Storyline Church - Arvada

Pastor JT refocuses our hope from WHEN Christ will come to the truth THAT Christ will come. From the New Testament, we know that Christ will return, coming to raise the dead and execute perfect justice as He establishes His kingdom without end. 

Pastor JT calls us from Acts 2 to live as the family of God. While the Church universal is certainly our family, we are called to live intentionally with our local church. We should use our gifts to gather, give, and serve, doing so with such love that it marks us as Christians to those around us. 

Pastor JT encourages us from Ephesians, where we see the role of the Holy Spirit. The promised Holy Spirit grants faith, sanctifies, and perseveres the saints. He is the guarantor of our faith, applying the work of Christ to all believers.

Pastor JT connects how Jesus is the only solution to what went wrong. We are brought out of exile, depravity, and death because of the life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus. In the great exchange, Jesus brings us into the presence of God, giving us His righteousness and life.

Pastor JT shows how our God graciously makes himself known to us through Scripture. 2 Timothy 3:16 declares all Scripture is God-breathed, or inspired. Therefore, it is authoritative, inerrant, necessary, sufficient, and clear. Because of this, we have a God who can truly be known. 

Vance Pitman exhorts us from Acts 1 showing how the first church spent their lives on something that outlasted them. They had faith that produced obedience, passion that produced unity, and desperation that produced prayer.

Pastor JT answers the question, “What is God like?” Through the Bible, we see God’s nature and character revealed. We understand His character traits as both incommunicable and communicable. Knowing the difference can help us both avoid sin and pursue the good life in Jesus.

Pastor JT shows how the Bible answers the question “Who is God?” We see God is Trinity who eternally exists as one essence and three distinct persons, each of whom is fully God, yet there is one God. We can be saved because of who God is. 

This past Sunday, Pastor JT introduced our new sermon series Theology Together. We see in Matthew 28 the call to be both baptized believers and learning disciples. So, in this series, we will seek to know God better so that we will love God deeper.

This past Sunday, Pastor JT focused in on our one sound - the gospel of the kingdom. In Acts 1, we see the disciples long for the kingdom. Jesus explains that in this kingdom, we receive the power of the Spirit and are witness of the One we love, reaching everyone to the ends of the earth.

This past Sunday, Matt McDermott showed us from Psalm 132 that our deepest satisfaction and joy is found in worshipping God. He dwells with us, establishes order, and gives wisdom for the abundant life. Our call is to repent, breaking our previous loyalties, and trust God by giving him our full allegiance.

This past Sunday, Nathan Lorick walked us through Psalm 51 where we see our response when blindsided by sin. We can appeal to the mercy of God, which is born out of His steadfast love. While His cleansing is often accompanied by pain, it brings renewal that only comes from God.

This past Sunday, Josh Navey called us to be “good rememberers.” We see in Psalm 78 the value of remembering both our failures and God’s rescue. Recalling the bad news of our sinful position and the best news of God’s free gift of salvation in Christ is the gospel we need to pass to the next generation.

This past Sunday, Matt McDermott proclaimed the reality and beauty of lament from Psalm 88. Rather than complaining about God, we are invited to honestly talk to God. Lament comes for us all, but we can turn to God who came down to us to be our light in the darkness.

This past Sunday, Josh Navey walked us through Psalm 8. Here we see the magnificence of God in His nature and power, the truth of man’s value received from God, and the mystery of grace that overpowers the strong with the weak.

This past Sunday, Pastor JT introduced our new series in the Psalms. From Psalm 1, we learn there are only two paths to live by - the path to life and joy or the path to death and misery. The path to life is found by delighting and meditating on the word of God.

This past Sunday, pastor JT finished our series reminding us why the gospel matters. The gospel is the good news that we are loved and we belong. It is God’s initiating love that sacrifices for us & sanctifies us as we live together with the local & universal church.

This past Sunday, Pastor JT continued our series on “Why It Matters,” focusing on the Word. Our faith is not inherited or cultural, but rather it is born from and maintained by the Word of God. 2 Timothy 4 calls us to exhort each other toward flourishing, avoid myths, and fulfill our ministry by being faithful to the Word, not an outcome.