Renew Bible Church

Seasons | Ecclesiastes | Pastor Chris Heller

Join us this Sunday for the opening of our spring/summer series, "Seasons", a study in the book of Ecclesiastes. This series will help us recognize how we might be wasting our energy in futile pursuits and point us to the things that bring us purpose and meaning. It should be a study with a lot of practical application, and even some fun as well.

Vision Sunday | Pastor Chris Heller

This Sunday is Vision Sunday, where we’ll be unpacking new and exciting plans for the future at Renew. We’ll be sharing info about all our summer camps, as well as news for kids, youth, and adult ministries this summer. We’ll also talk about plans for our current campus, including strategies to manage our seating and parking lot capabilities.

You’ll hear about what God is doing through Revivals, including news about the Glassworks campus and Revivals Thrift, our Neighborhood Center at Fourth & Arch, as well as new vision for Replay Fitness. And, we’ll be highlighting Revivals’ spring concert and food drive with Cochren & Co. on May 3.

There’s a lot going on at Renew, and we can’t wait to share it with you!

Gospel Of Mark | Nobody | Pastor Chris Heller

The last few weeks have been heavy as we’ve watched Jesus cry out to God in Gethsemane, stand before the Jewish Sanhedrin and Pilate, endure a Roman scourging, and submit to his horrific crucifixion and death on the cross.

Gospel of Mark | The Death of the Son of God | Pastor Jon Adams

Mark 15:20-41

Mark’s gospel has been a book of action as we’ve traveled with Jesus from his earliest moments of ministry to his final week. But, as Mark brings his gospel to a close, he slows the pace and we get an almost hour-by-hour account of what Jesus experienced. 

We’ve watched Jesus cry out to God in Gethsemane, stand before the Jewish Sanhedrin and Pilate, and endure a Roman scourging. This week, Mark guides us through the final moments of Jesus' life as we witness the crucifixion and death of the Son of God. 

This will be a heavy week at Renew. But, it’s a part of Jesus’ story we must linger in and learn from before we can celebrate all he won on Resurrection Sunday.

This Is Who He Is - Gospel of Mark | Not Guilty | Pastor Chris Heller

Mark 15:1-15

Last week, Jesus was betrayed by a kiss, arrested, beaten, and falsely accused. 

Join us this week as our innocent Savior is brought before Pilate to be publicly declared innocent or guilty. Driven by fear, we will witness Pilate allowing the crowds to actually decide. Fortunately, God the Father has a very different verdict for His Son.

If you have ever struggled with shame and guilt from others, or inside your own head, this week should be a real encouragement.

This Is Who He Is - Gospel of Mark | Lest I Forget | Pastor Chris Heller

Mark 14:32-72

Have you ever been betrayed? It's not a pleasant feeling, especially when carried out by someone you were close to. You have some idea what it was like for Jesus that night in Gethsemane. But he knew there was even greater agony coming than just the pain of a betrayal. He knew it would lead to his very death.

Join us this week as we discover the many important lessons from the Garden that we best not forget.

This Is Who He Is - Gospel of Mark | Fall Away | Pastor Chris Heller

Mark 14:10-31

Why does it feel we are seeing more and more people “falling away” from the faith? This Sunday, as we follow Jesus into an upper room to take the last Passover meal with His disciples, we find this is not a new phenomenon.  

During this first communion, which we will commemorate as a church this week, Jesus says, “one of you will betray me," and then later says, “all of you will fall away.”

Join us this week as we dive deeper into these two predictions.

This Is Who He Is - Gospel of Mark | Alabaster Worship | Pastor Chris Heller

Mark 14:1-11

Do you know those times in our lives when we find ourselves broken and empty?  All our words seem to fall short and we have nothing really new to say. In despair, we simply throw up our broken hearts and empty hands to the Lord, with tears flowing down our face and without a care of what people might say. 

What would I call that? Alabaster Worship. In our humanity, we know it’s not much, but to Him, it is incredibly precious!

This Is Who He Is - Gospel of Mark | Stay Awake | Pastor Chris Heller

This Sunday we'll return to our Gospel of Mark series where, over the next few weeks leading up to Easter, we'll focus on the final events in Jesus' ministry that culminate in His death and resurrection.

This week, we'll be looking at Mark chapter 13, where Jesus warns his disciples of the things to come. His message is one of caution, preparedness, and faithfulness in the face of coming trials, urging them - and us today - to remain steadfast in our faith and be watchful for His return

Gospel Of Mark | Real Or Rendered | Pastor Jon Adams

What does real devotion to God look like? That’s the question our text raises this week in the Gospel of Mark (Mark 12:35-42). In Jesus’ final clash with religious leaders before his arrest, we’ll see him lay out what devotion to God really looks like. He’ll give us two examples to consider—one familiar, and one that’s totally unexpected.