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In this sermon Pastor Antonette redefines greatness through Jesus’ words in Matthew 20: true kingdom greatness is servanthood and sacrifice, not lording authority. It contrasts the world’s competitive, misaligned ambition (leading to burnout, offense, and dissatisfaction) with Christ’s invitation to drink His cup, count the cost, and be conformed to His image. Three phases of discipleship development are outlined, culminating in mature surrender where promotion comes from the Lord alone. The core call is daily alignment through repentance, trust, and celebration of transformation.

In this sermon Pastor Jacob explores what the "good life" truly is by contrasting cultural visions of comfort, success, and desire with Jesus' call to discipleship. Drawing from Genesis 1-3 and Matthew 16, it shows how human desires for good things become disordered when we trust our own judgment instead of God's word. The core invitation is to deny self-lordship, take up the cross, and align our deepest longings with God's desires—leading to resurrection life through death to self-centeredness. Ultimately, discipleship means betting our entire life on Jesus as Lord rather than on our own vision of the good life.

In this message, Pastor Duane emphasizes that the "one thing" — intimate relationship with Jesus — is the good part that makes every other part of life and ministry function properly. Martha’s distraction with serving, though noble, shows how even good things can pull us from this priority. Paul’s "one thing" of forgetting the past, reaching forward, and pressing toward the high calling models how to maintain longevity and effectiveness. Jesus must remain our first love so all other loves flourish.

On Resurrection Sunday, the message shows that the Easter story does not begin with triumphant joy but with people who were deeply overwhelmed—Mary with grief, the disciples with fear, and Thomas with doubt. In each case, Jesus does not wait for them to fix themselves; He meets them exactly where they are and transforms their overwhelm into worship, peace, and faith. The sermon culminates in the truth that sin overwhelms every one of us, yet Jesus meets us in our brokenness on the cross and offers overwhelming victory through His resurrection. The core invitation is simple: Jesus comes to you, right now, and offers new life through belief in Him.

This Palm Sunday message invites us to behold Jesus clearly as the sacrificial Lamb rather than the political king the crowd expected. Through John 12 and 19 the sermon contrasts the triumphal entry with the crucifixion showing how the people cried "Hosanna save us now" while missing the Lamb who came to die. Jesus declares "It is finished" completing spiritual liberation fulfillment of the law access to God inner peace and resurrection life. The core takeaway is that Christ is not the king of our comfort or preferences but the King we truly need who calls us to take up our cross and follow Him.

Pastor Antonette closes a “Washed” series on the seven deadly sins by addressing lust through the lens of Galatians 5 and the finished work of the cross. The core takeaway is that true freedom from lust (and all sexual bondage) comes not from rules, purity culture, or self-effort, but from the blood of Jesus that cleanses every history and the empowering presence of the Holy Spirit. Lust is defined as disordered sexual desire that objectifies others, while the invitation is into “chastity”—a wholehearted, flaming devotion of body, heart, and life to King Jesus. The ground at the cross is level; no one is disqualified by their past. Practical steps and the fruit of chastity (justice, true relationship, appreciation of beauty) are offered as the overflow of a heart fixed on Christ.

In this sermon, Pastor Austin explores John 9, where Jesus heals a man born blind, revealing Him as the light of the world. The story shows how Jesus sees people beyond their conditions or blame, heals physically and relationally, yet brings division—some see truth and believe, while others remain spiritually blind due to pride and tradition. The core takeaway is that Jesus pursues us through rejection and wounds, completing our healing and inviting us to examine our own areas of spiritual blindness. Ultimately, true sight comes from encountering Jesus as Lord, even when it costs us acceptance from others.

In this sermon, Pastor Landon Stevens addresses pride as the root of sin and the "anti-God state of mind," tracing its subtle forms—from self-sufficiency and self-exaltation to hidden insecurity disguised as humility. Using stories like Adam/Eve, Nebuchadnezzar, and personal anecdotes, it shows how pride blinds us to correction and centers life on self. True humility is an accurate view of ourselves as dependent branches in Christ, leading to freedom through repentance, abiding in God, serving others, and accountability. The message culminates in a call to surrender pride, embrace grace, and pursue Christlike humility that results in exaltation by God.

In John 8:2-11, Jesus confronts both public sin and hidden self-righteousness when religious leaders bring a woman caught in adultery to shame her and trap Him. By saying the one without sin should cast the first stone, He exposes their hypocrisy and causes the accusers to leave as their own consciences convict them. Standing before the only true Judge, the woman receives mercy rather than condemnation, yet Jesus also calls her to leave her life of sin. The story reveals the heart of Christ: He refuses both self-righteous shaming and casual tolerance of sin, offering mercy that leads to transformation.

Pastor Joseph addresses envy (biblical covetousness) as a hidden, underlying sin rooted in feelings of inadequacy and comparison. It defines envy as sorrow at others' success or joy at their failure, traces its destructive power through Scripture (from the 10th commandment to Cain and Abel), and diagnoses how modern culture amplifies it through upward comparison. The core takeaway is that envy poisons the self most, but on the other side of the cross, Jesus washes us clean—its opposite is love (of God, self, and neighbor) that brings security, celebration of others, and freedom from grasping for what belongs to someone else.

 In this message Pastor Austin teaches from John 5, a story that centers on Jesus healing a man paralyzed for 38 years at the Pool of Bethesda.  The story reveals that Jesus sees the overlooked, exposes our deeper wounds, and offers far more than temporary physical healing—He offers eternal life through knowing Him as Savior. Ultimately, the sermon emphasizes that while God heals bodies (which is temporary), the greater miracle is spiritual salvation and knowing God, as we are sustained by His boundless grace even in unhealed suffering.

In this sermon, Pastor Stan explores anger as one of the "seven deadly sins," emphasizing that while anger itself isn't always sinful (as seen in Jesus cleansing the temple), uncontrolled anger opens doors to sin, bitterness, and the enemy. Through Scripture, the message teaches that we must manage anger constructively by being quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry. Personal testimony highlights God's power to rescue and transform someone from rage to freedom, showing that life improves as we align with our new identity in Christ and cultivate the fruit of the Spirit.

The sermon explores Jesus cleansing the temple as an act of righteous zeal, revealing God's unchanging desire to dwell intimately with His people—from the Garden of Eden to the cross. It contrasts superficial "Tucker Touch" cleaning with deep purification, applying this to Christ's prophetic act where He became the temple, taking our impurity upon Himself. The core takeaway is to behold the Lamb daily rather than self-condemn; through surrender and gazing on Jesus, He accomplishes ongoing cleansing in our lives, making our bodies temples of the Holy Spirit.

In this sermon Pastor Kayla explores slothfulness (or acedia) as a subtle sin of apathy, avoidance, and resistance to God's call—often masked as laziness, procrastination, or fear-driven inaction. Drawing from the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25, it shows how failing to steward what God entrusts (even small things) wastes gifts, weakens resistance to other sins, and distorts our view of true joy. The antidote is fortitude: God-given perseverance expressed through immediate obedience, reliance on Him, resilience in discomfort, and repentance. Ultimately, faithful stewardship in daily life positions us to be trusted with more and experience lasting joy in God's presence.

Stories shape us. They form how we see the world and who we believe we are becoming. This message invites us to be shaped by the truest story, the story of Jesus. When John the Baptist calls Jesus "the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world," he isn't using a random metaphor; he's pulling on a long thread of Scripture that stretches from Eden to Passover to sacrifice to salvation. To understand Jesus rightly, we need the backstory: sin is not only personal guilt but an enslaving power; judgment is real because God is holy; and salvation is possible only because God Himself provides the Lamb. Jesus is not a self-help solution, He is the rescue of God, the Lamb whose blood covers, whose sacrifice frees, and whose grace invites awe.