What if the deepest struggle you feel -- the pressure to be enough, do enough, fix yourself -- is a window into what you were truly made for? 

Enter one of the most important debates in Christian history: Pelagius vs. Augustine. Their clash over sin, free will, and grace are highlighted in:

• Do we need better habits, or a new heart?
• Does grace make us passive -- or does it actually make us alive?
• Why is surrender so much harder than self-improvement? 

If you've ever felt stuck, exhausted, spiritually dry, or weighed down by the pressure to be 'enough', this message will challenge, comfort, and reorient you towards the kind of life only grace can create.

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What happens when someone tries to cut the Old Testament out of the Bible?
In the second century, a wealthy ship-owner named Marcion did exactly that—literally tearing out every page that didn't fit his vision of a loving God. The early church called him "the firstborn of Satan" and returned his $13 million gift. But his question still haunts us: What does blood and sacrifice have to do with the God of love?

This sermon follows Marcion's story into Leviticus 16—the Day of Atonement—to show how the Old Testament isn't something to escape from, but the key to understanding the cross, the incarnation, and the mystery of Christmas itself.

It's an invitation to wrestle honestly with Scripture's hard parts and discover why the church fathers would rather die than lose the Book of Leviticus.

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What if God is placing opportunities right in front of you—and you don’t even see them?
In this vision sermon, we explore 2 Kings 13 and the moment God invites King Jehoash to “strike the ground.” It’s a strange story with a powerful question behind it: What will you do with the opportunities God puts in your hands?

We’ll look at the cultural moment we’re living in, the growing spiritual hunger around us, and the call to wake up, pay attention, and join God in what He’s doing.

Ever feel like following God has made life harder, not easier? Like you traded predictable pain for terrifying freedom? This is a message for anyone who has ever stood at a Sea moment and thought, “Maybe I should just go back.”

In Exodus 13–14, the people of Israel are finally free… and immediately feel trapped. Pharaoh changes his mind. A sea blocks their path. Fear rewrites their memories and freedom suddenly feels overwhelming.

We look at why God sometimes takes “the long way,” how fear convinces us that slavery was easier, and how Jesus (the better mediator/Moses) accomplishes for us the greatest Exodus, from sin, shame, and sorrow.

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Everyone has a defining moment. What if yours already happened—before you were born?

In Exodus 12, death is coming. God commands His people: slaughter a lamb, paint its blood on your door, then gather your family and eat. This meal becomes THE moment that defines them forever. And it's the moment that helps us understand what Jesus meant when He said, "This is my body, broken for you." The Passover doesn't just explain communion—it IS the gospel. Substitution. Blood covering. A feast that sustains you for the journey.

If God can take traumatized slaves and give them a new story, a new identity, a new beginning... He can do the same for you.

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The first step in knowing God is unlearning everything you think you know.

In Exodus 7–10, God doesn’t just free His people from Egypt—He dismantles Egypt’s entire way of seeing the world. Through the Ten Plagues, He reveals Himself by unmaking their reality and tearing down the false gods they had trusted for meaning, security, and control.

In this message, we'll explore our response to the God who hides in plain sight, kills our "gods," and thrusts our lives into emptiness and chaos... so that he can make us new.

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What if Jesus said to you, “You don’t yet look as happy as I mean you to be”?

In a culture drowning in distraction, hurry, and exhaustion, Sabbath is God’s radical invitation to freedom. Drawing from Scripture, neuroscience, and real-life stories, this sermon explores what it means to stop, rest, delight, and worship. You’ll discover how Sabbath is not just a day off, but a life-giving practice that helps us get our souls back, resist the gods of productivity, and step into the joy God intends for us.

What if the very thing your soul is craving isn’t more achievement, more hustle, or more scrolling—but rest? 

Speaking to our modern exhaustion, is Sabbath unreachable? Is it wellness for the privileged, legalism, or a Jewish thing? It’s actually about freedom, formation, and healing. What might change if we actually lived into this rhythm?

Whether you’re feeling burned out, spiritually hungry, or just curious about what Jesus has to say about rest, this message will help you step into God’s gift of Sabbath—a cathedral in time, where our souls can recover, delight, and breathe again.

You can't stop working. Something won't let you rest.

The Book of Exodus names that "something" - and shows you what God wants to do to break its power in your life.

This sermon unpacks Israel’s slavery in Egypt and God’s strange way of training them in freedom through manna and Sabbath. You’ll see that Sabbath isn’t self-care. It’s resistance.

We’ll uncover what’s really keeping you from rest—and point you to Jesus, the true bread from heaven, whose finished work on the cross means you don’t have to prove yourself anymore.

Sabbath isn’t just rest. It’s an act of war.

Ever feel like following Jesus is making your life, not better, but worse?

In this message from Exodus 5-6, we dive into one of the most honest and unsettling parts of the Bible—where God's people accept His promise of salvation, and then their suffering immediately gets worse. Moses shows up with God's message of freedom, the Israelites worship and believe... and then Pharaoh makes their slave labor brutally harder. The people who were just praising God now curse Moses. Even Moses starts questioning God.

If you've ever felt like following Jesus made your life more difficult instead of easier, this message is for you. This isn't a "everything happens for a reason" message. It's an honest look at why the path to freedom often leads through deeper struggle first—and why that might actually be evidence that God is working, not absent.

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