We've gotten really good at having people around us without letting anyone get close. We know how to answer "how are you?" without ever really answering it.

In Part 2 of Challenge Accepted, Forrest Jenan explores what Jesus meant by real relationships and why the way of Jesus was never meant to be walked alone.

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You already have a way... a way you handle conflict, chase success, treat people who disagree with you. You probably never chose it on purpose. It got handed to you, or you picked it up along the way.

In Part 1 of Challenge Accepted, we look at what it actually means when Jesus says "follow me" — not an invitation to a few good teachings, but an invitation to trade your road for his.

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Managing life on your own natural ability ... how's that actually working out? For most of us, not great. Not because we're failing, but because we were never meant to run on willpower alone.

In the final week of I AM, Brian Ross unpacks Jesus's claim in John 15:1 — "I am the true vine" — and what it looks like to access a kind of power that goes beyond anything we can manufacture ourselves.

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Success. The right relationship. The perfect body. The paid-off house. We're all chasing some version of the golden ticket... convinced that if we just find it, life will finally start.

In Part 6 of I AM, Jordan Brokaw unpacks one of Jesus's boldest claims from the Last Supper — John 14:6, "I am the way and the truth and the life" — and what it means that the thing we've been chasing was never a destination, but a person.

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We live by an unspoken rule: forget you're going to die. Stay busy, stay young, stay distracted... anything to avoid the questions death forces us to ask.

In Part 5 of I AM, Jordan Brokaw sits with the story of Jesus's friend Lazarus — the waiting, the grief, the disappointment — and Jesus's claim in John 11:25 that changes everything: "I am the resurrection and the life."

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We all want the version of Jesus that only gives ... a caring shepherd, a safety net, someone in our corner when things go wrong. What we don't sign up for is the other half of what a shepherd actually does: stand between us and the wolf, even when it costs him everything.

That's the tension underneath Jesus' claim in John 10... "I am the Good Shepherd." In Part 4 of I AM, Stephanie Benthin asks the question most of us would rather skip: are you following Jesus because of what he gives you, or because of who he's asking you to become?

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We're all pretty good at building velvet ropes... deciding who's in, who's out, who belongs. Even the church has done it, trading the wide-open door of Jesus for membership requirements and fine print.

In Part 3 of I AM, Jordan Brokaw unpacks Jesus's claim in John 10:9 — "I am the gate" — and how the way to God was never a system to master, but a person to walk through.

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Most of us are navigating life by feel … chasing what we think we want, following what looks like the right path, hoping it leads somewhere good. But what if the direction you're looking for isn't something you figure out on your own?

In Part 2 of I AM, Brian Ross unpacks Jesus's claim in John 8:12 — "I am the light of the world" — and explores what it actually means to follow someone who says that. What does it look like to base your life on Jesus's example? And what does he actually offer — and not offer — to those who do?

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We all have a hunger underneath our hunger … a soul-level ache that food, success, relationships, and endless scrolling never quite satisfy. We press the lever. We chase the next thing. And the hunger comes back.

In this first message of the I AM series, Jordan Brokaw unpacks Jesus's claim that he alone is the bread of life … and what it means that true satisfaction isn't found in what Jesus gives, but in who he is.

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Bob Wiley had a plan. Take a vacation from his problems. The only flaw? Bob came with him.

Most of us do the same thing every summer. We book the flights, pack the bags, and quietly hope a change of scenery will do what only real transformation can do.

But escapism and real rest are not the same thing.

In Part 2 of Searching for Summer, Jordan Brokaw traces the thread of escapism through one of the Bible's most famous stories: Jonah. It’s the story about a bitter man who would rather be thrown into the sea than do the hard work of becoming a more loving person.

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