Are you trying to force your own plans onto God, or are you ready to surrender to His ultimate orchestration? Discover three foundational truths that transform how we follow Christ.

In this Palm Sunday sermon on Luke 19:28–44, Lead Pastor Neil McClendon explores the depth of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Moving past surface-level traditions, Pastor Neil reveals how God orchestrates every detail of redemptive history—from ancient Old Testament prophecies to the selection of the Passover lamb. Discover why true human fulfillment is found within God's sovereign design, how genuine worship flows from a heart amazed by who God is, and why ultimate peace can only be experienced through a relationship with Christ.

In this episode, we cover:

• Instrumentation vs. Orchestration: Understanding how God is not merely acting in isolated moments, but conducting all of history for His glory and our good.
• The Cohesion of Scripture: Examining how Jesus’ entry on a donkey perfectly fulfilled ancient prophecies from Zechariah and Exodus.
• Maturity in Worship: Moving from worshiping God solely for what He does to honoring Him deeply for who He is.
• Understanding "Repressed Language": How genuine encounters with Jesus release unspoken praise and deep affection stored in our hearts.
• The Search for True Peace: Recognizing the distinction between earthly security and the divine peace that comes through surrender to Christ.

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How can a God of fierce, holy judgment also be a God who rejoices over you with loud singing? Discover the powerful balance between divine justice and tender mercy.

In this sermon on Zephaniah 3:14–20, Guest Speaker Chris highlights the "terrible word and terrific opportunity" presented throughout the book of Zephaniah. Unpacking the sober reality of the "Day of the Lord," he explores three cultural offenses that provoke divine anger: the iniquity of indifference, the idolatry of affluence, and the sin of syncretism. Discover how Christ absorbed God's wrath on the cross, what it means for believers to stand before the judgment seat of Christ (Bema Seat), and how resting in God's presence reveals a Heavenly Father who deeply delights in His people.

In this episode, we cover:

• Understanding the Day of the Lord: Examining how Old Testament prophecies of judgment meet their central fulfillment at the cross of Christ and their future consummation.
• Three Offenses Against God: Unpacking human indifference, the idolatrous trust in wealth and affluence, and the blending of holy faith with cultural syncretism.
• The Judgment Seat of Christ (Bema Seat): Clarifying the difference between eternal salvation and the evaluation of a believer's earthly faithfulness and rewards.
• A God Who Rejoices Over You: Discovering the overwhelming comfort of Zephaniah 3:17—a God who quiets His children with love and exults over them with loud singing.
• Expanding Your Heavenly Capacity: How living with intentionality and pure motives prepares us to cast our heavenly crowns back at the feet of Jesus.

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Are you struggling with disillusionment from past church experiences? Discover how returning to the biblical blueprint for the church brings true healing, maturity, and spiritual freedom.

In this sermon on Ephesians 4:1–16, Lead Pastor Neil McClendon unpacks the ultimate cure for "church hurt." Addressing the cultural shift from equipping believers to merely attracting crowds, Pastor Neil re-establishes God’s original design for the church: equipping the saints for the work of ministry and building up the body of Christ. Discover the vital role of uncomfortable, truth-telling friendships, learn how to move beyond shallow community toward true unity in the faith, and find out how growing in the knowledge of Christ enlarges every area of your spiritual capacity.

In this episode, we cover:

• Understanding the Origin of Church Hurt: Examining how shifting from equipping believers to attracting non-believers created spiritual disillusionment in modern churches.
• The Biblical Role of Church Leadership: Why pastors and ministers exist to furnish believers for ministry rather than run a performance or production.
• Comfortable vs. Uncomfortable Friends: The importance of having Godward-provoking friendships that challenge spiritual complacency and encourage real growth.
• Unity of Faith vs. Mere Community: Moving beyond casual social connections to experience shared, foundational harmony in the knowledge of Christ.
• True Spiritual Maturity: Ordering our lives around God-given responsibilities, stepping into spiritual fullness, and growing up in every aspect of life.

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In a culture obsessed with climbing to the top, Jesus asks us a radical question: How low can you go? Discover the beauty and unity found in Christ-like humility.

In this sermon on Philippians 2:1–11, Spiritual Formation Pastor Julian explores the call to put away selfish ambition and put on the mind of Christ. Unpacking the early church's profound hymn of Christ's incarnation, Pastor Julian demonstrates how Jesus—fully God and fully man—emptied Himself by taking the form of a servant and submitting to death on a cross. Discover how Christ must be your Savior before He can be your example, why true church unity requires tuning our hearts to Him, and how embracing a lifestyle of humility frees us to love and serve others well.

In this episode, we cover:

• The Problem of Disunity: Recognizing how selfish ambition, rivalry, and empty conceit fracture relationships within the church.
• Tuning Hearts to Christ: Understanding A.W. Tozer’s piano illustration to see how individual submission to Jesus creates harmony in the church.
• The Incarnation & Servanthood: Exploring how the pre-existent Son of God added humanity to His deity to rescue us at our lowest point.
• Savior Before Example: Realizing that we cannot imitate Christ's humble lifestyle until we have first been redeemed by His sacrifice.
• Exalted by the Father: Discovering why true greatness in God's kingdom comes through serving others and trusting the Father to lift us up.

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Communion isn't just an add-on to the sermon—it's a sacred feast where God's glory meets our deepest needs. Discover how looking back, in, around, and forward transforms your walk with Christ.

In this Communion message, Lead Pastor Neil McClendon unpacks the rich significance of the Lord’s Supper through 1 Corinthians 11:23–34. Exploring how Jesus fulfills the old story of redemptive history, Pastor Neil outlines four vital directions every Christian should focus on during Communion. Learn how looking back remembers Christ's ultimate sacrifice, looking in prompts honest self-examination, looking around grounds us in our church community, and looking forward points us to the eternal kingdom to come.

In this episode, we cover:

• Glory and Goodness: Understanding how pursuing God's ultimate glory leads to our greatest spiritual good and satisfaction.
• Looking Back: Reflecting on the cross to remember how Christ's death bought complete freedom from the power of sin.
• Looking In: Examining our own hearts with gospel-driven capacity rather than self-condemnation.
• Looking Around (Discerning the Body): Recognizing how our personal faith and obedience impact our local church family.
• Looking Forward: Anticipating the future joy of feasting with Christ in the fully realized kingdom of God.

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The Book of Acts ends with a whimper, not a bang—because while the book is finished, the mission isn't. Discover how to keep moving forward in your faith.

In this series finale covering Acts 28:17–31, Lead Pastor Neil McClendon wraps up the book of Acts by exploring what it takes for believers to stay the course. Unpacking Paul’s house arrest in Rome, Pastor Neil pushes back against modern, individualistic Christianity and calls the church back to a robust, corporate faith. Discover why the sufficiency of Scripture must outweigh our personal experiences, how Gentiles embraced the reality that salvation belongs to God, and why staying focused on the Kingdom and the Lord Jesus Christ provides the ultimate perspective for everyday life.

In this episode, we cover:

• The Corporate Nature of Faith: Why biblical Christianity has always been about "we" rather than an isolated, individualistic "me."
• Pity vs. Perspective: Choosing the enduring durability of biblical perspective over the modern appetite for self-pity and entitlement.
• The Sufficiency of Scripture: Realizing that the objective truth of God’s Word is far more reliable and authoritative than our personal experiences.
• Salvation Belongs to God: Contrasting religious arrogance with the humbling, Gentile reality that God alone owns and grants salvation.
• Staying Focused on the Main Thing: Following Paul’s example of boldly proclaiming the Kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ without hindrance.

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In the middle of life's longest journeys, how do we keep going when circumstances wear us down? Discover four biblical anchors to help you endure.

In this sermon on Acts 28:1–16, Lead Pastor Neil McClendon explores Paul’s journey to Rome after surviving a harrowing shipwreck. Unpacking Paul’s arrival on the island of Malta, Pastor Neil highlights practical and spiritual principles for enduring long, difficult seasons. Discover how unusual kindness impacts a weary soul, why the gospel completely refutes the cultural myth of karma, how the kingdom of God breaks into everyday life, and why true faith is designed to be communal rather than solitary.

In this episode, we cover:

• The Power of Unusual Kindness: How practical, marked acts of care hit the target for those in the middle of a storm.
• Exposing the Lie of Karma: Why the self-centered belief in karma leaves no room for grace or the character of God.
• The Kingdom Has Come Near: Understanding how the realm of God's power and authority interrupts human circumstance.
• The Communal Nature of the Kingdom: Why Christian faith was never meant to be lived in isolation, but shared around the table with others.
• Finding Courage in Community: How gathering with fellow believers brings gratitude and renewed strength for the journey ahead.

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You are engaged in an unseen spiritual war, and the enemy's greatest tactic is deception. Discover how to push through the fog of war and stand firm in Christ.

In this sermon on Ephesians 6:10–18, Guest Speaker Chris Brooks addresses the reality of spiritual warfare and the subtleness of the enemy's schemes. Unpacking the concept of the "fog of war," Chris exposes how Satan uses deceptive ideas, disordered desires, and cultural normalization to disarm and isolate believers. Learn why the cross of Christ has already secured final victory, how to identify the enemy's playbook, and how taking up the full armor of God—through Scripture and persistent prayer—equips you to fight back.

In this episode, we cover:

• The Reality of the Unseen Conflict: Understanding that our true struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against spiritual forces of evil.
• The Fog of War & MQ (Military Intelligence): Developing situational awareness regarding your capability in Christ, the adversary's capability, and his intent.
• D-Day vs. VE Day: Realizing that while Christ decisively defeated the enemy at the cross, believers still navigate ongoing battles in the "already and not yet" kingdom.
• The Enemy's Playbook: How deceptive ideas lead to disordered desires, which become normalized in a sinful culture.
• Battle Tactics for the Believer: Utilizing the Word of God as the Sword of the Spirit and engaging in persistent prayer to break spiritual strongholds.

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When life's storms threaten to tear everything apart, how do you hold steady? Discover eight practical anchors for surviving any shipwreck.

In this sermon on Acts 27, Lead Pastor Neil McClendon walks through Paul’s intense journey at sea, demonstrating that while God is sovereign over the winds and waves, He does not always rescue us from the storm—He carries us through it. Unpacking Paul's posture during a literal shipwreck, Pastor Neil shares eight vital principles for navigating life's greatest trials. Discover the importance of deep biblical friendships, how money can entice us to take foolish risks, why we must face the wind directly, and how storms clarify what is truly essential in our lives.

In this episode, we cover:

• You Must Have Friends: Why long, enduring relationships are essential for surviving life's seasons of crisis.
• Follow Truth, Not Money: Exposing how financial incentives can tempt us to ignore obvious danger and compromise principle.
• Facing the Wind: Realizing that whatever you avoid, you empower—and why you must face trials directly rather than being driven off course.
• Clarifying What Is Essential: How seasons of difficulty strip away non-essentials and cultivate humbling gratitude.
• Spiritual Authority & Measuring Progress: Praying for others in the midst of your own trial and keeping your mind from calibrating to bad news.

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Light always conquers darkness—but light is also revealing. Are you willing to step out of the shadows into the freedom of God's grace?

In this sermon on John 1:1–5 and John 3:16–21, Guest Speaker Tyler Moffett addresses how believers respond when the light of Christ shines into the dark places of our lives. Drawing from his experiences in San Francisco's Tenderloin district, Pastor Tyler contrasts the world's deep spiritual darkness with the unstoppable power of the light of Christ. Discover why hiding our struggles leads to isolation and spiritual decay, how 1 John 1:9 promises total cleansing through ongoing confession, and why the church must be the safest place to experience authentic, redemptive community.

In this episode, we cover:

• Light Is Powerful and Revealing: Understanding that light always overcomes darkness while simultaneously exposing what we try to hide.
• Two Responses to the Light: Contrasting the fleshly urge to hide and cover our sin with the active, biblical choice to confess.
• The High Cost of Secrecy: How living a double life wears down our souls and isolates us from God and others.
• Authentic Community Through Confession: Why 1 John 1 shows that walking in the light is the true foundation for deep fellowship.
• Reclaiming Broken Stories: Embracing the truth that Jesus cancels our sin on the cross so we can live in complete freedom.

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