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Join us for week 4 of our series, Home Grace, as Pastor Adam teaches on how the Gospel infuses every season of life - especially singleness and dating.

Pastor Dan Martin of Fairview, Texas shares what natural parenting vs. grace-based parenting looks like.

It's been said that baseball is a game of failure, meaning you can go 3 for 10 at the plate and still be considered successful. Marriage is much the same way. For most of us there are many more failures than successes, but you have to keep showing up at the plate. Listen to week 2 of our series, Home Grace, as Pastor Gabe teaches on how the gospel gives us the strength and motivation to keep showi...

Without home plate there would be no game of baseball - at least baseball as we know it. The same is true of our families when it comes to grace in the home: we'll never be all that God intended us to be without Home Grace. Listen to week 1 of our new series as Pastor Gabe teaches a message entitled "Collisions," something we've all experienced in the home and how we move forward once they've happ...

For many of us life is marked by perpetual tension - tension in the mind, in marriage, in the family, in the work place, etc. Maybe it's everyone else's fault? Or maybe it's the result of reaping what we've sewn? Listen to week five of our series, Who We Are, as Pastor Gabe teaches on our fifth cultural value and how it positions us for favor both with God and with others.

Where will you turn when the crisis comes in life? And it will come. It's not a matter of if but when. Listen to week four of our series, Who We Are, as Pastor Gabe teaches on our fourth cultural value and it's potential impact on our lives.

Uncertainty regarding the future can breed a mindset of fear and scarcity. God never intends for us to live that way. Listen to week three of our series, Who We Are, as Pastor Gabe teaches on the freedom that Jesus provides for us and how the gospel shapes our culture

Disorder in relationships and external areas of our lives is often indicative of disorder in the heart. Listen to week 2 of our series, Who We Are, as Pastor Gabe teaches on the second of five cultural values at The Point and the implications of order for our relationships and other practical areas of our lives.

We are all shaped by the cultures we immerse ourselves in, especially the culture of a church. Listen to week one of our series, Who We Are, as Pastor Gabe teaches on the cultural value of gratitude, how it impacts our everyday lives, and its significance in a society that feeds entitlement.

We've all been through seasons where our faith staggers a little bit. We love Jesus, we know we can trust His heart, but we just don't understand life's circumstances. Listen to this week's podcast as Pastor Gabe teaches from Mark 16 and gives us a clear picture of how God uses seasons of staggering faith for His glory.

As Jesus hung on the cross, He demonstrated immense self-restraint.  He had the freedom and the right to stop it all, but He voluntarily chose to die for us.  Love motivated this selfless act that now serves as our model for surrendered living.  Listen to this week's message as we continue to journey through the Passion of Christ found in Mark 15.

Nowhere in the Gospel of Mark do we see the humanity and struggle of Jesus more clearly than in the Garden of Gethsemane. Listen to week 14 of our series on Mark as Pastor Gabe teaches on the intense stress that Jesus experienced and how we, like Him, can have courage to stand in the face of life's most difficult circumstances.

Sometimes our past mistakes haunt us, and we feel God can't love us or use us for greater works. Listen to this week's message as it explains how Christ's work on the cross allows us to let go of our past.

When it comes to waiting on answers, we all can find the experience to be quite challenging.  Waiting is difficult, and it doesn't come naturally.  Listen to this week's message covering Jesus' specific instructions for waiting on the timing of things.

This Sunday we're exploring one of the most distinguishing characteristics of the Christian faith: Taking the gospel to all nations. Listen to this week's message that explains how we can invest in those who are far from God with the intent of inviting them to Jesus and to The Point.

There's often a huge gap that exists between what we want to hear and what we need to hear. Listen to this Sunday's message from Mark 13, which begins with the disciples expressing curiosity about the future, but turns into Jesus giving a practical challenge in the present.

Let's be honest, we've all be tempted to throw in the towel when it comes to doing things God's way. We've all been tempted at some point to take matters into our own hands. Listen to this week's message from our Mark series as Pastor Gabe teaches on the promise that if we will trust Jesus through suffering, He will always have the final word in life's outcomes.

Dave Earley, Pastor of Grace City Church in Las Vegas, teaches from Mark and shares about his experience planting a church in Sin City.

Following Jesus is costly, especially when it comes to the pride that exists within each of us. Listen to week seven of our 16 week journey through the Gospel of Mark as we teach on a deep internal battle that we all face and how in losing the battle we actually win in the end.

It's inevitable that suffering will come in life when we follow Jesus, whether from persecution, circumstances, or other forms of conflict. Listen to this week's message as Pastor Gabe teaches from the Gospel of Mark on how to press meaning into seasons of suffering.

**NO VIDEO THIS WEEK** With the point of Mark's gospel being a universal call to discipleship, naturally it requires discovering what it means to follow Jesus, even when following Him includes suffering. Suffering is something we spend our lives trying to avoid, yet Jesus says it's inevitable. Listen to week 5 of the Gospel of Mark as Pastor Gabe teaches on the suffering of Jesus and what it means...

**NO VIDEO THIS WEEK** Listen to week 4 of our Mark series and discover a profound statement made by King David in Mark 12, which essentially dismantled the common but inadequate understanding of the Messiah. David's statement declares Jesus to be Lord, meaning there are no limits to His reign. For Jesus to be Lord of your life, He cannot be limited.

**NO VIDEO THIS WEEK** Listen to week 3 of our series on the Gospel of Mark as we learn of the forgiveness offered from Jesus, the Son of Man. Learn how the title "Son of Man" reflects Jesus' dominion over all things, including the power to forgive sin.

Listen to week 2 of our series on the Gospel of Mark as we continue to learn of the authority that flows from Jesus as the Son of God. As Jesus encountered the demon in the synagogue and cast it out by His authority as the Son of God, we too have the same authority over our lives.

This Sunday we begin our 16 week teaching series on the Gospel of Mark. You will not want to miss week 1, an introductory message, as we dive into who Jesus is and what He meant when He announced "the kingdom of God is at hand.