One of our core values as a church is that we are Bible-driven. That means we don’t make plans and then attach Bible verses to them. We are driven to our plans and strategies by what God says to us in the Bible. Throughout this series, you’ve seen how every facet of what we’re looking to do is driven by biblical truth, from our understanding of the purpose of the local church to our belief that God calls us to prepare for Him to do more in and through us. Join us for our final weekend in our IMagINe S

If the last words of Jesus in Matthew give us our tactics for accomplishing our mission, then the last words of Jesus in Acts give us our strategy. The picture that Jesus paints here is ever-widening circles, kind of like the ripples that spread out after you drop a rock into a lake. The initial impact was in Jerusalem. Join us this weekend as Craig unpacks our Global vision for our IMagINe Campaign.

This is week 2 of our IMagINe series where we're peeking through some doors to see what God has in store for us in the future and what it looks like to get ready to be the church God is calling us to be. This is one of those odd little stories in the Bible that tends to get skimmed over way too quickly because it teaches what I would call a transformational principle.

Today we’re going to be asking the question: what is God’s purpose for this thing that we call the local church? What’s his heartbeat for it? What would it look like for us to be the church God always wanted And here’s the honest truth: we believe a lot of churches in America don’t know how to answer that question. In fact, we honestly believe that a lot of churches in America are in danger of losing, or have already lost.

So, Jesus wants us to be vulnerable. He wants us to give more than is required. He wants us to serve our enemies. He wants us to practice unfailing generosity. Let me ask you this: What do all these things have in common? Join us as Craig unpacks this in our last week of our 'He Said What?' series before we kick off an amazing new series next week!

Now, let’s just pause here for a minute because what Jesus does here is a little different than what he’s been doing up to this point.  See, up to this point, the pattern Jesus has been following has been to quote a single Old Testament law. But here, instead of quoting one law, he actually summarizes several Old Testament laws that revolve around what we might call swearing…. tune in to hear Craig break down Jesus' standards here on promise-keeping.

This weekend, guest speaker Dale Burke takes us through what a little neglect can do to a marriage.

Today, Craig takes us into a hard subject. This isn’t about the intent to commit adultery with her or him. It’s about the intent to desire her. In other words, Jesus is warning us about the danger of entertaining attraction to someone other than your spouse. That’s what lust is. It’s the decision to entertain attraction to someone.

The rules can point us in the right direction, but they can’t actually accomplish the transformation that needs to happen inside us. The rules can’t make us righteous. But Jesus can. Today, we're going to look at an example of examples of Old Testament laws and use it to illustrate how those laws point us to the kind of people God designed us to be!

“He said what?” What he says here is radical. It’s surprising. To be honest, it’s also a little overwhelming. Because what he has to say here sounds a lot like an unattainable standard. And let’s just be clear: the standard Jesus calls us to here is unattainable…it’s impossible…unless you understand what Jesus says at the very beginning.