Seeing People Differently | Philemon

Scripture: Philemon 8-25

What happens when Jesus changes the way you see the people who have hurt you?

In this message from Philemon, we look at Paul’s powerful appeal to Philemon to welcome Onesimus—not simply as a slave, but as a beloved brother. The gospel doesn’t erase the past or pretend that hurt never happened, but it changes what that past gets to mean.

We explore what it looks like to stop reducing people to categories, to release our need to control reconciliation, and to choose grace freely rather than through pressure or obligation.

Because the gospel doesn’t just change how God sees us—it changes how we see each other.

Maybe the person you’ve been praying God would change is the person God is asking you to see differently.

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God’s Heart Is Bigger Than Ours | The book of Jonah

Scripture: Jonah 4v5-11

What happens when God shows compassion to the people we think deserve judgment?

In the final chapter of Jonah, Jonah sits on a hill waiting for Nineveh to be destroyed, while God uses a plant, a worm, and a scorching wind to expose Jonah’s heart. Jonah cares deeply about his comfort—but God cares deeply about people.

This message challenges us to ask: Who is our Nineveh? Who have we written off, judged, or decided is beyond God’s mercy?

As we look at Jonah’s struggle with compassion, we ultimately see the heart of Jesus—a Savior who didn’t come to condemn His enemies, but to give His life for them. Because of Jesus, we can come to God honestly, receive His mercy, and allow Him to reshape our hearts to love the people He loves.

God’s compassion reaches further than our comfort zones ever will.

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Are you Ready and Willing for God's Call? | The Book of Jonah

Scripture: Jonah 4v1-4

In this powerful message from Jonah 4, Graham explores the depth of God’s character through the story of Jonah. Even when Jonah ran, resisted, became angry, and struggled with God’s mercy, God continued to pursue him with grace, mercy, patience, justice, and steadfast love.

What happens when our fear, logic, frustration, or self-focus gets in the way of God’s calling? And what if God can still use us—even in the detours?

This message challenges us to stop focusing on ourselves, open our hearts to God’s leading, and trust that His steadfast love is pursuing us every step of the way. Sometimes our brokenness is exactly where God reveals His glory.

Listen in as we ask: Are you ready and willing for God’s call?

When the Storm Finds You | The Book of Jonah

Scripture: Jonah 3v1-10

You prayed. You served. You apologized. You kept showing up. You chose obedience—but the results you hoped for never came. It’s easy to believe that if we don’t see immediate fruit, we must be failing.

But Jonah 3 reminds us of a powerful truth: God measures faithfulness before He measures fruit.

In this message, Michael Newton explores how God gives Jonah a second chance—not just to complete a mission, but to transform his heart. Jonah’s journey teaches us that God often uses our reluctance, our waiting, and even our struggles to form us into the people He is calling us to become.

When Jonah finally obeys, he witnesses something he never expected: an entire city turning back to God. The power wasn’t in Jonah’s perfect delivery or extraordinary ability—the power was in God’s Word.

This message is a reminder that we may never fully see the impact of our obedience, but God does. Every prayer, every invitation, every act of forgiveness, and every step of faithfulness matters.

You never know what God will do when you simply show up.
Big Idea: God measures faithfulness before He measures fruit.

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Grace in the Deep | The Book of Jonah

Scripture: Jonah 2v1-10

What do you do when you find yourself in the deep? The place where life feels overwhelming, hope feels distant, and you wonder if God is still there?

In this message from Jonah 2, Michael Newton explores one of Scripture’s most powerful reminders: God does some of His deepest work in our deepest places. Jonah’s lowest moment—the belly of the fish—was not the end of his story. It became the place where he encountered God, surrendered control, and discovered that God’s mercy was greater than his failure.

Whether your “deep” is grief, shame, anxiety, addiction, uncertainty, or a season you never expected to enter, this message reminds us that no place is beyond God’s reach. The fish wasn’t Jonah’s punishment—it was God’s preparation. And the same God who met Jonah in the depths still meets us today.

Your lowest point may become your greatest encounter with God.

Big Idea: God does some of His deepest work in our deepest places.

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When the Storm Finds You | The Book of Jonah

Scripture: Jonah 1v4-17

This week at Boise Community Church, we continued our journey through Jonah with one of the most challenging passages in the book: Jonah 1v4–17. While we often think of storms as random hardships, this message explores a different kind of storm—the kind that comes when we run from God's call.

Pastor Michael Newton unpacks how Jonah's disobedience didn't just impact his own life; it endangered everyone on the ship. Our choices are never made in isolation. Sin creates ripples through our families, friendships, workplaces, and churches, while obedience can impact generations. Yet even in Jonah's rebellion, we see a God who refuses to stop pursuing His people. The storm wasn't meant to destroy Jonah—it was meant to bring him home.

This message is a powerful reminder that God loves us too much to let us keep running. Through honest confession, repentance, and surrender, we discover that His grace is always deeper than our failure. Ultimately, Jonah's story points us to Jesus, who entered the storm of judgment on our behalf so that we could be reconciled to God.

If you're walking through a difficult season, wondering whether God has forgotten you, this sermon offers hope: the storm you're facing may not be evidence of God's absence, but of His relentless pursuit. His mercy is greater than your rebellion, and His grace is already waiting beneath the waves.

The Book of Jonah | Week 1: The calling we can't outrun

Jonah 1v13

Why do we run from God?

Most of us don't shake our fists at heaven or reject God outright. Instead, we delay, avoid, rationalize, and convince ourselves that "later" is good enough. The truth is, we don't run because God isn't good—we run because, somewhere deep down, we struggle to believe that He is.

In this opening message of our new series through Jonah, Pastor Michael Newton explores the story of a reluctant prophet, a surprising mission, and a relentlessly pursuing God. Jonah isn't ultimately a story about a fish—it's the story of a God who refuses to give up on people who run.

Discover how our disobedience often reveals what we truly believe, why God's call can feel so costly, and how the cross stands as God's ultimate declaration that He would rather pursue us than leave us running.

Big Idea: We don't run because God isn't good. We run because we don't believe He is.

No matter how far you've wandered, the good news remains: You can run from God's will, but you can't outrun God's pursuit.

Father's Day is a celebration for some—but for many, it's complicated. In this deeply personal message, Pastor Michael Newton shares his own story of growing up with an absent father and an abusive stepfather, and how God slowly revealed that the answer wasn't to reject the idea of a father—but to discover the heart of a good Heavenly Father.

Walking through Mark 10, the story of the rich young ruler, and Paul's encouragement to Timothy, this sermon reminds us that the gospel is not about striving harder, proving ourselves, or earning God's acceptance. Before Jesus challenged the rich young ruler, He looked at him and loved him. Before God changes us, He loves us.

Whether you've wrestled with shame, fear, failure, or the feeling of never being enough, this message is an invitation to stop performing and start receiving the Father's love. Because sons and daughters don't earn their place in the family—they receive it through Jesus.

Key Scriptures:

• Mark 10:17–27
• 2 Timothy 2:1
• Philippians 1:6

No matter your story, your failures are not greater than God's faithfulness. The Father is not standing 

Ecclesiastes | Under the Sun

Life is a gift. Life is brief. Life is meant to lead us to God.

In this message from Ecclesiastes 11:7–12:8, we walk through Solomon's final appeal to enjoy God's gifts, remember our Creator, and live with eternity in view. As the years pass, our bodies change, our priorities shift, and we're reminded that life moves faster than we think. Yet in the face of aging, uncertainty, and even death, the gospel offers a hope that Ecclesiastes longs for and Jesus fulfills.

The problem of Ecclesiastes is death. The answer of Ecclesiastes is Jesus.

Join us as we discover how to live in the light before the night comes.

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SCRIPTURE: Ecclesiastes 11v7-12v6

SPEAKER: Michael Newton

Ecclesiastes | Under the Sun

Today's podcast is brought to you by Boise Community Church. If you've enjoyed listening to this podcast and would like to support the ongoing efforts of this ministry, you can do so by visiting ⁠⁠⁠https://boisecommunitychurch.churchcenter.com/giving/⁠⁠⁠ and making a one-time or recurring donation.

SCRIPTURE: Ecclesiastes 10-11v6

SPEAKER: Kyle Williams