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"An eye for an eye," we've heard it said, which is stated in the Old Testament. Vengeance and retaliation are often the first things on our minds when we've been wronged. But what does Christ tell us in Matthew 5? All of us have been wronged at some point in our lives. Do we just roll over and allow ourselves or our pride be injured?

Though we may make our plans and predictions, there's only one Person who knows and holds the future. Because of this, it's not within our power to swear oaths to what we can and cannot do in the future. Join us for an eye-opening message on what we are really communicating when we say "I swear..."

Among many things, the #metoo movement has served to drag the issue of sexual immorality, lust, pornography and infidelity out of the shadows and into the spotlight. As we follow along Christ's sermon on the mount, He teaches about these issues, and in this message, we'll talk about safeguarding our heart so that we honor God mind, body and soul, and don't fall prey to sexual sin.

As we go through life being humans, we're going to mess up. People are going to fail us and let us down too. But did you know that holding hateful anger in your heart toward another person is akin to murder in God's eyes? This type of heart attitude can even put up barriers in our relationship with Him. Listen, hear what it takes to identify and overcome a heart of anger, and witness Christ's call for reconciliation.

Jesus said believers were "salt" and "light." In the physical world, we know that both salt and light have incredible effects on their environments. But how do these metaphors Christ uses empower us? This Sunday, come and listen and understand how you can act as salt and light, by God's grace and power, by going out and bringing Godly influence into an unbelieving world.

Pastor Aaron provides a time of devotion and prayer, giving God thanks and remembering the year past, while trusting Him with the coming year ahead.

"Happy New Year!" We often drop this phrase on our friends and family as more of a greeting than an exhortation. But what does it take to truly be happy? How do we have a happy new year, and beyond? Hit the reset button as we talk through the remaining beatitudes, several heart attitudes Jesus describes in Matthew 5 for true happiness.

Christmas is that incredible time in which we communicate our love for each other with the giving of gifts to each other, a tradition which echoes the gift God gave to us 2000 years ago when He sent His Son Jesus Christ to be our Savior! God delights in giving us gifts, but also when we turn and give back to Him. This Christmas Eve morning, we will look at two very special gifts we can give to Him.

Does the Bible guarantee an inherent right to be happy? Does the Bible declare that we have the right to pursue happiness? How does our happiness bring glory and honor to God? In this sermon, we begin our study of the Sermon on the Mount, starting with the Beatitudes in Matthew 5.

With Christ coming to Earth and preaching a new covenant of the Spirit, many people of His time had difficulty reconciling the law with what He taught. Even now with the Old Testament and New Testament complete, we can struggle with this question: Are you living in rules and regulation, or in Spirit transformation?