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Have you ever tried to run a race while facing backwards? As humans, we're not very good at dividing our attention between two things. When we try, we tend to not pay attention to either one. We're called to leave our past in the past; to let go and let God take control. How can we live the life that God has for us if we refuse to let go? How can we run toward Jesus if we refuse to look toward him...

Why do you run the race of your life? What motivates you? Jesus Christ grabbed a hold of the Apostle Paul while he was on his way to persecute the very Church of Christ and gave him a picture of life in the Kingdom of Heaven. Paul then grabbed ahold of this "why" that drove the rest of his life. God is inviting us to do the same - to grab hold of the "why" in our lives and allow His love and grace...

What are you putting your confidence in? How do you define success or failure in your life? The Apostle Paul said that he was running a race and that the prize was Jesus Christ! But we also run the race WITH Jesus. We are on a course that was designed for us by God to be run alongside Him. But often we choose to run it alone. We try to have the Kingdom of Heaven without the King of Heaven and we w...

We live out a story, not only as individuals, but as a community. There is a unique story that God has called The Bridge to walk out and there are profound ways that He has been at work in that story over the past. Today, Pastor Ryan celebrates 20 years of The Bridge, 10 years since the merge of The Bridge and Mission Hills Community Church, and all that the Lord has in store for us now and in the...

The Woman at the Well, as she's come to be referenced, was completely outside of community. She was lonely. About as lonely as can be. She had been rejected to the point of coming to her well alone at mid day in unbearable heat. But in the midst of such loneliness and rejection, Jesus saw her, dug past the dirt and met her with a living, life-giving sense of embrace that called her beyond her curr...

Pastor Taylor continues our series looking at Faces of Loneliness in the Bible and how Jesus met them with true Biblical community. He takes us to the story of Zacchaeus and how he and Jesus went deep and shared transparency leading to Zacchaeus' inclusion in the community of Jesus' followers. But what does that look like for us today as we learn to have community with God and each other, and then...

Genesis 5 says that Enoch walked with God. He didn't sprint, but moved methodically over a life time towards God until God took him and the Bible says "he was no more". Pastor Mike returns from retirement for a special message looking at the life of Enoch and asking some key questions. What does it look like for us to walk with God and what are the implications and outcomes of a life devoted to fo...

Pastor Sean takes a look at the story of David and the Ark of the Covenant and what it means to encounter the love of God in a way that transforms us more into the image and likeness of Christ. *You're going to want to watch this one*

It's not praise until you let it out. Pastor Ryan concludes our Christmas series with the shepherds and what it looked like for them to release their praise of the incarnate Jesus, the present Messiah and King of Israel. They weren't formally trained, they didn't have experience as orators, but they knew the message they had received and the encounter with the angels that they had experienced. No...

The Light of Christ is always shining, and on Christmas Night it burst forth in a fresh and glorious way. It revealed itself to the lowest of lowly social outcasts in the shepherds. It burst forth and lit the way out of the bondage of their poverty, oppression, and low standing. What's more, Christ continues to be revealed to us today and continues to light the way through the darkness.

Sin has driven a wedge between humanity and the God that created them. Put simply, choosing what seems good in our own, limited eyes at the expense of trusting the way of the loving God who created everything has led us away from relationship with that benevolent God. Praise God, though, that He sent His one and only Son to pave the way for our relationship with God to be restored. What's more, is...

Hope is the frame that informs all of how we approach life. So the question is, where is your hope? Is it in a bonus at work this Christmas season? What about next years elections in the US and who wins the presidency? Is it in your family to take your hurts away and soothe your pain? Or is it in the only good and perfect One; Maker of Heaven and Earth; The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit? Biblical h...

Have you ever wanted to be kind, gentle, and compassionate, but found yourself responding in frustration and indignation? How did Jesus do it!? Pastor Ryan finishes our series talking about how we can follow Jesus' model and be Fearlessly Sent to Minister with Compassion.

Todd Nettleton, author of "When Faith is Forbidden" and Chief of Media Relations and Message Integration for the Voice of the Martyrs, joins us on the National Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church to talk about what part we have to play in caring for a global community of Jesus followers, many of whom are under direct attack for nothing other than their proclamation of faith in Jesus Christ.

Do you feel confident to minister in the name and power of Jesus by the Holy Spirit? Do you feel confident in your identity as one whom God loves? Pastor Ryan takes a look at what it means to be confident in God, what that confidence enables us to do, and how we find ourselves in that place of confidence as he continues our series on being Fearlessly Sent.

Jesus came to proclaim the Good News. But what does that mean for us? How do we participate in His mission of proclamation? Pastor Cami continues our series on being Fearlessly Sent as we learn how we as a community of Jesus' followers do what He did and bring the present reality of the Kingdom to bear in our community and around the world.

Guest speaker, Jeff Roper, is the Global Associate Director for MENACA (the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia) and Europe with Foursquare Missions International. He works closely with missionaries over a vast landscape, connecting them to local churches and resources among other things. This Sunday, he shares on the little things we can do as followers of Jesus to see big things move in...

Are you weighed down by stress? anxiety? depression? unmanageable expectations? Jesus has come to bring freedom from your oppression. Are you weighed down by abuse? sickness? spiritual powers of darkness? imbalanced authority structures? Jesus has come to bring freedom from your oppression! And He has commissioned The Church to be the hands and feet that take His Good News and His compassion and h...

What are you doing with the light you've been given? Do you let it illuminate areas of darkness or hide it? Do you use it as a weapon to condemn those in darkness, or as a lamp to illuminate their path back to God? We have the unique opportunity to help those lost and stumbling in darkness find their way back home into the loving arms of a gracious God through the work of Jesus Christ. The questio...

The journey to freedom starts by recognizing Jesus is the one to lead us out of captivity. Sin only and always leads to captivity. But Jesus only and always leads to freedom. Freedom does not mean that we get to do whatever we want. That freedom is of the world. The freedom that God gives is the freedom to become who you were created to be. Whatever it is that holds you captive will bow to Jesus i...

We live in a broken world. Brokenness exists all around us: in our workplaces, in our schools, in our families... yet God gives us the Gospel; a practical tool for the here and now that gives us hope for the future. You see, the Gospel to the poor is not just to those in physical poverty. It is also for those in spiritual poverty. That's the thing about poverty; it makes you willing to beg. Today,...

You have been sent by God to proclaim the Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven in your sphere of influence. This is critical for us to grasp as followers of Jesus seeking to see His will be done and His Kingdom come on Earth as it is in Heaven. And if we grab hold of this mission, one thing becomes abundantly clear: we need help! Fortunately, help is available in the person of the Holy Spirit. The Spir...

What does it mean for us to "repent and believe"? Pastor Ryan prepares us as a church for an upcoming season of seeking the Lord and hearing His will for how we can reach out and bless our immediate community. He takes us through a valuable tool called The Learning Circle to aid us in our journey of hearing God and stepping into Fearless Response.

What does it mean for us to be exiles here in the world? While it may not feel like it, there is a purpose for us being alive when and where we are. We are ambassadors of the Kingdom of Heaven here on Earth. We seek the good of the place we find ourselves and in so doing, reflect the nature and character of Jesus to a world in desperate need of Him.