DOWNTOWN HOPE

Dec. 11, 2022 | DAVID BEMPONG

The salvation we embrace now is shaping what we will embrace for eternity. The question remains: What or who are we looking to for our salvation? In this message we continue our Advent series: Stories of Hope from exile, and discover God’s promise to His people.

Dec. 4, 2022 | JOEY TOMASSONI

We inhabit a world riddled with contorted and violent relationships - the strong prey on the weak in the natural world, and it is no different in human relationships. This distortion leaves us feeling a profound sense of exile - hopelessly unable to truly feel at home, safe. And yet in Isaiah 11.1-10 we discover a world put back into right relationship (righteousness) - a peculiar world where wolves and lambs share a home, where children lead lions and lambs as friends, and where infants become playmates with cobras, all founded through the most unlikely arrival of a most unexpected Restorer.

Nov. 27, 2022 | DAVID BEMPONG

This Advent season, we are invited to place our hope in Christ.  Christ has come, and we celebrate this, yet not all things have reached completion. While we remember Israel’s waiting and hoping and giving thanks for Christ’s birth, we also anticipate his second coming at the end of this age.

Nov. 20, 2022 | DAVID BEMPONG

John brings this incredible book to an end in Revelation 22. He is attempting to find words to describe the indescribable. In this message we discover the promises that God ultimately has in store for all who will respond to his loving act of grace.

Nov. 13, 2022 | JOEY TOMASSONI

To be human is to travel a tear-soused road of pain and death. It is no wonder we all wander looking and longing for relief in our day-to-day lives. And yet complete repose in the present never seems to find us, haunting us with questions of the future - will we suffer forever, how long? In this message we walk through Revelation 21.1-8 to discover a rapturous vision of a future New Creation that is charged with enduring power for our road of tears today.

Nov. 6, 2022 | DAVID BEMPONG

As we reach the final few chapters of Revelation it has become clear that Jesus' victory over the enemy has blazed the trail for our victory. In this passage we are invited to see the final battle. 

Oct. 30, 2022 | ANUSH JOHN

There are many things in life that we wait for. Sometimes the best things come after the longest wait. In “The Wedding Countdown,” we will look at a countdown for an event that will be the focus of the future.

Oct. 23, 2022 | LUKE HARBAUGH

In this message, we work through Revelation 15 through 18, focusing on God's wrath in just judgement of evil. In a world where we see so much evil seemingly go unpunished, this passage give us a glimpse into what it looks like when God repays evil with vengeance. This powerful passage is an important milestone and gives deep richness to the aspects we will see as we continue through Revelation in the coming weeks.

Oct. 16, 2022 | DAVID BEMPONG

Worship is not just something you choose to do on a Sunday morning. It’s the way you live your life. In this message we see the importance worship in the context of the cosmic battle of Revelation.

Oct. 9, 2022 | JOEY TOMASSONI

The traumas of illness, relational bullying, abuse, cancer, rape, war, torture, death, and other horrors have been and continue to be part of the human experience. Whenever we experience suffering, we rightly ask the question, “why God?” While biblical answers to this question are complex, mysterious, and take a lifetime to contemplate, there are a few foundational realities that emerge in the narrative of Scripture that help us to make sense of our suffering. Perhaps, the most significant of these realities comes to John through a vision of a cosmic battle in the middle of his Revelation. In this message Joey walks us through Revelation 12 to explore the “why” behind the question of our suffering.