The Garden Church

What do you do when obeying God could cost you everything? Acts 3–4 shows us a church that refuses comfort and chooses courage. A miracle sparks belief, the resurrection provokes outrage, and opposition exposes what kind of faith the disciples really have. Like Martin Luther standing before the powers of his day, Peter and John preach Christ anyway, pray boldly, and leave shaken but unashamed. 💥...

You were made for war. 2026 can’t be another year about trying to get less out of shape and making zero difference in the spiritual war all around us. What if you made this year about fighting the darkness, leading the people around you, and being a deeper and more serious follower of Christ?  In this talk, Nolan casts vision for how The Garden is positioning you to do just that in several very sp...

Is it actually biblical for pastors to do Q&A… or is that just modern church culture?  Turns out, Scripture is loaded with it. In this raw, wide-ranging Q&A, our pastors tackle the real questions the church is asking, from hearing God’s voice , science and faith , lust, guilt, and forgiveness , to Mormonism , Revelation , gender roles , dating , abuse , and how the Gospel actually changes...

Is it actually biblical for pastors to do Q&A… or is that just modern church culture?  Turns out, Scripture is loaded with it. In this raw, wide-ranging Q&A, our pastors tackle the real questions the church is asking, from hearing God’s voice , science and faith , lust, guilt, and forgiveness , to Mormonism , Revelation , gender roles , dating , abuse , and how the Gospel actually changes...

Is it actually biblical for pastors to do Q&A… or is that just modern church culture?  Turns out, Scripture is loaded with it. In this raw, wide-ranging Q&A, our pastors tackle the real questions the church is asking, from hearing God’s voice , science and faith , lust, guilt, and forgiveness , to Mormonism , Revelation , gender roles , dating , abuse , and how the Gospel actually changes...

Is it actually biblical for pastors to do Q&A… or is that just modern church culture?  Turns out, Scripture is loaded with it. In this raw, wide-ranging Q&A, our pastors tackle the real questions the church is asking, from hearing God’s voice , science and faith , lust, guilt, and forgiveness , to Mormonism , Revelation , gender roles , dating , abuse , and how the Gospel actually changes...

Have you ever wondered if God is really at work… or if life should look bigger than this?   Christmas isn’t a Hallmark moment, it’s a hostile takeover. The Gospel invades real history, real empires, and real pain, not with power plays, but with a baby in a manger.  Luke 2 exposes a clash of kingdoms: Caesar’s loud empire versus Jesus’ quiet reign. While the proud miss Him, the humble see Him. This...

Have you grown jaded to the things of God? Cynical, tired, settled for less than wonder? 😮‍💨 In Acts 3, Peter and John walk into an ordinary prayer hour, and God explodes it with an extraordinary miracle. A nameless, lifelong beggar asks for spare change, but Jesus gives him something money could never buy, new life . This message confronts our tendency to settle for lesser things and invites us...

Revival doesn’t just start “out there”, it starts in here . In this message, Pastor Skyler unpacks how God moves through people who have first been moved by Him. In a culture marked by crushing loneliness, distraction, and isolation, Acts 2 gives us a living picture of a Spirit-filled community where: People surrender to the Word Live with unquenchable worship Practice generous care Become a compe...

Pentecost wasn’t a quiet spiritual moment—it was a violent, wind-shaking, flame-dropping invasion of God’s power. The same Spirit who emboldened trembling disciples in an upper room now emboldens us. In this message, we walk through the SIGN, the SUNDAY, the SERMON, the MIRACLE, the MURDER, the MONARCHY, and the MESSIAH —and why everything changes if Jesus really is who Peter says He is. From the...

⏳ THE BATTLE PLAN FOR THE WAITING ROOM (Acts 1:12–26) We hate waiting. We love speed, hustle, and instant results. But in Acts 1, the disciples show us that uncertainty is not evidence of God’s absence —it’s His training ground. While they waited, they didn’t drift, doomscroll, or tap out. They prayed and obeyed, read and applied, relied and testified. 🙏📖 This message unpacks how Christian wait...

You don’t go into a battle without a battle plan. In Acts 1, Jesus gives His followers one. From a hillside in Judea, the risen King lays out His strategy for changing the world: 1️⃣ The Mission — not optional. 2️⃣ The Power — not from us. 3️⃣ The Focus — not on distractions. The Church doesn’t move by marketing, strategy, or personality—it moves by the power of the Holy Spirit. And when ordinary...

No one is too broken for God to use. 💥 In this deeply convicting message, guest speaker Mark Clark walks through Ephesians 1:1–2 , showing how the Apostle Paul—once a murderer and enemy of the Church—was transformed by grace to become one of its greatest leaders. Mark shares his own story of growing up in a non-Christian home, battling Tourette’s syndrome, and being called to plant a church in on...

Some healing can’t happen until you bow. 🕊️ Naaman had everything, status, power, wealth, but beneath the armor was rot. Leprosy on the outside, pride on the inside. When God told him to dip in a muddy river, he almost walked away from the miracle that could change him forever. 💧 In this message, you’ll see that pride is the enemy of power and that true healing starts in the heart, not the skin....

You can’t say Jesus is Lord if your wallet still calls the shots. 💥 Legend has it that Crusaders were baptized with their sword arm out of the water, surrendered, but not that surrendered. Today, many believers do the same with their bank accounts. But Jesus doesn’t want part of you, He wants all of you. This message isn’t about guilt; it’s about growth. God calls His people to test Him in genero...

Utopia has a shadow. 🚨 Revelation 17 rips the mask off our “sci-fi normal”—a glittering, seductive system (Babylon) riding real power, discipling hearts through thrills, lust, and lies. From algorithms to ideologies, the world isn’t neutral; it’s spiritual formation. Yet the Lamb still conquers. ⚔️✝️ This message equips you to spot the counterfeit, resist digital Babylon, and walk the counter-cul...

After a short break, Skeptics & Saints is back! 🙌 In this powerful episode, Nolan sits down with longtime friend Skyler Elmer , who just joined The Garden Church as a Teaching Pastor . Skyler shares his incredible story — from being an atheist who mocked Christians, to finding faith, to becoming a pastor and teacher of God’s Word. Together, Nolan and Skyler reflect on their early days of base...

What if the end of the world is actually the beginning of the real one? 🌅 Revelation 21 explodes with hope: a new creation, a holy people, God with us , and bodies made whole . The darkness we groan under isn’t the final word—Jesus is. When heaven fills your horizon, ordinary life turns radical: courage over comfort, love over survival, worship over worry. 🕊️✨ Lean in, lift your eyes, and live n...

The real virus isn’t biological, it’s spiritual. In 1976, atheist Richard Dawkins called religion a “virus of the mind.” But decades later, the real epidemic isn’t faith,  it’s the belief that truth doesn’t exist at all. This “mind virus” is dismantling reason, redefining morality, and infecting everything from education to identity. Romans 1 saw it coming. Humanity made a terrible trade, exchangi...

The end of the world isn’t coming, it’s already here. Jesus said the Kingdom of God isn’t just future, it’s breaking in right now. That means the wheat and tares are already growing side by side, faith is tested under fire, and what looks small and weak today will one day shake nations. The darker the world gets, the brighter the Kingdom burns. This week’s message will challenge casual Christianit...

Culture is obsessed with end-times fiction — zombies, collapse, survival bunkers — because people sense something is wrong. Paul says it plainly: apart from Christ we are spiritually dead, animated by sin and steered by a hostile power. But the gospel crashes in like resurrection light: “But God…” — He makes the dead alive, seats us with Christ, and gifts us for a mission. This sermon unmasks the...

Apocalypse Now: Zombies, AI, and the Anti-Christ There’s a spiritual hunger rising in our nation. The assassination of Charlie Kirk has only intensified the moment, and people everywhere are asking the biggest questions: Is there a spiritual war? Why are we this divided? What happens after death? That’s why we started The Garden Church —a truth-driven, Bible-preaching, gospel-centered church for a...

This week the entire culture has been shaken by the assassination of a young conservative Christian. People everywhere are grappling with the brevity of life and the darkness of our cultural moment.  How was someone so alive one moment, and gone the next? How are we this divided as a nation? Some feel devastated by the loss of what felt like a friend and hero, and others are dancing on his grave?...

You feel it, the ache that life has to be about more than bills, burnout, and busyness. You were made for a mission. 💥 The good news? Even though you’re outmatched, you’re not out-gunned. Jesus has conquered death, given you His Spirit, and called you into His rescue mission to turn the world upside down. 🌍⚡ This isn’t about your ambition, it’s about His mission. Your gifts, your story, your we...

The empty tomb left Mary weeping, Peter puzzled, and John believing. Confusion reigned, but clarity came when Jesus spoke Mary’s name, showed His scars, and commissioned His disciples. In a world filled with doubt, noise, and endless “truths,” the resurrection cuts through the fog with power, peace, and purpose. 🙌✝️ Jesus doesn’t just invite us to cling to comfort; He sends us out on mission with...