God designed life to be really simple...love God and obey Him. There are many ways we humans have complicated things. One of the things that can make life much more complicated than it has to be is...people. Whether it's that we have the wrong people, too many people, or even no people in our lives, we can't look at the idea of a simple life without examining the "people" that surround us.

One of the things that can keep us from living a fulfilled, restful, and peaceful life is carrying too many burdens on our own shoulders. Today we look at how Jesus calls us to come to him with our worries and burdens, and to take up his "yoke".

We live in an age when we have more technology and free time than ever before, and yet we also carry more anxiety and stress than we ever have. We begin a new four part series today on "The Simple Life", and we start by looking at Solomon, the wise king who, when he evaluated his many accomplishments, discovered that ultimately what really matters is trusting God and following His ways.

This week we take a look at the ultimate "monster" in Scripture, our enemy and adversary Satan. His goal is to do all he can to distract us and to keep us away from God, and we find that the only real way to fight against him is with God's truth.

This week, we take a look in the Old Testament at the story of Samson, a man God gifted with super-human strength whose wild and compulsive actions ultimately led to his downfall.

In our second message in the "Monsters" series, we look at Judas, whom Scripture calls a "devil" who betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver.

In today's message we look at the story of Nebuchadnezzar, who in a sense turned into a real-life "monster". He believed that all his victories in Babylon were of his own making, and his pride in his achievements ended up with the Lord humbling him by having him lose his sanity and wandering around like a wild animal for seven years! What is our typical response when we experience good things in life? Do we have gratitude for the Lord's provision, or do we develop an attitude of pride?

In our last installment of our series through the book of Joshua, Pastor Chad takes us through the story of how the Israelites designated certain cities as "cities of refuge". In our day, there are many who need a place to start over, and in our congregation we long to be the kind of church that is that place of refuge.

In today's message, we look at the amazing story of God answering Joshua's prayer to hold the sun and the moon still so that the Israelite armies could overtake the Amorites in battle. Why is it that God answered this bold prayer from Joshua? We look at this in today's episode.

On the heels of a great victory over the city of Jericho, the Israelites face a crushing defeat over the city of Ai, all caused by the disobedience of one man. Today we look at how our sins and disobedience to God's commands can have much broader consequences, not only for ourselves, but for others as well.