We hear about forgiveness all the time when it comes to Christ’s teachings. What about repentance? Forgiveness is where it starts and it is critical to move to the next step. To take this a step further, we should be actively pushing one another to do better. Carrying both of these words out in our daily lives changes everything.

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In today's message, we ease drop on conversations with Jesus in Luke 4 and Matthew 5.  In the first passage Jesus is reading from Isaiah in His home town of Nazareth.  The town folk are enjoying His reading and teaching.  But the smiles turn to gnashing teeth as He tells them that the scriptures are fulfilled!  With urgency, they switch from adoring Him to trying to shove Him off a nearby cliff.  Jesus challenged their assumptions about God.  In Matt 5, Jesus is talking with another group of people.  He begins to challenge the status quo regarding offense and conflict.  Most, like us, were dealing with conflict by avoiding the other person, and by talking to others (behind their back) about the treacherous acts that were committed against us.  They/we wanted revenge and payment for the wrong doing, not conversation and forgiveness.  Once again, Jesus challenges the established norm.  He tells the group/us to quickly resolve conflict, to talk with the person, one-on-one, to try to resolve things.  Only if we cannot resolve the conflict, should we include others to go with us to attempt to resolve the conflict.  Once again, Jesus changes everything!

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“If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed”. It’s a familiar Bible verse - but what does it really mean? In our newest sermon series, “Jesus Changes Everything”, Pastor Jamey walks us through how Christ alone offers us spiritual freedom for all those who accept him as their Savior and abide in his word.

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Who is your confidence in? If it's Jesus, you can "Rest Assured" He will walk with you and ahead of you through everything!

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As Jamey ends the sermon series Life is a Journey, we follow Nehemiahs story in Nehemiah 6. The large takeaway boils down to this: It isn’t about how you start, it’s all about how you finish. At the same time, we really see a good example of healthy leadership. The question becomes not IF we fight, it’s about HOW we fight. Ensure your confidence remains in what Christ has done for you.

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In this special Super Bowl Sunday message, Pastor Jamey continues through the book of Nehemiah. He is joined by Shaun, Drew, & Brent to discuss some of the facets of Christian teamwork and how we help grow each other through and with Christ. It's imperative that we as Christians come together, encourage each other, hold each other (and ourselves) accountable, and realize that God has so much more for us than we can possibly imagine.

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Following Jesus is hard. Our faith walk requires us to live uncomfortably, denying ourselves and relinquishing control. With thousands of children in the Illinois foster care system, there is a great need for action. As followers of Christ, we may not all be called to bring a vulnerable child into our home, but we are all called to act. Nehemiah led the charge to rebuild Jerusalem’s wall as an act of obedience to what God called him to, but it also required commitment and sacrifice from the entire community to make it a reality. The call of the church is to be one community working together to make a positive impact one life at a time. 

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Life Happens. What are we to do when things are broken? In this sermon we look at our call as believers. We are to help reconcile and in that process point the reason we can. Our lives are constant arrows that point to Jesus Christ. When we truly understand our image and who we are in light of this, we can do incredible things!

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This week we continue in the book of Nehemiah, following the building of the wall. In chapter 5, we see a common pattern from the enemy. When attacks from the outside don’t work, the enemy moves to attacking from the inside. As selfishness sweeps across the city, we see how a true leader responds in a time of division. He fosters in a culture of reconciliation. 

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How wonderful is it that we, as Christians, get to fulfill God's plan to communicate his story of redemption for those who don't know and are unaware. In today's message, Pastor Shaun discusses finding our purpose, not just in the church body, but God's will for us throughout our lives. Every one of us has the responsibility to both pray and act; to be both a worker and a warrior for the Lord. Are you ready to pick up your sword and shovel and get to work?

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