Committed

At this week’s Guys Night, we dove into the practice of fasting through the lens of teachings from John Mark Comer and his work on spiritual disciplines. In a session titled “To Offer Ourselves to God,” the conversation centered on how fasting is not about religious performance, but about surrender.

Together, we explored how fasting creates space in our lives to seek God more intentionally, quiet the noise of our appetites, and realign our hearts with what truly satisfies. Inspired by the teachings of John Mark Comer and grounded in passages like Gospel of Matthew 6:16–18, the guys discussed how fasting becomes an act of worship—an offering of ourselves to God.

This episode captures the heart of the discussion: why followers of Jesus fast, how fasting exposes what controls us, and how it can deepen our hunger for God more than anything else in this world.

Whether you’ve practiced fasting for years or have never tried it before, this conversation invites you to rediscover fasting as a powerful way to offer your whole self to God. 🙏

In our final night walking through the Book of Jonah, we arrived at the most uncomfortable chapter of all — Chapter 4.

Nineveh repents. God relents. Revival breaks out.

And Jonah is furious.

This week’s discussion centered on a sobering truth: sometimes we love receiving mercy more than we love seeing others receive it. Jonah wasn’t confused about who God is — in fact, he quotes God’s character perfectly: gracious, merciful, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love. The problem wasn’t Jonah’s theology. It was his heart.

We talked about how easy it is to obey outwardly while resisting inwardly. How we can care more about our comfort (a plant) than about people. How spiritual pride can disguise itself as righteousness. And why this book — uniquely — ends with a question instead of an answer.

“Should I not pity Nineveh?”

That question wasn’t just for Jonah. It’s for us.

As we closed the series, we reflected on how Jonah sits outside the city hoping for judgment… while Jesus weeps over cities and moves toward sinners with compassion. Jonah resents mercy. Jesus embodies it. Jonah wants justice for others. Jesus takes justice upon Himself.

This final night asked each of us to examine our hearts:

Do we love what God loves?

Do we celebrate grace when it reaches people we struggle to forgive?

And are we willing to let God change not just our direction — but our desires?

The story ends with a question.

How we answer it is up to us.

In this powerful message from the February 21st Committed Worship Gathering, Rev. Jonathan Boggess challenges us to consider a question most of us never think to ask: Who — or what — is discipling us every day?

Preaching from Romans 12, Rev. Boggess explores how modern technology, social media, and the constant pull of our digital “feeds” are quietly shaping our hearts, minds, and spiritual lives. With honesty, humor, and practical insight, he reminds us that discipleship isn’t just something that happens in church — it happens in our habits, our attention, and the things we choose to consume daily.

This sermon calls listeners to:

• Recognize how everyday influences are forming their faith

• Understand what it means to present their lives as a “living sacrifice”

• Shift from being conformed by the world to being transformed by Christ

• Intentionally “feed” their lives with things that draw them closer to God

With a timely message for a technology-saturated generation, Rev. Boggess invites us to become more aware, more intentional, and more hungry for God — reminding us that true transformation begins when we choose what shapes us.

Theme: Discipled by Your Feed

Key Scripture: Romans 12:1–2

Core Message: What you consistently consume is what ultimately forms you.

Listen in and be encouraged to fix your eyes on Jesus, renew your mind, and live a life fully surrendered to Him.

In Night Three of our series, we walked through Book of Jonah Chapter 3, where the story shifts from running and rescue to obedience and repentance.

After everything Jonah had done — running from God, resisting His call, and needing to be rescued from the depths — God speaks to him again. The same command. The same mission. The same grace. This chapter reminds us that our failures don’t disqualify us from being used by God. He is a God of second chances.

We explored how Jonah finally obeys outwardly, yet still struggles inwardly, and how the people of Nineveh respond immediately with humility, repentance, and faith. Their response challenges us to consider how quickly we respond when God speaks — and whether our obedience comes from surrender or simply obligation.

The discussion centered on the powerful contrast between Jonah and Nineveh: a reluctant prophet versus a repentant city. It also pointed us to the deeper truth that runs through the entire story — that God’s mercy is far greater than human expectations, and His heart is always bent toward restoration.

At its core, this night asked a simple but challenging question:

When God gives us another chance, will we just obey… or will we allow Him to change our hearts too?

In Night Two of our February series, we stepped into the depths with Jonah — literally and spiritually — as we walked through Jonah chapter 2.

This chapter isn’t really about a fish. It’s about what happens when God refuses to give up on someone who is running. From the belly of the fish, Jonah finally cries out to the Lord, revealing a powerful truth: sometimes God rescues us not by removing our storms, but by meeting us right in the middle of them.

We explored how Jonah’s prayer shows the difference between regret and true repentance, why many people only turn to God after hitting rock bottom, and how even painful circumstances can actually be expressions of God’s mercy. The discussion also pointed us to the greater story — how Jonah’s three days in darkness foreshadow Jesus, who entered death itself so that we could be fully rescued.

At the heart of the night was one defining statement from Jonah’s prayer:

“Salvation belongs to the Lord.”

A reminder that we cannot save ourselves — and we were never meant to.

This conversation challenges us to ask:

Are we still running, or are we finally ready to surrender?

Night one of our February Guy’s Night series takes us into Jonah chapter 1, where we confront a hard truth: knowing God doesn’t always mean obeying God.

Jonah isn’t a story about a runaway prophet as much as it is a mirror held up to the human heart. As we walk through the storm, the ship, the sleeping prophet, and the mercy of God, we see how Jonah’s shortcomings expose our own — and how every failure in Jonah points us to Jesus, the one who is greater.

We explore why Jonah runs, how obedience without heart change leads to resentment, and why God’s mercy often offends those who know Him best. Along the way, we connect Jonah to the older brother in Luke 15, the contrast between Jonah and Peter, and the powerful reality that Jonah is the only book in the Bible that ends with a question — one we’re still meant to answer today.

This night sets the foundation for the entire series, inviting us to stop running, wake up to what God is doing, and surrender our hearts fully to Him.

Why do so many attempts at change fail—especially in our faith?

In this message, New You, we confront the lie that trying harder produces lasting transformation. Scripture reveals that the gospel is not about behavior modification, but identity transformation.

Through passages like 2 Corinthians 5, Galatians 4, and Romans 8, we discover what it truly means to be a new creation—not cleaned up, but made new. This sermon speaks to anyone who still struggles with sin, anxiety, fear, or past failures and wonders, “If I’m new in Christ, why do I still feel this way?”

You’ll be reminded that your identity is settled instantly, your growth is worked out daily, and freedom flows not from effort, but from living out of who God says you already are. The enemy may accuse, but victory comes through the blood of the Lamb and the word of your testimony.

This message is an invitation to stop striving, start believing, and learn how to live from the New You.

At Guys Night, Parker Barnette delivered a thoughtful and challenging message titled “Defending the Apostles’ Creed.” He unpacked the creed as a declaration of allegiance to the Kingdom of God—much like a pledge—meant to continually realign our minds and spirits with what we truly trust in.

Parker explored the meaning of Pentokrator, pointing to the fullness of the Trinity and the Almighty nature of God, grounded in Scripture from Genesis 1 and Revelation 1:6. He reminded us that God is not only Creator, but also Upholder and Sustainer of all things (Acts 17:28), and that we call God “Father” because He is first the Father of Jesus.

With a powerful reminder that submission often precedes understanding, Parker challenged us to live out the creed daily—because if we truly did, it would turn the world upside down. We closed the night in worship, singing Psalm 121 together.

What questions are people really asking about Jesus?

In this episode of the Committed Podcast, we dive into the most frequently Googled questions about Christ, faith, and the Bible—the same questions people are typing into search bars late at night, quietly wrestling with doubt, curiosity, and truth.

Using real search data, historical evidence, and scholarship, we tackle questions like:

• Who is Jesus—really?

• Can the Bible actually be trusted?

• Is there historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ?

• Why does suffering exist if God is good?

• How do we know Christianity isn’t just a legend?

• Did Jesus actually rise from the dead?

We don’t offer shallow answers or church clichés. Instead, we walk through:

• Manuscript and archaeological evidence

• Early eyewitness testimony

• Non-Christian historical sources

• The empty tomb and the transformation of the disciples

• Why alternative explanations fall short

Whether you’re a believer wanting deeper confidence, a skeptic asking honest questions, or someone exploring faith for the first time—this conversation is for you.

Faith isn’t the absence of questions.

It’s having the courage to ask the right ones.

🎧 Listen, lean in, and wrestle with the evidence.

At Guys Night, Elijah Crompton shared a powerful short sermon titled “Who Am I?”—a message centered on finding our true identity in Christ. He spoke about keeping the cross at the forefront of our lives and how sacrifice, discipline, and humility shape us into who God has called us to be. A real, honest message that reminds us we are reborn as children of God.