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Where does your attention go? In Hebrews 1:5–2:1, we see angels, the most impressive created beings in Scripture, worshiping and serving God the Son. If they give Him their closest attention, how much more should we? In a world where we crown ourselves the highest authority, this passage invites us to stop drifting and start paying attention to the Son.

Every soul runs out of gas eventually — even the most on-fire faith cools without something to sustain it. This week, we begin a new series in the book of Hebrews, tracing one explosive claim: Jesus Christ is God’s final word. Come discover why drifting is normal, why community isn’t optional, and why the claims of Christ are worth testing for yourself.

We spend our lives trying to change ourselves into someone better — and it never quite sticks. This week we close out our walk through Ephesians 2:1–10, tracing how gospel change doesn't start with you trying harder, it starts with grace coming for you. If you've ever wondered whether transformation is actually possible, start here.

Grace doesn't find you on a stage — it finds you in the grave. In this message from our Start Here series, we walk through Ephesians 2:1–10 to see the state we were in, what God did for us in Christ, and how we receive it: not by works, but by faith. Wherever you're starting from, start here.

Before the good news can be good, we have to be honest about the bad news. In the first message of our Start Here series, we sit with Ephesians 2 and ask the question most of us avoid: what if the truth about us is worse than we think — and the mercy waiting for us is bigger than we imagined? Because when God opens our eyes to what's true, anything is possible.

In the final message of our Family series, we step into Acts 16 and watch the gospel rewrite two very different households in a single night. If you've ever wondered what your life is actually aimed at, this is for you. Family was never meant to end with us — it's the vehicle God uses to send us out.

What do you do when you're far from home — whether you ran, or you never left but your heart did anyway? In this message we dig into Luke 15:11–32, the story of the Prodigal Son, and find out it's actually the story of a prodigal God. His love runs further, faster, and wider than our worst mistakes or our quiet resentments. No matter which son you relate to, His arms are already open.

Family is one of God's greatest gifts — until sin goes unchecked. In week two of our Family series, we trace the painful unraveling of one household in Scripture to uncover what happens when tolerated sin and neglected righteousness are left to grow. But even in the most broken families, grace has the final word.

Family is beautiful — and we're pretty confused about what it's for. In this opening message of our new series, Family, we open Genesis to rediscover what God actually designed family to be: companionship, partnership, celebration, and a bond that holds fast. Wherever your own family story has been messy, this is an invitation to see something good, worth wanting, and worth pursuing.

We were made for praise — not just as a feeling, but as a full-bodied response to who God is and what he's done. We close out Summer Playlist, our journey through the Psalms, in the loudest, fullest song in the whole book: Psalm 150. Every instrument, every voice, every breath — all of it, made for this. Wherever you land on exuberant worship, this is an invitation to want it — together, in view of his mercy.

What happens when we finally get honest about how short our days are? In this sermon, we open Psalm 90 — a prayer that doesn't rush past our fragility or our sin, but leads us straight through them into the steadfast love of God. It's not the most comfortable song in the hymnal, but it might be the wisest.

Are there times when it feels like God might be good, but he's not good to you? Asaph was one of the main worship leaders in Jerusalem during David's reign, and he felt like there was a gap between God's goodness and his experience. Psalm 73 is Asaph's account of what changed the weather in his soul—he went into the sanctuary.

The day after America's 250th birthday, we turn to Psalm 72 to ask a bigger question: what would it look like to live under a truly perfect King? This message traces the ache behind every patriotic song to the one Kingdom that can actually satisfy it — pointing us away from cynicism and idolatry, and toward prayer, worship, and allegiance to Jesus, the King every earthly kingdom was pointing to all along.

Weakness is hard to admit — especially when the world around you runs on credentials and performance. But Psalm 41 doesn't let us hide. It invites us into honest, even ugly prayer, and walks us from lament all the way to victory. In this week's sermon, we dig into what it means to lay hold of God's goodness when you're at your weakest — whether that's poverty, sickness, betrayal, or being quietly pushed to the margins. God's goodness isn't for people who have it together. It's for the weak. And it leads somewhere real.

Psalm 1 opens the entire Book of Psalms with a stark picture: two paths, two people, two very different outcomes — and the only thing separating them is who they listen to. In this sermon, we dig into the ancient songs of Scripture and find that they are not just expressions of devotion, but expressions of reality. One life is rooted like a tree by living water — fruitful, steady, unshaken. The other is like chaff — weightless, directionless, carried wherever the wind blows. The question isn’t which life looks better. The question is: where are your roots?