Why do we gather as a church? What is the purpose and design for our Sunday gatherings each week? In the book of Ezra, the temple lay in ruins because the people had forgotten what the temple was designed to do. Rebuilding the house of the Lord meant rediscovering its purpose and design. This week, we get to the heart of why we gather as a church, and what should happen every time we get together.

In a world full of complex issues and divided opinions — even among faithful Christians — what does it mean to follow Jesus with honesty and humility? This week, we explore how to find comfort with uncertainty. Drawing from Paul’s letter to the Romans and the teachings of Jesus, we see how God invites us into a deeper kind of faith — one built not on having all the answers, but on trusting Him through the questions.

Whenever God wants to do something in our world, He always looks for a people whose hearts are open and available to being moved by Him. We find in the book of Ezra, that the first people to return back home out of exile, were those whose hearts were moved by God. They were the first responders. This week, we explore how we can be the first responders to what God's doing in our unique context.

What makes 99 a church, and not just some random community or club? It's that at the center of our togetherness is the worship of God. This week, we begin a new collection of teachings on the book of Ezra, as we respond to God's calling for us to rebuild the altar of worship in our community.

The problem is not the seed. The problem is the soil. God is always speaking. God is always moving toward us in love. God is always working on our behalf. The problem is that the soil of our hearts often prevents the seed of the God's blessings from bearing fruit in our lives. This week, we read through the "Parable of the Sower," as we identify four different types of soils, or heart postures, that we often take in our relationship with God.

We all inherit a mixed bag from our family of origin. There are unhealthy things we've inherited, but there are also beautiful things as well. This week, we talk about generational blessing, and how God gives us agency to decide what legacy we want to continue or create for our family and the next generation.

Our lives are shaped by invisible scripts—messages we believe that have been formed by past experiences, that affect how we live today. But what if some of these scripts aren’t true? Together, we ask God to help us confront the lies we've believed and embrace the better story He is writing for our lives.

We are haunted houses. How many of us live in the present haunted by the ghosts of our past? Who we are is shaped by where we come from, especially our family of origin. But here’s the good news: your past doesn't have to define your future. With Jesus, we can face our ghosts, break old patterns, and step into a better future—together.

On Good Friday, they killed off the main character. Jesus was dead in the tomb. And all hope was lost. We find the church of Philadelphia in a very similar place. They were tired and weak, unsure of what the future held. But underneath the surface, resurrection and life were coming. Jesus, who holds the keys to life, has come to make all things new.

There's something about the church in Laodicea that makes Jesus so sick, that he's about to spit them out of his mouth. Which begs the question: What kind of spirituality makes Jesus want to vomit? One of the greatest struggles we face here in the West is the temptation to become lukewarm followers of Jesus. How do we break out of autopilot and live life by design, and not by default?