Restore Austin

Happy Easter! Join us today as Zach W. Lambert talks about how we can choose hope through Jesus even when things feel fragile all around us. We are here and live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect . Resources Referenced: Disturbing the Peace by Václav Havel Love's Braided Dance: Hope in a Time of Crisis by Norman Wirz...

Join us today as Dr. David Gushee explores the power and political dynamics behind the crucifixion of Jesus, and what that means for us today. We are here and live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect .

Jesus never let someone else’s hate keep him from leading with love and neither should we. **Join us this Sunday as Zach W. Lambert talks about following Jesus, even when it’s difficult. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect . Resources Referenced: Gospel Medicine by Barbara Brown Taylor Won’t You Be My Neighbor documentary Protest at Midnight by Peter Storey

Absolutely nothing compares to the joy that comes from making our home in the love of God through loving one another. Join us this Sunday as Zach W. Lambert talks about connecting with God and each other. We are here and live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect . Resources Referenced: https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2025/...

Jesus is not like any other king in history because we have the opportunity to commune with him. This week we are exploring what it looks like to abide with Christ. If Jesus is the vine, and we are the branches, what kind of fruit are we supposed to be producing? Join us this Sunday as our Executive Pastor, Lindsay Contreras, kicks off our next series in our Year of Discovering God's Kingdom -...

What so many religious leaders then and even now don’t realize is that the table doesn’t belong to them. It doesn’t belong to any of us. The table belongs to Jesus and he has made it abundantly clear who gets to sit with him - absolutely anyone who wants to. Join us as Zach W. Lambert teaches about how we practice radical inclusion! We are here and live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’...

There is no life in greed. There’s no life in the toxic cycle of accumulation and consumption, but there is abundant life in generosity. **Join us as Zach W. Lambert teaches about how we can become people who look for ways to be generous! We are here and live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect . Resources Referenced: Free...

This morning we are kicking off a 3-part series exploring three Kingdom virtues: justice, generosity and inclusion. Join us as Zach W. Lambert teaches about how we can follow Jesus into justice work with so much injustice all around us. We are here and live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect . Resources Referenced: "...

We are so excited to learn from writer, podcaster, and storyteller Erin Moon today! Erin will be preaching about the redemption offered to all people through Jesus—even those we least expect. We are here and live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect .

Restore mobilizes volunteers and funding to work with organizations who are already doing an amazing job helping people in need in our community and around the world. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert talks about how Christians are at their best when partnering to do good in the world and we highlight some of our community partnerships! We are here and live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If y...

Calling yourself a Christian is not the same thing as following Jesus. Almost every day we see clips of pastors and politicians using the name of Jesus to justify opposing ideologies. How do we decipher who is right? How do we know we are following Jesus? Join us today as Zach W. Lambert concludes our Sermon on the Mount series talking about the narrow Way of Jesus! We live-stream every Sunday at...

Many of us have a complicated relationship with prayer, but did you know that Jesus pauses to teach us how to pray during the Sermon on the Mount? Join us today as Zach W. Lambert continues our Sermon on the Mount series talking about prayer! 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: https://biblepro...

Following Jesus is not about perfect adherence to moral code or publicly performing religious acts, it’s about practicing authentic faith. **Join us today as Zach W. Lambert continues our Sermon on the Mount series! If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect . Resources Referenced: “Done in Secret” podcast from BEMA Discipleship - https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/97...

Did you know that Jesus walks people through a process of deconstruction and reconstruction right in the middle of his most famous sermon? Join us today as Zach W. Lambert continues our Sermon on the Mount series! We are here and live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect . Resources Referenced: Matthew (Zondervan Exegetical...

What does it really look like to follow Jesus? Thankfully, we don’t have to guess! This question is both answered and demonstrated by Jesus himself throughout the Bible—especially in something that has come to be known as The Sermon on the Mount. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert kicks off our new teaching series by talking about The Beatitudes! Resources Referenced: The Jesus I Never Knew by Phili...

Welcome to the third week of Advent at Restore! If you aren’t familiar with Advent, it is simply a spiritual season of preparation entered into in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert talks about what it looks like to choose joy! If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect. Resources Referenced: The Bible Project - thebibleproject.com K...

Welcome to the second week of Advent at Restore! If you aren’t familiar with Advent, it is simply a spiritual season of preparation entered into in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert talks about what it looks like to pursue Christlike peace in our lives and the world! If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect . Resources Referenced:...

Welcome to the first week of Advent at Restore! If you aren’t familiar with Advent, it is simply a spiritual season of preparation entered into in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Over our next four Gatherings, we will look at the four themes of Advent: Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert talks about what it looks like to find true and lasting hope during the holiday sea...

When we read the verse, “we love because God first loved us,” many of us struggle to take “us” out of the abstract and think about what it means for us as individuals. God first loved me. God first loved you. Join us as Lindsay Contreras talks about how we can receive and embrace God’s love for each of us, and how that changes everything. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaus...

More than any other group, faith communities have the ability to both inflict tremendous harm and provide life-changing healing, but we believe deeply in the potential of healthy faith communities to make the world a better place. Join us as Zach W. Lambert talks why cultivating a loving church matters so much. We are here and live-streaming every Sunday at 9:30am CT. If you’d like to connect with...

We must not be people who throw in the towel or bury our heads in the sand. We must be people who step up and work for justice, because that’s what it means to be a follower of Jesus. Join us as Zach W. Lambert talks about how we love the vulnerable as Jesus commanded. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect . Resources Referenced: Caste by Isabel Wilkerson The M...

Today, we are talking about loving our enemies. The level of polarization in our country is the highest it’s been in the most of our lifetimes and, according to experts, we are at risk for significant civil unrest a political violence during this election season. Join us as Zach W. Lambert talks about how we love our enemies, as Jesus commanded, in the midst of so much division. If you’d like to c...

Today we are starting a new series called Kingdom Politics which is all about how we follow Jesus in the area of political engagement. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert talks about the politics of Jesus and how we can follow him in this area of our lives. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect . Resources Referenced: The Liturgy of Politics by Kaitlyn Schiess The...

What happens when we divide the world into “us” vs. “them”? And what might happen if we chose to resist polarization and have our minds transformed by the Way of Jesus? Join us today as Jonathan Merritt teaches through the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus. If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect .

Sometimes God’s Kingdom work looks like challenging corrupt rulers or speaking truth to power, but Ruth shows us that God’s Kingdom work most often looks like small acts of sacrificial love. Join us today as Zach W. Lambert dives into Ruth’s story and looks at how she models a Christlike way of doing justice work! If you’d like to connect with Restore, go to www.restoreaustin.org/connect .