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David Welle walks us through a passage full of promises - for the hope of glory, the hope of resurrection and the hope of our home with Jesus.

Paul reminds us that the outside of the vessel is not the important thing. We often associate ease and impressive exterior lives with God's blessing, and hardship or suffering with His withdrawal, but that's not the picture scripture gives us.

As we behold the wonder of Jesus, God's Spirit changes us... but how?

As Paul shift the attention off of himself and onto Jesus, he uses the Old Covenant under Moses to point to the surpassing glory of the New Covenant in the Spirit.

When Paul is questioned about his authority and credentials, he seizes the opportunity to remind the Corinthians, "we're not the hero of the story, Jesus is!"

As Paul gets to the real meat of this letter, he first shares about a misunderstanding that was causing all sorts of doubts and assumption in the church. How he does this also provides a roadmap for us as we have lots of opportunity to assume and jump to conclusions about one another today.

We continue in our series on 2 Corinthians with a look at 2 Corinthians 1:3-11 with Dr. David Welle.

Dive deep with us in this letter of Paul that showcases the love of God in motion in difficult situations. From it we are given some of the most incredible comfort, promises and instruction on how to live when things aren't perfect. In this first episode, we look at the context and opening of Paul, setting the stage to understand so much of what he will say to this young church community and also discovering how much it has to say to us in our current context.

We're slowing down with John 21. It's such an important story that John, the careful storyteller, cannot bring himself to close his gospel without giving us one final look at the heart of Jesus for His Followers.

In this message, we are opening a study of the Temple - not an exhaustive walkthrough, but God's intention for His Presence to dwell with His people. As we uncover God's instructions to His people regarding the Temple in then Old Testament, we will discover more of His heart for us - His Temple today.

We've been looking for four weeks at an image in scripture that describes our cultural moment and also resonates deeply with our experience. Now it's time to press in, practically. In this message, Pastor Ryan encourages us to not hold back, looking at Romans 12 and the call to put our gifts in motion for one another. Let's Build the Harbor Together.

Our Final Harbor Light is Presence. The Harbor cannot be a Harbor without the Presence of God which stills the storm. He is the one we long for.

As we continue in our Vision Series about becoming a Harbor, we look at what this means for our Formation. We believe that Spiritual Formation, or Discipleship, is a huge part of our lives as believers, and not just individually... because the deepest and most profound things shaping our lives are the communities to which we belong.

As we dive into new vision for the church, we're looking at what it means for us to become a Harbor in terms of the Mission to which we are committed.

Pastor Ryan explores an image in scripture that we believe will shape us as we enter this next season as a church family.