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Welcome to Wellspring Church! How do we forgive when the hurt is real and what we’ve lost can’t be returned? In this message, Pastor Billy Waters explores the forgiveness of sins and how receiving the grace of Jesus empowers us to extend forgiveness to others. Through Jesus’ parable of the unforgiving servant, we discover that forgiven people are called to forgive. Christ has canceled our unpayable debt through the cross, giving us the grace to release the debts we hold against others. Forgiveness doesn’t mean excusing wrongdoing, restoring trust immediately, or guaranteeing reconciliation. It means releasing our claim to repayment and trusting God with justice. 📖 Key Themes in This Message: 🔹 Finding the motivation to forgive in the forgiveness we’ve received through Jesus 🔹 Naming the person, the hurt, and what has been taken from us 🔹 Canceling the debt with Christ’s help and continuing to choose forgiveness 🔹 Trusting the risen Jesus to bring healing and restore all things Forgiveness is a decision we may need to renew again and again. Jesus meets us in our wounds and gives us hope beyond what this world can restore. As we receive His mercy, we are invited to confess our sins, seek forgiveness, and extend that same grace to those who have hurt us. 📅 Join us this week at Wellspring Church! Looking to grow deeper in your faith? Visit www.wellspringenglewood.comto learn more. Relevant Scripture references: Matthew 18:21–35; Genesis 4:8–15, 23–24; Matthew 6:12; John 19:30; 1 Corinthians 2:9; Romans 8:18; and Revelation 21:1–5. Support the show

Welcome to Wellspring Church! Where do we find the connection our souls long for? In this message, Pastor Billy Waters explores how baptism points to our adoption into God’s everlasting family, giving us a new identity, deep belonging, and hope that reaches beyond loneliness. Continuing our series on the Nicene Creed, we consider what it means to believe in “one baptism.” Through faith in Jesus, we become children of God, and baptism is the outward sign of our union with Christ. We belong to a family where our differences remain, but the barriers between us give way to reconciliation and unity. 📖 Key Themes in This Message: 🔹 How faith in Jesus brings us into the family of God 🔹 The redemption, intimacy, and inheritance we receive through adoption 🔹 Living with the confidence of a beloved child instead of striving for acceptance 🔹 Caring for one another as brothers and sisters in Christ On Baptism Sunday and All Saints Day, we celebrate our place among God’s people across generations. Our Father has redeemed us through Jesus, given us his Spirit, and welcomed us into a lasting inheritance. As we receive that love, we are called to support one another, uphold those being baptized, and live as the family we have become. 📅 Join us this week at Wellspring Church! Looking to grow deeper in your faith? Visit www.wellspringenglewood.comto learn more. Relevant Scripture references: Psalm 118:24; Galatians 3:26–29; Galatians 4:4–7; Romans 3:23; Ephesians 1:3, 18; Ephesians 2:12–13; Psalm 16:11; 1 Peter 1:4; 2 Peter 1:3–4; and John 19:26–27. Support the show

Welcome to Wellspring Church! What makes the church unlike any other community? In this message, Dr. Mark Young continues our series on the Nicene Creed, exploring what it means to believe in “one holy, catholic and apostolic church”—and the beautiful calling we share as followers of Jesus. The church brings together people across nations, languages, and cultures through a common confession of Christ. We are united by our faith, set apart for God’s purposes, part of a worldwide family, and sent to make Jesus known. Our unity grows as we practice humility, patience, forgiveness, and peace, reflecting the reconciliation we have received through Jesus. 📖 Key Themes in This Message: 🔹 One: Living in unity through our shared faith in Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit 🔹 Holy: Being set apart to worship God and fulfill his purposes in the world 🔹 Catholic: Belonging to the universal church, embracing diverse cultures and expressions of worship 🔹 Apostolic: Remaining rooted in the apostles’ teaching and continuing their mission to proclaim Christ Being the church is more than gathering on Sunday—it means living out our identity as God’s people. Here in Englewood, we belong to a family that stretches around the world and will one day worship together before God’s throne. Through the Spirit’s power, we are called to embody Christ’s love and bear witness to him wherever we go. 📅 Join us this week at Wellspring Church! Looking to grow deeper in your faith? Visit www.wellspringenglewood.comto learn more. Relevant Scripture references: Ephesians 4:1–6; Ephesians 3:6; Revelation 7:9–10; and Acts 1:8–9. Support the show

Welcome to Wellspring Church! What does it mean to believe in the Holy Spirit? In this message, Pastor David Norris explores the Nicene Creed’s declaration that the Holy Spirit is the Lord and giver of life—and invites us to recognize God’s presence among us. From creation to Pentecost, Scripture reveals the Holy Spirit as a person of the Trinity who gives life, speaks truth, and empowers God’s people. Jesus has not left us as orphans. Through the Spirit, God is with us, guiding the church to continue the works of Jesus. 📖 Key Themes in This Message: 🔹 Knowing the Holy Spirit as God, worthy of worship and glory 🔹 How the Spirit brings conviction, guides us into truth, and glorifies Jesus 🔹 Depending on the Spirit’s power to live and serve 🔹 Repenting of our neglect and learning to listen, trust, and obey The Holy Spirit is essential to the life of the church. As we exalt Jesus, we are invited to surrender control, welcome the Spirit’s gifts, and grow in daily dependence on God. Believing in the Holy Spirit means trusting and following the One who is already present among us. 📅 Join us this week at Wellspring Church! Looking to grow deeper in your faith? Visit www.wellspringenglewood.comto learn more. Relevant Scripture references: Genesis 1:1–3; Genesis 2:7; Exodus 31:1–5; Isaiah 57:15; Isaiah 61:1; Zechariah 4:6; Matthew 3:16–17; Matthew 28:19; Luke 4:18–19; Luke 24:49; John 14:16–18; John 16:7–14; John 20:22; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:1–4; Acts 5:3–4; Romans 8:26–27; 1 Corinthians 2:4–5; 1 Corinthians 14:26, 40; Ephesians 1:13–14; Ephesians 4:30; 1 Thessalonians 5:19; Hebrews 12:2; and 2 Peter 1:20–21. Support the show

Welcome to Wellspring Church! How does God’s judgment reveal His love? In this message, Pastor Billy Waters continues our “We Believe” series through the Nicene Creed, exploring why Christ’s return to judge the living and the dead gives us hope, strengthens our faith, and reveals the depth of His mercy. Looking at Revelation 20, we see that God’s final judgment brings an end to evil and prepares the way for a new heaven and a new earth. This promise helps us remain faithful through suffering and love others amid injustice, trusting that Jesus will make all things right. 📖 Key Themes in This Message:   🔹 Why judgment is essential to understanding God’s justice and love   🔹 How Christ’s return gives us hope to live faithfully today   🔹 The difference between outward religion and truly knowing Jesus   🔹 How repentance and faith in Christ bring forgiveness and assurance   The books record our deeds, but the Book of Life holds the names of those who belong to Jesus. Our good works cannot erase our sin, yet through His sacrifice on the cross, Jesus offers forgiveness. We are invited to examine our hearts, turn to Him, and live with confidence in His grace as we await His return. 📅 Join us this week at Wellspring Church! Looking to grow deeper in your faith? Visit wellspringenglewood.com to learn more. Relevant Scripture references: Revelation 20:11–15; Revelation 21:1; Daniel 7; Revelation 4–5; Matthew 6:9–13; Philippians 3:16, 20–21; 1 John 3:2–3; Romans 3:10–18, 23; Romans 6:23; Matthew 7:21–23; Psalm 51:1, 9; Isaiah 43:25; Acts 3:19–20; Revelation 3:5; Matthew 27:46; John 10:28–29; Luke 19:41–44; Matthew 23:37; Hebrews 4:12; Matthew 13:18–23; Luke 15:1–7, 11–32; and Revelation 2:4–5. Support the show

Welcome to Wellspring Church! What if the place that feels like a dead end could become the beginning of new life? In this message, Pastor Billy Waters continues our “We Believe” series, exploring how Jesus’ life, death, resurrection, and ascension awaken us to the hope and power of the gospel. With Scripture as our map and the Nicene Creed as a well-worn trail, we discover what Jesus has done for us and for our salvation. He came to serve, gave his life for our sins, rose to bring us new life, and ascended to reign over all things. Through the Holy Spirit, he empowers us to live out these truths today. 📖 Key Themes in This Message: 🔹 Following Jesus by using our influence and resources to serve others 🔹 Receiving forgiveness and finding our identity in Jesus’ scars 🔹 Discovering how the resurrection turns despair, doubt, and failure into renewed hope 🔹 Trusting Jesus’ reign and responding to the Holy Spirit’s power Knowing these truths invites a response. Because Jesus lives, our past does not have the final word. Just as he restored Mary’s joy, Thomas’s faith, and Peter’s calling, he invites us to surrender our hearts and step into a life of faith, service, and hope. 📅 Join us this week at Wellspring Church! Looking to grow deeper in your faith? Visit www.wellspringenglewood.comto learn more. Relevant Scripture references: Philippians 2:6–7; Mark 10:45; John 13:3–5; 1 Peter 2:24; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 9:22; Ephesians 2:14–16; Luke 9:23; 1 Corinthians 15:3–4; Romans 4:25; John 20:11–29; John 21:15–19; Acts 1:9; Daniel 7:13–14; Ephesians 4:10; Romans 8:11; 2 Kings 2:9–15; and John 14:12–17. Support the show

Welcome to Wellspring Church! Who is Jesus? In this message from the We Believe series, Pastor David Norris explores the Nicene Creed’s confession that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully human. Hebrews presents Jesus as the exact imprint of God’s nature and as one who shared fully in our humanity. Pastor David explains why both truths matter: because Jesus is truly human, he knows our suffering; because he is truly God, he can bring us all the way back to God. 📖 Key Themes in This Message: 🔹 Why the Nicene Creed helps us speak faithfully about Jesus 🔹 What we lose when we deny either Jesus’ divinity or his humanity 🔹 How Jesus reveals God and represents humanity 🔹 Why “God with us” is good news for our salvation In Jesus, God has come near. We are invited to worship him with Thomas’s confession, “My Lord and my God,” and to share his good news with the world. 📅 Join us this week at Wellspring Church! Looking to grow deeper in your faith? Visit www.wellspringenglewood.comto learn more. Relevant Scripture references: Hebrews 1:1–3; Hebrews 2:14–17; John 1:1–3, 14; John 8:58–59; John 10:30; John 20:28; Matthew 1:18–23; Matthew 28:19–20; Ephesians 2:13; and Revelation 5:9. Support the show

Welcome to Wellspring Church! What keeps us anchored when life feels dark, turbulent, or confusing? In this message, Billy Waters begins a series on the Nicene Creed, showing how this historic confession serves as a trustworthy guide because it is firmly anchored in Scripture. The Creed begins by declaring belief in one God—the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. God alone is sovereign and sufficient. Through Jesus, believers are welcomed into God’s family and given intimate access to the Almighty as their loving Father. 📖 Key Themes in This Message: 🔹 Why the Nicene Creed must remain anchored in Scripture 🔹 What it means to believe in one sovereign and sufficient God 🔹 The intimacy and power of knowing God as Father Almighty 🔹 How creation reveals God’s goodness, purpose, and design 🔹 Holding firmly to truth while creating space for honesty and grace God created all things good and made humanity to glorify Him. Although sin has distorted His creation, Jesus offers forgiveness, freedom, and new life. Whether we are rejoicing, wrestling with doubt, or needing to repent, the church holds the rope together as we trust in the God who is more than enough. Relevant Scripture references: Genesis 1–2; Deuteronomy 6:4-5; Deuteronomy 32; Job 38; Psalm 19:1; Psalm 139:13-14; Isaiah 49; Isaiah 66; Hosea 11; Matthew 27:46; Mark 12:29-31; Mark 15:34; John 1:12-13; John 4:24; John 17:17; Romans 3:23; Romans 5:1; Romans 8:18; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Philippians 3:12; Ephesians 2:8-9; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; and Hebrews 12:2. Support the show

Welcome to Wellspring Church! What keeps us grounded when the road ahead feels uncertain? In this message, Pastor Katie Gayle introduces our new series, “We Believe,” exploring how Scripture lights our path and the Nicene Creed provides guardrails that help us remain faithful to Jesus. Looking at Paul’s encouragement to Timothy, we discover that our faith is a gift received and passed down through generations. Scripture reveals who God is, leads us to salvation through Jesus, and equips us for faithful living. The creeds help us confess these truths together, drawing their authority from the Scriptures they summarize. 📖 Key Themes in This Message: 🔹 Receiving and passing on the faith entrusted to the church 🔹 Trusting Scripture as God’s Word and our final authority 🔹 Standing firm when cultural pressures and personal preferences distort truth 🔹 Allowing what we believe to shape our habits, relationships, and hope The faith we confess is meant to become visible in the lives we lead. As we explore the Nicene Creed together, we’re invited to know and love God more deeply, share the gospel with patience and grace, and hold firmly to his truth through uncertainty and suffering. 📅 Join us this week at Wellspring Church! Looking to grow deeper in your faith? Visit www.wellspringenglewood.comto learn more. Relevant Scripture references: 2 Timothy 3:14–4:5; Psalm 119:105; Psalm 19:14; Exodus 12:26–27; Acts 2:42; 2 Timothy 1:5; Acts 15; Matthew 4:4; John 1:1–14; John 6:68; and Hebrews 6:19. Support the show

Welcome to Wellspring Church! What should we do when someone wanders from the faith? In this message, Billy Waters concludes our series through James by exploring the church’s responsibility to lovingly pursue those who have drifted away from Jesus. Looking at James 5, we learn that spiritual wandering often happens gradually as our love, obedience, and devotion slowly fade. Rather than standing at a distance, every believer is called to help bring the wanderer home with humility, truth, gentleness, and love. 📖 Key Themes in This Message: 🔹 Recognizing the gradual signs of spiritual wandering 🔹 Understanding our shared responsibility for one another 🔹 Looking within before approaching someone who has drifted 🔹 Listening with love and speaking the truth gently 🔹 Walking alongside people as they return to Jesus When someone wanders, the church does not merely observe—we lovingly pursue, restore, and welcome them home. Through God’s people, those who have drifted can encounter the mercy of Jesus, the forgiveness of sin, and the joy of restored relationship with Him. Relevant Scripture references: Genesis 4:9; Psalm 32:1-7; Matthew 7:3-5; Luke 15:11-32; 2 Corinthians 2:4 and 5:18-20; Galatians 6:1; Hebrews 1:14; and James 5:19-20. 📅 Join us this week at Wellspring Church! Looking to grow deeper in your faith? Visit www.wellspringenglewood.comto learn more. Support the show

Welcome to Wellspring Church! How do we persevere in faith and finish the race well? In this message, Pastor David Norris explores how believers can endure life’s hardships by looking to those who have gone before us—and ultimately by fixing our eyes on Jesus. Hebrews 12 reminds us that we cannot run faithfully while weighed down by burdens or entangled in sin. We are called to cast off everything that hinders us, receive the freedom Jesus offers, and trust him as both the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. 📖 Key Themes in This Message: 🔹 Learning from the faithfulness of those who have gone before us 🔹 Throwing off the burdens and sin that keep us from running freely 🔹 Fixing our eyes on Jesus, who begins and completes our faith 🔹 Celebrating baptism as new life and union with Christ Jesus is more than our example—his faithfulness makes our faith possible. Through his grace, we are forgiven, clothed in his righteousness, welcomed into God’s family, and empowered to persevere to the end. 📅 Join us this week at Wellspring Church! Looking to grow deeper in your faith? Visit www.wellspringenglewood.comto learn more. Relevant Scripture references: Hebrews 4:14, Hebrews 10:19-22, Hebrews 11, Hebrews 12:1-2, Matthew 7:13-14, Matthew 13:22, Romans 6:3-5, 2 Corinthians 1:20, Galatians 3:27, Ephesians 2:6, and 1 Peter 5:7. Support the show

Welcome to Wellspring Church! What does it look like when prayer works? In this message, Pastor David Norris explores James 5 and the invitation to become a church that turns to God in every circumstance—through suffering, joy, sickness, confession, and healing. Prayer is not reserved for church leaders or unusually mature Christians. It is the shared work of God’s people. Faith does not mean manufacturing certainty or placing confidence in a particular outcome; it means bringing our needs to Jesus and trusting His power, love, and mercy. 📖 Key Themes in This Message: 🔹 Turning to God in prayer through every high and low 🔹 Why healing was central to Jesus’ ministry 🔹 Understanding the prayer of faith without shame or manipulation 🔹 Confessing our sins and creating safe places to be known 🔹 Becoming a church marked by prayer, healing, and God’s presence We may not fully understand why some prayers appear to be answered differently than others, but we are invited neither to ignore nor embellish God’s promises. Instead, we can humbly embrace His gift of prayer, depend on Christ, and ask the Holy Spirit to make us conduits of God’s mercy, love, and power. 📅 Join us this week at Wellspring Church! Looking to grow deeper in your faith? Visit www.wellspringenglewood.comto learn more. Relevant Scripture references: James 5:13-18; 1 Kings 17:1 and 18:41-45; Matthew 6:10, 8:1-17, 9:1-8, 9:20-22, and 17:20; Isaiah 53:4; Luke 4:18-19; John 10:10; Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 12:9 and 14:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; Hebrews 4:15; 1 John 1:9; and Deuteronomy 8:11. Support the show

Welcome to Wellspring Church! How can we remain patient when life is painful? In this message, Billy Waters explores why patience is essential to spiritual maturity—and how God uses hardship to form perseverance, character, and hope within us. Looking at James 5, we discover that patience means showing long-suffering love toward people and standing firm through difficult circumstances. Like a farmer waiting for the rain and harvest, we must leave room for God to bring redemption rather than giving in to resentment, withdrawal, or despair. 📖 Key Themes in This Message: 🔹 Remaining patient in painful relationships 🔹 Standing firm when circumstances tempt us to quit 🔹 How grumbling damages our relationships with God and others 🔹 Finding hope in Christ’s return and the resurrection 🔹 Practicing lament by turning to God, bringing our complaints, asking for help, and choosing trust Patience is love that creates space for redemption. Instead of allowing pain to push us toward cynicism, we can honestly bring our sorrow to God and trust His mercy, compassion, and sovereign plan. Because Jesus has finished the work of redemption and will one day make all things right, even our darkest nights can give way to the brightest day. Relevant Scripture references: Genesis 1; Exodus 34:6; Numbers 14:29; Job 1:21 and 19:25; Psalms 9:9, 18:2, 23:1, 27:1, 28:7, 30:5, 34:18, 100:5, 103:8, 118:6, 126:5, and 145:13, 18; Romans 5:3-5; 2 Corinthians 4:17; Galatians 6:9; 2 Peter 3:9; James 5:7-11; Hebrews 11:32-40; John 11:25 and 19:30; Revelation 5:2-10 and 21:5. Support the show

Welcome to Wellspring Church! What happens when wealth becomes something we trust, protect, and keep for ourselves? In this message, Billy Waters examines James’ sobering warning about hoarding and invites us to consider how God wants us to use what He has entrusted to us. Wealth itself is not the problem. The danger comes when possessions promise the comfort, control, power, approval, and security that only God can provide. Hoarding draws us away from God, corrodes the soul, and contributes to injustice—but Jesus offers another way: spending and saving sufficiently while giving extravagantly. 📖 Key Themes in This Message: 🔹 Recognizing the difference between wise saving and hoarding 🔹 How wealth can quietly compete with our trust in God 🔹 Why hoarding damages our souls and harms others 🔹 Using our resources to pursue justice and advance the gospel 🔹 Following the radical generosity of Jesus Everything we have has been given for a purpose. As we look to Jesus—who became poor so that we might become rich in Him—we are invited to repent of greed, embrace contentment, and invest generously in what is eternal. Relevant Scripture references: James 4:17; James 5:1-6; Proverbs 6:6-8; Matthew 6:24; Matthew 13:22; Matthew 25:31-46; Matthew 28:18-20; 1 Timothy 6:10; and 2 Corinthians 8:9. 📅 Join us this week at Wellspring Church! Looking to grow deeper in your faith? Visit www.wellspringenglewood.comto learn more. Support the show

Welcome to Wellspring Church! What does it mean to waste the one life God has given us? In this message, Billy Waters challenges us to examine whether our plans are centered on ourselves or surrendered to the purposes of God. Looking at James 4, we see that planning is not the problem—planning without dependence on God is. Because life is fragile and fleeting, we are called to trust God’s will, obey Him today, and live with eternity in view. 📖 Key Themes in This Message: 🔹 The danger of making plans without seeking God 🔹 Why Scripture describes our lives as a quickly vanishing mist 🔹 Choosing faithful obedience today instead of delaying until tomorrow 🔹 Living with an eternal perspective in our work, finances, relationships, and calling 🔹 Sharing the gospel with those who do not yet know Jesus We have only one life, and only what is done for Christ will last. Rather than wasting our days pursuing comfort, possessions, or personal ambition, we can make the most of every opportunity by depending on Jesus, serving His Kingdom, and remaining faithful in what He has called us to do today. Relevant Scripture references: Genesis 3:19; Psalm 103:15-16; Matthew 25:21, 23; Mark 8:35; Luke 12:16-21; Luke 22:42; Acts 18:21; Romans 1:10; and James 4:13-17. Support the show