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Jim Keller // It's hard to imagine what good can come of a fire running wild. But that is precisely what our God, in all his resurrecting power, promises—a crown of beauty for our ashes. Times of trial both wound and purify, but they need not be the last word. Join us for this moving look through the eyes of prophet Isaiah at the new life that springs forth from the flames.

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Kailey Newkirk // In the last two weeks, we’ve seen how the Spirit of God is more than some “force.” He is, indeed, the power by which creation is brought to life and re-ordered from chaos. But he is not some mystical, disembodied energy—the Spirit is a person. And at the heart, he is a gentleman. He may counsel, convict, purify, and comfort—but he will not force. He offers us relationship with the risen Jesus, power from the living God—but only at our invitation.

Join us for this final week of our series, God at the Heart, as we ask ourselves: “Will I let the Spirit in, or tune him out?”

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Kailey Newkirk // What was God’s Spirit up to before it was poured out on the believers at Pentecost?

Was the Spirit active in the Old Testament? Is the Spirit a person or a “force?”

These are great questions we’ll explore as we look at the life of Joseph—and how the Spirit of God empowered him through both gifting and grit. Join us for week 2 of our series, God at the Heart, and see how the Spirit is working—always working—to restore order to the messes we tend to make.

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Kailey Newkirk // Have you ever wondered what God was doing before creation? It’s a question that teaches us a great deal about the character of God. Our God is triune—3 persons: Father, Son, Spirit—in one God. He’s a loving, eternal community. What does that mean for you and me, since we are made in his image? It means we are designed—hardwired—for love. At the heart, God is life-giving love.
To have him in our hearts—means to imitate that life-giving love all of our days.

Listen in this week as we introduce the persons of the trinity in our new series, God at the Heart.

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Johnny Outing // We are surrounded by teachers. Media. Politics. Popular personalities. Every one of them is making an argument about what we should think, how we should act, who we should be. Often these “teachers” tickle our ears to get something from us, rather than give something to us. They want us to buy or click or vote—and they offer us the promise of a better life if we just follow.

We are constantly being “discipled” by such teachers, so we must be honest and alert to discern which teachings are true and which are false.

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Eddy Moratin // Who are we becoming—and do we actually like them?

Who we follow will determine what we will become like. So the question of what teachers we choose to learn from has serious (indeed, even eternal) implications. In a world that offers no shortage of teachers and causes to follow, it’s important to remember why we chose Jesus to begin with—his generous, perfect, undeserved, powerfully forgiving love.

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Jim Keller // Christmas is a time of giving and receiving gifts. The goal for every gift giver is to find the right gift for the right person. For the receiver, the effect is twofold: First, we appreciate the gift itself. Second, we feel appreciated when a gift is exactly what we want or need--the gift giver has seen and noticed us. But Christmas is ultimately a reminder that God the Father put an eternal amount of love and forethought in giving us the gift of His Son. He was, is, and will always be exactly what we want and need.

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Garry Abbott // We all believe that Jesus is coming back, but are we expecting him tonight? Probably not. Such was the scene into which Jesus was born at Christmas. There was a promise of the coming messiah, but not many of God’s people were actively looking for him to show up.Luke tells the story of how God’s promised was fulfilled—angels appeared to lowly shepherds tending sheep. These are the very last people anyone expected God to show up for, and yet they are some of the first people to behold his human form.

The good news of Christmas is that Jesus comes even for the messiest people. Jesus comes for the broken. Jesus comes for the lost. Jesus comes for the sinner. Jesus comes for the hungry. Jesus came in the most vulnerable form to the most vulnerable people.

Even when you’re too tired to look for him, even if you feel too messy to deserve him—the good news of Christmas is that you are so loved that God shows up for you, forever.

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Kailey Newkirk // God promised to end war, and he has struck the decisive blow, but there are still casualties as we await his return. When we live in ignorance of his forever-victory, we end up fighting wars against all the wrong people. Isaiah prophesies that one day, every weapon of war will be cast into the fire, because they will no longer be useful. Spears will be bent back into pruning hooks, because we'll be at peace with every neighbor in the kingdom of God.

This reality has already begun, but we wait for its completion--and furthermore, we participate in it's completion by restoring peace between ourselves and others (no matter how "other" they are).

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Johnny Outing // When we state our allegiances, the community of Jesus followers must take seriously the sin present inside and between us—in the very fabric of our soil. “The earth itself groans for that day of total rescue.” Sin in and of itself, is oppressive and ultimate power in human hands will always lead to oppressive rule, even when it’s well intended.

Isaiah reveals our allegiance was never meant to be to a human king—God’s design was always theocracy. Because he is the only king who will never rule over us with a tyrant’s rod of oppression, but with the shepherd’s staff of justice and love.

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