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Most of us know how to start. Hebrews asks a harder question: are you prepared to finish? In this message from Hebrews 5:11–6:12, we look at the quiet presumptions that harden a heart: assuming grace is automatic, living off past experiences, and believing we already know enough. Then we fix our eyes on Jesus, our living Apostle and High Priest and the King of righteousness, who meets us in our weakness and leads us all the way home.

Ever feel like you have to get it together before you can come near to God? In Hebrews 4:14–5:20, we meet Jesus, our great High Priest, who understands us, carries us, suffered for us, and saves us. We’re invited to draw near, with confidence, to a throne of grace where we receive mercy and find help in our time of need.

Where do you go to find rest? Hebrews 4 reminds us that God’s rest is not just a future promise but a present reality, and that we were made to live in it. In this sermon, we look at the paradox of rest: if you have believed, you’ve entered God’s rest, and now we’re invited to strive to enter it.

Jesus didn't just come near us—he came for us. In Hebrews 2 we see who humanity was always meant to be, and how Jesus, who knows temptation firsthand, delivers us from the power of sin, the fear of death, and the rule of the devil. Whether you've followed him for years or you're still wrestling with the questions, come and marvel again at the truth, grace, and changing power of the gospel.

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.

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.

We all carry a flashlight, convinced we know where the darkness is and how to fix it ourselves. But Jesus doesn't hand us a better bulb — He says, "I am the light of the world." In this message from John 8, we discover that the good news was never "you're fine as you are." It's that the Light Himself has come to expose what's broken and lead us into real, whole, forever life.