Hope Begins With Jesus

Continuing the No Pain No Gain series in Mark 4, Trevie walks through the Parable of the Lamp, explaining how an apprentice has a role as Jesus is revealed as the light of the world that can't be hidden.

Opening the No Pain No Gain series in Mark 4, David walks through the Parable of the Sower, naming three enemies (Satan, the World, the Flesh) that try to keep the gospel from taking root, and pairing each one with a spiritual practice (Community, Scripture, Silence and Solitude) that helps it grow instead.

From Matthew 5:13-16, David shows that followers of Jesus are already salt and light by identity, not by effort. Staying in contact with Jesus as a Growing Follower naturally makes you an Engaged Follower who brings flavor to hard conversations instead of staying fearful and passive.

Opening the Can We Talk series, David walks through the first four Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-6) as the heart postures, hearing someone's story, feeling their challenges, recognizing their reliance, discovering their pursuits, that make real curiosity about other people possible.

From Mark 12:28-33, the Great Commandment shows that proximity to Jesus as our first love is what makes real love for the people around us possible. Law without love produces religion; love flowing from nearness to Jesus produces flourishing.

In Matthew 22, Jesus tells the parable of the wedding feast. David walks through what the words in that story meant to Jesus original audience, then shows how understanding someone elses perspective is where real proximity, and a real invitation into relationship with Jesus, begins.

Using the story of the Good Samaritan, David looks at why getting close to people feels risky and how that risk reveals our hearts and calls us to give our time. Luke 10:25-37.

In this message from Leviticus 19:1-18, David opens the new Proximity series by looking at what it actually takes to move from religion to relationship. He walks through why holiness is what closes the distance between us and God, and why our love for other people is proof that the distance is closing. It is an honest look at why we can know a lot about Jesus and still keep Him at arm's length.

In Psalm 139:23-24, David closes his prayer by asking God to search his heart and point out anything that needs to change. This is the final message in the KNOWN series, and it asks what it looks like to actually respond once God shows you something. Being fully known by Jesus isn't something to fear, it's the path to freedom and everlasting life. Part of the KNOWN series on Psalm 139.

In Psalm 139:19-22, David turns from praise to a hard, honest prayer about the people who reject God. In a culture built on the idea that truth is just your own perspective, this message asks a harder question. Truth is not a perspective, truth is a person, and his name is Jesus. This is a message about choosing a side and letting that choice change you. Part of the KNOWN series on Psalm 139.