In this exhortation, on the first Sunday of this Advent season, Pastor Max Kozak looks back to Simeon’s Advent waiting in the gospel of Luke and then looks forward as we too wait for Jesus to come – but we wait with a New Covenant perspective. We know “Christ has come ...” and now we wait for the day when “... Christ will come again.”

In this exhortation, Pastor Mike Polley reflects on the reality that in this holiday season of thanksgiving: Our daily struggles often don’t take a break. Your heart may just feel stuck, or dull, or weary. But one way the Lord can restore the joy of our salvation, and awaken love and gratitude in our hearts, is for us to remember our salvation.

In this exhortation, Pastor David Easterwood reminds us of the sinful ways we might approach Jesus. But rather, let’s approach Jesus like the woman in Luke 8:43-48 – in faith – because faith in Jesus is not in vain for he knows we are here and he is the sovereign God over everything.

In this exhortation, Marshall Segal illustrates how in moments of pain or frustration, discouragement or exhaustion, we can sometimes reach for a besetting sin – thinking it will make us feel better – only to realize it makes us feel worse. Let’s not turn to temptation in our pain. Let’s not believe the lie that sin will somehow comfort you.

In this exhortation, Pastor Mike Schumann paints a simple picture for what discipleship looks like and then exhorts us to ask ourselves who, in our church, could we be discipling toward more of Jesus in their life?

In this exhortation, Pastor Kevin Kleiman looks at the words of the apostle Paul in Colossians 3:23, as well as Tim Keller in Every Good Endeavor, which remind us of a proper biblical approach to our work – that rather than working for ourselves, we serve the Lord Christ (Col. 2:23).

In this exhortation, Jon Hoglund explains the difference between being thankful and giving thanks. We should be aware of how we can hide behind thankfulness and avoid thanksgiving. So being watchful in prayer (Col. 4:2), let’s give thanks by telling God and other people about the good we have received from Him.

In this exhortation, Pastor David Mathis poses the question: “What are you doing, or what habits do you want to cultivate, to condition your soul to delight in God?” Singing expresses our hearts, conditions us, jumpstarts us, and forms and shapes our souls. So let’s sing!

In this exhortation, Pastor Mike Schumann walks through the 5 C's of our liturgy: call, confession, consecration, communion, and commission and reminds us to not take it for granted as it is reality in motion in the present.

In this exhortation, Pastor Mike Polley exhorts us, from Proverbs 23:26, to give God our hearts and observe His ways. Our heavenly Father is inviting us to give our hearts to him, which is the only way to understand God’s ways, and the best way to start is to give our sins to God.