A Better Word

For anyone who’s ever stayed up late, thoughts racing, trying to make sense of this world and their place in it––this message is for you. Pastor Nick Gatzke talks openly about faith... and doubt.  It’s an uncomfortable topic, but one Jesus addressed directly during his ministry on earth.

Sometimes you discover that the people you thought you knew are much more than what they seem to be. Suddenly you see them in an entirely different light. Pastor Nick Gatzke reveals what Peter, James, and John saw and how it completely changed the way they understood Jesus. 

Picture a cherished memory of a sky full of stars, a beautiful sunrise, or the view from a mountaintop. These majestic moments stay fresh in our memories, but somehow words can never describe what it felt like to be there. Pastor Nick Gatzke describes what Peter, James, and John saw on the Mount of Transfiguration. 

“Following” someone these days doesn’t cost us much. We can simply tap a button on social media and become a “follower”. No commitment, no risk, and we can undo it in a second. But Pastor Nick Gatzke explains what Jesus said it really takes to follow him. 

People often form an opinion of someone based on what other people say. Perhaps they hear a secondhand story, a passing comment, or a rumor floating around and suddenly they’re convinced they know exactly who that person is. Pastor Nick Gatzke cuts straight through the secondhand opinions people had about Jesus. 

Ever hosted a gathering where the guest list made you a little nervous? Maybe a wedding or a holiday table, where people from completely different worlds ended up sitting side by side. Pastor Nick Gatzke takes a closer look at a meal Jesus hosted for a crowd that had no business sharing a table. 

Jesus famously fed a crowd of 5,000 men with 5 loaves of bread and two fishes.  Then just a couple chapters later, Mark tells us that Jesus encountered another group of hungry people.  This time he fed 4,000.  Pastor Nick Gatzke explains what’s different about these miracles and three valuable lessons we can learn from them. 

Ask anyone who’s worked in customer service, and they’ll tell you animated stories about people getting frustrated because they didn’t things their way. Whether we acknowledge it or not, most of us feel entitled to get what we want, when we want it. Pastor Nick Gatzke delivers a powerful lesson about what we deserve. 

We like to think we deserve good things from family, employers, and even from God. In fact we demand, “what we deserve!” But the Bible makes it clear this attitude misses the mark. Pastor Nick Gatzke takes us to an interaction between Jesus and a Gentile woman that reveals what you and I truly deserve. 

Pastor Nick Gatzke talks about what it really takes to change––not just clean up. A lot of people think holiness is about tightening the rules, following more of them, or breaking fewer of them. But if that were true, the most discipled people would automatically be transformed. Find out it truly takes.