The Branch Church

A new series begins this weekend at The Branch! If you had a few days left to live would you want to know? Suppose you weren’t given the choice as to whether or not you would know it. You just knew it. How would you spend those few days? What would you want to say to those you were closest to? This weekend we kick off a new series that will take us all the way up to Easter. We’ll be spending some...

The final message in a series that has become an increasingly appropriate series with every week that rolls by in 2021. This week has been a terribly difficult week for so very many, all over the state and in the communities where we live. In the midst of it all, we’ve heard story after story of many who’ve been able to open up their homes and share their resources with strangers and neighborhood...

This weekend we’ll explore the one question that’s not always at the top of our minds when faced with a decision. It’s a question that represents counsel that Scripture gives us repeatedly from the Old Testament through the New Testament. Decision-making isn’t simply about determining whether something is right or wrong. Nor is it about having enough information. And no, the question isn’t “What w...

Think of your conscience as like an organ in your body that has a sense of right and wrong... like a red flag that waves back and forth telling us we’ve done something wrong, or are about to do something wrong, or that something is wrong in the situation we’re in. It’s a reflection of us being made in the image of a holy and just God.

Some decisions you see coming from miles away. Other decisions, not so much. Have you ever found yourself in the middle of something that you didn’t see coming, but now you’re faced with having to make some decisions? We’ll explore this challenge this weekend and draw from the story of a person in Scripture who faced one situation after another – and he didn’t see them coming! The decisions he mad...

When decisions are being made, we often hear the phrase: “What’s your heart telling you? Follow your heart.” What is a biblical perspective of this? It may not be what you were expecting!

Where you are today has something to do with the decisions you made yesterday. And where you will be tomorrow has something to do with decisions made today. This weekend, Chris kicks off a new series through some passages of Scripture that will serve as a guide to helping us make better decisions. This week we focus on Galatians 6:7-8. As a helpful and practical partner resource for this series, w...

This weekend, Josh Brake brings us a poignant message from Mark 5:25-29. The power of Jesus is available to those who come to him in faith. When we come to Jesus desperate for Him AND confident He is able, His power is unleashed in our lives.

This weekend at the Farmers Branch campus, Hunter Wheatcraft brings us a message out of 2 Thessalonians.

This Sunday, Chris brings us the message from his home to yours. Many are wondering what we’re in for in 2021. But it’s important to clarify WHO we’re in it for. This determines our response to whatever comes our way.

The week between Christmas Day and New Year's Day is usually treated like an intermission. Something big has just happened and there is something big coming, but right now we are waiting. Jesus taught his disciples about times like this - but on a much grander scale. We are going to dive into a few of His teachings and learn how we should live in this intermission in which we find ourselves.

Who needs a counselor? Apparently, we all do. “And he will be called Wonderful Counselor” (Isaiah 9:6). Chris brings this series to a close with this message for our Christmas Eve Candlelight Services. There’s something about that name.

Have you ever considered why it’s called “Christmas” and not “Jesus-mas?” “Messiah” has something to do with that. This weekend we consider perhaps the least-understood of all titles or names when it comes to Jesus – “Messiah.” What it means and why it matters today.

This weekend, Chris unwraps another name for Jesus - Immanuel. He came to be with us that first Christmas. And still is.

Most every parent names their child with some measure of thought. And that includes God Himself. God had a name in mind from the very beginning… Because there was a story He wanted to tell with that name. “…and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21)

This weekend we come to the end our series, Strangers and our journey through I Peter. Peter closes by talking about something he hadn’t mentioned yet... It has to do with a culprit we don’t see - though we see the symptoms of his involvement in our lives. An invisible enemy.

Resilient: (a) capable of withstanding shock without permanent deformation or rupture. (b) tending to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change. There are times where we will suffer for God’s will – sometimes it’s tied to us denying ourselves and sometimes it’s tied to how others are responding to us. Whatever it may be – don’t back off – commit yourselves to God who is faithful and co...

You’ve probably heard someone say of another “He/She’s been to hell and back.” We’ll touch on one of the strangest passages about Jesus in Scripture this weekend. We’ll be walking through 1 Peter 3:8-22. There’s so much more than this strange verse that will speak into our lives this weekend!

This weekend in Strangers, I Peter 2:11-3:7 has something to say to all of us this weekend. Of all things, it's about our relationship with our governing authorities. We’ll talk about far more than that this weekend because Peter covers a lot of ground in this next chunk of his letter.

The opening words of this week's passage in 1 Peter are, “As you come to Him....” We don’t ever stop coming to Him. As our Strangers series continues, we’ll be in 1 Peter 2:4-10.

In week three of our journey through 1 Peter 1 Chris talks about growing older and growing up. A lot of people are born again in Christ but don’t grow up in Christ. They grow older, but they don’t grow up in the most important of ways. We’ll explore what this means and why it matters in 1 Peter 1:15-23. Let’s continue to grow together!

You're not from around here, are you? This weekend, Chris shares with us how our Living Hope is going to empower us to live strangely – we’ll make some different choices and have some different values than the world we live in. Joy, peace, and hope are available for you today.

There will be times, as a disciple of Jesus, when we will feel like a stranger in the culture we occupy. It’s not fun feeling out of place. There are times when we feel like a stranger because our surroundings have changed. And then there are times when we feel like a stranger because we have changed. Some pull back from the culture, some fight back, some blend in, and some stand out. With the let...

We’ve all made a name for ourselves in one way or another. Many times these names are not something to be proud of. So what does Jesus do with those names? In today's lesson, Ryan Rainey helps us understand what the word sanctification really means. Through the story of John, the "Son of Thunder," becoming John, an "Apostle of Love," we hope you'll hear Jesus telling you, “I am not done with you.”

Have you ever reacted in a way that you later regretted? We all have. Reacting in anger when we are "on the spot" is a trap we all fall into from time to time. How do we guard against it? It has something to do with what we do when we're "off the spot."