If we want to reach farther, we have to grow deeper.

In Acts 19, the gospel took root in Ephesus and spread throughout the region. People turned from witchcraft, confessed their sins, and burned what had held them in bondage. Their response to Jesus cost them something.

Pastor Chris Buscher lays out the vision for Mountain Valley Chapel and calls us to the surrender that reaching this valley will require. You cannot stand against this present darkness with borrowed faith. If Jesus is Lord, some things have to burn.

Scripture: Acts 19:8 through 20
Preached: September 6, 2026

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God didn't call you to be important. He called you to be faithful.

Romans 12 calls believers to use what God has given them. Serving, teaching, encouraging, giving, leading, and showing mercy all have a place in the body of Christ. Those gifts are given by grace, and they are meant to build up the Church.

A healthy church cannot depend on the same handful of people carrying everything. Pastor Chris Buscher challenges us to stop sitting on what God has entrusted to us and take our place in the body.

Scripture: Romans 12:3 through 8
Series: What Is the Church?

Recorded at Mountain Valley Chapel in Gold Bar, Washington. Join us Sundays at 10:30 AM.

The crowd told Bartimaeus to be quiet. He cried out to Jesus all the more.

In Mark 10, a blind man on the roadside recognizes who Jesus is and refuses to let the crowd silence his faith. Pastor Chris Buscher connects his response with Rahab, another outcast in Jericho who acted on what she believed about God.

When Jesus calls, faith responds. Bartimaeus received his sight and followed Him. An encounter with Christ should change the direction of our lives.

Scripture: Mark 10:46 through 52
Series: What Is the Church?

Recorded at Mountain Valley Chapel in Gold Bar, Washington. Join us Sundays at 10:30 AM.

You cannot walk by the Spirit while making peace with the flesh.

Galatians 5 describes the battle every believer faces and the fruit the Holy Spirit produces in a surrendered life. Pastor Chris Buscher addresses temptation, the call to crucify the flesh, and what it means to keep in step with the Spirit.

The Holy Spirit changes the way we live. His work reaches our desires, our decisions, and the way we treat people.

Scripture: Galatians 5:16 through 25
Series: What Is the Church?

Recorded at Mountain Valley Chapel in Gold Bar, Washington. Join us Sundays at 10:30 AM.

What happens when the people of God stop being shaped by the Word of God?

Josiah heard the neglected Book of the Law and let it confront him. In 2 Timothy 3, Paul tells Timothy to continue in the Scriptures he has learned. Pastor Chris Buscher brings those accounts together to challenge a church that can keep its traditions while drifting from the truth.

God's Word teaches, reproves, corrects, and trains us in righteousness. We need to let it address the very things we would rather protect.

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:10 through 17
Series: What Is the Church?

Recorded at Mountain Valley Chapel in Gold Bar, Washington. Join us Sundays at 10:30 AM.

Christ has entrusted His people with a message. We have been reconciled to God, and now we carry the good news of reconciliation to others.

In 2 Corinthians 5, Paul calls believers ambassadors for Christ. Pastor Chris Buscher addresses the responsibility of representing Jesus faithfully, the danger of changing His message, and why the Church must carry the gospel beyond its own walls.

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17 through 21
Series: What Is the Church?

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When one member suffers, the whole body is affected. No believer is disposable, and no believer has every gift.

Pastor Chris Buscher opens 1 Corinthians 12 and looks back at the early Church's response to division in Acts 6. This message confronts comparison and pride while calling us to care for one another and take our place in the body of Christ.

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:12 through 27
Series: What Is the Church?

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God is building a people whose lives point others to Jesus. That begins with putting away the things that destroy our fellowship and hungering for His Word.

From 1 Peter 2, Pastor Chris Buscher teaches on Christ the Cornerstone, our identity as God's people, and the call to live with integrity in a world that does not share our allegiance to Him.

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1 through 12
Series: What Is the Church?

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Before there can be resurrection, something has to die.

In this Baptism Sunday message, Pastor Chris Buscher explains water baptism through Romans 6. Jesus saves us. Baptism declares our identification with His death and resurrection, and our call to walk in newness of life. Our hope is in Christ, and our old life no longer gets to rule us.

Scripture: Romans 6:1 through 11

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Jesus saved us and sent us. Making disciples belongs to every follower of Christ.

Pastor Chris Buscher opens the Great Commission in Matthew 28, from the authority of the risen Jesus to His promise to be with His people. This message calls us to carry the gospel, teach obedience to Christ, and live with the mission He has given us.

Scripture: Matthew 28:16 through 20

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