"If you hear and don’t do, you deceive you." Happy New Year! In today's message Mark Vanderwier begins a new series looking at the different worldviews we encounter in our lives and reflecting about are we thinking about how we're thinking? Mark begins tackling how to answering the question of "Do I look at the world through the lens of scripture?" because what you believe matters.

"There is a simplicity in the gospel when we realize it is for all nations, all people. It wasn’t just for the rich, the powerful, it was for everyone." In today's message Mark Vanderwier takes a look at what we can learn from the first Christmas and the simplicity that is in Christ. Our world needs to hear the Good News this Christmas, so go out and share it.

"The apostles understood that obedience was the response to Lordship." When was the last time you were truly in awe or wonder over anything? In today's message Mark Vanderwier takes a look at the different responses people had to the new King in town when Jesus was born. Mark reminds us not to forget about Jesus' Lordship, and the ultimate Majesty of the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.

"We are not the source of the light that we’re shining." Today Mark Vanderwier sheds some light on the three main attributes of light and encourages us to shine like we were meant to in a world full of darkness.

"Jesus is not waiting for your outer perfection to begin building His temple." Today Mark Vanderwier looks at the book of Nehemiah and the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. Marks also examines what it meant to come to Christ, turn to God, and be "added to the Church" in the days of the early church and what this means for us today.

"Tell God about your doubts and fears, tell Him about the anxious and worried things that are going on in your mind. Release them, get them out to Him, but then receive His truth.". We were blessed to have Brenda Drost back with us today. Brenda shared a very practical message about realigning our thoughts with the mind of Christ, bringing them to submission, and learning the pattern of thinking God has for us.

"It’s important that we value who Jesus values. " In part four of the longest series title we've ever had Mark Vanderwier gleans from the lowest point in Lot's life. Mark encourages us to take stock of what we are unintentionally passing on to the next generation and reminds of the incredible importance to value and intentionally equip them.

"Man's answers to man's problems rarely lead to solutions." In part three of the longest series title we've ever had Mark Vanderwier looks at the time in Lot's life when he is leaving Sodom and Gomorrah on the brink of destruction. As today is Remembrance Day we also remembered the high cost of freedom and what it means to be all in for that price of freedom.

"Stay focused on Who unites us rather than what divides us." In part two of the longest series title we've ever had Mark Vanderwier talks about being devoted to fellowship, community and unity within the body of Christ, and being aware of the battle waging every day to divide us.

"Once you go against your conscience once, it’s easier to go against it again." In the message with our longest title ever Mark Vanderwier examines a portion of the life of Abraham's nephew Lot. There is much we can gleen from Lot's bad example of how to respond to the cravings and traps of this world.