In this sermon, we explore Jesus important teaching about loving others as we would wish to be loved. Jesus states that this sums up the law and the prophets, making this one of the most important teachings in Scripture. We look at the reasons we sometimes struggle to love others as they, and we, deserve, especially focusing on our tendency to put up walls through labels and false stories that diminish rather than build up men and women made in the image of God. We look at a new way of seeing the world and how placing the fact that we are all made in God's image at the center is part of how we can begin to love everyone as Jesus commands.

In this sermon, we dive into Jesus teaching in Matthew 7 on asking, seeking, and knocking. We explore this invitation that Jesus offers to us and what it means to ask God for something. We look at the need for vulnerability and trust when we ask for something, as well as what this means for our daily lives and our relationship with God.

In this sermon, we look at Jesus teaching on judging in the Sermon on the Mount. We discuss what it is, the problem with judging, what it stems from, and how we can move away from such a posture. We look at Jesus' teaching through the lens of the Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector in Luke 18, exploring how each character in the story reveals something about judging and what that means for our lives today.

In this sermon, we look at Jesus teaching concerning worry in the Sermon on the Mount and what it looks like and means to not have to live with worry and anxiety.

In this sermon, we look at Jesus' teaching about treasure in the Sermon on the Mount and the importance of what we most value and desire. This teaching leads into the next section of Jesus' sermon on worry and anxiety. It turns out that what we treasure will guide how we live (literally how we see the world and move through it) and ultimately how we engage the present and the future.

In this sermon, we look at Jesus' teaching on fasting in Matthew 6 in the Sermon on the Mount. We explore why fasting is important, what it does, and its relationship to Jesus' Parable of the Sower in Mark 4. We look at what it looks like to create good soil in our lives where the Word and life of God can grow in our lives.

In this sermon, we look at Jesus' statement concerning forgiveness immediately after the Lord's Prayer. We look at this teaching in light of Matthew 18 and Jesus' teaching about God's new economy of forgiveness. God's forgiveness is a gift which invites us into a completely new way of being in the world. It is in light of this new Kingdom Perspective that believers are called to forgive.

In this sermon, we look at the Lord's Prayer. We explore its' emphasis on God and community, and what this means for our prayers. We take a look at the overall movement of the prayer as well as some of the specifics of the different lines. We then take some time to pray the prayer as a community and take a few moments with each line in prayer before God.

In this sermon, we explore Matthew 6:5-8 and Jesus teaching on prayer. We discuss what Jesus means when He says we shouldn't pray like those babble using many words and that God already knows what we need before we ask. Jesus' teaching on prayer comes out of His understanding of who God is and how God relates to us. The invitation to prayer is an invitation to respond to God who loves us and desires to provide for us.

In this sermon, we explore Matthew 6:1-4. Jesus tells us not to do things in order to be seen and rewarded by other people. We explore what Jesus means by hypocrisy, why seeking rewards from other people is so dangerous, and how we can be the type of people whose "giving may be in secret."