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“Our hearts are restless until they find their rest in you.” This was Augustine’s confession, and this is why he is a fitting guide for us nearly 1600 years later. This Sunday, Augustine’s life and teaching will help us make sense of our experience of the grip of sin, the gift of grace that brings forgiveness and freedom, and the wonder of God’s presence in our spiritual lives.

Have you ever wondered why your spiritual life is an ongoing battle? Can you relate to the words of Romans 7:15: “I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate”? For 2000 thousand years, Christians have struggled to understand how to make sense of our divided hearts. Trying to make sense of this tension, Martin Luther, the great Reformer, famously taught that we are simultaneously saints and sinners. In this series, we are going to explore pivotal teachings from church history that will serve as guides for how we can think more deeply and more biblically about how we grow. We will learn from the lives and teachings of key figures like St. Augustine, John Bunyan, John Owen, and others as we seek to become more like Jesus.

How do you finish well in this life? A faithful finish means bouncing back when you’re broken down, finding friends to walk with you, and focusing on the Lord all the way to the unpredictable end of your journey.

How does prayer work? Should we claim promises from God in prayer? Why does God seem to answer some prayers and not others? These are questions many of us ask about the mystery of praying to God. This week, we will look at the role of prayer in Elijah’s life, and we will seek to uncover important realities for our lives and our praying.

How often do you think about your baptism? The Reformer Martin Luther encouraged Christians to remember their baptism each day. That probably sounds strange to you. Because for most of us, baptism is something that happened in the past with little relevance for the present. But what if Luther was on to something? What if baptism, properly understood, changes everything about your life? This week, we explore the meaning and significance of baptism.

Do you ever feel hopeless? Like it’s time to throw in the towel? We all get overwhelmed sometimes in the pressure of life. This week, we look on as Elijah comes down from his mountaintop victory and runs into the depths of discouragement. But in his moment of panic, God responds to him with compassion, grace, truth, and a bigger vision of who God is.

Have you ever had to choose between two paths — a fork in the road moment that decides your course? In a great battle on Mount Carmel, Elijah calls God’s people to stop limping between two opinions. When the prophets of Baal prayed — nothing. When Elijah prayed, fire falls! And when fire falls from heaven, we know who is worthy of our trust.

Is God calling you to stand firm in the face of spiritual challenge? This week, we watch as God sends Elijah directly into the fray of a faithless world. In a time of compromise and fear, Elijah stood firm no matter the cost and shows us what faithfulness looks like. Join us Sunday as we seek to become men and women who stand strong by faith even when it's costly.

Do you ever feel a gap between what you say you believe about God and your everyday experience? This week, we watch Elijah trust God in a foreign town with a widow who has nothing left. Twice God invites Elijah to trust him, twice God provides, and Elijah's faith grows. When we see that faith is less like a switch and more like a muscle, it frees us from wondering whether we have enough and invites us to start exercising what we've got.

Can you really count on God in the day-to-day stuff of life? This week, we watch the Lord send Elijah to an uncomfortable and uncertain place. God promises to care for his needs, but Elijah is totally dependent on God and his grace. When we learn to hide ourselves in his grace, it frees us from performance and pretending.

Elijah, the famous prophet. is a lot like us. He experienced moments of boldness and faith as well as times of loneliness and struggle — and he encounters God in it all. In this series, we’ll look on as Elijah powerfully calls down fire on the mountaintop, and we’ll watch when he wallows in dark days of despair. This series isn’t about becoming a hero; it's about learning to walk by faith in the God who meets us in the fray of life, and learning to trust the great Hero who came to rescue us and lead us home.

Jesus didn't just come to rescue you from something — he came to give your life real direction. The meaning and purpose he offers reach into your everyday relationships, your work, your friendships, turning ordinary moments into something meaningful. Join us this week as we explore how your life can make a difference for all eternity.

To live well takes time, eagerness, and a lot of grace. That's why the Bible talks so frequently about training, teaching, equipping, growing. When the church is strong, men and women are trained in doctrine, devotion, character, and skill. This weekend, we see how everyday people like us develop as disciples of Jesus.

You were never meant to do life alone. We live in the most connected age in history, and yet we're lonelier than we've ever been — and if we're honest, sometimes the church isn't much different. But following Jesus is not a solo pursuit. We need people who will encourage us, know us, and call us to become who God made us to be. This week we meet a man named Barnabas, whose friendship shaped one of the most important figures in the early church, and we'll see just how true this really is. We were created for community.

Your life is not about you. If you want to find a meaningful life, you have to look beyond your career, family, and momentary happiness. You exist for God. That’s why we gather to honor God as a church, and that’s why we seek Him personally on our own. We were created to worship.