As we continue to unmask the false self, Eric turns to one of the most familiar stories Jesus ever told, the parable of the prodigal son, and asks the congregation to see it differently. Both the younger son and the older son are living out of the same false self, just in opposite directions: one through wild living, one through rule-keeping and resentment. Both end up saying something devastating about themselves, "I am no longer worthy" and "I have been slaving for you", because both are trying to earn an identity that was never meant to be earned. Eric unpacks the practical shape of the False Self through the pattern Do, Have, Be, and shows how the Father in Luke 15 offers both sons something entirely different: an identity that is Be, Do, Have, received first, lived out second. The message closes with a simple but costly invitation: examine your own DO, and don't do this work alone.

Most of us know the exhausting pull to prove ourselves — through what we do, what we have, or what others think of us. Eric opens the new series Masterpiece by naming this pattern for what it is: the False Self, a way of building an identity that can never be finished and never feels like enough. Drawing from Genesis 1 and Ephesians 2, Eric shows that every person is already God's workmanship — his masterpiece — before they've done anything to earn it. The problem isn't that we're unfinished; it's that sin has stained what God already made, leaving us to chase an identity we were never meant to build. The good news is that the True Self isn't achieved. It's received — through grace, through faith in Jesus, and through the daily surrender that follows.

In this message, Matt Love closes out Grace's journey through 2 Corinthians with Paul's final words to a struggling church. Working through 2 Corinthians 13:1–10, Matt explores why God's correction is never rejection — it's always aimed at restoration. He unpacks why real spiritual authority looks like weakness before it looks like power, why self-examination matters more than proving yourself to others, and why a church that takes sin seriously can still be a place where everyone is welcome as they are. Matt shares honestly from his own life about what it looks like to invite correction in rather than run from it, and offers practical next steps for anyone ready to experience the freedom of being fully restored.

This sermon explores the question, “What does it really mean to love God?” Through Deuteronomy 6, Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 22, and 1 John, we see that loving God isn’t about organizing our lives correctly or simply putting Him at the top of our priority list. Instead, God calls us to love Him with all of our heart, soul, and strength- allowing our love for Him to shape every area of our lives. Because God loved us first, our love for Him naturally spills over into loving others. Ultimately, loving God isn’t about a list; it’s about all of life.

This message picks up where last week left off — with more to say about the holiness of God. Working through Job 37, Psalm 93, and Isaiah 6, we see a God who is not simply a better version of us but a different category entirely. From there the sermon traces the movement of Hebrews 10 — made holy through Jesus, being made holy through the Spirit — and gets painfully specific about what that looks like when we sin. Using pornography as a concrete example, the difference becomes clear between living on the wrong side of guilt and shame versus living from the position of someone who has already been made holy and is being drawn back toward God. The message ends with Revelation 7's vision of every nation standing before the throne in white robes — the destination the whole journey is heading toward.

In this message, Eric continues the Red Thread series by diving into one of the most challenging books of the Bible — Leviticus. Rather than a dusty collection of ancient laws, Eric shows that Leviticus is about one of the most urgent questions any person can ask: how do muddy, broken people get to be with a holy God? Working through the clean/unclean/defiled categories of Leviticus, the Day of Atonement, and the book of Hebrews, Eric makes the case that God's primary concern has never been your behavior — it's your position. And through Jesus, that position has changed forever.

In this message, Matt Love traces a single thread through the book of Exodus, the Gospel of John, and the book of Revelation: God's relentless desire to dwell with his people. Beginning with Israel's terrified response to God's presence at Mount Sinai — where the people chose distance over nearness — Matt shows how God's immediate response was not judgment but invitation. God's command to build the tabernacle in Exodus 25:8 was not a building project — it was a declaration that presence, not prosperity or performance, is the point of faith. Drawing on the Hebrew and Greek words behind the tabernacle and John 1:14, Matt demonstrates that when John writes that Jesus "tabernacled among us," he is making a direct and deliberate connection to the Exodus story — God crossing every barrier to be with his people in flesh. And in Revelation 21:3–4, the promise first spoken in the wilderness finds its final answer: God's dwelling place is with humanity, permanently, with every tear wiped away. If you have ever felt like faith is about getting somewhere or getting good enough, this message offers a different vision: the God of Scripture has been removing every obstacle — fear, sin, death — not to improve you or relocate you, but simply to be with you.

In this message, Eric introduces the Red Thread series — a five-week journey through the first five books of the Bible — by tracing a single thread from Genesis to Revelation: the promise of a seed who would reverse the curse. Beginning in Genesis 3 with the entry of sin, death, and the enemy into the world, Eric follows God's covenant with Abraham through to its fulfillment in Jesus, showing how the offspring promised in the garden is the same seed Paul identifies in Galatians and the same Lamb whose throne anchors the new creation in Revelation. The message lands on a simple but profound question: are you trusting the seed, or trying to be one?

In this message, Eric walks through Galatians 6:7-8 and a simple but sobering principle: you reap what you sow, you reap more than you sow, and you reap later than you sow. Using a story from his own family's life at Moe's and a hard scene he witnessed at a Panera, Eric makes the case that technology is not neutral. It's shaping who we, and our families, are becoming, one meal and one moment at a time. He closes with a specific, doable challenge: no technology at the table, for anyone.

In this message, Eric walks through 2 Corinthians 11:1-15, where Paul defends himself against the ‘super-apostles’ — leaders who looked impressive by every cultural standard of the day, but were quietly leading the Corinthian church away from the truth. Eric unpacks how easily something false can look convincing, and challenges us to ask where we’ve traded the real story of following Jesus for a safer, more culturally acceptable version of it — one built on confirmation instead of challenge, success instead of sacrifice, and instant results instead of a slow process of transformation.