Leslie Zurita explores our longstanding notions about fearing God and contrasts those with the mercy we see in the ministry of Jesus, suggesting that perhaps fearing/respecting God means taking seriously what he value most, things like goodness, compassion, mercy, and restoration.

Today Pastor Fran explores what often feels like a tension between what the bible says about salvation being a free gift and Jesus' talk about taking up our cross and the cost of following him.  When we understand the gospel holistically, it makes sense, but to do that we have to stop thinking just about our afterlife destination, and more about God's desire and work to restore our humanity.

In today's message from Matthew, Pastor Fran shares how Jesus announced that he had come to preach the gospel, Good News, and raises the uncomfortable question of whether we modern Christians really understand the gospel that Jesus came to bring. This message will challenge your thinking about modern Christianity and call you to come back and sit at the feet of Jesus and hear what he has to say about finding the new way to be, and to see, and to live.

In this first message of a new series through the Gospel of Matthew, Pastor Fran teaches through the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness, and shows us how this story speaks to the very heart of the Good News, and what God seeks to do to make human beings whole and free and good.

Leslie Zurita interviews Pastor Fran to hear some of his personal thoughts about LifeSpring Church right now, about the shifts happening in the American church, and how Christians should navigate the realm of politics in this election year that is sure to be tempestuous.

In this sermon, Pastor Fran explores the story of Simeon, who took the infant Christ in his arms and prophesied that this one would expose some hearts and set others free.

In this Christmas Eve message, Pastor Fran shows how Mary's journey has parallels to our own, and how it can inspire us and give us courage to walk the road before us, and to let Christ be formed in US and brought into the world.

In this Christmas message Pastor Fran explores the impoverished circumstances of Christ's birth, how in this ignoble birth God both exposes our poverty of soul and joins us in it to bring us into the riches of love.

In this sermon, Pastor Fran talks about the mystery surrounding the incarnation secrets. The mystery of God taking on human flesh and clothing himself in our humanity.

Have you ever wondered if there's more to the incarnation than just Jesus being born so that he could die for us later on? In this message Pastor Fran explores what it means that the joy of God has erupted into the world with the birth of Christ, endured the cross, and is now restoring joy to all his creatures.