NEHEMIAH / While in exile, Nehemiah received word regarding his devastated homeland and took on the burden of being the one who cared. This week we look at the laymen who dared to care and were called to reform, refill, and renew God’s work in His Kingdom.

ISAIAH 53 / What is the most powerful being in the universe's plan to deal with the problem of evil? How will He make a clean sweep of injustice, racism, hatred, immorality and pride? What could be more powerful than murder, war, and deception? His plan is a lamb who will suffer and die.

ISAIAH 61 / Rather then being about the Father's business, we can get caught up in a thousand meaningless issues that pull us away from God's heart and cause our faith to grow cold. But God invites us to join in His rescue operation. It's risky, but it sure beats sitting in a coffee shop just talking about it...

A message regarding faith and risk at our annual multi-campus celebration at the park.

ISAIAH / In some of the seasons of our lives change has come quickly and drastically. In other seasons things have moved agonizingly slow. But this is God's world and we are His people. We will forever bear fruit if we remain connected to Him. Peace be still.

Testimonies of our recent house-building outreach to Ensenada, Mexico.

ISAIAH / Prophets are often portrayed as crazy loners preaching doom and gloom, but Isaiah ministered God's broken heart by calling back a people who had left their first love.

SONG OF SONGS / Marriage and sexuality have incredible potential to either bless and enhance our lives or leave us broken and damaged. When done well, they paint a picture to a watching world what the relationship between the church and Christ is meant to look like.

WISDOM LITERATURE / Postmodern voices tell us there is either no meaning to life or that we must create our own. But the Bible tells us that real meaning comes from the God who created us. This truth anchors our lives in something that helps us flourish even in hardship, and to know a joy that shapes our souls.

ECCLESIASTES / "All of life is a vapor," says this cynical, middle age man. "Everything is meaningless!" There is no other book in the Bible that seems to nail our current cultural mood of despair like Ecclesiastes... So is life even worth living? Does serving God amount to anything in life?