and how we are called to courageously follow Christ no matter what comes our way. We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect .

Join us today as Dr. Jared Stacy talks about how followers of Jesus can tell the truth in a time of disreality. He’ll dive into what scripture says about how the church can be an agent of truth and reconciliation in a time when conspiracy theories run rampant. We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect .

Join us today as our pastoral staff panel answers your burning questions about faith, God, scripture, and Christian culture. Although we are only gathering today at 10am, we usually livestream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect .

When Jesus called Peter out of the boat to walk on the water, Peter had a decision to make. Would he get out of the boat, or would he stay with the rest of the disciples in relative safety? Our Summer Mixtape continues this week, and we will hear from renowned speaker and author, Paula Stone Williams! We livestream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restore...

God often meets us not in the noise of life, but in the quiet places of confusion, doubt, and suffering. Our Summer Mixtape continues this week, and we will hear from Restore's Care Pastor - Mark Jordan! Join us as Mark preaches about how the whisper of God can bring clarity, comfort, and unexpected connection when we need it most! We livestream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to conn...

Summer Mixtape is our annual teaching series about diverse topics. Scripture invites us into a deeply personal, embodied relationship with a God who meets us not in perfection, but in the raw, honest places of our humanity. In Jesus—the Word made flesh—we see that our bodies, our stories, and even our mess are sacred spaces where God chooses to dwell. This changes everything: how we see God, ourse...

Summer Mixtape is our annual teaching series about diverse topics. Diversity is one of our core values here at Restore because we believe the church works best when we embrace and empower the differences around us. We also believe learning widely from a variety of perspectives makes us all better. We livestream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaust...

Summer Mixtape is our annual teaching series filled with diverse voices and diverse topics. Diversity is one of our core values here at Restore because we believe the church works best when we embrace and empower the differences around us. We also believe learning widely from a variety of perspectives makes us all better. Join us as Lindsay Contreras kicks off Summer Mixtape 2025! We livestream ev...

Greed leads to grief, but generosity leads to joy. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert talks about how we can break the toxic cycles of acquisition and consumption by looking for ways to be generous! We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect . Resources Referenced: God and Money: How We Discovered True Riches at Harvard Busine...

Committing ourselves to the work of Jesus does not come without cost. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert talks about how we can cultivate a resilient faith especially when following Jesus gets hard! We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect . Resources Referenced: Running with Horses: Reflections of an Accidental Politician b...

Jesus didn't say, "Here is the truth, come believe it."  He said, "I am the truth, come follow me." Join us today as we continue in our series on Kingdom Community where Zach W. Lambert will be exploring the question, "How can people who call themselves Christians behave in such radically different ways?” by looking at the book of James. We live-stream every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to c...

Join us as Lindsay Contreras kicks off the last series in our Year of Discovering God’s Kingdom. It’s called Kingdom Community and it’s all about how should live inside of the communities of faith Jesus is shaping among us. We will be walking through the very practical book of James and today Lindsay is talking about the power of our words. We are here and live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT....