Sojourn East

Join us as Pastor Kevin looks at one of the hardest of Jesus’ teachings that touches on our desire to be part of the inner ring and what it costs us to be insiders.  Today's passage - Luke 14:7-24

Join us as Pastor Kevin looks at a common question asked by followers of Jesus – how many will be saved? Passage: Luke 13:22-30

Join us as Pastor Kevin looks at the Kingdom of God, and what it’s like and how our expectations can become skewed or diminished by what’s happening in the moment.

Join us as Pastor Kevin teaches on an event in the ministry of Jesus that we’ve seen in other chapters of the book, thus far: Jesus heals someone on the Sabbath, which outrages the religious leaders of the community. Jesus rebukes these leaders, and those gathered cheer him on…but there’s more going on here.  Scripture: Luke 13:10-17

Join us as Pastor Jonathan teaches on the hope of Jesus’ call to repentance. 

Join us as Pastor Kevin leads us into the new year (and back into the Gospel of Luke) with a challenging message that invokes images of fire and judgment, but also peace and love. 

Join us as Pastor Moe teaches from the book of Romans on the gift of righteousness and what it means to us today.  

Join us as Pastor Kevin concludes our Advent series with a sermon titled “Advent Love,” drawing from Luke 2.

Join us as Pastor Jonathan continues our series on Advent by looking at joy – what it is and why it’s a particularly Christian attribute that can be (and should be) cultivated.  

Join us as Pastor Kevin teaches on the second Sunday of Advent and the theme of peace, looking at what peace is and how to grow in it as followers of Jesus.

Join us as Pastor Kevin kicks off Advent season by looking at what the book of Romans has to say about hope, and what it means for us as we live out our day-to-day lives.

Join us as Pastor Jonathan looks at what it means to be a servant in the household of God, and why it's som important to understand.

Join us as Pastor Kevin looks at one of Jesus’ central teachings on money and how we can protect ourselves from what Kevin calls “money sickness.”

Join us as Pastor Kevin looks at the subject of hypocrisy and how Jesus confronted this symptom of a bigger problem – of being far from God.

Join us as Pastor Kevin looks at a showdown between Jesus and the Pharisees and takes a closer look at these enemies of Jesus, whom we’ve mostly reduced to one-dimensional villains. A closer examination shows them to be people who fervently wanted to be righteous…but got off track. 

Join us as Pastor Jonathan continues our journey through the Gospel of Luke by looking at what it means to be open and vulnerable to God’s calling, in the midst of life’s ups and downs. It’s when we live in this state of openness that we are truly able to experience the power and majesty of God. 

Join us as Pastor Kevin looks at a challenging chapter of the book of Luke to help us understand that when Jesus delivered people from demon possession, there was much more to it than spectacle or even casting out their torment. There was the matter of what they were delivered to. 

Join us as Pastor Kevin looks at Jesus’ instructions on prayer and how we can apply his model to our lives today.

Join us as Pastor Kevin looks at a seemingly simple event in the life of Jesus that is instructive on where we find our peace and comfort.

Join us as Pastor Kevin looks at one of the most famous parables of Jesus, the good Samaritan, to see what it says to us today.

Join us as Pastor Kevin looks at Luke 9 and encounters Jesus had with some who expressed a desire to follow him. This passage tells us much about what it means to be a disciple.

Jonathan Pennington returns to a brief passage in Luke that illustrates that how we see ourselves is often very different than how God sees us…and others whom we judge.

Eric Johnson looks at a parable of Jesus in light of how easily we can slip into the role of Pharisee. He concludes by showing how prayer can be our first line of defense against falling into this trap. 

Pastor Kevin looks at a passage from the book of Hebrews to see what it tells us about the power of prayer.

Pastor Jonathan looks at two stories in Exodus 17 and how, despite God’s deliverance of Israel from her enemies, his people continue to grumble and complain. In these stories, we’ll see what we learn about God in these instances and what we learn about our relationship to Him.