In this teaching, Andrew Schey explains how God provides us with a map, pointing us toward our destination, which instills us with hope and energy along the journey. By allowing the Holy Spirit to enlighten our hearts, we can experience our setbacks and successes in a whole new way and truly live into our role as God's inheritance.

As we step into this new series through the book of Ephesians, we are reminded just how deserving God is of our praise. He has gifted us with every spiritual blessing simply out of his sheer love for us. It's up to us to receive it.

In the final message of our Churchianity series, Andrew Schey explains that the kingdom is not something we're waiting for, but rather something we are all caught up in right here and now. God's kingdom infuses the seemingly inconsequential and mundane aspects of our lives with eternal importance, such that the very small things can have an outsized impact on forever. At every moment, we have the opportunity to do something that counts. The kingdom of God is near. Can you see it?

Often when we peel back the surface layer of spirituality, we find the same love of money, power, and approval that permeates our world. So, as Andrew Schey asks, how do we keep the heart of Jesus' teachings primary in our lives? By devoting ourselves to authentic discipleship of the one true God, feeding on the life of Jesus as our daily bread.

This past Sunday, Chris and Adessa Shaddix shared an update on their family and how we can support them over the next several months, embodying the family of God described in Andrew Schey's teaching. God removes all distinctions and vastly different people are made family, with our stories and needs intertwining as we come to view each other as brothers and sisters in Christ.

We can only be a community as the Bible describes if we as a people are engaging in true fellowship. As we heard from Andrew Schey, that means showing up, being with each other, and contributing in meaningful ways as the body of Christ.

In the first message of the series, Andrew Schey compares definitions of the word "church" and how the means to the mission of Jesus often become the ends. But, as we’ll discover over the next four weeks, the way forward is by going back to the original.

In the final teaching of the series, Brian Albright unpacks 3 John and the call to love through hospitality. By including, serving, and generously giving to others, we can truly work out our faith in Jesus and offer the love of God to those around us. What would it look like to open the doors of our hearts to other people instead of scrambling to be first?

Teaching through the book of 2 John, Andrew Schey asks us to consider whether we are keeping pace with Jesus or running on ahead. Instead of slowing down to wait with him, we can lose our way and find ourselves lost in our own striving. What does Jesus' pace look like for your life?

Just like we can't help but overhear a conversation about something we're interested in, God inclines his ear toward certain prayers that align with his own heart. In this way, John urges us to pray for one another in our struggles, so that we can share our weaknesses rather than tear each other down. As Andrew Schey points out in this teaching, though we cannot escape the collateral damage of this world, we have spiritual protection in Jesus Christ as we seek true life in him.