Holiness (wholeness) and hardship are inextricably connected. Fiery trials don't have to make you bitter but can make you better. It's not what happens TO you but IN you that matters most. It’s your Biblical world view or lack thereof that makes you or breaks you.

Holiness and hardship are inextricably connected. Americans are the least prepared for hardship. Christians should be the most prepared. (Daniel 3:16-18)

We are here to celebrate that through the Crucifixion & Resurrection of our Savior we can have a changed life, a fullness of life, a life that most people only dream about. This brand new life is the foundation to finding wholeness in a broken world. How does this life change happen?

Those who know God never grow bored! Because there is always more of God to know, more adventure to be pursued, greater pleasure to be experienced!

James tells us that Elijah was a man with emotions like ours (James 5:17). Elijah had just experienced God in a powerful way but now finds himself disoriented and dry. The flame was flickering and he was not hearing God. Have you been there? Are you there now?

What does it mean to be a Christian?
What does it mean to be a fully devoted follower of Jesus Christ?
Full devotion = Fullness of life
This audio includes the message as well as the baptism audio for all three weekend gatherings.

Jesus suffered not that we wouldn't suffer but that when we suffered we would suffer well!

There is a major difference between wrestling against God and wrestling with God. Wrestling against God wants nothing to do with God except for maybe as a means to an end. Wrestling with God is struggling to more fully embrace God and what He has for us. Progress in the Christian life always involves struggle & pain. No struggle & pain is too great if it brings us a greater capacity for the beauty and glory of Christ

A faith that has not been challenged by doubts is a naive faith that will be defenseless against tragedy & sneering skeptics. A dose of doubt can either strengthen or weaken your faith. The Bible neither condones nor condemns, but challenges our doubts.

Community with people and the God who made us is an indispensible condition of human flourishing. You can only be loved to the extent that you are known. By nature we hide & our pretense keeps us from being completely loved. Ps145:18