Psalm 37:4 | Is your happiness grounded in your circumstances and achievement, or in a steadfast relationship with Christ? Like a fish out of water cannot improve its quality of life with things, our happiness cannot be complete without the foundation of the love of Christ. Only by dying to ourselves and living in Christ can we experience fullness of happiness and joy.

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Whether it’s from a pop-star, an Internet meme, or a Disney movie, “Follow your heart” has become the narrative of our culture. But there’s a problem; our heart is a liar. Throughout Scripture, we are instead called to test our hearts, guard our hearts, and to follow Jesus with every part of our hearts.

Proverbs 3:5-6, Ezekiel 36:26 | Whether it's from a pop-star, an Internet meme, or a Disney movie, "Follow your heart" has become the narrative of our culture. But there's a problem; our heart is a liar. Throughout Scripture, we are instead called to test our hearts, guard our hearts, and to follow Jesus with every part of our hearts.

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How powerful are our words? Can we ‘declare’ prosperity into existence? Can faith guarantee us a life free from suffering? In this message, we examine some of the claims of the ‘prosperity gospel’ and how they fall woefully short of the Christianity found throughout the New Testament. The victorious Christian life is ultimately not one of perfect health, wealth and ease where God grants our every wish; but a life of deepening satisfaction, holiness, and trust in Jesus, whose grace is sufficient to meet our every need.

Proverbs 18:21, Hebrews 11:32-40 | How powerful are our words? Can we ‘declare’ prosperity into existence? Can faith guarantee us a life free from suffering? In this message, we examine some of the claims of the ‘prosperity gospel’ and how they fall woefully short of the Christianity found throughout the New Testament. The victorious Christian life is ultimately not one of perfect health, wealth and ease where God grants our every wish; but a life of deepening satisfaction, holiness, and trust in Jesus, whose grace is sufficient to meet our every need.

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There is perhaps no more misquoted verse in the Bible than Matthew 7:1, “Judge not, that you be not judged.” In this message, we look at three wrong ways Christians go about judging, as well as the right way Christians are called to navigate these tricky waters without becoming hypocrites. As John Stott beautifully sums up, “The command to ‘judge not’ is not a requirement to be blind, but a plea to be generous.”

Matthew 7:1-6 | There is perhaps no more misquoted verse in the Bible than Matthew 7:1, “Judge not, that you be not judged.” In this message, we look at three wrong ways Christians go about judging, as well as the right way Christians are called to navigate these tricky waters without becoming hypocrites. As John Stott beautifully sums up, “The command to ‘judge not’ is not a requirement to be blind, but a plea to be generous.”

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In this week’s message we take a deeper look at what may be Jesus’ most scandalous set of claims – that he is God, he is the only way to God, and he is truth. This leaves to decide whether Jesus is a liar, lunatic, or truly Lord.

John 14:4-7 | In this week’s message we take a deeper look at what may be Jesus’ most scandalous set of claims - that he is God, he is the only way to God, and he is truth. This leaves to decide whether Jesus is a liar, lunatic, or truly Lord.

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A theology of God that lacks intimacy with God is both worthless and powerless. In the same way a branch draws its life from the vine, Jesus calls us to make our home in him and find our strength in him. Every person who belongs to Christ will bear fruit as they unmistakably experience the presence of God, the power of God, and the pruning of God in their lives