Our culture of comparison is out of control.  Ps. Scott Lasher talks through how what we do is not what makes us valuable.  Jesus' relentless, pursuing love changes the equation of how we look at what professional, academic, or personal success looks like.

Ps. Ike shares on the Holy Spirit as Advocate in John 14:15-27

A healthy lifestyle is a good thing, but health easily becomes an idol when we find ourselves seeking the good life through healthy living. Ps. Kelsey Lasher helps us to put physical health in the right perspective while putting God first.

Anytime that our goals get out of sync with who God made us to be, it means that we’ve created an idol. This happens all of the time with relationships and sex. Ps. Ike Shepardson casts a vision for how beautiful love can be if you cast aside your idols. When you put God first, everything else that you need will come to you in its time.

Busyness, success, or how we look are idols that can control our lives, but Ps. Kelsey Shepardson invites us to reject anything that would steal our happiness and meaning for cheap imitations.  These counterfeits can never replace the only One who satisfies, and if we reject idols, our lives will inevitably look different.

Did Jesus actually rise from the dead? People think of faith as if it is completely divorced from evidence and reason. This is not a biblical understanding of faith. In fact, if we have good historical reasons to believe that Jesus actually rose from the dead, this changes everything. Ps. Ike Shepardson explains that we have good evidence to believe the resurrection, and if we do, then we need to take the step and start following Jesus.

When we place our hope in the world (in others, in our jobs, in our circumstances), we end up disappointed.  Ps. Scott Lasher invites us to consider that following God is not about simple happiness or the fulfillment of our own goals.  Jesus didn't come to fulfill our expectations; he came to exceed them.

People are inspired by Jesus, and Christians have always believed that Jesus is their Savior.  But Ps. Kelsey Shepardson challenges us that Jesus needs to be our Savior and our Model.  We need to pattern our lives after his, and if we do, we'll find healing and beauty and truth.

If you don't pursue, you'll drift.  Ps. Kelsey Lasher teaches us that maintaining our pursuit of Christ requires us to carefully remember who he is, what he's done, and why we pursue him.  Otherwise, we will drift away.

Our culture has a superiority complex.  Our pride and self-righteousness can even make us think that our own opinions are the highest authorities.  But what if there is someone who already has the superior name, position, power, and authority?  This is exactly what we learn about Jesus in the Book of Hebrews.  Pastor Tyler Zabor gives this week's message on the amazing authority that Jesus has.