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You've maybe taken one of those DNA tests. You spit in a tube, mail it off, and a few weeks later it tells you where you actually come from. No opinion, no guessing, just what's in you. I'm going to walk you through something like that, except it's about whether the faith you say you have is actually in you or just around you. There's a real difference between having Jesus near you and having him...

Most people have prayed the Our Father at some point. A funeral, a wedding, a hard night. You said the words even if you weren't sure anyone was listening, and then you got up and went back to your life feeling about the same as before. I'm going to show you why those words don't do anything until you're actually in the family, and what it looks like to go from saying a formal prayer to talking to...

There's someone in your life you've been carrying for years. You've talked to them, prayed for them, warned them, watched them make the same wreck of a decision over and over. And you're starting to wonder if you're supposed to keep showing up or finally step back. I'm going to walk you through the difference between someone who's just struggling and someone who's actually made up their mind to re...

Somebody you love dies, and people tell you they're watching over you now. An athlete points at the sky and says his mom showed up for the big game. You walk past a psychic's house and wonder if she could reach the people you've lost. Almost everybody does some version of this. I'm going to tell you why none of it gives you what you're actually looking for. I'll show you what the Bible says about...

You've seen the verse on coffee mugs, gym tattoos, and Instagram bios. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Most people use it to mean they can win the game, hit the goal, push through the hard thing. That is not what it says. This sermon is about what it actually means and why almost everyone gets it wrong. Richard pulls apart the context, explains what Paul was really talking...

You grew up in church. You learned the songs. You learned what to say when someone asks how you're doing. You learned how to look like a person who has it figured out. And underneath all of it, you never actually met him. You just got really good at the performance. This sermon is about the cost of that. Richard talks openly about being raised by a pastor father who taught him to fear God in the w...

Nobody at the ER asks where you live before they take you in. They don't check your financial statement. They don't tell you to go home and change first. You show up broken, they take you. No clipboard, no HOA, no qualifying. Most churches don't work that way. This sermon is about why that's a problem, who gets left outside because of it, and what it actually costs the people we've decided are too...

You show up. You sit in the seat. You give a little money at the right moment. You know all the right things to say when someone asks how you're doing. And nothing in your life is actually changing. You've got the form of it without any of the function, and somewhere underneath it you know that. This sermon is about three doors, and most people don't realize they're stuck outside one of them. Rich...

You open Instagram for two minutes. You close it feeling worse about your life than when you opened it. Someone's in Tahiti. Someone just bought something you can't afford. Someone looks like they have it all figured out. You don't know why you keep doing it, but you do it again tomorrow. This sermon names the three things that quietly consume a person's life from the inside out — worry, money, an...

You keep trying to change but nothing sticks. You want to live differently but you keep falling back into the same patterns. This message reveals what is missing. It is not more effort or more discipline. It is understanding the power already available to you through the Holy Spirit and what happens when you actually live from it. You do not need more willpower. You need to stop living like you ar...

You've probably watched someone get pulled back in. A bad relationship. A habit they swore was done. A job they said was temporary. From the outside, it looks like a choice. From the inside, it feels like a riptide. One more time turns into the next time, and the next, until who they were before is just gone. This sermon walks through what it actually costs to hold onto the life you've built for y...

You say you believe. But when it’s time to act, something holds you back. That hesitation isn’t random — it reveals what you actually trust. This message exposes the gap between what you claim and how you live. It challenges the quiet doubt that shows up in your decisions and keeps you stuck in the same cycle. At some point, belief has to move beyond words. It has to show up in action. Beyond a do...

It’s easy to celebrate something and completely miss what it’s actually about. This message exposes how quickly the focus shifts from Jesus to everything else and why that matters more than most people realize. It’s not just about culture or tradition. It’s about what happens when truth gets replaced. At some point, everyone has to decide what they’re going to do with Jesus and whether they’ll fol...