Pastor Ian Graham tells the story of Palm Sunday as we begin the journey of Holy Week. We finish our series on idolatry by looking at our culture's idolatry of political parties and narratives over and against the story that Jesus is narrating in his life, death, and resurrection. 

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Pastor Ian Graham looks at the way we often try to negotiate with God so that we can compartmentalize our lives and give him part of it. We try to craft a certainty that we know what God is like and who he is and, in doing so, often miss the "fresh word that comes from the mouth of God" (Matthew 4). 

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Soren Johnson looks at the difference in respect and envy and the path of mercy vs. the path of self-assurance and self-righteousness. 

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Pastor Ian Graham looks at our proclivity to bow at the altar of the idol of wealth. The worship of money, power, and wealth leaves us mired in lies while Jesus invites us to see the beautiful truth of his way which is a way to freedom and blessing. 

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Savannah Charlish-Inman looks at our idolatrous impulse to seize control of the situation and the alternative invitation of Jesus to find peace through entrusting one's self to the caring hands of God. 

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Pastor Ian Graham begins our series on idolatry looking at the biblical understanding of idolatry and why God warns us so urgently from worshipping and serving handmade gods of all sorts. 

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Pastor Ian Graham talks about our church vision to be apprentices to Jesus who cultivate a deep life with God and move in the power of his love for the world. Or as we say, deep life with God, deep love for the world. We look at Zacchaeus' story of transformation by the grace and presence of Jesus as a means of stirring our hearts and imaginations towards all God has for us both now and in the future. 

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Derek Wu looks at the story of David and Bathsheba. Why would such a scandalous tale even show up in the scriptures and what does the fact that it is there tell us about God's heart for us?

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How does Jesus practice self-care and what does that have to say about our popular scripts for self-care and the way Christians should care for themselves? Pastor Ian Graham looks at the way Jesus rests and retreats to solitude, serves in compassion, and even plays in order to empower us to live a life alive to God. 

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Pastor Ian Graham gives lenses to begin to establish an understanding of our vocation as we live out of our true self received from God. 

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