What is the simple way of Jesus and how does it work in our lives?

Pastor Kevin contrasts the difference between fundamentalism and freedom and how that applies to our lives and MCF.

Pastor Kevin wove his own story with surprise tributes and a focus on the "grace in which we stand" when we stand in the relationship between the Father and the Son through the Holy Spirit.

Humans have, it seems, from the beginning of time, tried to find ways to come together and live in harmony. This human unity project always seems to fail. However, there is hope. The Spirit of God is able to accomplish what we, on our own, can't.

This week's sermon is about one of the weirdest stories in the Bible in which Jesus ascended into heaven. That story begs the question. Where is he now? The answer may surprise you.

Do you ever play the "woulda, coulda, shoulda" game in which you replay and regret the past. Do you play the "what if?" game in which you constantly try to preview and prevent imagined catastrophes in the future?  Both of those games rob us of peace. But when we get back into the present moment, we can tap the peace of the Holy Spirit at the center of our being. We can begin to live with texture where joy coexists with turmoil and peace coexists with suffering. 

Jesus is the vulnerable shepherd who shows us how to live with courage and vulnerability. 

Love God and love people?  That is an often used slogan.  But it can be slightly misleading as if you can choose one or the other.  Pastor Kevin shows us from scripture that the only way to love God is by loving people.  

Pastor Al Johnson speaks on the power of praise to change our perspective.

Often our relationship with The Christ starts with a personal relationship with Jesus.  The problem with that is we tend to personalize Jesus.  On this Easter Sunday pastor Kevin challenges us to let go of our personalized Jesus's so we can wake up to the reality that we are already IN a universe of loving relationship many know as the Risen Christ.