REUNION Christian Church

The Passover was a foreshadowing of what would happen on a spiritual scale through the death of Jesus.  Punishment was coming on those who would not submit to God and trust in his way and offer of life.  But there was hope to be rescued and redeemed from this punishment and destruction. A lamb could be killed, and its blood spread over the doorposts of a house.  Blood could cover a family and forg...

Jude with Matt Chin. Is faith something we’re meant to figure out on our own? In this message on the book of  Jude , we explore how our culture’s obsession with independence can lead us into isolation—and how Jude calls us back to a different way: one rooted in community, mercy, and shared faithfulness. Because in a world where doubt is rising and connection feels harder than ever, we don’t need t...

Jude with Nathan Caddell. In a world flooded with voices, how do we know who’s worth following? In this message on the book of  Jude , Nathan explores how our lives are shaped—often subtly—by the content we consume and the people we trust. Jude’s ancient letter sounds a timely warning: not all influence leads to life. If we become like the ones we follow, then following Jesus means choosing the ha...

When we seek behavioral modification instead of true heart change, it is like stapling healthy apples to a struggling tree. Our temporary solutions and quick fixes will end up rotting because they are disconnected from a true source of life. Our world is obsessed with the visible fruit of productivity, however, without a secure identity we end up making fragile, cosmetic changes that only last as...

While the modern world is riddled with deceptive mindsets and mechanisms created to steal and waste our time, God calls us to be conscious stewards of our time, and aim to live in our current seasons with the knowledge and hope of our future in eternity with Him. As creations intentionally made in His image, eternity is set into our hearts, providing us with a purpose that should drive our lives o...

We are all given one life to live.  The problem for many of us, is that we aren’t entirely sure what we should do with it.  We don’t know how to focus it or what we should be giving the majority of our life to.  We don’t know how to live in ways that are honoring to God. We might end up wasting, or wrongly using our lives, but as followers of Jesus, we can actually live a life fully pleasing to th...

As we kick off a brand new year, the last thing that many of us want to think about is a life that is full of regret.  Yet the truth is, as we come into this year, many of us want to begin again, or start over, from the year before because we are burdened by the regrets over the decisions we have made and the life we have pursued.  We want to leverage our life for something meaningful and beautifu...

A Christmas message from REUNION.

Jesus approaches a topic that is a universal struggle for all of humanity.  What does it look like for us to love people that we regard as enemies, or at least, that we don’t get along with and don’t like? Although the Old Testament doesn’t instruct the people of God to literally hate their enemy, that sentiment was prevalent and widely accepted. Jesus confronts the cultural atmosphere that made i...

We make hundreds of decisions everyday.  Most don’t require deep reflection, or prayer, or council.  But what happens when we come to a major fork in the road?  What happens when we are making a life-altering decision and need to discern what path keeps us on the narrow road? Jesus is coming to the end of his teaching.  He just finished a teaching section on true and false disciples.  His teaching...

To be human is to make judgments. But sadly, our judgments do damage to our witness to Jesus. In 2015, Barna reported that a significant number of young adults have deeper complaints about church. More than one-third say their negative perceptions area result of moral failures in church leadership (35%). And substantial majorities of Millennials who don’t go to church say they see Christians as ju...

We are often told in our lives that more is better.  That the goal of our lives should be to climb a career ladder, or at least, to get to a point where we can “live comfortably”.  The problem many of us often face is the reality that “living comfortably” is a moving target.  Once we reach our financial target, it’s easy to see the people living in a financial bracket above us and believe that com...

Anxiety and worry is everywhere in our culture and our society.  It’s important to note that Jesus doesn’t tell us that worry and anxiety are sinful in themselves.  Jesus seems to understand the human condition enough to know that these are not feelings and emotions we can ignore.  Rather, Jesus’ warning seems to center around what we do with our anxiety. What Jesus reveals is that much of the anx...

There might be no other area in our lives where we tend to lean towards behavior modification, rather than deep heart transformation, than when it comes to the area of our bodies and our sexuality. Jesus brings up the idea of lust and adultery in his sermon on the mount.  While I think many of us understand what he means when he says adultery, we might have to unpack what he’s expressing when usin...

Our words matter.  What we say we are going to do and what we commit to staying away from should carry with them real and meaningful weight in the world. The challenge we often face when it comes to being clear and having integrity with our words often stems from the pace of life we live. Because of the fast-paced world we live in, we don’t make the space to ponder the words and commitments we mak...

Many of us tend to think that it is external factors that make us angry.  At this time, the political tension and online discourse will be at an all time high.  Many of us feel this tension and have an internalized anger because of it. Jesus quoted the 10 commandments during this portion of teaching.  By doing so, he was showing that many at this time, even religious leaders and cultural elites, s...

Jesus invites his followers to consider the ways that we might benefit the world around us. Jesus sees in us as a group of people that can respond to the brokenness of the world in the same ways that he did.  That is what it means to be a disciple of Jesus, to learn to do what he would do if he were in our life settings, and then go and live that way. Jesus calls his followers to be salt and light...

Jesus teaches us what righteousness looks like in his kingdom. In a culture that centers so much of what we do on being seen, these words should be striking to us. Our cultural currency is likes and shares. It is easy for these concepts to spill into our pursuit of the way of Jesus, trading a deep intimacy with God and a desire to serve others for a cheap religiosity that is done for the sake of g...

For many of us, we have a vision of the good life that is a vast contrast to the picture Jesus paints in his sermon on the mount. As Jesus begins his teachings, he goes up on the mountain, recalling a vision for people of the stories of Moses, showing that Jesus is the new Moses. Jesus begins his teaching, however, not exactly how we would expect.  Jesus doesn’t just tell people what to do, rather...

In his sermon, Jesus offers listeners a stark choice.  Two paths are before all of us, and we have to decide which one we are going to choose.  In an age fraught with anxiety, depression, polarizing politics, and online vitriol, we are always looking for a quick fix and a path to happiness.  We assume the good life will be found on the wide and easy path. But in his counterintuitive wonder, Jesus...

Teacher: Patrick Harden

Teacher: Nathan Caddell