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Join us again this week as we continue our Christmas sermon series with chapters 11 and 12 from 2 Samuel, exploring the sinful relationship of David and Bathsheba, and how it relates to the story of the birth of Jesus on Christmas. We return to Bethlehem, but 1,000 years before the birth of Christ, to the reign of King David. From Genesis 3, God promised that one day a descendant of Eve would crus...

We often think the Christmas story begins with Mary, Joseph, and a baby in a manger, but it actually starts in the Garden of Eden. Long before Bethlehem, God made a promise to a serpent. That the offspring of the woman would crush evil once and for all. This promise first whispered in Genesis 3 is the true origin of Christmas. The child in the manger came to destroy sin, defeat Satan, and bring us...

Join us this week as we continue our sermon series on Genesis with chapter 29 verse 31 through chapter 30 verse 24. Genesis 30 is the birth of a nation but you’d never guess it from the dysfunction in Jacob’s household. Through sibling rivalry, manipulation, envy, and desperation, God’s plan moves forward. God’s purposes are never stopped by human sin. From the cosmic expansion of Abraham’s promis...

Join us again this week as we continue our sermon series in Genesis with Chapter 29 verses 1-30 involving Jacob, Laban, and Rachel. Jacob arrives in Haran hoping to find a wife, escape his brother’s wrath, and build a future. Instead, he finds deception, heartbreak, and the consequences of his own sin. Jacob, once a cowardly liar, is being humbled by divine design.

Join us again this week as we continue our sermon series on Genesis with chapter 27 verse 41 through chapter 28 verse 22. We look at the beginning of Jacob’s relationship with God. Jacob is on the run and burdened by his own sin. Sleeping on a stone for a pillow, in the middle of the wilderness, God initiates a relationship with him. In one of the most famous dreams in Scripture, Jacob sees a stai...

Join us this week as we continue our sermon series on Genesis with chapter 26 verse 34 through chapter 27 verse 40. Genesis 27 reads more like a “not top 10” blooper reel than a highlight of faith. Every main character fails. Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob, and Esau. It’s a story of lies, favoritism, manipulation, deception, and broken trust. And yet God’s plan still prevails. When everyone is working agai...

Join us again this week as we continue our series in Genesis with a sermon on chapter 26 verses 1-33. Genesis 26 is the only chapter in the Bible where Isaac is the main character, and here we find many parallels between him and his father Abraham. Famine, fear, conflict, and covenant. Isaac walks a road that feels all too familiar. Yet God’s faithfulness to Abraham is reaffirmed in Isaac’s journe...

Join us again this week as we continue our series on Genesis, continuing with chapter 25 verses 19-34. This week we meet Jacob and Esau. Two brothers who show us what happens when we despise the promises of God. Esau gives away his birthright for a bowl of stew. Jacob seizes it through manipulation. This story is about the contrast between shortsightedness and faith, self-reliance and grace, human...

Join us again this week as we continue our series on Genesis with a sermon on Genesis chapter 25 verses 1-18. With the death of Abraham, Genesis 25 marks a major transition in the story of Scripture and in the story of God's redemptive plan. This chapter may look like a list of names and funerals, but beneath the surface is a powerful reflection on promises fulfilled, nations born, sons sent away,...

Join us this with for another sermon on Genesis, continuing where we left off with the meeting of Isaac and Rebekah in Genesis chapter 24 verses 28-67. Here we find one of the most beautiful and complete love stories in the Bible that shows us how God leads our lives and what it means to have a Godly and faithful character. We pick up the story with Rebekah’s answer to Isaac, and follow the love s...

Join us again this week as we continue our series on Genesis, with chapter 24 verses 1-27. We look at how this story is an illustration of how God works through his people, and how that work takes sacrifice, risk, and initiative by us as Christians. Genesis 24 is a complete short story embedded in the bigger story of God’s redemption. In this first half, we follow Abraham’s trusted servant on a da...

Join us as we launch into our newest sermon series on Genesis, continuing where we left off with chapter 23, verses 1-20. In this chapter, Abraham faces the heartbreaking loss of his wife, Sarah. And while this chapter may seem like a random, obscure negotiation for land, it's actually one of the most profound acts of faith in the Old Testament. Abraham puts faith in God's promises, trusting in a...

Prayer is the lifeline of the Christian life. Join us again this week as we finish our sermon series of Acts and the beginning of the church with the final pillar of the early church: devotion to prayer. We don’t just see prayer mentioned—we see a church saturated in it. From house meetings to prison breaks, from fearful doubt to faithful dependence, Acts shows us that ordinary people were transfo...

Join us again this week for another sermon on Acts chapter 2 as we look at the first Christian church, which was not a denomination or institution, but a family of believers marked by sacrificial love, shared meals, and unshakable joy. The first church didn’t grow because of strategy, marketing, or promotions. It grew because people saw a supernatural love and wanted in. Walnut Creek Church is loc...

How did a group of 120 believers ignite a gospel movement that spread across the entire world? The answer lies in one word: devotion. Join us again this week for another sermon on Acts chapter 2. This time we learn how the early church devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and how that same devotion fuels an unshakable church today. If you’ve ever felt dry, distant, or weak in your faith,...

Join us this week as we launch our newest sermon series examining the birth of the church, using Acts chapter 2 as our guide. Everyone loves a good origin story. But no startup, sketch, or garage project compares to the launch of the global Church in Acts 2. We'll explore the moment of Pentecost and the arrival of the Holy Spirit, as well as Peter’s bold gospel proclamation to the crowd that calle...

Join us again this week for another sermon on the Gospel of John continuing with chapter 8 verses 21 through 29. We learn what it truly means to miss Jesus, which oddly enough can happen even while searching for a Savior. Using John 8, we explore the tragic irony that the very people praying for the Messiah's arrival were face-to-face with Him and yet they didn’t even recognize Him. Jesus warns th...

Join us again this week for another sermon on the Gospel of John, continuing with chapter 8 verses 12-20. We examine what Jesus really meant when he said, "I am the light of the world". We unpack the scientific mystery of light, the biblical symbolism behind it, and the profound truth that Jesus came to inform us, but more importantly transform us. We examine why Jesus’ statement would have shocke...

Join us again this week as we explore one of the most debated passages in the Bible. We continue our series of the Gospel of John with chapter 7 verse 53 to chapter 8 verse 11, the story of the woman caught in adultery. We look at why this passage is bracketed in many Bibles and how we can trust that the New Testament we have today is truly the word of God. More importantly we’ll examine how this...

Join us again this week for another sermon on the Gospel of John, continuing with chapter 7 verses 40-52. We look at how the examples of the Pharisees and Nicodemus illustrate how Jesus both divides and transforms people.

Join us again this week for another sermon on the Gospel of John continuing with Chapter 7, verses 37 through 40. We examine what Jesus means when he says he is the living water for us to drink from.

Join us again this week for another sermon on the Gospel of John, continuing with chapter 7 verses 25 through 36.

Join us again this week for another sermon on the Gospel of John, continuing with chapter 7 verses 10-24.

Join us again this week for another sermon on the Gospel of John, continuing with chapter 7 verses 1-9.

Join us again this week for another sermon on the Gospel of John, continuing with chapter 6 verses 60-71. We look at the different ways people respond to Jesus.