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Our Lead Pastor Nate continues teaching through our series, “The Good Life,” by looking at Jesus’ words, “Happy are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” In this message, Nate explores a common place of tension – the workplace – and what it might mean to be a peacemaker in our own workplaces. The workplace is a microcosm of the many other spaces where we’re called to be peacemakers: our homes, our neighborhoods, our country, and our world. Take a listen.

November 6, 2022

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The Front Church is a new church in the Salt Lake Valley, inviting as many people as possible to experience Jesus’ story. To learn more, visit www.thefrontchurch.com

*Our apologies for the audio quality. We were experiencing technical difficulties on Sunday morning.*

[The Good Life is a teaching series inspired by Derwin Gray’s book, “The Good Life: What Jesus Teaches about Finding True Happiness.” You can learn more by visiting https://thegoodlifebook.net]

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Our Lead Pastor Nate continues teaching through our series, “The Good Life.” In the middle of Jesus’ head-scratching happiness manifesto, Jesus says, “Happy are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” It’s important that we realize *how* this works. If we don’t realize how it works to be “pure in heart,” these words will become a weight, a burden too heavy to bear. And that misunderstanding will lead to feelings of hopelessness, like we’ll never measure up. We’ve already noted Jesus isn’t in the market for extensive religious resumes; he’s not actually interested in those at all. So what does Jesus mean by His words? Jesus knows we don’t need a reformed heart; we need a new heart – a heart transplant – and that’s exactly what He’s come to do. Be encouraged, and take a listen.

October 30, 2022

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The Front Church is a new church in the Salt Lake Valley, inviting as many people as possible to experience Jesus’ story. To learn more, visit www.thefrontchurch.com

[The Good Life is a teaching series inspired by Derwin Gray’s book, “The Good Life: What Jesus Teaches about Finding True Happiness.” You can learn more by visiting https://thegoodlifebook.net]

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Mercy is not the currency of our culture; shame and unforgiveness are. Shame and unforgiveness are used as the tools to effect change for those not in our “tribe,” whether that be a political tribe, a religious tribe, or any sort of idealogical tribe. We get away with our use of shame and unforgiveness by calling it “justice,” but for most of our culture, it’s justice without a path towards redemption. This way of effecting change works, but only for a minute… It’s not the way Jesus effects change or invites us to effect change. The currency of Jesus’ culture is mercy. Listen as our Lead Pastor Nate continues our teaching series on The Good Life.

October 23, 2022

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The Front Church is a new church in the Salt Lake Valley, inviting as many people as possible to experience Jesus’ story. To learn more, visit www.thefrontchurch.com

[The Good Life is a teaching series inspired by Derwin Gray’s book, “The Good Life: What Jesus Teaches about Finding True Happiness.” You can learn more by visiting https://thegoodlifebook.net]

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How can it be that those who hunger and thirst for God’s justice will be satisfied (Matthew 5:6)? A simple look at our world – its injustices, suffering, and brokenness – would seem to indicate those longing for God’s justice would be dissatisfied. Where are You God? In fact, some look at the injustice, suffering, and brokenness of our world as evidence there is no God. What does Jesus mean by His words in Matthew 5:6? Are these words about the future? Can these be words about our present reality in the midst of the injustice, suffering, and brokenness? Our Lead Pastor Nate reflects on these words of Jesus; take a listen.

October 16, 2022

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The Front Church is a new church in the Salt Lake Valley, inviting as many people as possible to experience Jesus’ story. To learn more, visit www.thefrontchurch.com

[The Good Life is a teaching series inspired by Derwin Gray’s book, “The Good Life: What Jesus Teaches about Finding True Happiness.” You can learn more by visiting https://thegoodlifebook.net]

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Misplaced confidence can be a dangerous thing. It can take you places… the wrong places. In Matthew 5:5, Jesus says, “Happy are the humble.” To be humble doesn’t mean to lack confidence; to be humble means to properly place your confidence. Our Lead Pastor Nate takes a look at the life of Peter, who is the perfect example of both misplaced and properly placed confidence. Take a listen.

October 9, 2022

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The Front Church is a new church in the Salt Lake Valley, inviting as many people as possible to experience Jesus’ story. To learn more, visit www.thefrontchurch.com

[The Good Life is a teaching series inspired by Derwin Gray’s book, “The Good Life: What Jesus Teaches about Finding True Happiness.” You can learn more by visiting https://thegoodlifebook.net]

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“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” What could Jesus have meant by these words in his strange happiness manifesto? In this message, our Lead Pastor Nate explores some possibilities and takes a look at a few reasons God’s people should mourn. Could it be the first step towards our healing is our mourning? Take a listen.

October 2, 2022

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The Front Church is a new church in the Salt Lake Valley, inviting as many people as possible to experience Jesus’ story. To learn more, visit www.thefrontchurch.com

[The Good Life is a teaching series inspired by Derwin Gray’s book, “The Good Life: What Jesus Teaches about Finding True Happiness.” You can learn more by visiting https://thegoodlifebook.net]

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