The Branch Church

This July, we’ll be hearing from some of our staff ministers at The Branch. Hunter Wheatcraft brings us a message on what the Lord has been stirring in his heart: “He has called me friend.”

This July, we’ll be hearing from some of our staff ministers at The Branch. Josh Brake kicks us off with a message on what the Lord has been stirring in his heart: Pentecost in Acts, chapter 2.

This weekend, we wrap up our journey through the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 7:13-27. Jesus paints four pictures to say the same thing. What is it?

“Judge not lest you be judged....”
It’s ironic that of all the things Jesus said which we make a judgment too quickly about when it comes to what it means – are His words about judging. This weekend, we take a look at this often quoted (but often taken out of context) phrase Jesus used.

This weekend, Hunter Wheatcraft guides us through Matthew 6:25-34 and Jesus’s reflections on worry. What we worry about can be revealing. Jesus knew the leverage worry can have on our quality of life and our capacity to live effectively as His disciples.

This weekend, Josh Brake guides us through Matthew 6:25-34 and Jesus’s reflections on worry. What we worry about can be revealing. Jesus knew the leverage worry can have on our quality of life and our capacity to live effectively as His disciples.

“Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” This weekend we’ll take a look at Jesus’ challenging call for us to trust in God as Father and prioritization of His kingdom over our “thingdoms.” While money and material possessions can be excellent servants to the purposes of God, all too often they can wind up becoming terrible masters of our lives.

We have no record of Jesus teaching His disciples how to preach. We do have a record of Jesus teaching them (and us) how to pray. This weekend, in our series on the Sermon on the Mount, we’re walking through what’s known as “The Lord’s Prayer.” It’s something to be prayed and lived.

It’s Graduate Sunday at The Branch, and we’re starting our service by honoring our Graduating Class of 2022.

This weekend in Matthew 6:1-18 this coming weekend. We’ll be talking about a desire some of us struggle with more than others – the desire to impress and be seen. It can get us into all sorts of trouble, as well as interfere with making a real difference in the things that matter.

“Turn the other cheek. Go the second mile. No one can serve two masters. Do to others what you would have them do to you.” These are sayings that float around American culture today. Not many people realize they are all from the Sermon on the Mount.

This weekend we’ll see what may be the most challenging teaching Jesus did in the Sermon on the Mount. There may be no brighter light emanating from our lives, though, than when we live by it.