Wilderness Church

It's no secret that most of us tend to learn better when a lesson is taught using visuals. Our teachers knew it, our parents knew it and Jesus certainly knew it. In this series we are looking at the Parables that Jesus taught during his ministry. In this episode we will go through Luke 10: 25-37 which is the Parable of the Good Samaritan. Even though this seems like a parable that has one central...

Jesus taught in many different way to many different people. One of the most well known teaching methods Jesus used was teaching in parables. In this talk we will dive into the illustration explained by Jesus in John 15:1-8. In this particular parable Jesus uses the imagery of a Gardener, a Vine, and branches to teach His disciples and all of us how to be in a fruitful relationship with our Heaven...

It's no secret that a struggle for modern day churches is getting men engaged and harboring growth. Here at Wilderness we are unapologetically a Men Minded ministry. It's statistically proven, and historically demonstrated that when a church is able to reach the men, that women and children are likely to follow. In this message Travis purposefully explains why our ministry is man minded and how we...

Resurrection Sunday is a day full of festivities, easter egg hunts, and family lunches. Although we love to celebrate with family and friends, through all the fun we can begin to be distracted from the real reason we get to celebrate. In this talk Travis discusses how the context surrounding the Resurrection story adds power and explanation for the necessity of a Savior. When we take a look at the...

We all have a little bit of Judas in us. In this talk Travis discusses the role Judas played in Jesus' ministry and how easy it can be to lose sight of the mission. As we get closer to the holiday of Easter we can take a look at the story of Judas and see that it can be enticing to trade our intangible riches for worldly wealth.

Joseph Caiaphas not only had power in the Religious system, but he also had his hand in the local political ring. In this talk Travis gives a profile of the High Priest Caiaphas who had an intricate role in the story of Jesus. As we listen to the story of Caiaphas it's hard to believe that someone could be so arrogant to stand in opposition of Jesus, but it's easy to say that on this side of the s...

When we think of Baptism we sometimes think of celebration, joy, water, and maybe even tears. All of those things are great, but what if we told you that baptism is more than just those things? In this talk Travis gives the historical and biblical context behind baptism and he closes in on the truth of what baptism symbolizes from what John the Baptist taught to what Jesus replicated.

Theres a big difference between "I don't believe" and "I don't want to believe." One can be caused from a lack of knowledge or information, but the other may stem from unnecessary stubbornness. In this talk travis addresses the issues caught between not believing and not wanting to believe and the things that caused some to walk away from faith may have been completely unnecessary.

Most of us have either questioned the existence of God because of pain and hurt in the world, or we know someone who has. In this talk Travis suggests that if you walked away from your faith because you struggle believing in a God with all the bad in the world you may have walked away from faith unnecessarily. Travis specifically highlights the characteristics of God and how God is not only good,...

In this continuation of the 6 week series titled "I Can't Believe in God" Travis discusses the defendability of the movement of Jesus. Throughout scripture God uses man to portray the story of creation, obedience, and ultimately love, but they weren't just topics of discussion in scripture, they were all pointing to the Son of God. Travis also asks all of us to look into it for ourselves, to study...

"Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so." Most of us have heard this song, and most of us don't have a hard time believing that Jesus loves us, but is it only because the Bible says so? In this talk Travis discussed how the defendable truths of our Christianity don't exist only because a book says so. Jesus' love for you isn't hinged on a book saying so, however the Bible does provi...

Answering grown up questions is hard, but it becomes unbelievable when an adult question is answered with a child-like response. In this talk Travis continues his series titled "I Can't believe in God" which is meant to target the doubts and frustrations that we have all contemplated about who God is. However, Travis not only discusses who God is, but he challenges the god's that many of us have b...

Doubt is expected, and skepticism isn't always a bad thing. When horrific events happen in our life sometimes we question the existence, or the goodness of our God. In this series Travis will address many of the questions that wander through our minds about God and who God is.

Often in life, we get stuck wandering round looking for an answer in the wrong spot. In this talk Jarrod Hill, Wilderness Youth Pastor, points out two events in scripture where the Disciples and even Abram dealt with looking in the wrong direction.

We have all believed a lie at some point in our lives. Sometimes the lies we can believe keep us from loving, keep us from trusting, and can keep us for telling others the truth. In this talk Travis challenges that we don't have to believe the lie that we are unloved, but instead we can live in the truth that God loves us and paid the ultimate price for us. Once we accept that fact, we can live fr...

"Doing Church" can be hard and intimidating, but we weren't called to "do Church" we were called to be the church. In this talk Travis talks about how being engaged at Wilderness can start with a handshake and a donut, but it can lead to finding people to do life with and serve beside. Travis also lays out the different ways to get plugged in at Wilderness and how getting plugged in can set you up...

Getting Engaged in what the Lord is doing doesn't have to be as hard as you may think. In this Sermon Travis talks about why engagement is important, how to be engaged, and how you can be a part of what the Lord is doing right here right now.

Doing anything worth doing is hard. Getting and staying involved in a church is hard. It’s hard because it’s worth doing.