We spend a lot of time thinking about what the church is. This week Pastor Jason asks a different question: where is the church going?

From Ephesians 5, we see the church as the purchased bride of Christ — not tolerated, not managed, but loved and died for. And the journey ends not with quiet rest, but with a wedding feast. Revelation 19 pictures heaven as a celebration: feasting, rejoicing, union with the One who gave everything to be with us.

The climax of Scripture — Revelation 22:4 — is four words: "They shall see His face." To be fully known. Fully satisfied. Standing before the One who purchased you.

We're on a journey. And the destination is worth the ride.

Scripture: Ephesians 5:25–27 | Revelation 19:6–9 | Revelation 22:4

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Mark 1:35–45 | Pastor Jason Smith FBC Boerne — Gospel of Mark Series

Everyone is looking for you.

The disciples said it to Jesus like it was breaking news. For most of us, it's just Tuesday.

In this message from Mark 1:35–45, Pastor Jason Smith opens with unusual honesty about his own exhaustion — a week alone in Wyoming with no cell signal, returning to a totaled car and a flooded house — and makes a simple, pastoral case: if Jesus needed to withdraw and pray, how much more do we?

The second half of the passage introduces a man with leprosy. Not just sick — exiled. Cut off from family, community, worship. Required by law to cry out "unclean" if anyone came near. And Jesus, moving against every social and religious boundary of the day, reaches out and touches him.

That touch is the sermon. When Jesus touches the unclean, he doesn't become unclean. They become clean. And that movement — Jesus drawing near to the broken rather than keeping his distance — is exactly what the church remembers at the Lord's Table.

This message was preached on a Lord's Supper Sunday, and the two halves of the passage carry the two movements of the morning beautifully. Worth listening to in full.

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It's a question most churches avoid — but Pastor Jason Smith addresses it directly: where does authority actually lie in the church?

Not with the pastor. Not with the board. Not with the person who gives the most or speaks the loudest.

In this Wednesday Night Recharge message, Pastor Jason walks through what Scripture actually teaches about church authority and leadership — and the answers are both clarifying and convicting. The congregation holds more responsibility than most of us realize. Leaders are given one tool: to persuade from God's Word. And Christ alone is the head — every structure in the church exists to protect that, nothing else.

Drawing from Ephesians 1, Galatians, Matthew 16 and 18, 1 Peter 5, and Hebrews, this message is a clear-eyed look at the church God designed — and why it looks so different from both consumer Christianity and top-down control.

If you've ever wondered what a healthy church is actually supposed to look like on the inside, this is a good place to start.

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Here's a math problem worth sitting with: if you discipled one person a year, and they did the same, the entire world could be reached in 34 years. Fill a stadium every day for a thousand years and you'd still fall short.

That's not just a clever illustration. It's the logic of the Great Commission.

In this Mission Sunday message, Pastor Chad Mason makes the case that every follower of Jesus is already a sent one — not someday, not if they get more training, not if they feel ready. Right now, in the life and season they're already living. The message moves through John 17, Acts 13, and 2 Corinthians 5, and includes a conversation with Rachel Russo — founder of Vault Foster Community — whose story of 20 years of faithful obedience is one of the most honest and moving testimonies you'll hear. No degree, no master plan, just a yes and an availability.

Whether you've been on ten mission trips or have never thought of yourself as someone God could use — this message is for you.

"You may not be a missionary, but you can live on mission."

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There's a stat that might stop you in your tracks: chronic loneliness is more dangerous to your health than smoking fifteen cigarettes a day. And in 2016, for the first time in recorded history, the average American lifespan actually declined — driven not by disease, but by isolation.

God called it in Genesis 2: "It is not good for man to be alone."

In this week's Wednesday Night Recharge, Pastor Jason Smith takes us into 1 Corinthians 12, Ephesians 4, and James 5 to explore what genuine community looks like inside the body of Christ — and why it's not just good for us, but is literally the glory of God on display.

We talk about why we need each other's gifts, what it actually means to bear one another's burdens, and how real accountability — like a guardrail, not a cage — is one of the most loving things a community can offer.

If you've been trying to carry things alone, this one's for you.

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Most of us know the church answer: Jesus has authority in our lives. But Pastor Daniel Justice opens this message by pressing on the harder, more honest version of that question — who actually gets the final word in your decisions? Who wins when your feelings and God's Word collide?

From the synagogue in Capernaum to the door of Peter's house at sundown, Mark 1:21–34 makes a relentless case: Jesus is not just a great moral teacher. He is authority — effortless, immediate, and complete. Demons obey him. Sickness yields to him. And Mark's Gospel is asking every reader the same uncomfortable question the crowds faced that day: will you be amazed, or will you actually surrender?

This message covers Jesus's authority in his teaching, his authority over the spiritual realm, his authority over the natural realm — and then lands three honest questions about where you might be resisting, editing, or negotiating with him right now. Including a timeless C.S. Lewis moment that reframes what it means to call Jesus King.

A challenging, pastoral message for anyone who wants the fruit of Jesus's authority but is still holding the wheel.

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Every Sunday we see people pass through the waters of baptism. Regularly we come around the Lord's Table together. But have you ever stopped to ask — why? What is actually happening in these moments, and why does God call the church to do them together?

In this Recharge! message, Pastor Daniel Justice opens Romans 6 and 1 Corinthians 11 to walk through the two ordinances God has given the local church — baptism and communion — and why they matter far more than ritual or tradition.

Every baptism is a resurrection story. Every Lord's Supper is a reminder: you didn't save yourself. And both are meant to be experienced in community — because the Gospel was never meant to be lived in isolation.

This is a warm, grounded message for longtime believers who want to recapture the meaning behind familiar practices, and for anyone who's still figuring out what it all means.

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In this expository sermon from Mark 1:16–20, Pastor Jason Smith unpacks one of the most countercultural moments in all of Scripture: Jesus doesn't wait to be sought out. He walks along the shore of Galilee and calls fishermen — the ones already passed over by the system — and says simply, Follow Me.
What makes this passage so striking is what it says about who Jesus chooses, how He chooses them, and what He promises to do with them. He doesn't call finished people. He calls ordinary ones and says, I will make you.
In this sermon:

Why Jesus calling fishermen was culturally and historically shocking
The difference between following rules and following a Person
What discipleship actually costs — and why the disciples' immediate response still challenges us today
A call to believers baptism as an act of obedience

Whether you've followed Jesus for decades or you're still figuring out what any of this means — this message is worth your time.

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What does the church do together? This semester on Wednesday nights, we're working through that question one practice at a time.

This week: corporate prayer — and then we actually did it.

Pastor Jason Smith opens with two stories: Adoniram Judson, the first American foreign missionary, sustained in a Burmese prison by a church praying an ocean away — and the early church in Acts 4, a ragtag group of disciples who prayed under threat from the Sanhedrin and watched the room shake.

Then the church family gathered to pray together — for Bo, a 25-year-old bold enough to ask his church family for deliverance from temptation; for Pat and Glenna, asking God to restore their sight; and for Iran, where mission partners report the Gospel is moving forward even as believers are specifically being targeted.

This is what the church is. Not just a gathering. A people who pray — and see what God does.

Part of our ongoing Wednesday night series on what we do together as the church.

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What does God actually require of you—and what if the answer changes everything?

In this powerful Easter message from Genesis 22, we walk through the story of Abraham and Isaac—a moment that feels almost too heavy to bear. But this story is not ultimately about what Abraham gives. It’s about what God provides.

At the center of the Bible is a single question: Where is the lamb?
And at the center of Easter is the answer.

This sermon helps you see how:

God tests faith in ways that stretch understanding
Abraham trusted God’s promises even when the outcome seemed impossible
The story of Isaac points directly to Jesus
God is not like false gods who demand—He provides
Jesus is the Lamb who takes our place and opens the way to God

Scripture References:
Genesis 22
John 3:16

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