In this message, Eric works through 2 Corinthians 9:6–15, confronting one of the most misused passages in the New Testament head-on. Framed by the anchor verse of the entire section — “they gave themselves first to the Lord” — Eric shows that the sowing and reaping principle Paul describes is not a prosperity gospel promise but an invitation into a fundamentally different relationship with money and blessing. God blesses the cheerful giver not so they can accumulate more for themselves but so they can be generous on every occasion. The harvest Paul promises is righteousness, thanksgiving to God, and the needs of others being met.

In this message, Eric explores what it actually means to honor God with your finances. Drawing from 2 Corinthians 8 and Jesus's teaching in Matthew 6, he makes the case that genuine generosity is not primarily a financial decision but a spiritual one — a question of who is actually reigning as king over your life and your resources. Eric walks through how GBC practices financial accountability, offers a fresh definition of heaven and earth from Matthew 6, and closes with a direct pastoral invitation: if you haven't surrendered financially, you have a lid on your spiritual life.

In this message, Eric opens with a simple but disorienting question: how much would you need to love someone to trade places with them? From there he takes the us to 2 Corinthians 8:9, the theological heart of Paul's generosity section, where Paul holds up Jesus as the ultimate model of sacrificial giving. Jesus moved from infinite wealth to profound poverty for our sake, and his example is not meant to be exploited for personal blessing but imitated in how we hold and give our money. Eric explores three honest questions about desire, priority, and proportion, and closes with a story about a young man who started giving not because he had extra but because he had tasted grace. The invitation is simple: what story do you want your money to tell?

Giving in church can feel awkward. Why would anyone willingly give away a significant portion of their income? In this sermon, Ryan unpacks 2 Corinthians 8 and the massive offering the apostle Paul organized across the ancient world to support the church in Jerusalem. Along the way, we discover a bigger vision of the church—not just a building or weekly gathering, but a multi-cultural, multi-generational movement of Jesus’ people across space and time. This message challenges us to rethink generosity as one of the primary ways we participate in what God is doing in the world.

In this message, Eric opens in 2 Corinthians by exploring what real relationships actually require. Drawing from Paul’s vulnerable, risk-taking pursuit of the Corinthian church in chapter 7, Eric identifies six risks that genuine relationships demand — sharing desires, vulnerability, struggle, feelings, need for others, and owning our sin. At the heart of the sermon is one of the most practical questions in Paul’s entire letter: what does godly sorrow look like, and why does it restore relationships when worldly sorrow only destroys them? The message ends with a simple, concrete invitation: one question, one person, this week.

In this message, Eric explores one of the most countercultural identities in all of Scripture — the identity of a servant. Using John 13, he shows how Jesus, fully aware of his power and authority, got up from the table and washed his disciples' feet — not just as an act of service, but as a defining moment of identity formation. The invitation is simple but challenging: say yes to the identity Jesus has for you, and let that identity shape your responsibility everywhere you go — and specifically, in the local church.

“SOMEBODY SAY YES!” teaches that saying yes to God is not usually one dramatic moment, but a lifestyle of daily obedience. David’s victory over Goliath began long before the battlefield through small acts of faithfulness—serving his father, tending sheep, and trusting God in private battles. Saying yes often requires faith without knowing all the details, but God uses those moments to position us for purpose. Saying yes leads to life, just as Jesus said yes for our salvation. Our obedience also impacts others, because one person’s yes can bless families, churches, communities, and even future generations.

In this message, Hannah continues the Best Question Ever series by asking a harder question: if wisdom is so simple, why do we ignore it? Drawing from the book of Proverbs, Hannah unpacks three types of people who ignore wisdom — the naïve, the fool, and the mocker — and what each one needs to move toward wisdom. The answer isn't more information. It's humility, sacrifice, and a willingness to stop trusting yourself most.

In this message, Eric introduces what he calls "the best question ever" — a simple but powerful filter for every decision we face. Most of us have made choices we regret, not because they were obviously wrong, but because we weren't asking the right question. Whether you're navigating relationships, finances, parenting, or everyday choices, this question has the potential to shape not just your decisions, but the person you are becoming.

In this message, Eric shows that the uncertainty we feel in life isn't just a circumstances problem — it's a death problem. Drawing from Genesis 2-3, he traces how humanity's rebellion cut us off from God, introducing death not as a single event but as an ongoing condition of hiding, shame, and loneliness. But the God who came looking for Adam and Eve in the garden is still asking the same question today: "Where are you?" Eric walks through the resurrection in Matthew 28 to show that if death is the problem, resurrection is the answer — and that the answer to uncertainty isn't certainty. It's a relationship with the person who defeated death.