Pastor AJ Rankin preaches from Genesis 16.

This week we meet Hagar, Sarai’s Egyptian servant, fleeing into the desert after enduring severe mistreatment in Abram’s household. In her moment of greatest desperation, the Angel of the Lord finds her. He sees her. He speaks her name. And He gives her a command and a promise.

Pastor Steve Heron preaches from Genesis 15.

Abraham is called the father of the faith for good reason. Called out to leave his family and his homeland, there's no one who risked more on God with less information about the journey. In Genesis 15, we find Abraham in a crisis moment. He's heard the promise of God, but his circumstances aren't matching up with what God has said. There's no child, there's no land, and blessing feels a long way away. Will God's promise fail, or will He come through? Here we find the crux of our own faith questions: What does it mean to trust God in the dark when all we have is His word? God meets Abraham in his confusion and shows us He is so committed to us that He's willing to pay the ultimate price to fulfill His promises

Pastor Ben Miller preaches from Genesis 2:4-25.

This week, we begin our new series, "Theophany: Walking with God." There isn't a better place to start than where it all began- in the garden of paradise. The creation account in Genesis 2 describes God's intention from the beginning - humanity and God in perfect communion. However, with each passing day, we're faced with the realization that the world of Genesis 2 feels like a distant memory. At the same time, it's a world that our hearts cry out for with a longing "too deep for words." Is there hope at Paradise again? Will we taste the fruits of the garden once more?

Pastor Steve Lindenmeyer preaches from 2 Timothy 3:16-4:2 and 1 Thessalonians 2:3-8.

What leads to true life transformation? Here at Citadel Square, we believe it's the combination of The Word of God and Biblical Community. As we study the scriptures Verse by Verse and engage with one another Life on Life we will be conformed into the image of Christ. This week, we will discover and unpack this foundational truth in Paul's instruction to Timothy (2 Timothy 3:16-4:2) and his letter to the Thessalonians (I Thessalonians 2:3-8).

Pastor AJ Rankin preaches from Habakkuk 3:16-19.

Habakkuk concludes with a radical declaration: no matter what happens, he will wait on God, rejoice in God, and rely on God. After listing every conceivable loss—crops failing, livestock gone, complete economic collapse—the prophet chooses joy in God's character over despair about his circumstances. This passage reveals that true confidence isn't built on what we have but on who God is. His holiness, sovereignty, and faithfulness transform trembling terror into sure-footed trust.

Pastor Steve Heron preaches from Habakkuk 3:1-15.

Habakkuk has recorded God's five fold condemnation of the Babylonians and closed the previous chapter with a call to reverence the living God in His holy tempe. Habakkuk's response to these woes is recorded in the final chapter of the book. His prayer is a reminder of the activities of God in Israel's past. God's judgments, deeds, and victories for his people form the backbone of Habakkuk's faith. The news that our God has not forgotten us, stokes a perspective that can face the storms of life.

Jonathan Suggs preaches from Habakkuk 2:15-20.

This week, we’ll see God continue to encourage Habakkuk’s faith through his indictment of Babylon. In this passage, God gives his final two woes and shows that he utterly despises the exploitation of others for the sake of personal glory, and that idolatry is far more foolish and deceptive than we tend to think. Habakkuk forces us to reflect: What are we building that can’t save us? What have we trusted in that can’t speak back? What kind of fruit is it all producing? And where is God in all of this?

Pastor Steve Heron preaches from Habakkuk 2:4-14.

God has given Habakkuk the secret of resting in His purposes. Habakkuk's faith is the key to embracing God's plan to discipline his people, but God's not done speaking. God turns to address the Babylonians' corrupt approach to life. Greed fuels their ambition, and God shows Habakkuk that their ambitions and desires will ultimately result in a reversal of all their ambition. Strength will become weakness, and riches poverty. They will be emptied of every victory that they have earned and ultimately exposed.  Habakkuk forces us to examine the guiding forces behind our own motivations, and asks if the glory of God or the glory of man rules our hearts? Are we willing to walk by faith in a God whose purposes are often a mystery, or will we walk by the lure of what we can see?

Pastor Steve Lindenmeyer preaches from Habakkuk 2:2-4.

This week, we will see God respond to Habakkuk's second complaint. In His grace and mercy, God chooses to give an answer, and He encourages Habakkuk to write it down to be preserved throughout the ages. The theme and focal point of the entire book is unveiled when God tells the prophet that the righteous shall live by faith. Just like Habakkuk, we must choose between a life of puffed-up pride that questions the sovereignty of God or humble dependence that believes in God's goodness by faith.

Pastor Steve Heron preaches from Habakkuk 1:12-2:1.

Habakkuk has heard some hard news. The violence and wickedness of his people will be addressed, but in a way that causes Habakkuk even more consternation. Habakkuk continues his quest for understanding, asking how and why God chooses to judge evil, with even worse evil. Isn't God holy? Has he forgotten his promise? How do we still trust God in times when the wicked cause such suffering without any reproof from heaven? Habakkuk shows us that our faith has to go deeper than what we know, into a true encounter with the living God.