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What happens when the trickster gets a taste of his own medicine? Pastor CJ unpacks a moment from the life of Jacob he would never forget!

Things are beginning to change in our study of Jacob. We've gotten a real dose of his nature over the first couple of moments we see with him in the Word of God, but now the hero of the story arrives on the scene. Pastor Ryan examines the drive within all of us for the next thing, the next frontier to explore or achieve, and the way God interacts with us... how He wants to give us more than we can...

The story of Jacob reaches an amazing turning point as the real hero steps into the frame! In a special message for Father's Day 2021, Pastor Ryan looks at the moment God gives Jacob a Dream, and how God is still looking to step into our story as well.

As we continue our study in the Life of Jacob, CJ Hernandez guides us through a deeper dive on the comparison culture that we live in our latest Ladder Session. 

In this message from our new series - The Ladder - we look at two episodes that happen between Jacob and Esau, and how Jacob's schemes affect his life.

Following our first Sunday message on the life of Jacob, we want to allow the Word to be a mirror into our own lives and families. Jump into the story with Pastor Ryan and consider your own Family of Origin.

We're finally jumping into something that has been on our hearts for the last six months. We want to slow down and study a story in the Bible that has huge implications for our understanding of all of God's Word, and it is centered around a man named Jacob... a man that would become known as Israel. He's not what you might expect, and Pastor Ryan helps illustrate how the patterns of this anti-hero...

In addition to our new series on the Life of Jacob, we're going to release a short podcast episode every week for you to dive into with a close friend or your LifeGroup. We want to go deeper as we study the Word and we hope that these extra sessions and questions will be the perfect companion to allow the Story to follow you throughout the week. 

The second part of our little mini series - But The People - shows us another situation where there was a choice to live by God's Way or the whims of others. In this extraordinary moment, we're given an example of what it looks like to live in the Fear of the Lord.

Jump into a short conversation about a huge concept in the Word of God - The Fear of the Lord. This is part one of two and centers on the role of others' opinions in our lives.

Have you ever noticed that names matter tremendously in the Bible? God even goes out of His way to change the name of some amazing people. Abram becomes Abraham… Saul becomes Paul… Jacob becomes Israel. Yet, there are  times when we encounter long lists of names and genealogies, and all they get from us is an eye-roll and a turned page! This week we’re getting set to explore one particular mo...

Happy Mother's Day from Word of Grace! Listen in as Melissa Onabajo, our Worship and Creative Director, shares from her heart this Mother's Day.

Our church, like THE Church, is a big, messy family, but Pastor Ryan shares with us how Unity in the Love of God is our priority and some practical ways to be devoted to one another and to Jesus in a world that thrives on divisiveness.

Randy Young joins us again to bring an amazing message and encourage us all to exercise the authority we have in Jesus.

Join us as we take a look into a moment where Jesus flashes his righteous anger in John 2. 

After the Resurrection of Jesus, everything changed, but for Peter there was still something off. Watch what Jesus does to remind Peter that our Living Hope is found in Him Alone.

In our Living Hope series we come to the moment that changed everything and continues to change everything for us... the Resurrection of Jesus!

Tune in with us for a special Good Friday message from Pastor Ryan. We take some time this Good Friday to share Holy Communion as a Church Family and to fix our eyes on Jesus as He made the choice to give His life for us. 

CJ takes a look at the Triumphal Entry of Jesus that kicks off Holy Week for us in our Easter series - Living Hope . Let's fix our eyes on Jesus together!

Welcome to our Easter Series - Living Hope - where we dive back into the story of Easter. Pastor Ryan explores a moment with Jesus from Holy Week as we consider our expectations for Jesus and allow Easter to challenge our hopes. 

The final episode in our Contact series, Pastor Ryan looks at a peculiar conversation between Jesus and John the Baptist.

Pastor Ryan lays out for us the kind of love that God shows us by looking at the story of Zacchaeus, who was the furthest thing from lovable. Keep going in our Contact series with us!

In this episode from our Contact series, CJ takes a look at an important moment with Jesus for one of Jesus' best friends. 

We've been exploring moments in this series, Contact, where people seek out Jesus and their lives are never the same. In this episode, we are looking at two stories of people who didn't go looking for Jesus. Instead... Jesus goes looking for them.

In this episode from our series - Contact - we look at an incredible moment where Jesus interacts with a prominent teacher and totally reframes the way we relate to God.