Last week endeavored to discover God's will for our lives and discovered that two things are necessary for that to happen. One, we must be a part of and serving a local church. God made us for each other and gifted us for that purpose.

The second thing that we need to discover God's will is a commitment to love other people. So Paul goes on a love-rant and lists multiple different ways he wants us to behave with other people. If you learn to do what he suggests you will be prepared to receive God's will for your life.

Romans Study Episode 12 - Today we're going to talk about proper worship. Because proper worship is going to lead you to your heart's desire which is to know and live in the personal will of God for your life. So here's what's at stake- if you and I can learn to honor what the Lord has plainly said, then He will reveal to us that which is mysterious. 

Romans Study Episode 11 - There has been debate in the church for two thousand years to figure out who the real chosen people of God are. Is it the Jews or Christians? Did the church fulfill the covenant promises of God in the Old Testament or not? While those are good questions, there is one more question that helps make sense of this whole debacle. What lens are you asking the question through? In this episode we walk through God's plan for Israel and learn how to address one of the longest standing fights in church history. 

A Study in Romans (Deep End) Episode Ten - God sovereignty is arguably one of the hardest things about him for us to accept. Why is this the case? Because I am limited by time and limited by my mind. Meaning I die and I don't know everything. God doesn't struggle with either of those. He is eternal and knows everything. Because of that it allows him to judge the life of a human being before that human being is even born. The examples we have of this are when he judges Jacob and Esau before they're born. Or when he determines that pharaoh needs to die before hehas lived a full human life.

The way that the Christian can begin to understand this incredible characteristic of God is by asking really healthy questions.

1. What is God doing in the lives of other people to point me to himself?

2.  What do I do with the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus?

Over the 2000 year history of the church we have seen some wild ideas come from the church. One of those ideas is called "Replacement Theology." It's the idea that the church has replaced Israel as the covenant people of God. Is this idea true? Does scripture support it? Does it actually matter for your life today? Today we jump back into Romans to figure out, what does God think about Israel and what are his plans for her? Tune and check it out!  

If you’ve ever read Scripture and walked away feeling guilty or like you’re failing, this episode is for you!

Pastor Tyler walks through Romans 8, a chapter full of hope and freedom. It shows us what life in the Spirit really means—a life free from condemnation. We’ll talk about the battle between our desires that pull us away from God and the Spirit who is changing our hearts to love Him.

This isn’t about trying harder or earning God’s favor. It’s about letting the Spirit lead. We’ll see how the Spirit helps us say no to sin (Galatians 5:19–21), reminds us who we really are in Christ, and even helps us pray when we don’t know what to say.

Have you ever wondered why reading scripture, going to church, and being in relationships is so hard? Could it be because those things expose a part of us that we don't want to see? In Romans 7 Paul exposes a war that occurs in all of us every day and it explains so much. It explains why it's hard to go to church sometimes. It explains why we don't read our bibles. It explains those moments when we sin and we surprise even ourselves. Our sin is at war with our redeemed spirit. Tune in to find out how to fight this battle and how to win. 

If you believe you need to be sinless to be a Christian, you are going to be miserable. Listen to this episode where Pastor Tyler unpacks Romans 6 and teaches us how to view sin and seek restoration.

Every human is living in one of two kingdoms, the kingdom of life and light, or the kingdom of death and darkness. Some are ruled by sin. Expect both challenge and hope as this message invites you into deeper growth and transformation.

We’re continuing in Romans 5 as Pastor Tyler unpacks the themes of redemption and real peace with God.

Christianity offers something radically different—real peace doesn’t come from effort or achievement, but from a restored relationship with God through Jesus. The work is already finished, completed by Jesus on the cross. Redemption comes through surrender, not striving. So here’s the question: Are Christians the only ones who got it wrong… or the only ones who got it right?

This week’s challenge is simple: pick a Bible plan and commit to reading it each day, and come to at least one of our Holy Week prayer times at church. Let’s prepare our hearts for Easter together. 

A Study in Romans Episode Three: What actually saves me?

In an effort to describe the complex nature of salvation the following metaphor has been used. Salvation is like a cure to a disease and our sin is the disease that needs curing. At the risk of oversimplifying things, the first two chapters have been describing the disease of humanity. Our wickedness and immoral behavior is something that God needs to process with us and help us deal with. In today's episode we will discuss the cure. How do we humans actually come into right relationship with God?

You would think that this question might be easy to answer, but it's not. In fact humans hate the answer. Christianity is the only religion out of every other religion on earth that holds to this simple truth: God has done all the work and all we have to do is trust him. So, dive in with us as we discuss what actually saves people, works or faith.

Recorded April 6, 2025