Part of the core values series, this guest-preached message on the value of "life" examines Jeremiah 29 and God's letter to the exiles in Babylon to build houses, plant gardens, and seek the welfare of the city, encouraging believers to "bloom where they are planted."

The first of a four-week series on the church's core values (story, peace, lineage, life), this message explores "story" through Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4, framing Scripture as the narrative of what God has done with humanity into which each person's story fits.

The closing message of the Galatians series, covering chapter 6, where Paul summarizes his appeal that believers not submit to the law as the basis of their standing with God, emphasizes mutual support within the community, and makes his final appeal centered on the cross.

Continuing the Galatians series with chapter 5, this message centers on "for freedom Christ has set us free," explaining that believers are no longer bound to keep the law to earn God's favor but are freed by grace to live, building toward the fruit of the Spirit.

Continuing the Galatians series with chapter 4, this message addresses the controversy over whether Gentile believers must be circumcised and keep the law, with Paul explaining that in the fullness of time God sent his Son to redeem people from the law so they could receive adoption as sons and heirs.

Continuing the Galatians series with chapter 3, this message addresses Paul's rebuke ("O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you?") and his argument that the Spirit and righteousness come by faith, not works of the law, pointing to Abraham who believed God and so all nations are blessed.

Continuing the Galatians series with chapter 2, verses 15 through the end, this message centers on justification by faith in Christ rather than works of the law, and Paul's declaration "I have been crucified with Christ," while considering what Jewish identity meant in Israel's history.

Continuing through Galatians, this message covers Galatians 1:11-24, where Paul insists his gospel came by revelation of Jesus Christ rather than from men, recounting his former zeal in Judaism, his persecution of the church, and his conversion and call to the Gentiles.

Continuing the Galatians series, this message opens Galatians 1, examining Paul's self-identification as an apostle sent not by men but by Jesus Christ, alongside the backdrop of his missionary hardships and his earlier role persecuting the church.